The new DVD releases include An American Haunting, Monster House, Nacho Libre, and Slither. In addition, we'll take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.
October 24, 2006 - New Video and DVD Releases:
Tagline: "Possession knows no bounds."
Length: 91 minutesMPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense terror sequences and thematic material (An unrated version of this movie is also available on DVD.)
Set in 1817 Tennessee, this horror movie stars Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek and Rachel Hurd-Wood. A farmer named John Bell (Sutherland) gets into a bitter dispute with a neighbor, who warns darkly that something awful will happen to his teenage daughter Betsy (Hurd-Wood). Soon Betsy is beset by dreadful nightmares during which she screams and is seemingly thrown around by some invisible force. Is this demonic possession, is the Bell house haunted by a spirit, or is there a more logical explanation? Selected DVD Special Features:
- Deleted Scenes
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
Tagline: "There goes the neighborhood."
Length: 91 minutesMPAA Rating: PG for scary images and sequences, thematic elements, some crude humor and brief language
This animated family movie was made by first capturing the movements of live actors. DJ (voice of Mitchel Musso) is a 12-year-old boy who lives in a nice suburban neighborhood, except for the rundown house owned by old Mr. Nebbercracker (voice of Steve Buscemi). When it appears that Nebbercracker's lawn can disappear toys and his house is capable of eating people, DJ and his pals set out to get to the bottom of things. Other voices heard include Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Selected DVD Special Features:
- Widescreen
- Also Available on Blu-ray Disc
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
Nacho Libre DVD
Length: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG for some rough action, and crude humor including dialogue
Jack Black stars in this comedy directed and cowritten by Jared Hess, who previously did Napoleon Dynamite. Set in Mexico, Nacho Libre revolves around the freestyle professional wrestling known as lucha libre. Ignacio (Black) works as a cook in an orphanage, but he secretly becomes a part-time masked wrestler using the name Nacho. He and Esqueleto (Héctor Jiménez) compete in tag-team matches, where they perform abysmally. Also, Ignacio is attracted to pretty Sister Encarnación (Ana de la Reguera).
- Also Available on Blu-ray Disc and on HD DVD
- Widescreen
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
Tagline: "Horror has a new face."
Length: 95 minutesMPAA Rating: R for strong horror violence and gore, and language
This is a horror-comedy, the kind of movie that mixes shocks with humor. The setting is some American jerkwater called Wheelsy where a meteorite has recently crashed. When one of the locals goes near the meteorite, he finds a slimy slug that attacks him. Now infected with some extraterrestrial organism, the local turns into a hideous zombie-like creature who spawns slugs. The film then follows the sheriff (Nathan Fillion), the town beauty (Elizabeth Banks) and others as they deal with the slugs and the zombies. Selected DVD Special Features:
- Commentary
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
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