I was looking on amazon.com today for upcoming horror releases. Even though they are in the “coming soon” section, I found five new indie DVDs that are coming out today. They span a wide variety of plots and genre twists with films from Face of The Screaming Werewolf from 1964 to the newly released Bunnyman. Read the descriptions below and go buy some great titles.
White Zombie (1932) – From Amazon, “Along a desolate road in the Haitian mountains, a carriage bearing Neil Parker and Madelaine Short encounters a funeral in which the body is being buried in the road. Further down the road, the coach stops at the sight of a man of satanic appearance: six human shapes step forth, and the horrified driver shouts “”Zombies!””, signaling the first appearance of the living dead in American cinema. When first released, WHITE ZOMBIE was given a critical scourging, but today occupies a deserved place beside DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN as one of the most eerie and interesting horror films of the 1930’s.” Click here to buy.
The Tell-Tale Heart/The Oval Portrait (1960) – From Amazon, “The Tell-Tale Heart Themes of voyeurism and unrequited love compliment Poe’s superb tale of insanity and murder in this grim and suspenseful interpretation by Ernest Morris. Starring Laurence Payne and Adrienne Corri (Hammer’s Vampire Circus), and written by Brian Clemens (“”The Avengers””). The Oval Portrait Poe’s suspenseful and darkly romantic tale of an artist whose love for a portrait kills the sitter is embellished into a generations-old curse set in the Civil War era. Featuring a score by Les Baxter (Corman’s Fall of the House of Usher).” Click here to buy.
Face of The Screaming Werewolf (1964) – From Amazon, “Experimenting in hypnotic regression to past lives, Dr. Edmund Redding has discovered that Ann Taylor is a reincarnated Aztec woman. Via her recovered memories, she is able to lead Redding and his associates to a hidden chamber in the Great Pyramid of Yucatan, where they hope to find the lost treasure of the Aztecs. Instead, they find two mummified bodies – one of a modern man and the other of an ancient Aztec mummy/werewolf and only one is still alive. The supernatural creature escapes and menaces the city that night…” First time we see a killer crossbreed, mummy/werewolf? Click here to buy.
Mega Python vs Gatoroid (2011) – From Amazon, “It’s a battle of the beasts from the director of Pet Sematary that’ll rock your world when two titanic terrors face off along with a pair of ‘80s pop icons! After doctor and activist Nikki Riley (Debbie Gibson) accidentally unleashes a python into the Everglades, rival doctor Terry O’Hara (Tiffany) is tasked with finding an expert reptile hunter—and when her boyfriend dies in the process, she resorts to extreme measures to create genetically enlarged gators to stop the slithering menace. Soon the swamp is a huge, scaly battleground between colossal gators and pythons — with a charity ball of potential human snacks in their path! Don’t miss this mammoth spectacle of teen queens and man-eating monsters in a gargantuan duel to the death!” Click here to view the trailer. Click here to buy.
Bunnyman (2011) – From Amazon, “Bunnyman is the story of a group of friends on their way back from a spontaneous weekend trip to Las Vegas, and while driving through the remote regions of southern California they suddenly find themselves in a sickening game of cat and mouse with a five ton dumptruck and, when looking for help, stumble upon a nightmarish family who takes pleasure in dismembering and eating as many of the kids as possible. The title killer, described as having been severely abused as a child, is now an adult with manifestations of intense rage and child-like taunting behavior. He dresses in a bunny suit as something of a security blanket for his fragile psyche.” Click to view the trailer. Click here to buy.