DVD and Blu-Ray Releases for August 10, 2010

Here we are fiends, another week of releases….it’s pretty slim this week.  But, here they are.  You get some Eric Roberts flicks along with Horror High from Code Red and Crumb (it’s a cult classic!).  Read on for the details….

Editor’s Note: Netflix Widgets were down as of the time of this posting…

Canary

2009
Starring: Eli Kramer
d. Alejandro Adams
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD
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CANARY is an intellectually daring dystopian thriller set in a not-so-alternate universe in which organ harvesting is commonplace. While a mute organ redistribution specialist stalks unsuspecting citizens of every socioeconomic stripe, a rag-tag news crew investigates various conspiracy theories and inches closer to discovering the cause of epidemic organ failure.

Crumb (The Criterion Collection)

1995
Starring:Robert Crumb, Aline Crumb, Charles Crumb, Maxon Crumb
d. Terry Zwigoff
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD | Blu-Ray
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Terry Zwigoff’s landmark 1995 film is an intimate documentary portrait of underground artist Robert Crumb, whose unique drawing style and sexually and racially provocative subject matter have made him a household name in popular American art. Zwigoff candidly and colorfully delves into the details of Crumb’s incredible career, as well as his past, including his family of reclusive eccentrics, some of the most remarkable people you’ll ever see on-screen. At once a profound biographical portrait, a riotous examination of a man’s controversial art, and a devastating look at a troubled family, Crumb is a genuine American original.

Horror High: 35th Anniversary Edition (Coll Ltd)

1974
Starring: Pat Cardi, Austin Stoker, Rosie Holotik, John Niland, Joye Hash
d. Larry N. Stouffer
Rated: R
Format: DVD
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A nerdy high school super whiz experiments with a chemical which will transform his guinea pig “Mr. Mumps” from a gentle pet into a ravenous monster. In a fit of rage against his tormentors at the high school, Vernon Potts (Pat Cardi) goes on a killing spree, eliminating all of those who ever picked on him – the Gym Coach, the School Jock, The Creepy Janitor (Mr. Griggs) & his hated teacher, Ms. Grindstaff. In the end he gets the jock’s girlfriend for himself but his happiness is short-lived as the potion turns him into a monster hunted by the towns lame police Lieutenant – Bosman. Written by Bryan Zinn <BJzin@aol.com> (Taken from IMDB.com)

Killer Weekend

2010
Starring: Eric Roberts, Jake Terrell, Cherie Johnson, Moe Irvin, Katrin Teberg
d. Rob Walker
Rating: Not Rated
Format: DVD
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All is not well with Linda and Mason s marriage. Mason is a control freak and more than a little obsessed with weapons and martial arts. Linda wants out and Mason s business is in trouble, and he is not about to lose his business and his wife at the same time. When Linda invites her sisters to come for the weekend it s with the expectation that Mason will be out of town. The sisters invite some friends to enjoy a fun weekend at Mason s Malibu mansion… But Mason has no intention of leaving, nor does he have any intention of allowing anyone else to leave, ever. The result is A Killer Weekend !

The Killing Room

2009
Starring: Nick Cannon, Timothy Hutton
d. Jonathan Liebesman
Rating: R
Format: DVD | Blu-Ray
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In this highly charged, psychological thrill ride four strangers are recruited as volunteers in a scientific research study. But they soon find that they are pawns in a classified government program to determine the breaking point of the human mind. As the experiments are conducted with each unwilling participant, the sterile white room becomes a horrible nightmare where the endgame is survival itself.

Nightmare Alley

2010
Starring: Danny Marianino, Keith Jackson, David C. Hayes, Scarlet Fry
d. Walter Ruether
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD
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Turn down the lights, grab your popcorn and join your host, the master of the macabre Scarlet Fry, for a hellishly wicked fright-fest guaranteed to freeze your blood! Vengeful ghosts, walking dead cowboys, and other ghastly beings abound in seven tales of shock and terror from beyond the grave. Equally horrific and humorous, Nightmare Alley is an over-the-top exercise in shock. Presented completely uncut and uncensored, it will scare the living yell out of you!

Project Solitude: Buried Alive

2010
Starring: Eric Roberts, Stacy Stas, David Frye, Michelle Belegrin, Vanessa Lee Evigan
d. Rustin Branaman
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD
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A small group goes into the deep winter woods for a science project run by John Sola, testing human’s survival instincts. But to their horror, this soon becomes more than just an academic question. One the campers disappears along with their van, their only way back to civilization. Then, their only cell phone can’t get any reception in the remote area. Suspicion mounts as the survivors fend for their lives.

Sea of Dust

2008
Starring: Ingrid Pitt, Tom Savini, Troy Holland
d. Scott Bunt
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD
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Beyond the Black Forest, in the fairytale village of Heidelberg, an unspeakable evil has taken root. One by one, Heidelberg’s citizens have fallen into trances, awakening under the control of a dark master, the mythical Christian king Prester John (Tom Savini). Enter medical student Stefan Christoph (Troy Holland), sent at the request of the village’s eccentric Dr. Maitland…but for what purpose? Are things what they seem? Who can Stefan trust and what sinister fate beckons him from across the fabled Sea of Dust?