DVD and Blu-Ray Releases for February 1, 2011

Brrrrr.  St. Louis is getting hit with an ice storm and a snow storm.  This morning I woke up to a Blizzard Warning, which has never happened in St. Louis during my lifespan – if ever.  So, what a perfect opportunity to stay in, snuggle and watch some horror flicks!  This week bring us Matt Reeves’ Let Me In, the remake of Let the Right One In.  Also, Magnet Releasing releases the SXSW darling Monsters.  There is some other releases that you will want to check out as well, so click on reader….click on.

All descriptions are from Amazon.com unless otherwise noted.  Don’t forget that DTB has bills to pay, so if you are thinking about purchasing any of these flicks on Amazon.com, please use the links provided.  Also, if you want to sign up on Netflix to rent these films via DVD or their streaming capabilities, click on Free Trial and support DTB.

Chain Letter

Format: Blu-Ray | Unrated DVD | Rated DVD

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Six high school friends are bound together again by a sinister chain letter passing into their lives through e-mails and text messages. If the deadly letter isn’t passed on, the recipient faces a grisly, unexpected death – and nothing can stop it. As time runs out and the deadly letter’s rules become more challenging, the survivors must untangle the chilling secret – or die trying. Featuring Nikki Reed (The Twilight Saga), Betsy Russell (the Saw series), and Michael J. Pagan (CSI: Miami), this terrifying thriller in the tradition of The Grudge and Final Destination proves death is always watching and waiting – and anyone could be next!

Buy the Blu-Ray, Unrated DVD or Rated DVD.

Chain Letter on Netflix

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Hatchet II

Format: Unrated Blu-Ray | Unrated DVD

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Marybeth escapes the clutches of the deformed, swamp-dwelling iconic killer Victor Crowley. After learning the truth about her family’s connection to the hatchet-wielding madman, Marybeth returns to the Louisiana swamps along with an army of hunters to recover the bodies of her family and exact the bloodiest revenge against the bayou butcher.

 

Buy the Unrated Blu-Ray or the Unrated DVD.

 

Hatchet II on Netflix

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Let Me In

Format: Blu-Ray + Digital Copy | DVD

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From Matt Reeves – the writer/director of Cloverfield – comes the new vampire classic that critics are calling “chillingly real” (Scott Bowles, USA Today) and “one of the best horror films of the year” (Cinematical). In bleak New Mexico, a lonely, bullied boy, Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee of The Road), forms a unique bond with his mysterious new neighbor, Abby (Chloë Grace Moretz of Kick-Ass). Trapped in the mind and body of a child, however, Abby is forced to hide a horrific secret of bloodthirsty survival. But in a world of both tenderness and terror, how can you invite in the one friend who may unleash the ultimate nightmare?

Based on the Swedish novel, Let the Right One In, “Let Me In is a dark and violent love story, a beautiful piece of cinema and a respectful rendering of my novel for which I am grateful.” (John Ajvide Lindqvist, author).

Buy the Blu-Ray or the DVD.

 

Let Me In on Netflix

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Lorna The Exorcist

Format: DVD

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Patrick, a rich businessman, celebrates his daughter Linda’s 18th birthday by taking her and his wife to a famous casino resort in the south of France, where, 20 years earlier, he had won the money that enabled him to start his business and begin his rise to the top. At the casino he meets the beautiful and mysterious Lorna, whom he first encountered that night 20 years ago. She reminds him that he made a promise to her back then. She is the power behind his success and now she has returned to claim her reward – his daughter, Linda. A masterpiece of transgressive horror from Jess Franco.

Buy the DVD.

 

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Monsters

Format: Blu-Ray + Digital Copy | 2-Disc DVD | 1-Disc DVD

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Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples but crashed upon re entry over Central America. Soon after a new life form began to appear and half of Mexico was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain “”the creatures””…… Our story begins when a U.S. journalist agrees to escort a shaken tourist through the infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.

Buy the Blu-Ray, 2-Disc DVD, or the 1-Disc DVD .

Monsters on Netflix

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Quantum Apocalypse

Format: DVD

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A rogue space anomaly is discovered approaching Earth, and it is up to the world’s top scientists to stop it from destroying the planet.  As cities across the world are annihilated, the leaders of a small Louisiana town struggle to maintain order and fight the chaos ensuing in this global catastrophe.  When the mayor and his wife discover the key to saving the world may lie within their own embattled family, they desperately attempt to unite the scientists with the unlikeliest of heroes: their ingenious, autistic son, Terry (Rhett Giles).

Buy the DVD.

 

Quantum Apocalypse on Netflix

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Red River

Format: DVD

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Set in a small town in the backwoods of Kentucky, RED RIVER tells the tale of Roland Thatcher: a family man, a business man, a man of god…and a man who doesn’t take kindly to strangers. When a group of ‘city kids’ set up camp of the outskirts of his property, they spark a chain of events culminating in blood-shed, dismemberment and mass murder. As a local, fledgling reporter inches closer to the Thatcher property, the shocking truth about Roland and his ‘family’ may finally emerge…

Buy the DVD.

 

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Shopping

Format: Blu-Ray | DVD

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Billy and his girlfriend Jo steal expensive cars and speed them into shop windows (ram-raiding), which they find exciting and gives them an addictive adrenaline rush. There are many fast chases and encounters with the police. Rivalry grows between Billy and Tommy, as both want to be seen as “the hero”. Jo wants her and Billy to change their way of life, but Billy wants first to ram-raid the Shopping Mall, because it has never been done before. But, who will get there first, Billy or Tommy? Hard-hitting, fast-moving, ultraviolent drama.

Buy the Blu-Ray or DVD.

 

Shopping on Netflix