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 | | 2. Halloween (Unrated Director's Cut 2-Disc Special Edition Widescreen) | | | Starring: Sheri Moon Tyler Mane Director: Rob Zombie | | Format: DVD Release Date: 5/13/2008 |  | Halloween (2007) - DVD Review By: Jason Morgan - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 12/28/2007 6:59 PM | |
Halloween's Michael Myers has seen many incarnations during his 29-year reign of terror. While he hasn't yet seen the vastness of space (boldly not going where most horror franchises eventually go), he has met a similar fate -- the remake. Although the majority of horror moviegoers are just looking for the next gore-fest, true horror fans are as rabid as Christians looking to crucify the latest blasphemously-filmed story of Christ. Luckily, director Rob Zombie is a member of the horror genre cult and treats his Halloween remake with the utmost respect, while amping up the intensity for a post-Saw audience. read the full review | |
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 | | 3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning (Unrated) | | | Starring: Andrew Bryniarski Jordana Brewster Director: Jonathan Liebesman | | Format: DVD Release Date: 9/4/2007 |  | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning By: Chris Cabin - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 1/5/2007 8:23 PM | |
There's a great conversation that goes on in the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre where a crazed man and a van of hippies awkwardly talk about the difference between the new way of killing cattle and the old, barbaric ways. The new way is painless and more sanitary in general, but it was bad for social matters (layoffs, machinery-over-manpower etc.) but the old way was brutal, unclean and considered inhumane. At the time, this conversation was meant to point out how the '60s counter-culture wanted to help the poor workers but disapproved and actually fought to get rid of the jobs they had. read the full review | |
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 | | 11. 1408 (Widescreen) | | | Starring: John Cusack Samuel L. Jackson Director: Mikael Håfström | | Format: DVD Release Date: 10/2/2007 | | Video Reviews Available: 2 |  | 1408 - DVD Review By: Sean O'Connell - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 9/21/2007 9:00 PM | |
You do not have to read the original short story "1408," part of the longer anthology Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales, to know that the central idea comes from author Stephen King. In fact, one must assume that the movie was pitched in production meetings as "The Shining in New York." And while it's true that this cinematic take on "1408" recycles so many narrative strings tied to King's overall body of work, it somehow modifies them into a surprisingly fresh, tight and effective thriller. Renowned travel writer Mike Enslin (John Cusack), like most characters in King's ouvere, is haunted by his own demons. read the full review | |
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 | | 13. Dead Silence (Unrated Widescreen) | | | Starring: Amber Valletta Bob Gunton Director: James Wan | | Format: DVD Release Date: 5/6/2008 | User Rating: 4 | | Video Reviews Available: 2 |  | Dead Silence - DVD Review By: Daniel J. Stasiewski - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 6/25/2007 12:05 PM | | Dead Silence certainly isn’t the movie I expected from the director of Saw. It’s a solid, slightly more sophisticated horror film, one that I imagine director James Wan was thinking of making when he got his big break with the gruesome, albeit groundbreaking Saw. In fact, it was bold move, making a ghost story when hyper-graphic horror films are all the rage. read the full review | |
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