After Dark Horrorfest 8 Films to Die For Arrives on DVD March 31
Posted by dominie in Films, News on January 9th, 2009
The date has finally come for the launch of the third annual After Dark Horrorfest, featuring “8 Films to Die For.” This year’s slate incorporates, for the first time in festival history, original productions made specifically for the event. For all those jonzing to see the “films to die for” and cannot attend the festival, we have only little wait time as the entire line-up will be available in a complete box set March 31st, from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
The DVDs included are The Broken, Slaughter, Perkins 14, The Butterfly Effect: Revelation, From Within, Dying Breed, Voices and the unrated version of Autopsy. These films were released in the top 30 markets in the country on over 100 screens nationwide throughout the week of January 9 - 15, 2009. Each film was created by today’s hottest and most groundbreaking filmmakers in horror and is considered to be among the most cutting-edge films to have appeared on the big screen. A true celebration of horror at its most wicked; each film will include bonus materials including “Miss Horrorfest” webisodes that chronicle this year’s competition for the chance to become the festival’s spokesmodel plus other assorted special features that include “making of” featurettes, webisodes and audio commentaries.
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The Broken
Director: Sean Ellis
Writer: Lene Bausager
Starring: Lena Headey, Richard Jenkins, Melvil Poupaud, Ulrich Thomsen, Michelle Duncan, Asier Newman
Synopsis: The life of a successful radiologist spirals out of control when she sees the spitting image of herself driving down a London street. Attempting to discover the identity of her double, she stumbles into a terrifying mystery that involves her family and closest friends, leaving her with no one to trust. 
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Slaughter
Director: Stewart Hopewell
Writer: Stewart Hopewell, Tim Long
Starring: Antonia Bernath, Craig Robert Young, Lucy Holt, Maxim Knight, Amy Shiels, C.J. Singer, Cristi Hogas
Synopsis: Based on true events…. Looking to escape an abusive relationship, Faith moves in with Lola at her family’s farm. Every night the girls go out, the young sexy Lola brings home an older man. When Faith realizes Lola’s one night stands are disappearing, she fears Lola’s creepy family is killing more than just animals in the slaughter house. 
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Perkins’ 14
Director: Craig Singer
Writer: Craig Singer, Jeremy Donaldson, Lane Shadgett
Starring: Patrick O’Kane, Shayla Beesley, Mihaela Mihut, Michale Graves, Gregory O’Connor and Katherine Pawlak
Synopsis: Ten years ago, Officer Dwayne Hooper’s son was abducted, the final victim in a string of fourteen local disappearances. Now, Hooper’s suspicions have been aroused by a prison inmate who bears striking similarities to the purported kidnapper. Hooper finds evidence in the criminal’s apartment and seeks revenge - igniting a wave of carnage that engulfs the town. 
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The Butterfly Effect: Revelations
Director: Seth Grossman
Writer: Holly Brix
Starring: Chris Carmack, Sonya A. Avakian, Rachel Miner, Melissa Jones
Synopsis: The latest entry in The Butterfly Effect franchise tells the story of Sam who possesses an extraordinary talent: the ability to travel through time. He can use his gift to help police solve cases, but he must never intervene with the past as it could alter the present in horrific ways. When a woman from Sam’s past begs him to help her find her sister’s killer, Sam breaks his own rule…and all Hell breaks loose. 
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From Within
Director: Phedon Papamichael
Writer: Brad Keene
Starring: Thomas Dekker, Elizabeth Rice, Adam Goldberg, Jake Weber, Laura Allen
Synopsis: A rash of suicides has devastated the small community of Grovetown, with fear and panic spreading among local residents. As those around 18 year-old Lindsay continue to die grisly deaths, she begins to distrust everyone…and suspects she will become the next victim. 
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Dying Breed
Director: Jody Dwyer
Writer: Michael Boughen, Rod Morris, Jody Dwyer
Starring: Leigh Whannell, Nathan Phillips, Melanie Valejo, Mirrah Foulkes, Peter Docker, Billie Brown
Synopsis: On their quest to find a rare tiger, four adventurers in Tasmania enter an isolated township named Sarah, once a hideout for an infamous cannibal called “The Pieman.” The four hunters suddenly become the hunted as they discover that the township still upholds its cannibalistic heritage. And need fresh “stock” to breed. 
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Autopsy
Director: Adam Gierasch
Writer: Adam Gierasch, Evan Katz, Jace Anderson
Starring: Robert Patrick, Jenette Goldstein, Michael Bowen, Robert LaSardo, Ross McCall
Synopsis: A group of recent college grads is taking a final vacation together when an accident leaves them hurt and stranded on a lonely Louisiana road. An ambulance arrives and takes them to mercy hospital, an eerie, half empty place that harbors a chilling secret: a doctor conducting inhuman experiments on its helpless patients. 
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Voices
Director: Ki-hwan Oh
Writer: Ki-hwan Oh
Starring: Jin-seo Yun, Ki-woo Lee, Gi-woong Park
Synopsis: After witnessing the violent murders of two family members, a young woman fears that she may be marked for death. With no one to trust and nowhere to flee, she races against time to uncover a deadly secret, in this heart-stopping thriller based on the best-selling comic book series. 
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Pricing: DVD $19.98 each
Pricing: DVD $159.98 box set
