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Murder and terror lurk in the distance after a greedy inventor and investor, who was framed for fraud by his business partner, is released from prison.
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When viciously mutilated bodies begin turning up on a remote British moor, local police blame the grisly killings on some powerful, unknown carnivore. What they don`t know is what sweet old Ellie and Joyce have been keeping bricked-up in their dark basement for the past thirty years.
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M. Night Shyamalan's THE VILLAGE finds the renowned writer-director crafting a suspenseful story of a small community whose inhabitants are plagued by fear of the unknown forest that surrounds them. For years, they have kept a truce with mysterious creatures in the woods by vowing never to breach a clearly defined border. However, when a young man (Joaquin Phoenix) becomes determined to explore the nearby towns, his actions are met with menacing consequences.
Shyamalan continues his remarkable streak of entrancing and entertaining thrillers (THE SIXTH SENSE, UNBREAKABLE, SIGNS) with THE VILLAGE. A meticulous filmmaker, Shyamalan displays his penchant for setting up a fascinating atmosphere in every aspect of the movie, from its distinctive color scheme to its intentionally genteel dialogue to its outstanding cinematography, courtesy of Roger Deakins. Renowned cast members Phoenix, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, and Adrien Brody are excellent, but the true standout is Bryce Dallas Howard (daughter of director Ron Howard), who embodies the heart of the film with her vulnerable but fiercely vital performance. Like Shyamalan's other movies, THE VILLAGE has a distinct twist that offers shocking revelations, but this film's overwhelming sense of menace is what is sure to resonate with viewers long after it's over.
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The FANGORIA FRIGHT PACK presents a threesome of low-budget gorefests from the annals of the hallowed horror magazine. In THE LAST HORROR MOVIE (2003), a wedding photographer (Kevin Howarth) filming a documentary about serial killers becomes one himself and chronicles his crimes on camera for a disturbing meta-movie about watching horror movies. In SKINNED DEEP (2004), a vacationing family on a cross-country trip get a flat tire in a backwoods hamlet and are offered help by a local woman whose kin turn out to be a pack of demented killers. As the unsuspecting visitors are brutally murdered by the likes of a plate-throwing dwarf (LEPRECHAUN`s Warwick Davis) and a disfigured boy with an enlarged brain on the outside of his head, the sole surviving daughter (Karoline Brandt) struggles to escape before she becomes the psychos` next victim. And in DEAD MEAT (2004), Spanish tourists Helena (Marian Araujo) and Martin (David Ryan) literally stumble upon a legion of flesh-eating zombies created by a mutated strain of mad-cow disease in the rural Irish countryside. It isn`t long before Martin himself succumbs to zombification, leaving Helena to partner with local gravedigger Desmond (David Mallard) to fight off the army of undead with creatively zany techniques involving everything from shovels to vacuum cleaners.
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When a boarder at the Mariell manor reportedly sees ghosts, Professor David Ash (Aidan Quinn) makes a house call to investigate. As he attempts to rationalize the possibility of ghosts, he falls for the alluring Christina Mariell (Kate Beckinsale) and soon finds himself spotting specters as well.Based on the novel by James Herbert, HAUNTED is director Lewis Gilbert's first endeavor into horror, and he succeeds spectacularly. The film features his quick-paced style of action, evinced in his James Bond films, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, MOONRAKER, and YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, but is also reminiscent of his noir-like films, CAST A DARK SHADOW and TOUGH GUY. A drastic departure from his previous film, 1991's light, feel-good STEPPING OUT, HAUNTED is a modern take on an old-fashioned macabre tale and an essential film for any horror fan.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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