Cover Art for Fangoria Frightfest DVDs
Fangoria, the long running horror magazine that many of us grew up on, is looking to broaden their horizons yet again. They’ve teamed up with Lightning Media to create the brand new Fangoria Frightfest. Think After Dark Horrorfest or the Ghosthouse Underground releases and you’ll know exactly what’s in store.
Fango and Lightning have combined forces to bring you eight new horror flicks on DVD, VOD, and Digital Download. One of the films, chosen by viewers, will get a big screen theatrical release next month. So, after you’ve viewed the flicks, be sure to head over to the official site and make your voice is heard. To help set the tone, I’ve got a look at the cover art for each of the new DVD releases — and I must say, the majority of them are really pretty cool looking.
Check out the gallery for a better look at the artwork after the break as well as the plot synopsis for each title.
Fragile
Amy Nicholls (Calista Flockhart, Brothers & Sisters), the new night nurse at a soon-to-be-abandoned children’s hospital, readies the last group of orphans to leave. But it becomes increasingly clear that these are not normal children. An atmospheric ghost story from Spanish director Jaume Balagueró (the[REC] trilogy, Darkness).
Grimm Love
In this fact-based thriller, German graduate student Katie Armstrong (Keri Russell, Waitress, TV’s Felicity) is researching cannibalistic killer Oliver Hartwin (Thomas Kretschmann, King Kong, The Stendhal Syndrome) for her thesis. Obsessed with her subject, she plunges into “the lifestyle.” Directed by Martin Weisz (The Hills Have Eyes II).
The Tomb
Director Michael Staininger’s updated adaptation of the classic Edgar Allan Poe tale The Tomb of Ligeia. Successful writer and scholar Jonathan Merrick (Wes Bentley, American Beauty, Ghost Rider) falls under the spell of the bewitching beauty Ligeia, who is fighting a fatal illness. Willing to stop at nothing in a quest for immortality, Ligeia plots to steal souls … beginning with Jonathan’s. Co-starring Michael Madsen (Kill Bill) and Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight) and produced by Jeff Most (The Crow).
Dark House
Directed by writer/producer Darin Scott (Tales From the Hood), this thriller is a high-tech take on the traditional “haunted house,” featuring a charismatically maniacal performance by horror legend Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator, The Frighteners, Star Trek).
Hunger
Steven Hentges’ shocker stars Lori Heuring (Wicked Little Things, The In Crowd) in a physically and psychologically demanding role. Five strangers (including Heuring) find themselves trapped in an underground dungeon. Realizing they are the subjects of a sadistic experiment to test the depths of a human being’s will to survive, their hunger increases as their humanity fades.
Pig Hunt
A young man and his pals embark on a guys’ weekend to hunt wild boars on his late uncle’s remote ranch. But as the group treks deeper into the forest, the awful truth is revealed about his uncle’s demise and the hunters become the hunted. Called “Enjoyably offbeat hybrid horror” by Variety, this quirky action/thriller is directed by James Isaac (Skinwalkers, Jason X).
Road Kill
An Australian surprise starring emerging heartthrob Xavier Samuel (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and festival favorite The Loved Ones). In this supernatural thriller, a group of teenagers (including Samuel) embark on a road trip and find themselves menaced by a driver-less truck in the Australian outback.
The Haunting
This Spanish chiller from director Elio Quiroga (Fotos, La Hora Fria) was inspired by the Catholic Church’s documentation of actual, unexplained supernatural phenomena in the ’40s and stars Ana Torrent (Tesis) as a new mother driven to the brink of madness.
Tags: Dark House, DVD and Blu-ray, DVD covers, Fangoria Frightfest, Fragile, Grimm Love, Hunger, Lightning Media, Pig Hunt, The Haunting, The Tomb
June 23rd, 2010 at 4:29 pm
I was going to knock these flicks until I started reading some of the names attatched to them. They might not be half bad. I’ll eagerly await your reviews Bracken.
June 23rd, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Hunger and Grimm Love sound slightly interesting. The rest sound pretty lame. Haunted houses and ghost children? Come on…
June 25th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Let’s not forget the movie Pig Hunt. I think it should be renamed “Bacon: The Musical”. That I would watch.
July 19th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
People need to vote not tomorrow, but TODAY! If you want to see The Tomb play on the silver screen
this is your only chance. Click the link before the contest wraps.
http://tinyurl.com/3xcexc3
July 23rd, 2010 at 11:08 am
So, Dark House won. I guess I am out of touch.
August 2nd, 2010 at 9:58 am
I’m excited Dark House won, but looking forward to all of these being released on DVD! I’ve added some of them to my netflix que for when they come out
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:25 am
I’ve got reviews of several of them ready to post — I just need to find time to get them on the site.
August 3rd, 2010 at 11:26 am
Can’t wait to hear about Hunger…I like sadistic experiments.
August 3rd, 2010 at 11:42 am
Well, the good news is, that’s one of the reviews I have written.
August 4th, 2010 at 11:57 am
I’m camping out outside blockbuster for these ones. Actually…I’m probably not, but will definitely be picking some movies the first day they come out. Fangoria magazine knows how to pick films so I have no doubt that these will be great.