June 18, 2019

 

Us (2019) (Directed by Jordan Peele)

 

  • Blu-ray/DVD/4K-UHD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon, Anna Diop, Kara Hayward, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nathan Harrington, David M Sandoval Jr., Madison Curry, Duke Nicholson
  • WRITER: Jordan Peele
  • SYNOPSIS:
    • Set in present day along the iconic Northern California coastline, Us, from Monkeypaw Productions, stars Oscar® winner Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe (Black Panther’s Winston Duke), and their two children (Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex) for an idyllic summer getaway.
    • Haunted by an unexplainable and unresolved trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide feels her paranoia elevate to high-alert as she grows increasingly certain that something bad is going to befall her family.
    • After spending a tense beach day with their friends, the Tylers (Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon), Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home. When darkness falls, the Wilsons discover the silhouette of four figures holding hands as they stand in the driveway. Us pits an endearing American family against a terrifying and uncanny opponent: doppelgangers of themselves.
  • BOX OFFICE: $174.6 Million
  • GENRE: Horror, Thriller
  • RATING
  • Rated R – violence/terror, and language
  • RUN TIME: 117 Minutes
  • TAGLINES:
    • We Are Our Own Worst Enemy.
    • From Jordan Peele, writer/director of ‘Get Out,’ comes a New Nightmare
    • Watch Yourself.
    • Two Years Ago, Jordan Peele Redefined the Genre with “Get Out.” On March 22, Discover His New Nightmare.
  • STUDIO: Universal Pictures
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  • https://www.amazon.com/Us-Blu-ray-Lupita-Nyongo/dp/B07PL9PYCK/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6857112/

 

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The Nightmare Gallery (2018) (Directed by Gene Blalock)

 

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Mad in Italy: Witness the Birth of a New Serial Killer (2011) (Directed by Paolo Fazzini)

 

  • DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Gianluca Testa, Eleonora Bolla, Giovanni Maria Buzzatti
  • SYNOPSIS: The global economy is hit by crisis and major political changes begin to upset local governments. Shaken by these social changes, Davide is a thirty year old man who lives in an isolated house lost in the hills of central Italy. Fired from his job, Davide sets out to find a way to vent all the frustrations of a life spent in precarious employment and the extremely strict education of his father. He finally finds that outlet when he kidnaps a local girl and locks her up in his home. MAD IN ITALY draws us into a chilling and disturbing reality, shakes our confidence, and forces us to examine aspects of mental deviation and fear we would rather not. Written and Directed by Paolo Fazzini and featuring amazing cinematography by one of the most talented Italian directors of photography, Mirco Sgarzi (House of Flesh Mannequins and Orgy of Blood), MAD IN ITALY also features chilling special effects and a dynamic soundtrack that make this nightmarish world come alive. In Italian with English subtitles.
  • GENRE: Horror, Thriller
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 90 minutes
  • STUDIO: Bayview Entertainment
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  • https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Italy-Witness-Serial-Killer/dp/B07QSPJCCV/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821527/

 

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The Carpenter’s House: They Are Not Alone (2018) (Directed by Brace Bontempo)

 

 

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Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018) (Directed by Crispian Mills)

 

  • DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Simon Pegg, Michael Sheen, Asa Butterfield, Finn Cole, Hermione Corfield, Nick Frost, Jassa Ahluwalia, Jamie Blackley, Bern Collaco, Jo Hartley, Tom Rhys Harries, Isabella Laughland, Kit Connor, Hanako Footman
  • WRITER: Crispian Mills, Henry Fitzherbert
  • SYNOPSIS: Welcome to Slaughterhouse, an elite boarding school where boys and girls are groomed for power and greatness…and they’re about to meet their match. This ancient and ordered world is about to be shaken to its foundations – literally – when a controversial frack site on prized school woodland causes seismic tremors, a mysterious sinkhole and an unspeakable horror is unleashed. Soon a new pecking order will be established as pupils, teachers and the school matron become locked in a bloody battle for survival.
  • GENRE: Horror, Action, Comedy
  • RATING: Rated R (bloody violence, language throughout, sexual content, and some drug use)
  • RUN TIME: 104 Minutes
  • TAGLINE: Bloodius. Hellius. Maximus.
  • STUDIO: Sony Pictures
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  • https://www.amazon.com/Slaughterhouse-Rulez-Nick-Frost/dp/B07QLB7F2F/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6905696/

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