STACK #132 Oct 2016

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ABC’s OF DEATH OMNIBUS EDITION If you don’t already know your ABC’s (of Death), now there’s no excuse with this Omnibus Edition that collects both films in the series together with some exclusive new extras. The DVD and Blu-ray edition has been cheekily (and appropriately?) packaged in a 4-disc digipack designed to resemble the beloved Golden Book kids’ range – complete with gold-foiled spine and incongruous (and removable) R-rating! – so for god’s sake keep it out of reach of children. Together with the 52 short films that comprise ABC’s of

EJECTA Genre regular Julian Richings ( Wrong Turn , Cube ) plays a man still traumatised by a close encounter of the third kind that occurred 40 years ago during a solar flare. Hounded by a UFO documentarian, sinister government agents (are there

October is Halloween and the Friday Fright Night cinema line-up has ample treats in store. A firm fixture on the horror and cult movie calendar, the Friday Fright Night screenings continue to showcase the best in new releases and classic favourites on the big screens at the Lido and New Farm Cinemas in Melbourne and Brisbane, respectively. October’s programme includes a cavalcade of canine carnage in the homegrown horror The Pack (Oct 2 Melb, Oct 9 Bris), which will feature a Q&A with the filmmakers; the blackly comic Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman (Oct 2 Bris, Oct 9 Melb); Ted Geoghegan’s incredibly creepy ghost story We Are Still Here (Oct 16), Ruggero Deodato’s notoriously nasty House on the Edge of the Park (Oct 23), and zombie comedy Cooties (Oct 30). The best has been saved for last, however, with Eli Roth’s long delayed cannibal opus The Green Inferno finally seeing the light of a projector on Halloween Night, October 31. For session times and tickets, visit www. monsterpictures.com.au/friday-fright-night/ FRIDAY NIGHT FRIGHTS

any other kind?) and a ruthless doctor, Richings’ past returns to haunt him on the eve of another solar flare. The British actor’s cadaverous features are a perfect fit for this moody and non-linear sci-fi horror flick. On DVD October 21

Death Part 1 & 2, there’s a bonus disc of extras for each, with all-new special features for Part 2. In addition to behind-the-scenes footage from selected shorts, you get The Best of Monster Fest Shorts, showcasing the work of up and coming filmmakers like Stu Simpson ( Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla ), Eugenia Muggleton, Jarret Gahan, Ryan Coonan, David Jackson and Caitlin Koller. All up, a fantastic package of bite-sized viewing that can snacked on at your leisure, or digested all at once and vomited up later. Available October 21

WHITE SETTLERS “Scotland’s a very friendly country” says one of the characters in White Settlers , aka The Blood Lands , but you’d never guess it from this UK horror-thriller. A London couple relocate to the Scottish countryside and take up residence in a farmhouse with a violent history. Built on the site of “a ferocious battle between the Scots and the English”, it takes a brave heart indeed

BACKCOUNTRY How much horror can you bear? Wilderness thrillers are back in style and hot on the trail of Into the Grizzly Maze comes another Canadian production that pits

a camping couple against a belligerent black bear, not to mention a creepy guide and a thieving raccoon.

to survive the horror that’s unleashed when a bunch of home invaders in animal masks show up in the dead of night. Starring Monster Pictures favourite Pollyanna McIntosh ( The Woman, Let Us Prey ), this slickly shot exercise in terror and suspense is a must-see for fans of You’re Next and The Strangers . On DVD October 21

Based on a true story and set against the stunning backdrop of the Canadian backwoods, this battle for survival packs a solid and brutal punch. On DVD & Blu-ray on October 21

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