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5 Big Frights in HD
Test out your new HD DVD player with a selection of cinema's most eye-popping horror flicks! From classics ("The Thing") to recent creature-features ("Slither"), these scary movies will give you hours of extra-sensory fright!
Van Helsing
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Director Stephen Sommers says "I want my movies to be a high-intensity experience." And that's exactly what "Van Helsing" is. It may have more action than horror, but it's an audio/visual overload, and therefore perfect for Hi-Def viewing. Legendary vampire hunter Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) faces-off with three of Universal Studios' classic monsters: Frankenstein, the Wolf Man and Count Dracula. It's the Count who poses the biggest threat with his plan to unleash thousands of vampires upon the world. To stop him, Van Helsing enlists the assistance of fellow vampire hunter Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale). The special effects, of course, are what make this movie soar. For the big action sequences the screen is so busy, it takes the HD format to deliver the nuances.
Release Date: May 23, 2006
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, Hugh Jackman
Directed by: Stephen Sommers
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George A. Romero's Land of the Dead
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Looking for a terrific zombie movie? George Romero's "Land of the Dead" might be your pick. What sets it apart from typical zombie fare is that the recently-deceased don't just eat brains, they have some. They know how to fight back, which makes for some entertaining action as they attempt to over-run humanity's last (and well-protected) city. Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Asia Argento and Dennis Hopper squabble amongst themselves while fending off the undead. One needs a strong stomach to view the zombie's dining manners in HD. "Land of the Dead" tallies a lively 74 percent on the Tomatometer.
Release Date: September 19, 2006
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Simon Baker, Asia Argento
Directed by: George A. Romero
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The Thing
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Criticized by Roger Ebert as being "nauseating" and "dissapointing," John Carpenter's update of Howard Hawks' 1951 classic "The Thing" has nevertheless become considered one of the freakiest horror movies of all time. At an American research outpost in Antarctica, star Kurt Russell and his team discover an alien life-form with an ability to aggressively replicate (and mutate) another organism. One by one, the men become infected. Sure, it's scary to wonder who can you trust. It's even scarier when that person becomes something so grotesquely disfigured that you'll have to cover your eyes! And there's no CGI here -- these monsters were created on the set by special effects make-up master Rob Bottin. And in HD, the visuals are extra frightening.
Release Date: October 24, 2006
Starring: Keith David, Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley
Directed by: John Carpenter
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Slither
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"Slither" offers another slimy, outer-space organism that wants to inhabit the Earth and use humans as hosts in the process. Director James Gunn fashioned his movie as a homage to the science fiction/horror genre, and he does so by adding a large amount of humor. "Serenity"'s Nathan Fillion plays a small town sheriff who battles the slug-like creatures that are turning the locals into zombies. "Slither" doesn't try to be or say anything more that it is: an amusingly scary movie. Watch "Slither" for the fun of it, just to see if it'll make you jump. Chances are, it will!
Release Date: October 24, 2006
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Gregg Henry
Directed by: James Gunn
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An American Werewolf in London
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After comedy hits with "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers," director John Landis turned his attention to the horror genre with "An American Werewolf in London." When yankees David Kessler and Jack Goodman (played by David Naughton and Griffin Dunne, respectively) are viciously attacked by a wolf while backpacking on the Scottish Moors, Goodman is killed; but Kessler survives, and discovers he has inherited the ancient curse of the werewolf, transforming at each full moon. The movie has terrifically tense moments, particularly the werewolf chase on the London tube station and Kessler's first transformation -- masterful work by special effects make-up artist Rick Baker. The Tomatometer rates "An American Werewolf in London" at a respectable 81 percent.
Release Date: November 28, 2006
Starring: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter
Directed by: John Landis
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