I think I speak for every Australian horror fan when I say we hate waiting for months to get an Australian release when the film was released in the US months before. I hate it when there is a horror film that I cant wait to see gets as US theatrical release, but because it flops in the US (or sometimes not) Australia gest a shitty direct-to-dvd release. Some films never had an Australian release date (Eg The Fourth Kind), so i'm not overly dissapointed with a direct-to-dvd release, but films like One Missed Call, The Ruins, Whiteout, The Stepfather, Jennifer's Body and heaps more all had Australian theatrical dates set, but because they all flopped in the US the Aussie release was cancelled. Just because in the US a film flops, doesn't mean the same thing will happen her. I will admit that Horror films don;t tend to do extremely well here, but they are a highly sought after genre for teens. Even US successes like "The Haunting In Connecticut", "Obsessed" and "The Crazies" have all grossed $50, $60 and $40 million in the US, they didn't get an Aussie release. The Crazies may sztill get one, but it looks unlikely, and Obsessed was set for August 2009, but was scrapped 2 weeks before release. In my opinion, if Aussie distributors set dates for films, and release the trailers and posters to cinemas that they should follow through with the release. It's bullshit that I have to wait and wait for a cinema release, and even worse when it gets cnacelled and another 5 months a DVD is finally released. I feel like moving to the US because i'm so passionate about my genre and would love to see all film's on the big screen