January comes to a close and we see the horror genre is still alive and well. Last night The X-Files returned to television in a triumphant return to form. Tonight we get the second episode in the 6 part series. Good times. The rest of the week is populated by a nice collection of DVD releases. One of these releases is Goosebumps which ranked as #3 on the HorrorBuzz top 10 horror films of 2015. There are also some wonderful releases aside from that including the James Spader film, Jack’s Back, David Caradine’s Sonny Boy and the coasting along on the release of the the 80’s schlock fest Side Show.
We then round things out with a collection of notable dates in Horror History.
Here is what you can expect this week in horror.
Television
Film
Goosebumps – Blu Ray/DVD (Jan. 26th) | ||
RATING: | PG | ![]() After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. Stine is very strange and mysterious and it turns out for good reason. He is a prisoner of his own imagination – the monsters that his books made famous are real, and Stine protects his readers by keeping them locked up in their books. When Zach unintentionally unleashes the monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach, and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong.
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Genre: | Horror | |
Runtime: | 1 hr. 44 min. | |
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Written By: | Darren Lemke, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski |
Jack’s Back – Blu Ray/DVD (Jan 26th) | ||
RATING: | R | ![]() James Spader (The Blacklist, The Avengers: Age Of Ultron) and Cynthia Gibb (Death Warrant, Youngblood) star in this taut mystery-thriller written and directed by Rowdy Herrington (Road House). Special Features Include: -High Definition Transfer from the Original Negative-Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Rowdy Herrington
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Genre: | Crime, Horror, Mystery | |
Runtime: | 1 hr. 37 min. | |
Directed By: | Rowdy Herrington | |
Written By: | Rowdy Herrington |
Sonny Boy – Blu Ray/DVD (Jan 26th) | ||
RATING: | R | ![]() In a remote desert town, a psychopathic petty crook (Smith) and his transvestite girlfriend (Carradine) kidnap and raise an orphaned infant, cage it like an animal and train it to steal and kill on their command. Years later, when the half-wild Sonny Boy escapes and embarks on a bloody rampage, the couple’s monstrous attempt at “child development”, provokes the local populace into vengeful retaliation. Unlike any film you’ve ever seen, SONNY BOY is an unsettling, wildly bizarre allegory on the devastating effects of child abuse and the violent consequences that follow. Special Features Include: -Audio commentary with director Robert Martin Carroll
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Genre: | Horror | |
Runtime: | 1 hr. 30 min. | |
Directed By: | Robert Martin Carroll | |
Written By: | Graeme Whifler, Peter Denberg, |
In the Hell of Dixie- Blu Ray/DVD (Jan. 26th) | ||
RATING: | R | ![]()
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Genre: | Horror | |
Runtime: | 1 hr. 90 min. | |
Directed By: | ||
Written By: | Eric F. Adams |
Survival Knife – Blu Ray/DVD (Jan. 26th) | ||
RATING: | R | ![]()
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Genre: | Horror | |
Runtime: | 1 hr. 90 min. | |
Directed By: | Jordan Ghanma | |
The Thrill of the Kill – Blu Ray/DVD (Jan. 26th) | ||
RATING: | R | ![]() |
Genre: | Horror | |
Runtime: | 1 hr. 25 min. | |
Directed By: | Lars-Erik Lie | |
Written By: | Lars-Erik Lie, Kirsten Jakobsen, Arve Herman Tangen, Camilla Vestbø Losvik, Toril Skansen |
Mansion of Blood – Blu Ray/DVD (Jan. 26th) | ||
RATING: | R | ![]()
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Genre: | Horror | |
Runtime: | 1 hr. 39 min. | |
Directed By: | Mike Donahue | |
Written By: | Mike Donahue |
Mansion of Blood – Blu Ray/DVD (Jan. 26th) | ||
RATING: | R | ![]()
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Genre: | Horror | |
Runtime: | 1 hr. 39 min. | |
Directed By: | Mike Donahue | |
Written By: | Mike Donahue |
Mansion of Blood – Blu Ray/DVD (Jan. 26th) | ||
RATING: | R | ![]()
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Genre: | Horror | |
Runtime: | 1 hr. 30 min. | |
Directed By: | Fred Olen Ray | |
Written By: | Neal Marshall Stevens, |
This date in Horror History
January 25
- 1943 – Tobe Hooper (director of numerous horror films) born
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2013 – Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters released.
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2013 – John Dies at the End released.
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2013 – Resolution released.
- 2013 – Zombie Night released.
January 27
- 2005 – Resident Evil 4 released for the Nintendo GameCube in Japan
January 28
- 2005 – Creep released theatrically
- 2005 – Hide and Seek released theatrically
January 29
- 1998 – Resident Evil 2 released on the PlayStation in Japan
January 30
- 1976 – Salo o le 120 giornate di Sodoma released theatrically
- 2015 – Fear Clinic released
January 31
- 1998 – Ringu released theatrically in Japan
- 1999 – Silent Hill released on the PlayStation in North America
- 2003 – Final Destination released theatrically
Some pretty good stuff this week to be sure. be sure to return next week for another weekly forecast of horror happenings.