Frightfest is taught THE LESSON (review)

When two secondary school students run afoul of a teacher driven to the end of his wits, they are abducted and made a captive audience to a deadly nail gun-assisted lesson in empathy and human nature in this British gorefest.

REVIEW LINK: Icon Home Entertainment (UK) Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

THE LESSON DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Optional English HoH subtitles
• Outtakes
• Frightfest Introduction
• Previews

Frightfest trips LANDMINE GOES CLICK (review)

Three friends vacationing in the mountains of Georgia are in for a hell of a time when one of them accidentally trips an old Russian landmine.  While one goes to get help, the other is rooted to the spot while the other is left vulnerable to the machinations of a predatory Georgian hunter.

REVIEW LINK: Icon Home Entertainment (UK) Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

LANDMINE GOES CLICK DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Optional English HoH subtitles
• Frightfest Introduction
• Previews

Frightfest haunts THE UNFOLDING (review)

As the threat of nuclear war looms large in the cities, a couple flee the wilds of Dartmoor to conduct a paranormal investigation on a centuries old estate.  They do not have to wait long before they receive confirmation that they are not alone, but are the increasingly violent presences warning them of a coming worldwide cataclysm or something even more evil lurking within the walls of the house?

REVIEW LINK: Icon Home Entertainment (UK) Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

THE UNFOLDING DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Optional English HoH subtitles
• Frightfest Introduction
• Previews

Icon and Frightfest peer behind CURTAIN (review)

When burnt-out hospice nurse Danni moves into a cozy new apartment, she starts to think she is losing her mind when her shower curtain keeps disappearing.  With the help of a co-worker, she discovers that her shower is the entrance to another dimension in this quirky but creepy indie horror film.

REVIEW LINK: Frightfest/Icon Home Entertainment (UK) Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

CURTAIN DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo
• Optional English HoH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director/co-writer/cinematographer Jaron Henrie-McCrea, co-writer/producer Carys Edwards, actors Danni Smith, Martin Monahan & Tim Lueke, and composer Adam Skerritt
• Frightfest Introduction
• Making-of
• Trailers for other Frightfest titles

Frightfest Presents LAST GIRL STANDING (review)

What happens after the slasher ends?  LAST GIRL STANDING explores the loneliness and psychological damage of the sole survivor of a camping trip massacre as well as her suspicion that the terror is about to begin again  when she makes friends with a new group of potential victims.

REVIEW LINK: Icon Entertainment (UK) Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

LAST GIRL STANDING DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo
• Optional English HoH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Benjamin R. Moody and producer Rachael Moody
• Behind the Scenes
• Outtakes
• Frightfest Introduction
• Trailers for the four other Frightest 2016 titles

Icon Entertainment unleashes THE PACK on DVD (review)

On July 4, Icon Entertainment will release Franck Richard's THE PACK (La Meute) on Region 2 PAL DVD.  Emilie Dequenne (FISSURES) and hitcher Benjamin Biolay take a wrong turn and wind up at La Spack, the backwoods diner where proprietor Yolande Moreau (MICMACS) serves up unsuspecting motorists to "The Pack."  Part torture porn, part monster siege, all gory!


REVIEW LINK: Icon Home Entertainment (UK) Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)


THE PACK DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1 transfer
• French Dolby Digital 5.1 audio
• Burnt-in English subtitles
• "The Artist at Work: Creating THE PACK" featurette
• Theatrical Trailer