Inception Media Group avenges VIKTOR (review)

Getting out of prison in France after a seven year sentence, Viktor returns to Moscow to the news that his son was killed three months previous.  Learning that his son had fallen in with diamond smugglers, he pursues them in search of revenge.  Gerard Deardieu and Elizabeth Hurley star.

REVIEW LINK: Inception Media Group (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

VIKTOR DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English/Russian Dolby Digital 5.1
• Optional English subtitles for Russian dialogue and English SDH subtitles for all dialogue and sound effects/music
• Theatrical Trailer
• Start-up Trailers

Inception Media investigates A HAUNTING AT PRESTON CASTLE (review)

Three young people learn that the legends are all true when they decide to spend the night in Preston Castle, California's oldest reform school which has been uninhabited since the 1960's following the beating death of a young inmate.

REVIEW LINK: Inception Media Group (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

A HAUNTING AT PRESTON CASTLE DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1
• Optional English SDH subtitles and Closed Captioning
• Trailer
• Start-up Trailers

Inception Media Group is STRIPPED (review)

Four guys and a girl head to Vegas for a twenty-first birthday to remember.  They've got a swank casino suite and all the alcohol they can imbibe, but where's the entertainment?  Courtesy of a stray business card, they hire out the girls at "Paradise" that promise to do "anything" to make their customers happy.  The guys think nothing of going to out to a sketchy warehouse for the festivities, but little do they know that the strippers only accept payment in donations... organ donations!

REVIEW LINK: Inception Media Group (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

STRIPPED DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1
• Trailer

Found Footage Review Archive

Love 'em or hate 'em, "found footage" horror features are a popular sub-genre.  They offer new filmmakers an economical opportunity for a debut feature that might have a chance of being distributed either on physical media or streaming services (or both) and mor experienced filmmakers an opportunity to play with the "language" of film.  The results aren't always pretty (well, they're never pretty aesthetically), but there are a few diamonds in the rough.  The list of reviews below are not a select list of the good ones; rather, it is a list of review links to the "found footage" titles I've covered thus far.

APARTMENT 143
ATROCIOUS
THE BAY
EVIDENCE
EVIL THINGS
HOLLOW
THE INSIDE 
A NECESSARY DEATH
A NIGHT IN THE WOODS
PARANORMAL INCIDENT
THE TAPES 

Inception has EVIL THINGS in August! (review)

In the tradition of QUARANTINE and PARANORMAL ACTIVITY comes Dominic Perez's EVIL THINGS (on NTSC Region 1 DVD on August 9, 2011).  Cassy, Mark, Tanya, Leo, and Miriam head out to a remote country home in the snowy wilderness for Miriam's 21st birthday party.  48 hours later, they have all vanished, and the only clue is what was captured on Leo's video camera.

REVIEW LINK: Inception Media Group (USA) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

EVIL THINGS DVD specs:*

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 transfer
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio

* No extra features have been confirmed as of this date.