New Blu-Ray Horror Titles Arrive from Lionsgate in October

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By B. Alan Orange

Published Aug 15, 2009

Four straight-to-DVD thrillers arrive in hi-def with a heaping helping of special features.

On October 6th, Lionsgate Home Entertainment will release four never-before-seen horror films direct to Blu-ray and DVD. Each disc will sell for $19.98 SRP on DVD and $29.99 SRP for the Blu-ray. The titles include:

Seventh Moon [Blu-ray]. Directed by Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project). According to an ancient Chinese myth, on the full moon of the seventh lunar month, the gates of hell open and the dead are freed to roam among the living. While honeymooning in China, a young newlywed couple takes part in a sacred event that honors these spirits. Unfortunately their enthusiasm borders on mockery and their disagreeable charm ends in angry glances among the locals. As night falls, their tour guide abandons them in a desolate field. What they thought was a joke is becoming far too real as they fight to survive the night of the Seventh Moon.

Special Features:

Audio commentary with writer/director Eduardo Sanchez and actress Amy Smart
- "Ghosts of Hong Kong: The Making of Seventh Moon" featurette
- "The Pale Figures" featurette
- "Mysteries of the Seventh Lunar Month" featurette

Offspring [Blu-ray]. Based on the acclaimed novel and adapted for the screen by bestselling author Jack Ketchum, Offspring follows the survivors of a brutal flesh-eating clan that has re-surfaced in the once sleepy town of Dead River, Maine. The locals are in for a rude awakening when they realize it's the same pack that the sheriff thought he killed off a decade ago. Just when they thought the nightmare was over, they're about to discover that the fight for their lives has only just begun.

Special Features:

Audio commentary with writer Jack Ketchum, director/producer Andrew Van Den Houten and producer/cinematographer William M. Miller
- "Progeny: The Birth of Offspring" featurette
- Webisodes
- Photo gallery
- Printable script

Thaw [Blu-ray]. When Dr. Kruipen (Val Kilmer) discovers the carcass of a woolly mammoth in a polar ice cap, he helms a team of four bright ecology students and leads them in a research mission at a remote Arctic station. The group uncovers information beyond their wildest dreams...and nightmares...when a pre-historic parasite revives and searches for a new warm-blooded host. Now, infected, the unsuspecting students are forced to choose between a quarantine that will result in their burial ground or a global epidemic.

Special Features:

Behind the Scenes

The Children. A family anticipates a Christmas filled with sledding, laughter and hot cocoa as they head to their vacation home in the secluded backcountry. The holiday cheer takes a fast turn for the worst after a mysterious flu-like virus sweeps through the kids. One by one the children become deadly. Amidst the suspicion, mayhem and murder, the parents must fight for survival against their own twisted offspring.

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