Welcome to Bloody Bits, the weekly recap of recent horror movies released on blu-ray and dvd for that specific week. This is brought to you by My Bloody Podcast and Horrorphilia.com. Every Tue/Wed is a new podcast recap episode, containing mini reviews and recommendations. Click on the red links to purchase the movie.
Extinction from Sony Pictures
For nine years, Patrick (Matthew Fox), Jack (Jeffrey Donovan) and his daughter Lu (Quinn McColgan) have outlasted the zombie apocalypse by shutting themselves off in the snowbound town of Harmony. The monsters have seemingly disappeared, with no sign of other survivors, but the constant fear of the unknown is starting to take a toll on this makeshift family. When Patrick goes scavenging for food, he discovers the undead have returned and evolved into something terrifying, beyond imagination. Will the last breath of the human race survive a second zombie apocalypse?
The Beast of Xmoor from Screen Media
The impulsive and beautiful Georgia drags her unwilling boyfriend Matt to the remote English countryside to prove the existence of the legendary Beast of Exmoor. Armed with cameras, they meet Fox, an eccentric hunter with over 20 years hunting experience who has agreed to act as their guide – and believes the beast has tasted human flesh and hungers for more.
Hanger 10 from Ifc Midnight
33 years after the infamous Rendlesham Forest UFO incident, in which alien spacecraft was reported to have been seen in a wooded area not far from a military base, three metal detector enthusiasts hunting for Saxon gold in the same region capture incredible footage of UFOs while filming their expedition. Curious to uncover the truth behind the area s extraterrestrial history, the group pursues their findings into the evening. But as night falls, their navigation equipment inexplicably starts failing, and they soon find themselves facing a terrifying encounter with an unforgiving alien presence.
Army of Frankenstein’s from Scream Factory
Directed by Ryan Bellgardt
Starring John Ferguson, Jordan Farris, Raychelle Mcdonald
Run Time: 108 minutes
An unstoppable terror is set loose upon a nation divided… and history will never be the same!
After a failed attempt to propose to his girlfriend, Alan Jones (Jordan Farris) is beaten within an inch of his life by a street gang. Transported to the mysterious lab of Dr. Tanner Finski and his kid genius assistant Igor, Alan becomes the subject in a series of horrible experiments as part of the doctor’s plan to reanimate the legendary Frankenstein monster. But all bets are off when these experiments lead to a hole being ripped in space and time, pulling an army’s worth of the infamous creatures from hundreds of parallel universes and sending them all back to the 19th century: directly into the heart of a bloody battle between the North and South!
An over-the-top sci-fi/horror hybrid, Army Of Frankensteins is an outrageous film that dares to examine a history that never happened: The War Between The States… of Life and Death!
The Curse of Downer’s Grove
Directed by Derick Martini
Starring Kevin Zegers, Lucas Till, Bella Heathcote
Available from Anchor Bay
Reviewer: Horrorphilia Jason
The town of Downers Grove looks like your average suburban neighborhood — but Downers Grove has a disturbing secret…. For the past eight years, one senior from every high school graduating class has met a bizarre death right before graduation day. And this year Chrissie Swanson (Bella Heathcote) has a terrible feeling that she is going to be the one to die. Can Chrissie survive the curse of Downers Grove or will she, like those seniors before her, fall prey to the town’s deadly secret?
