Title: Dead Creatures
Year: 2001
Director: Andrew Parkinson
Writer: Andrew Parkinson (Writer)
Rating: Rated R : Violence/Gore, Language, Sexuality/Nudity and Drug Use
Length: 88 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: Spanish

Stars:
Beverly Wilson as Jo
Antonia Beamish as Ann
Brendan Gregory as Reece
Anna Swift as Sian
Bart Ruspoli as Christian
Fiona Carr as Zoe

Plot:
In the center of a large and unknowing city, a group of young women huddle together in a small apartment, tending to a sick friend whose skin is rotting to the bone. These women have been cursed with a secret malady that has made them members of an urban subculture, where their only way of survival is to continually feed on humans. They have been forced to abandon their once normal lives to now prowl the dark streets and alleyways in search of their next victim. But these hunters are also being hunted. There is a mysterious man walking these same streets, who will stop at nothing until they are abolished - one by one.

Welcome to the doomed universe of Andrew Parkinson's Dead Creatures.

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
Production Notes

My Thoughts:
While it has it's moments... I really couldn't get into this one. I found it to be both slow and a bit on the strange side. Half the time I had no idea where they were going in the story. But that could be because I found my attention wandering early into the film. But I did feel the film has potential. Maybe it will be better to me if I give it another chance and this time make sure I pay a bit more attention to it.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible Five

Title: Boa vs. Python
Year: 2004
Director: David Flores
Writer: Sam Wells (Writer), Chase Parker (Writer)
Rating: Rated R : Violence, Sexuality/Nudity and Language
Length: 91 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Other: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai

Stars:
David Hewlett as Emmett
Jaime Bergman as Monica
Kirk B.R. Woller as Agent Sharpe
Adam Kendrick as Broddick
Angel Boris as Eve
Mariana Stanisheva as Agent Koznetova

Plot:
Two of nature's biggest and most terrifying scaled predators square off in an action-filled battle of fangs. When a gigantic python gets loose on a private reserve, the FBI must release an equally large boa to track and capture it as a group of wealthy big game hunters try to bag the python as a trophy for themselves.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I enjoy a good snake movie every now and then. Though I have found from past experience that if you are not careful you can wind up with some low budget snooze-fest. This one kind of lands in the middle... as it is an entertaining film... but not really much more then average. Not a bad way to waste an hour and a half if you are bored... but there are better ways out there. This film does has a couple Playboy Playmates... so there is some eye-candy to get some enjoyment from as well.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible Five

Title: Beyond the Door: Uncut Version
Year: 1974
Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis [O. Hellman], R. Barrett
Writer: Ovidio G. Assonitis [O. Hellman] (Original Material By), Antonio Troiso (Original Material By), Ovidio G. Assonitis [O. Hellman] (Screenwriter), Antonio Troiso (Screenwriter), R. Barrett (Screenwriter)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 108 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: None

Stars:
Juliet Mills as Jessica Barrett
Gabriele Lavia as Robert Barrett
Richard Johnson as Dimitri
Nino Segurini as Dr. George Staton
Elizabeth Turner [Elisabeth Turner] as Barbara Staton
Barbara Fiorini as Gail Barrett

Plot:
Jessica Barrett lives a blissful life in San Francisco. With two kids, a record exec husband and a baby on the way, life is pretty full. But when she finds out that her new baby belongs to the Prince of Darkness, she becomes a demonically possessed beast. Her ex-boyfriend, Dimitri, a Satan worshipper, must sacrifice her child in order to renew his own twisted existence.

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Interviews
Introduction by Lee Christian and Juliet Mills

My Thoughts:
This DVD release has 2 versions of the movie (on separate discs)... one is the uncut version... the other the "US Theatrical Version." I watched the uncut version today. This is a pretty good movie. I enjoyed it well enough. Though there was some slow spots through-out and some strange things as well. But I definitely think it is worth checking out. I have to say... going by the trailer I did expect more from it then what I got. But that isn't surprising... they normally pick a lot of the best parts to show in the trailer. The release has a nice selection of extras as well... but out of those all I watched was the trailer and the Introduction by Lee Christian and Juliet Mills. I had to chuckle at Juliet Mills in the introduction... as she confused The Omen for The Exorcist when trying to make a comparison to this movie.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible Five