Gory greetings! Check out this weeks Brain Hammer approved horror dvd releases, all of which hit stores Tuesday 10/27/09!

BLACK DEVIL DOLL (special edition): Lowest Common Denominator Entertainment

Five beautiful young women… one evil, murderous puppet. Heather thought that a Ouija board was nothing but an innocent child’s game. Little did she know, this child’s game would open a flaming door to hell and re-animate the soul of a recently executed black militant serial killer! With his spirit now trapped in the body of a trash-talking ventriloquist doll, Heather and her friends must fight off the unrelenting horrors and unspeakable deviant advances of a three foot killer with a taste for young flesh and warm blood. Can they stop the BLACK DEVIL DOLL? Check out the most talked-about independent cult film of the year of the year and find out for yourself… or ELSE!

SPECIAL FEATURES:
-5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound mix
-Five (!) Audio Commentaries, one by the Black Devil Doll Himself!
-Three Exclusive Black Devil Doll Trailers
-Film Festival Clips
-Rare Footage from the New Beverly Cinema Hollywood Premier!
-Three Black Devil Doll animated short films!
-Behind the scenes still gallery!
-Rare interviews with the Black Devil Doll!!!

GRAVEYARD DISTURBANCE (special edition): Mya Communication/Ryko

Five teen friends are on the run from the police after they rob a supermarket. After passing through a thick blanket of fog, they end up in very strange inn, populated by a group of spooky people. The deformed inn keeper challenges them to spend the whole night in the underground catacombs located beneath the nearby church. If they succeed they will win a fabulous treasure. The five friends accept the challenge, unaware of the mortal danger they will face. They are soon terrorized and chased by a host of zombies and other undead ceatures.

This is the UNCUT letterbox English language import print of “Denrto Il Cimitero,” the rarely seen 1987 film by director Lamberto Bava (DEMONS, MACABRE) and writer Dardano Sacchetti. GRAVEYARD DISTURBANCE contains some great atmosphere and cool zombie makeup. Italian horror enthusiasts should consider this dvd an essential purchase.

MESSIAH OF EVIL: THE SECOND COMING (special edition): Code Red

After receiving a series of chilling letters from her reclusive father, Arletty drives to the remote seaside town of Pointe Dune to discover the reason for her father’s developing madness. Upon her arrival, she encounters a mysterious trio of strangers investigating a local legend known as “The Blood Moon”… a curse that has transformed the inhabitants of the town into a terrifying horde of blood-thirsty maniacs! Beware when the moon drips blood! Carnivorous zombies will prowl the night! Worms will ooze from their mouths! And blood will drip from their eyes! Terror will reign when he returns. And now, after 100 restless years, the Messiah of Evil will wreck havoc in a small ghostly town!

Considered by many as one of the most horrifying and bizarre zombie films ever made, and as one of the least herald yet haunting of 1970′s horror film. Contains number of masterfully scary set pieces by Tim Lucas, written and directed by the acclaimed writing team of Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz (INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, AMERICAN GRAFFITI, HOWARD THE DUCK) and starring cult actors like Marianna Hill (HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER), Michael Greer (FORTUNE IN MEN’S EYES), Joy Bang (NIGHT OF THE COBRA WOMAN), Elisa Cook Jr (SALEM’S LOT) and starring Benny Robinson as Albert the crosseyed Albino, MESSIAH OF EVIL: THE SECOND COMING will scare your life away! NO ONE WILL HEAR YOU SCREAM!!!

SPECIAL FEATURES:
-Brand new Hi Definition master in 16×9 (2.35:1) widescreen supervised by Director Willard Huyck and editor Billy Weber
-Audio commentary by Huyck and writer Gloria Katz, moderated by Lee Christian
-Featurette “Remembering Messiah of Evil” with Huyck, Katz, Weber, Director of Photography Stephen Katz, & editor Morgan Fisher
-Audio interview with star Joy Bang
-Short films by Huyck and Katz : “The Bride Stripped Bar” and “Down These Mean Streets.”

NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (special edition): Sony Pictures

This campy cult classic chiller begins back in 1959. A college couple see an object plummet to Earth like a meteor. The boy then accidentally swallows a space-slug. In 1986, two geeky freshmen roam the campus in a scavenger hunt and stumble across the cryogenically frozen corpse of the boy who swallowed the space-slug. Once thawed out, the corpse comes to life and the space-slug escapes and infects a frathouse. The good news is your dates are here. The bad news is…they’re DEAD!

SPECIAL FEATURES:
-Commentary with Writer/ Director Fred Dekker
-Cast commentary
-Brand new NIGHT OF THE CREEPS behind the scenes featurettes (“Birth of the Creeps”, “Cast of the Creeps”, “Creating the Creeps”, “Escape of the Creeps”, “Legend of the Creeps”)
-A special tribute: “Tom Atkins: Man of Action”
-The original theatrical ending
-Deleted scenes
-Trivia track

KEEP THE BLOOD FLOWING!!!