DVD Tuesday: ThanksKilling, The Canyon, Hanger, Basement Jack, Evilution

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ThanksKilling (2009)
Director: Jordan Downey
Starring: Lindsey Anderson, General Bastard, Natasha Cordova, Caleb Downey, Ryan E. Francis, Jeff Heim, Chuck Lamb, Pat Love, Wanda Lust, Lance Predmore, Aaron Ringhiser-Carlson

An evil turkey is unleashed…and he’s one fowl mouthed bastard! Five college kids heading home for Thanksgiving break cross paths with the turkey, who s possessed by an ancient Indian curse. In this hilariously gory spoof, the teens must stop the maniac bird before he kills them all! Some great cheesy goodness for the holiday season!

A perfectly portioned mix of comedy, gore and campiness!- Matt Molloy, SCARS Magazine

Writer Kevin Stewart says: The movie is called ThanksKilling, so if you are expecting “The Notebook” or Schindler’s List this movie is obviously not for you. However, if The Gingerdead Man or Jack Frost sounds more like it, than I think you will thoroughly enjoy TK. This is for anybody who enjoys schlocky, campy and gory horror movies. This is the epitome of campy and yes we brag about that, because that is exactly why it was made. Piece of advice – watch this under the influence. It will make it that much better, I promise. And maybe refrain from watching it at Thanksgiving with your whole family – although that could be pretty funny too.

The Canyon (2009)
Director: Richard Harrah
Starring: Yvonne Strahovski, Will Patton, Eion Bailey, Andrea Marcellus, Wendy Worthington, Philip Salick

Honeymooners Nick and Lori head off to the Grand Canyon for adventure and time alone together. Upon arriving, they hire Henry as their guide, who seems to have his own idea about the outdoor excursion. When tragedy strikes, the newlyweds must fend for themselves. Discovering they are prey being hunted by something or someone, they desperately fight for survival to escape the canyon alive.

Hanger (2009)
Director: Ryan Nicholson
Starring: Susan Arum, Nathan Dashwood, Dan Ellis, Alastair Gamble, Wade Gibb, Nadia Grey, Lloyd Kaufman, Candice Lewald, Wayne Phillips, Debbie Rochon, Ronald Patrick Thompson, Stephanie Walker

From Ryan Nicholson, the acclaimed writer-director of the cult hit Gutterballs, comes this gruesome horror tale in which revenge is sweet and sick and twisted and definitely served cold. Eighteen years ago, nine-months-pregnant Rose (B-Movie Hall of Fame acting legend Debbie Rochon), a wrong-side-of-the-tracks prostitute, was killed when her pimp gave her an abortion with a hanger. Now, the deformed, surviving child (Nathan Dashwood), who was thrown in the dumpster, left for dead and mockingly called Hanger, is about to settle the score and any street trash, sex degenerate of murderous pimp better beware. Reminiscent of low-budget classics from the like of directors Lloyd Kaufman (who appears here as Melvina the Tranny) and Herschell Gordon Lewis, Hanger carves a brutal and tasty slice of blood and guts in which no one is safe, no matter how fast they can run or how loud they can scream. This collector’s version features over one hour of bonus material.

Evilution (2008)
Director: Chris Conlee
Starring: Eric Peter-Kaiser, Sandra Ram?rez, Tim Colceri, Noel Gugliemi, Guillermo D?az, James Duval, Nathan Bexton, Jonathan Breck, Billy Morrison, Ricky Warwick, Ben Tolpin

A microscopic alien life form has been discovered with the ability to possess the living and resurrect the dead. The United States Army has tried to create a genetically altered version of the alien in order to resurrect dead soldiers on the battlefield. The alien fights back, turning soldier against soldier. Young scientist Darren Hall kidnaps the last pure specimen of the alien, determined to the reverse the damage inflicted and learn the secrets of life. Hiding in a mysterious building named The Necropolitan, he continues his experiments. On one fateful night, the alien is set loose on the unsuspecting tenants resulting in a new evolution of apocalyptic horror as infected tenants attack the unsuspecting, turning them into a cannibal horde. Darren and a small group of survivors must now find a way to destroy the alien possessed before they can escape into the city and bring forth the end of the human race.

Basement Jack (2009)
Director: Michael Shelton
Starring: Eric Peter-Kaiser, Michele Morrow, Sam Skoryna, Lynn Lowry, Monica Alvarez, Nathan Bexton, Julianne Bianchi,

Karen Cook was the lone survivor of a seven-day killing spree perpetrated by a seventeen year old boy the world would come to call Basement Jack. For the next eleven years, Karen Cook lived in fear that one day Basement Jack would be released. Then, a court hearing in 2006 found that Jack Riley had not received a fair trial and he was released from a state institution. A year later, murders baring a shocking resemblance to Basement Jacks old MO were occurring around the town of Downers Grove. Karen Cook soon realized that the maniac was hunting her and that the only option left to her was to find Jack and kill him.

Vampire Party (2008)
Director: Stephen Cafiero, Vincent Lobelle
Starring: Patrick Mille, Fr?d?rique Bel, Julie Fournier, Vincent Desagnat, Sam Karmann, H?l?ne de Fougerolles, Antoine Dul?ry, Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus, Jean-Luc Couchard, Joseph Malerba, Julien Boisselier, R?gis Spector, St?phane Freiss, Tch?ky Karyo

When the French make a horror/gore comedy, you know things are going to get extremely rude! Best friends and hardcore partiers Sam, Alice and Prune have scored invitations to Medici Night , the legendary VIP bash held every year at a remote castle. But when they discover that this wild party is being thrown by an elite race of blood-crazed vampires, they ll have to stake, stab, slice, bludgeon and blast their way out of a soiree where the hosts are thirsty and the bar is now open. Is it in bad taste to massacre a horde of undead guests even if they are a total pain in the neck? Tch?ky Karyo stars in this sex, blood and rock & roll blowout featuring music by Eagles Of Death Metal, Goldfrapp, The Magic Numbers, Benjamin Diamond, Scratch Massive, Ghostcat and more.