Movie TalkFebruary Horror DVD/Blu-ray Guide
February: it's cold, it's gray, and while it's the shortest month of the year it ends up feeling like the longest. One way to get through all those bleak evenings indoors? Get some real chills watching one of the horror flicks coming out on DVD and Blu-ray this month.
Release Date: February 8
Starring: Brian Boland, Sprague Grayden, Katie Featherston
The hit horror phenomenon returns with a chilling prequel, now with an extended, unrated version and never-before-seen "found" footage. The supernatural thriller chronicles the frightening days leading up to the events of the original film, marking the return of Katie, Micah and the terrifying and malevolent presence that's torturing them. When Katie's sister Kristi and her husband find their house vandalized after bringing home their new baby, they set up 24-hour surveillance cameras. What unfolds on the footage is far more sinister and shocking than anything they could have imagined.
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Release Date: February 8
Starring: Max Thieriot, Denzel Whitaker, Zena Grey
In
the sleepy town of Riverton, legend tells of a serial killer who swore
he would return to murder the seven children born the night he died.
Now, 16 years later, people are disappearing again. Has the psychopath
returned to finish the job, as promised?
Release Date: February 8
Starring: Sarah Butler, Daniel Franzese, Chad Lindberg
A
woman's relaxing retreat to the woods turns into a nightmare when she
is abducted, brutalized and left for dead. But against all odds, she
survives. And now, with hell bent vengeance, she returns to turn the
tables on the animals that did this to her.
Release Date: February 1
Starring: Chloe Grace Moretz, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Richard Jenkins
A lonely, frequently bullied 12-year-old boy finds a fellow outcast in the mysterious new girl next door. But when a string of grisly murders puts the town on high alert, her bizarre behavior leads him to suspect she's hiding an unthinkable secret.
Release Date: February 1
Starring: Whitney Able, Scoot McNairy
Six years after a NASA space probe crash unleashes alien creatures in Central America -- placing half of Mexico under quarantine -- a journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through the infected zone to the safety of the U.S. border.
Release Date: February 1
Starring: Kane Hodder, Danielle Harris, Tony Todd
Having escaped from the clutches of deranged swamp-dwelling killer Victor Crowley, Marybeth learns the truth about his curse, and heads back into the haunted bayous of New Orleans to recover the bodies of her family -- and exact her revenge.
Release Date: February 1
Starring: Nikki Reed, Keith David, Betsy Russell
A group of friends are haunted by a sinister chain letter passing into their lives through e-mails and text messages. If the deadly message isn't passed on, the recipient faces a grisly, unexpected death. Can they untangle the letter's chilling secret before it's too late?
Release Date: February 22
Starring: Thousands of unconvincing computer-generated birds
The infamous indie cult horror shocker that's so bad, it's good... and then back to bad again. A platoon of homicidal eagles and vultures attack the unsuspecting residents of a small Northern California town. Can mankind survive this avian onslaught?
Watch the trailers for all the horror movies coming to DVD this month:
