The Fourth Installment of The

THE FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF THE

After dark horrorfest 8 films to die for

DEBUT ON DVD FROM LIONSGATE

LAKE MUNGO

THE GRAVES

DREAD

ZOMBIES OF MASS DESTRUCTION

HIDDEN

THE FINAL

KILL THEORY

THE REEDS

Street Date: 3/23/10

Order Date: 2/24/10

DVD SRP: $19.98

DVD Box Set SRP: $159.98

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

Lionsgate presents the fourth installment of the After Dark Horrorfest 8 Films to Die For with a new horrifying collection of DVDs from the popular national film festival. The DVDs included are Lake Mungo, The Graves, Dread, Zombies of Mass Destruction, Hidden, The Final, Kill Theory and The Reeds. These films will be released theatrically nationwide in top markets around the country the week of January 29. Each year, the collection brings together some of the best in independent horror filmmaking.After Dark Horrorfest 4 - 8 Films to Die For is available as single DVDs for $19.98 or all together as a DVD box set for $159.98, and as Digital Downloads on March 23, 2010.

The films include:

LAKE MUNGO SYNOPSIS:

In Lake Mungo, sixteen-year-old Alice Palmer drowns while swimming in the local dam. When her body is recovered and a verdict of accidental death returned, her grieving family buries her. The family then experiences a series of strange and inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Profoundly unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of psychic and parapsychologist, Ray Kemeny. Ray discovers that Alice led a secret, double life. A series of clues lead the family to Lake Mungo where Alice’s secret past emerges. Quietearth.com states, the film “…doesn’t need to rely on gimmicks to get under your skin,” while The Hollywood Reporterdeclared, “A convincing mock-documentary style lifts ‘Lake Mungo’ beyond spooky supernatural mystery into the realms of emotional truth-telling.”

DVD Special Features

Theatrical trailer

*Subject to change

CAST
Rosie TraynorTV’s “Rush,” TV’s “The Secret Life of Us”

David PledgerOne Night Stand, TV’s Waiting at the Royal, TV’s “Children’s Hospital”

Martin SharpeTV’s “City Homicide,” TV’s “Scooter: Secret Agent,” TV’s “Blue Heelers”

Talia Zucker TV’s “Dirt Game,” TV’s “Scooter: Secret Agent,” Ned Kelly

and Steve JodrellTV’s “The Circuit,” TV’s “McLeod's Daughters,” TV’s “Satisfaction”

THE GRAVES SYNOPSIS:

From the creator of the legendary comics Evil Ernie and Lady Death, comes The Graves. On their last weekend together, Megan and Abby Graves are lost in a remote part of the Arizona desert where they are lured to Skull City Mine, an abandoned mine town. But they soon learn Skull City is anything but abandoned — and there’s no way out. The sisters are now prey, forced to unleash their most primitive instincts in a desperate, all-out battle for survival against unspeakable horrors — both human and supernatural.

DVD Special Features

Audio commentary with Director Brian Pulido
Audio commentary with Production Designer Francisca Pulido and Director of PhotographyAdam

Goldfine

“The Graves: Behind the Screams” featurette
Spot the Gnome
Auditions/Script Reads
Calabrese music video“Vampires Don’t Exist”
“Sound Designing The Graves” featurette
Downloadable original script

*Subject to change

CAST

Clare GrantBlack Snake Moan, TV’s “$5 Cover,” Walk the Line

Jillian MurrayTV’s “Sonny With A Chance,” TV’s “Drake & Josh,” An American Carol

Bill MoseleyRepo! The Genetic Opera, The Devil’s Rejects,HBO’s “Carnivàle”

Amanda WyssA Nightmare on Elm Street, Better Off Dead, Showtime’s “Dexter”

Shane StevensThe Governor, Star Quest: The Odyssey

D. Randall BlytheOf the band Lamb of God

Patti TindallMachined, Death of a Ghost Hunter

and Tony ToddCandyman, Final Destination, Hatchet, TV’s “24,” TV’s “Chuck”

DREAD SYNOPSIS:

Produced by Clive Barker and adapted from his Books of Blood collection by Anthony DiBlasi (screenwriter), Dreadfollows Stephen (Jackson Rathbone, The Twilight Saga) and Cheryl (Laura Donnelly), college students making a documentary about what people dread in life. But they have no idea that their partner, Quaid (Shaun Evans), witnessed his parents being murdered by an axe-wielding lunatic and wants to make others experience his own personal horror.Called “one of the finest Clive Barker adaptations to date,” by shocktillyoudrop.com, “Dread delivers on all chilling counts,” according to fangoria.com.

DVD Special Features

“Facing the Fear: Behind the Scenes of Dread” featurette
A Conversation with Clive Barker and Director Anthony DiBlasi
Deleted Scenes

*Subject to change

CAST
Jackson Rathbone The Twilight Saga, Big Stan, TV’s “Beautiful People,” TV’s “The O.C.”

Shaun EvansBBC’s “The Take,” Being Julia, Boy A

Hanne SteenHamlet, Measure for Measure, TV’s “Ideal”

Laura DonnellyInsatiable, BBC’s “Merlin,” BBC’s “Hex,” TV’s “Casualty”

Jonathan ReadwinMinotaur, HBO’s “Rome” TV’s “Echo Beach,” Splintered

ZOMBIES OF MASS DESTRUCTION SYNOPSIS:

A conservative island community is under attack! Port Gamble, Washington is being overrun with brain eaters, and the people seem powerless to stave them off. A rag tag band of rebels led by Frida, an Iranian college student suspected of being an Iraqi terrorist, and Tom, a gay businessman who has returned to town with his partner to come out to his mother, tries to turn the tide and push the invading hoards of undead back. Called “the best of its type since Shaun of the Dead,” filmthreat.com states, “Zombies of Mass Destructionis a limb-shucking, eye-gouging hoot, full of both disemboweled stomachs and belly laughs.”

DVD Special Features

“Making of Zombies of Mass Destruction” featurette

*Subject to change

CAST
Janette ArmandFilm Debut

Doug FahlFilm Debut

Cooper HopkinsFilm Debut

Russell HodgkinsonThe Whole Truth, Big Fish, We Go Way Back

Cornelia MooreFilm Debut

James MesherTV’s A Thousand Men and a Baby

Bill JohnsThe Decapitator, The Temp, Georgia

Ali HamedaniFilm Debut

Linda JensenPerfect Sport

Victoria DrakeSeconds, Bite Size

HIDDEN SYNOPSIS:

With his mother’s passing, KK returns home after nineteen years to settle her estate. But with his heritage comes dark and deadly secrets. Having spent the last two decades trying to forget his cruel mother and his past life in the creepy house in the woods, KK finds that there are some things you just can’t run from. Thefreshfilms.com declares “…Hidden is bordering on greatness.”

CAST
Kristoffer JonerTV’s “Codename Hunter,” Next Door, Dark Woods

Cecilie MosliMiracle, The Last Joint Venture

Anders Danielsen LieReprise

Bjarte HjelmelandScars, TV’s “Hotel Oslo”

Karin ParkFilm Debut

Marco KanicDark Woods, The Storm in My Heart,The Man Who Loved Yngve

Arthur BerningThe Man Who Loved Yngve

Eivind SanderBuddy, Trigger

THE FINAL SYNOPSIS:

Dane, an awkward student with a deadly vendetta, leads a group of outcasts who plot to avenge the years of humiliation they faced by the popular students at Hohn High School. The outcasts turn the tables on the popular students who made sport of them and prepare for a single night that will leave their tormentors scarred for life.

DVD Special Features

Audio commentary with Producer Jason Kabolati and Director Joey Stewart
Behind the Scenes
Deleted Scene

*Subject to change

CAST
Marco DonatoTV’s “Degrassi: The Next Generation,” White Oleander, Pay it Forward

Jascha WashingtonLast Holiday, Big Momma’s House 2, Snow Dogs, The Wood

Whitney HoyTV’s “Friday Night Lights”

Lindsay SeidelFilm Debut

and Justin ArnoldThe Fifth, God and Country, Suitable for Murder

KILL THEORY SYNOPSIS:

Seven college students visit a secluded vacation home to celebrate graduation and become trapped in a deadly game by a mysterious killer. Forced to kill one another by 6 am the following morning, only one of them can remain alive. Whoever remains will be allowed to walk away with his or her life. However, if morning comes and more than one is still breathing, everyone dies. Friends and couples must test their trust as the clock ticks away. Some will fight for love, some to survive, but all will change. Because deep down... we're all killers.

DVD Special Features

“Kill Theory: Behind the Scenes” featurette
2 Alternate Openings
Deleted Scene

*Subject to change

CAST
Agnes BrucknerTV’s “Private Practice,” TV’s “24,” Murder by Numbers, Blue Car

Patrick FluegerTV’s “The 4400,” The Princess Diaries, The World’s Fastest Indian

Taryn ManningHustle & Flow, 8 Mile, A Lot Like Love, Cold Mountain

Teddy DunnTV’s “Veronica Mars,” TV’s “CSI: NY,” Jumper, The Manchurian CandidateRyanne Duzich Friday Night Lights

Daniel FranzeseMean Girls, TV’s “Burn Notice,” Bully, Party Monster, Killer Pad

Steffi WickensStuntmen

and Kevin GageBlow, Knockaround Guys, Heat, Paparazzi

THE REEDS SYNOPSIS:

A weekend boating party turns into a nightmare for a group of young Londoners when they stumble upon a terrifying secret hidden in the reeds.

CAST
Anna BrewsterShowtime’s “The Tudors,” Mrs. Henderson Presents, TV’s “Nearly Famous”

OT FagbenieBreaking and Entering, TV’s “Brothers,” TV’s “FM,” TV’s “Quarterlife”

Will MellorBBC’s Eastenders,” Miss Conception, BBC’s “Merlin,” BBC’s “Hollyoaks”

Danny CaltagironeThe Pianist, The Four Feathers, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

Scarlett JohnsonBBC’s “EastEnders,” TV’s “There & Back: Ashley Parker Angel”

and Emma CatherwoodBBC’s “Holby City,” Dummy, Spirit Trap

and Geoff BellRocknRolla, Solomon Kane, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, Girl With a Pearl Earring

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Year of Production: Lake Mungo, Kill Theory: 2007

, Dread, Hidden: 2008

The Graves, Zombies of Mass Destruction,The Final, The Reeds:2009

Type: Theatrical Release

Rating:Lake Mungo: R for a scene of sexuality, and brief gruesome images

The Graves: R for bloody violence

Dread: R for strong, bloody violence, disturbing sadistic content, graphic sexuality, nudity and language

Zombies of Mass Destruction: R for strong bloody zombie violence and gore, language, sexual references and brief drug use

Hidden: R for violence, disturbing images and language

The Final: R for sadistic violence and torture, language, sexual references, drug and alcohol use – all involving teens

Kill Theory: R for strong bloody violence, pervasive language and some sexual content

The Reeds:R for violence, language and some drug use

Genre: Horror

Closed Captioned:English Closed Captioned

Subtitles:English and Spanish subtitles

Format: Widescreen

Feature Running Time: Lake Mungo: 87 minutes

The Graves: 88 minutes

Dread: 93 minutes

Zombies of Mass Destruction:88 minutes

Hidden: 96 minutes

The Final: 92 minutes

Kill Theory:85 minutes

The Reeds:90 minutes

DVD Audio Status: 5.1 Dolby Digital

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