Charlotte

Charlotte

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

in which i find a strange DVD that may change my life forever

Well it's day one of my Christmas (two weeks late) in Calgary with my family. This year I was spoiled with books, dvds, a hobbit calendar, and walking dead pens....that's right....I now own a pen with rick grimes' face on it. One gift I received was a weird DVD collection called 10 American Horror Stories and has 10 horror movies on two discs. I can't find the DVD collection anywhere online but here's a pic of mine:



Anyway, it's all super bizarre and probably filled with terrible horror films but for some reason I'm almost the most excited about this gift. I mean, ten horror movies I've never seen, let alone heard of, before. And the weirdest part is the synopsis on the back:
Do you love the haunting plots of FX's American Horror Story? Then you'll scream for these ten chilling films! Witchcraft and dark magic are just the beginning of the scares that are in store as A-list stars turn on the terror.

WHAT?!

So I figured I'd blog about them all as I get a chance to watch them. I'm watching Midnight's Child as I type. I'm also wearing an Eeyore onesie. My little sister got it for me and it's amazing. It also has nothing to do with horror movies but I'm setting the mood.

So here's our ten American horror films:


Midnight's Child
(a TV movie that premiered on my birthday [April 21st] in 1992)
Kate and her artist husband are busy working parents. Everything seems to be going fine, going about their daily lives. Then, Anna, the Swedish nanny that Kate hired to care for their daughter, comes into their lives. She tells Christina odd stories, and dazzles her with gifts and her strange picture book. Kate is having awful visions, her husband is acting weird, and her daughter is slowly drawing away from her. Her investigation of Anna only leads to a bizzare Satanic plot. Is there anyone she can trust?


The Cry
(2007)
In New York, detective Alex Scott is investigating with his partner Sergio Perez the disappearance of several children. When they visit the Mexican witch Gloria, the woman advises that a powerful evil force is chasing the reincarnation of her son and drowning the other children to bring pain to their mothers.


Hurt
(2009)
A recently widowed family is forced to move into their uncle's salvage yard, and soon after the arrival of a mysterious foster child, a family secret starts to threaten their lives.

Bay Coven
(TV Movie October 1987)
A young newlywed couple move into a remote village in middle America only to find a secret coven of witches who want them to join all the fun; or face the consequences.


The Cellar Door
(2007)
The girl next door, having coffee, lunch with a friend, shopping, unaware she is becoming an obsession. She has been chosen. A young woman awakes to find herself imprisoned in a serial killer's basement. She is not the first to be entrapped in this diabolical torture chamber. She is not the first to captivate his perverse affection, Herman has been searching for the perfect girl, but all he's collected are pieces - a chunk of hair; a severed finger; a jar of blood - and now, the alluring and beautiful Rudy. Imprisoned in a wooden cage and yet refusing to play along in his twisted game, she has only her wits to use against his savage and murderous insanity. Will she win the desperate, hallucinatory game of cat and mouse and escape through the Cellar Door, or die trying?


Room 33
(2009)
A group of friends on a road trip seek shelter at a mental institution in the woods, only to discover that the building is the home of a mysterious young girl named Roxy whose unsettling presence serves as a foreshadow of doom. Later, as the group attempt to unravel the mystery of Roxy, who seems to have endured years of abuse, a mysterious killer begins to hunt them from the darkness.


Grave Secrets
(TV Movie 1992)
Said to be based on fact, the residents of new houses experience disturbing supernatural phenomena. They find out that their houses are built on land formerly used as a cemetery.


Nightscream
(TV Movie 1997)
Drew is a young woman who drives to a small town she has never been to while in a trance. A year ago in this town Laura, who looked just like Drew, was murdered. Everyone assumed that Laura's boyfriend Teddie who went missing at the same time as the murder had done it, but Drew starts having dream sequences and trances that imply otherwise. Gradually through investigation and with the guidance of more visions from Laura, Drew uncovers the story behind the murders.


The Haunting of Fox Hollow Farm
(2011)
Can the soul of a killer linger forever? Filmmaker Dan T. Hall explores macabre shadows of the past as he documents the haunting of the infamous Fox Hollow Farm estate, former home of alleged serial killer Herb Baumeister. The paranormal documentary The Haunting of Fox Hollow Farm.


Haunting of Winchester House
(2009)
A family moves in to look after the Winchester mansion for a few months, and soon find themselves terrorized by vengeful spirits. With the help of a paranormal investigator they'll unravel the mystery of the house.


I don't know about you but I am ready to embark on this journey even though I am completely confused about the A-List actors and how this DVD even exists. Either way, at least I have something to keep me occupied for a few weeks.


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