Halloween Horror Movie Triple Packs
Three Times the Chills and Thrills With These DVD Packages
Sep 21, 2009
Sure, it’s easy to be scary once, but these horror movie series managed to lure audiences back for two sequels, too. Enjoy three times as many screams, shivers, and stars with these horror triple packs newly released for the Halloween season.
Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Liev Schreiber Star in Scream
Scream Triple Pack (Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3)
In Scream (1996), a psychopath stalks teens in a formerly quiet little town. Cast includes David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy, W. Earl Brown, Drew Barrymore, Liev Schreiber. In Scream 2 (1997), a copycat killer goes after the survivors of the first Scream. Cast includes Jada Pinkett Smith, Omar Epps, Heather Graham, Neve Campbell, Liev Schreiber, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Timothy Olyphant, Jamie Kennedy, Jerry O’Connell, Courteney Cox, Laurie Metcalf, Rebecca Gayheart, Portia de Rossi, David Arquette, Tori Spelling, Luke Wilson, Adam Shankman. In Scream 3 (2000), a killer strikes on the set of a horror film. Cast includes Liev Schreiber, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey, Roger Corman, Lance Henriksen, Jenny McCarthy, Parker Posey, Patrick Warburton, David Arquette, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Jamie Kennedy, Carrie Fisher.
- Director: Wes Craven
- Writers: Kevin Williamson (Scream, Scream 2); Ehren Kruger (Scream 3)
- Number of Discs: 3
- Rating: Not Rated (theatrical versions rated R for strong graphic horror violence and gore, language)
- Release Date: September 8, 2009
- Additional Information: The working title for Scream was “Scary Movie.”
Jamie Lee Curtis, Josh Hartnett, Michelle Williams Star in Halloween Movies
Halloween Triple Pack (Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Halloween H20, Halloween - Resurrection)
In Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), the crime scene of a psychotic killer is revisited six years later on Halloween. Cast includes Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Kim Darby, Marianne Hagan, Mitch Ryan, Bradford English, Keith Bogart. In Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), the surviving sister from the Halloween massacre must dodge her crazy brother again, and keep her son safe from him as well. Cast includes Jamie Lee Curtis, Josh Hartnett, Adam Arkin, Michelle Williams, LL Cool J, Janet Leigh, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nancy Stephens, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe. In Halloween – Resurrection (2002), Reality programmers create an innocent game inside the house of crazed killer Michael Myers that turns out to be deadly real. Cast includes Jamie Lee Curtis, Brad Loree, Busta Rhymes, Bianca Kajlich, Sean Patrick Thomas, Tyra Banks, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Daisy McCrackin.
- Director: Joe Chappelle (Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers); Steve Miner (Halloween H20); Rick Rosenthal (Halloween – Resurrection)
- Writers: Daniel Farrands (screenplay); Robert Zappia, Matt Greenberg (screenplay Halloween H20); Larry Brand, Sean Hood (screenplay Halloween – Resurrection); John Carpenter, Debra Hill (characters);
- Number of Discs: 3
- Rating: Not Rated (theatrical versions rated R for strong graphic horror violence and gore, language, drug use)
- Release Date: September 8, 2009
- Additional Information: Related films Halloween (1978); Halloween II (1981), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), Halloween 5 (1989), Halloween (2007), and Halloween II (2009) are not included in this DVD package.
Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Julianne Moore Star in Hannibal Movies
Hannibal Lecter Anthology (Manhunter, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal) Blu-ray
In Manhunter (1986), audiences are first introduced to serial killer Hannibal Lecter. Cast includes William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Tom Noonan. In The Silence of the Lambs (1991), a young FBI agent uses a manipulative killer’s advice to help catch another killer. Cast includes Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Frankie Faison, Anthony Heald. In Hannibal (2001), crazed killer Hannibal Lecter has eluded the authorities for many years, and returns to find the FBI agent he worked with years ago. Cast includes Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta, Frankie Faison, Giancarlo Giannini.
- Director: Michael Mann (Manhunter); Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs); Ridley Scott (Hannibal)
- Writers: Michael Mann (screenplay Manhunter); Ted Tally (screenplay The Silence of the Lambs); David Mamet and Steven Zaillian (screenplay Hannibal); Thomas Harris (the novels)
- Number of Discs: 3
- Rating: Not Rated (theatrical versions rated R for strong gruesome violence, some nudity, and language)
- Release Date: September 15, 2009
- Additional Information: Related films Red Dragon (2002) and Hannibal Rising (2007) are not included in this DVD package.
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