2016 is off to a great start here at ScareTissue. We’re already seeing a ton of great horror news and there have been some outstanding home video releases. Our friends at Universal Home Entertainment have started 2016 off in a big way with the release of three major films. Which is the one for you? Check out the game below to find out!
Have A Bloody Good Time With The Universal Horror Playbuzz Quiz!
Celebrate the release of our three terrifying January horror films and find out which is right for you.
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The Visit
- The first collaboration from Academy Award-nominated writer-director M. Night Shyamalan and Academy Award-nominated producer Jason Blum
- $97 M earned at the worldwide box office!
- Now available on Digital HD, Blu-Ray Combo Pack and DVD
The Visit Synopsis:
When Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) are sent to their grandparents’ secluded Pennsylvania farmhouse for a weeklong stay, they quickly discover something is not right with the elderly couple. Faced with strange rules and increasingly frightening behavior, the children soon realize it will take all their wits to make it home alive. Critics rave the latest heart-pounding thriller from the director of The Sixth Sense and Signs and the producer of Paranormal Activity and The Purge is a “deliciously creepy triumph.” (Scott Mendelson, Forbes.com).
The Visit stars also Kathryn Hahn, Peter McRobbie and Deanna Dunagan.
BLU-RAY AND DVD BONUS FEATURES:
- Alternate Ending
- Deleted Scenes
- The Making of The Visit
- Becca’s Photos
The Green Inferno
- From the mind-blowing imagination of the writer and director who brought you Hostel and Cabin Fever
- Now available on Digital HD, Blu-Ray Combo Pack and DVD
The Green Inferno Synopsis:
New York college student Justine (Lorenza Izzo) meets student activist Alejandro (Ariel Levy) when he goes on a hunger strike on behalf of underpaid janitors. Smitten, she agrees to help Alejandro undertake his next project: rescuing an Amazon village from destruction by a greedy multinational corporation. But Justine soon comes to regret her decision when their plane crashes in the Peruvian jungle and the students realize they are not alone. No good deed goes unpunished as the well-meaning students are captured by the cannibalistic tribe they came to save.
The first feature film directed by Roth since Hostel: Part II, The Green Inferno also stars Aaron Burns and Kirby Bliss Blanton.
BLU-RAY and DVD BONUS FEATURES
- Feature Commentary – With co-writer, director and producer Eli Roth, producer Nicolás López, and stars Lorenza Izzo, Aaron Burns, Kirby Bliss Blanton, and Daryl Sabara
Sinister 2
- The terror continues in the second chapter of the horror-thriller
- Now available on Digital HD and coming to Blu-Ray and DVD January 12, 2016
Sinster 2 Synopsis:
In the aftermath of the shocking events of Sinister, a protective mother (Shannyn Sossamon) and her nine-year-old twin sons (real-life brothers Robert and Dartanian Sloan) find themselves marked for death in a rural house as the evil spirit of Bughuul continues to spread with frightening intensity.
EXCLUSIVE BLU-RAY BONUS FEATURE
- Extended Kill Films
BLU-RAY and DVD BONUS FEATURES
- Deleted Scenes
- Time to Watch Another: Making of Sinister 2 – In this behind-the-scenes featurette, filmmakers discuss how they built the new story upon the first film and brought back “Deputy So & So” to continue the hunt for Bughuul.
- Feature Commentary with Director Ciarán Foy