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14 May 2012 2:00 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »

Another week, another Monday. So it’s time for the rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s another packed week, with plenty of movies waiting to take you money, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, May 14th 2012.

Pick(S) Of The Week

The Sitter (DVD/Blu-ray)

When the world’s most irresponsible babysitter takes three of the world’s worst kids on an unforgettable overnight adventure through the streets of New York City, it’s anyone’s guess who’s going to make it home in one piece. Starring Jonah Hill (Knocked Up, Get Him To The Greek) and Sam Rockwell (Moon & The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), The Sitter is a new level of twisted and debauched hilarity from the director of Pineapple Express, David Gordon Green. »

- Phil

11 May 2012 4:09 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows

As sure as night follows day, a hit film becomes a franchise. Robert Downey Jr and Guy Ritchie's take on the often-filmed subject plays the titular sleuth as a sort of supernatural mind-reader who favours punching people in slow motion over deductive reasoning. This second outing has almost even less of a right to trade on the Holmes name than the first, but is arguably the better movie – it's still great-looking, slick entertainment.

The supporting cast is more interesting and entertaining too, from Mad Men's Jared Harris's snobbish turn as nemesis Moriarty to Stephen Fry's even more snobbish Mycroft Holmes – who insists on calling his brother "Shirley". It's a more lavish, detailed, camp and fun world.

If you're expecting clever wordplay and thrashing through clues then you're better off with the BBC's Sherlock. This one is all about huge guns and running through exploding forests. »

- Phelim O'Neill

23 March 2012 10:06 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

In Part 1 of our interview with Barbara Crampton, she discussed Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator, From Beyond and Castle Freak as well as the joys of collaborating with both Gordon and Jeffrey Combs several times.

For this second installment we chat with the ever lovely scream queen about working on the cult classic Chopping Mall alongside director Jim Wynorski as well as her co-stars including another beloved 80's Scream Queen- Kelli Maroney. Crampton also discusses nudity in the horror genre and her two upcoming films, Adam Wingard's You're Next and Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem.

Watch Part 2 of our exclusive video interview with Barbara Crampton for Dread Central's Indie Horror Month below, and make sure to check back in next week for our final two video interviews with actor Aj Bowen and writer/director Drew Daywalt.

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- thehorrorchick

22 March 2012 4:06 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Most of us fell in love with actress Barbara Crampton after her portrayal of Megan Halsey in Stuart Gordon's cult classic Lovecraftian horror comedy Re-Animator in 1985.

In the film she gets mixed up in the bizarre experiments of Dr. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs), who can reanimate the dead, and must suffer through one of the most insane moments involving a severed head in cinema ever.

From there Crampton continued to win us over with her countless other performances in independent genre films like From Beyond and Castle Freak (reuniting her with both Gordon and Combs) as well as with her roles in other B-movie delights like Chopping Mall, Puppet Master, Trancers II and Robot Wars.

After taking some time off to raise her family, Crampton has now made it back on the indie horror scene with roles in Adam Wingard's You're Next and in Rob Zombie's upcoming The Lords of Salem, »

- thehorrorchick

4 items from 2012