This week, The X-Files: I Want to Believe aims to prove that there are still enough fans of the TV show "out there" to justify a feature film, while Baghead opens in LA and New York. A relatively light DVD week is headed by Brutal Massacre and The Last Winter.
Baghead
© Sony Pictures Classics
Indie directors Jay and Mark Duplass (The Puffy Chair) explore their darker side in this horror-comedy about four actors who go to a cabin in the woods for a weekend to write a horror movie about a guy wearing a paper bag on his head, but they start to wonder if there is in fact such a lunatic prowling around in the woods.
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
© 20th Century Fox
FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully continue to investigate the paranormal in this stand-alone second movie based on the hit TV show The X-Files.
The Boston Strangler: The Untold Story
© The Weinstein Co.
David "Bud Bundy" Faustino stars as Albert DeSalvo, the self-professed "Boston Strangler," who was convicted of killing 13 women in the early '60s. This semi-reality-based movie builds on the popular belief that DeSalvo wasn't the culprit and that his confession was covering up for the real killers...OJ Simpson and Robert Blake!
Brutal Massacre: A Comedy
© Anchor Bay
A documentary film crew follows a washed-up horror movie director as he struggles to get his latest film made.
Case No. 2001
© Image
In this thriller from India, buddy cop hijinks arise as two policemen -- one a grizzled vet and the other a wild rookie -- team up to track down a serial killer. Musical numbers are not out of the question.
The Curious Case of the Campus Corpse
© Shriek Show
A fraternity hazing in which pledges must trek through the frigid woods in their skivvies goes awry when one of them falls and dies. Unexpected twists ensue as they try to cover up their misdeeds.
Dark Honeymoon
© Anchor Bay
After a quickie marriage, a young couple heads up the Oregon coast for their honeymoon. However, the groom begins to suspect that his bride has a nasty habit of killing people.
Death Valley
© Allumination
Four thrill-seeking teens (including Eric Christian Olsen and perennial horror movie teen Rider Strong) attend a rave in the middle of the desert but end up running into a sadistic biker gang.
Evil Behind You
© Allumination
Two couples wake up to find themselves unwilling participants in a scientific experiment, trapped in a room with a demonic force that is apparently behind them at some point.
Into the Arms of Strangers
© Vanguard
A man who suffered memory loss from a car accident begins to piece together the pieces of his life, but instead of embracing the fact that he has the perfect excuse for not remembering his wife's birthday, he obsesses over the fact that he's uncovered some "dark secrets."
