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WHALEY HOUSE on DVD Today!!!

That's right, my fellow faithfully-committed, if it's Tuesday it must be time for another Asylum new release. This week it's the righteous haunted house flick, The Haunting of Whaley House, from writer/director Jose Prendes. Now, if you scroll down a few centimeters past the bottom of this post you'll find my glowing review of the film, which is absolutely a must-see for fans of the genre: great story, great cast, great scares, great film. So get thee to a DVD outlet be it rental or retail, and get your hands on this one while supplies last. Also on Blu-Ray and VOD.

CELEBRITY SEX TAPE now on DVD!!!

The Asylum's scintillating and titillating valentine to us all - the hyper-sex-comedy Celebrity Sex Tape - is now on DVD everywhere.

Directed by MILF's Scott Wheeler, CST is bawdy, raunchy, gratuitous, crass and uncouth - in other words everything you want a sex comedy to be. So push away from the computer, my friends, and get thee to a DVD dispensary toot suite to procure yourself a copy.

2 Headed Shark Attack Unleashed TODAY!!!

Oh glory of glories: at long last, after months of nail-biting anticipation, rejoice oh World, because the instant cult classic 2 Headed Shark Attack is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray!

Granted, I'm a little biased as to the sheer awesomocity of this film, having written it for director Christopher Olen Ray off a story by Edward DeRuiter, but don't let my thoughts sway you one way or the other, get out there right now, procure a copy and see for yourself!

If you use Redbox, go here.

If you use Netflix, go here.

If you want to own this seminal shark film, go here, or The Asylum store.

However you get your hands on it, get your hands on it; you don't want to be the last one on your street to see THE GREATEST 2 HEADED ANYTHING MOVIE EVER.

Are you still here? Go! Go!

inmate profile: Charlie O'Connell

The 2 Headed Shark Attack profile machine rolls on, this time spotlighting the film's male lead, the one and only Charlie O'Connell, a.k.a. "Captain/Professor Franklin Babbish."

A native New Yorker, Charlie O'Connell started acting in the late 1990's with a few roles in television - including a 19-episode stint on "Sliders" in which he played the brother of his real-life brother, Jerry O'Connell - but it was 1999's Cruel Intentions that marked the beginning of his film career. Since then, O'Connell has appeared in such films as Dude, Where's My Car? The New Guy, Devil's Prey, Kiss the Bride and one of my modern creature-feature favorites, Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep. If you're a lady or in a relationship, you might also remember O'Connell from a season of "The Bachelor" a few years ago, in which he was, obviously, The Bachelor.

For my money, O'Connell's perfect to play Babish: calmly capable, sharp and ruggedly frayed at the edges, knowledgeable without pretense; in other words, a good, honest, solid everyman, exactly the sort of guy you want to call Captain. See for yourself what all the buzz is about on January 31st when 2 Headed Shark Attack hits DVD, Blu-Ray and Digital.

First Details on CELEBRITY SEX TAPE!!!

It was recently announced in an interview with Asylum producer David Michael Latt that there was a new sex comedy in production from the studio, Celebrity Sex Tape. Well, in typical Asylum fashion, no sooner do we learn of it than the darn thing's near-done. And over at the Asylum site, they've put up the first details. Check out the plot:

"A group of college nerds become overnight sensations when they secretly record a washed up celebrity having sex and post the tape on the internet."

I like that concept, smarter than your average "get-me-laid" sex comedy. It comes courtesy of a triad of writers, Jonny Haut, Pat Sheehan and Matt Short. There wasn't a Johnny Haut on IMDB, there were like, seven Pat Sheehan's, and I think Matt Short may be involved with Spike TV's "MANswers," but my awesome research skills aside, it's fair to assume this is a trio of newcomers, which means fresh jokes.

As far as the cast is concerned, it features the amiable Jack Cullison, star of last year's highly-enjoyable MILF, Emily Addison of copious shorts, Jonathan Brett of Stupid Teenagers Must Die, Colbert Alembert, Howard Cai, Andre Meadows and Julie Barzman.

Of particular interest is the film's director, Scott Wheeler; this will mark Wheeler's fourth time as a director - after Journey to the Center of the Earth, Transmorphers 2: Fall of Man, and MILF - and he's also been behind the lens of a few other Asylum movies: he was a still photographer on Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls, camera operator on Sunday School Musical and Merlin and the War of Dragons, and most recently he served as the director of photography on the visually lush Sherlock Holmes.

Celebrity Sex Tape is slated to drop - you guessed it - on Valentine's Day of next year.

In other news, the page for Amityville Haunting has also appeared over at the Asylum site. We already knew this was a "found-footage" film, so details are appropriately scarce. This is all we know about the plot:

"Actual found footage that documents the horrifying experience of a family that moved into the infamous haunted house."

Not a lot to go on, but scares and ghostly-goings-on seem guaranteed. Amityville Haunting comes to DVD and Blu-Ray on December 13th of this year. You've been warned.

outside the walls: September DVD Releases

I recognize that not all great films are made exclusively by The Asylum and that, in fact, there's a whole world of film outside these walls, some of which might actually interest Asylum fans - when they're not watching or re-watching Asylum films, of course. And, being as I'm only looking out for your viewing well-being, here's a peek at some other DVD releases this month which might satiate you between Asylum releases. But remember, as always, Sweet n' Low ain't sugar.

Sept. 6