Asylum stars Sarah Roemer ("Disturbia") and concerns a group of college students who discover that their dorm used to be an insane asylum in which a doctor conducted unethical tests on his patients. Making matters worse, the doctor has returned, intent on using the students as guinea pigs for a series of sick and twisted experiments.
Considering it's directed by David R. Ellis, currently filming "Final Destination 4" in 3-D, and has a decent cast, it's a little surprising that Asylum is going direct to DVD. It will be interesting to see if it deserved such a fate. Then again, the direct-to-DVD market has produced many high quality films, especially in the horror genre.
Pray for Morning surrounds a group of high school students who break into a hotel for a night of drinking and debauchery, unaware that it's haunted. Commence ghostly happenings. With the just plain freaky Udo Kier playing the head ghost, that's a casting coup right there. The man just exudes the creepy and makes the film worth a look all by himself.
Death Valley stars Rider Strong, Dash Mihok (the upcoming "Punisher: War Zone"), and Vince Vieluf ("Firewall"). The film involves a group of friends who head out to a rave in the desert, only to get in bad with some locals. Violence and mayhem ensue.
Considered me intrigued. Rider Strong has shown himself to be a capable actor who has given solid performances in Eli Roth's "Cabin Fever" and "Borderland," which was part of last year's AfterDark Horrorfest. He certainly has come a long way since playing second fiddle to Ben Savage on the TV series "Boy Meets World."
Death Valley is released June 24 via Allumination FilmWorks; Asylum streets July 15 via MGM; and Pray for Morning hits DVD July 22 via Allumination FilmWorks.
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