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After a couple of light on horror weeks, we are finally treated to a bumper crop of new releases. Headlining the week is Frozen, which is just what we in Southern California need to stave off our current heat wave. A couple of oldies but goodies are out, too, as Madman celebrates its Happy 30th Birthday and the original King Kong comes to Blu-ray. Fangoria's eight FrightFest titles bow as well.

Frozen

Directed by Adam Green

In Frozen (review), Adam Green has crafted a potent combination of absolute terror and compelling human drama that will stick with you long after you've left the theatre or turned off the DVD. One thing's for sure: The next time your friends invite you on a ski weekend, odds are you'll try to convince them to head to the beach instead. Frozen stars Shawn Ashmore, Emma Bell and Kevin Zegers.

Buy the Blu-ray or the regular DVD.

Mystic Pictures, in association with Vanguard Cinema, has announced a September 28th North American DVD release of the supernatural erotic thriller Brothel, written and directed by Amy Waddell and starring Serena Scott Thomas (The World is Not Enough), Grace Zabriskie ("Twin Peaks", "Big Love"), Brett Cullen (Ghost Rider), Bruce Payne (Warlock III), and Timothy V. Murphy (National Treasure: Book of Secrets).

Synopsis:

In an attempt to stay close to the love of her life, recently passed, Julianne (Serena Scott Thomas) chooses to become the mistress of death...

Brothel is a psychological ghost story about a woman who flees her life in the city after a tragic loss. In an old mining town stands an abandoned brothel from the turn of the century. Julianne purchases the brothel to turn it into a hotel, but as she begins its restoration, her shattered psyche takes on the personas of the four prostitutes and...