Upcoming Cult and Genre Releases for January 2016 from our friends at Mill Creek

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The new year is upon us and that means new genre releases for 2016 are on the horizon! Our friends at Mill Creek Entertainment sent us word on some cool titles they have coming out in the cult/genre/nostalgia vein this month! From horror to cheesy B-action to 90’s sitcom, check these January releases out!

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The Alien Files
Release Date: 1/12/16

4 Out-Of-This-World Movies!

Night Skies
(2007) – Color – Rated R
Starring: Jason Connery, A.J. Cook. George Stults, Ashley Peldon
Demons at the Door director Roy Knyrim draws inspiration from one of the most high-profile UFO sightings ever recorded for this fact-based sci-fi thriller that recreates the infamous “Phoenix Lights” case. On March 13, 1997, community leaders, law enforcement officials, and countless everyday citizens in the southwestern United States witness a phenomenon that simply couldn’t be dismissed by even the most hardened of skeptics. Jason Connery, Ashley Peldon, A.J. Cook, and Gwendoline Yeo star in a film that draws on transcripts taken during hypnotherapy sessions to explore precisely what happened to six strangers stranded on a forgotten road during that fateful close encounter.

Alien Hunter
(2003) – Color – Rated R
Starring: James Spader, Janine Eser, John Lynch, Leslie Stefanson
For the NASA-funded research team stationed at the most desolate reaches of Antarctica, it’s another routine day – until the communications satellite picks up a mysterious signal coming from a strange object lodged several meters beneath the ice. Suspecting it may not be from earth, the lead scientist immediately places a call to Julian Rome (James Spader), an old friend formerly employed as a cryptologist for the U.S. Government’s SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program.

Catching the next flight to the South Pole, this former “Alien Hunter” is soon led to the unidentified object which is still encased in a large block of ice. After constructing a makeshift decoder, Rome quickly cracks the complex mathematical code, only to discover the message is an alien warning. Now it’s a terrifying race against time to prevent the total annihilation of the planet in this pulse-pounding sci-fi thriller.

John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars
(2001) – Color – Rated R
Starring: Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Clea DuVall and Pam Grier

Terror is the same on any planet.
From John Carpenter, the master of horror behind 1998’s hit John Carpenter’s Vampires and classics like The Thing and Halloween, comes a sci-fi thriller full of explosive action and bone-chilling suspense.

Natasha Henstridge (Species) is Melanie Ballard, a headstrong police lieutenant on Mars in the year 2025. Humans have been colonizing and mining on the red planet for some time, but when Ballard and her squad are sent to a remote region to apprehend the dangerous criminal James “Desolation” Williams, played by Ice Cube (Friday), they discover that he’s the least of their worries. The mining operations have unleashed a deadly army of Martian spirits who take over the bodies of humans and won’t stop until they destroy all invaders of their planet.

The Day The World Ended
(2001) – Color – Rated R
Starring: Nastassja Kinski, Randy Quaid, Bobby Edner, Harry Groener

The Day The World Ended is a creepy, suspenseful sci-fi thriller starring Randy Quaid (Independence Day, National Lampoon’s Vacation series) and the beautiful Nastassja Kinski (Town and Country, Terminal Velocity). It also features terrifying effects by legendary Academy Award®-winning monster-maker Stand Winston (A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Jurassic Park, Aliens).

A woman trying to help a disturbed child discovers his nightmarish fears are all too real in this sci-fi horror opus. Dr. Jennifer Stillman (Nastassja Kinski) is a child psychologist from New York City who takes a job working at an elementary school in a small Nevada community. Jennifer is seen as an unwelcome outsider by most of her neighbors and colleagues, but she does strike up a rapport with Ben (Bobby Edner), a troubled young student. Ben is haunted by fears he has a hard time talking about, and she learns that his mother died under unexplained circumstances — a matter his father (Randy Quaid) is equally reticent to discuss. As Jennifer struggles to get to the bottom of Ben’s traumas, she learns that a monster from another world and a terrible secret the town has been trying to hide are both parts of the puzzle. The Day the World Ended was loosely adapted from Roger Corman’s 1956 film of the same name, which was the first monster movie the B-movie icon made for American-International Pictures; this version was created as part of the made-for-cable “Creature Features” series.

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Locked and Loaded
Release Date: 1/12/16

Four Action-Packed Rounds!

ATTACK FORCE (2006) Steven Seagal, Lisa Lovbrand, David Kennedy
When Lawson (Seagal) loses his team in a cold-blooded attack, he takes it upon himself to investigate the suspicious circumstances of the brutal killings.

THE POINT MEN (2001) Christopher Lambert, Kerry Fox, Vincent Regan
Tony Eckhardt (Lambert) is as an Israeli secret service agent assigned to track and assassinate Amar, a terrorist who is threatening the future of the Middle East peace process.

HUNT FOR EAGLE ONE (2006) Mark Dacascos, Theresa Randle, Rutger Hauer
After a raid to capture terrorists holed up with Philippine rebels, Lt. Daniels (Dascascos) must rescue the crew of a downed helicopter before the bioweapons detenate.

WALKING TALL: LONE JUSTICE (2007) Kevin Sorbo, Yvette Nipar, Elizabeth Barondes
After cleaning up his hometown, Nick (Sorbo) retires as sheriff and hopes to start a new life, when he is pitted against a ruthless drug lord and his army.

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Queens of Scream
Release Date: 1/12/16

4 Movie Thrill-Fest!

Vacancy
(2007) – Color – Rated R
Starring: Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale, Ethan Embry
“Terrifying and Shocking!” – Shawn Edward, FOX-TV

When David (Luke Wilson) and Amy Fox’s (Kate Beckinsale) car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they are forced to spend the night at the only motel around, with only the TV to entertain them – until they discover that the low-budget slasher videos they find in their room were all filmed in the very room in which they’re sitting. With hidden cameras now aimed at them – trapping them in rooms, crawlspaces, underground tunnels – and filming their every move, David and Amy must struggle to get out alive before they end up the next victims on tape.

I Know What You Did Last Summer
(1997) – Color – Rated R
Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Ryan Phillippe
If You’re Going To Bury The Truth, Make Sure It Stays Buried.

“More laughs and chills than SCREAM.” – Jeanne Wolf, Jeanne Wolf’s Hollywood

Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sarah Michelle Gellar star with Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Johnny Galecki in this terrifying tale of a body that just won’t stay dead. After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim’s body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the dead man returns from his watery grave and he wants more than an apology.

When A Stranger Calls
(2006) – Color – Rated PG-13
Starring: Katie Cassidy, Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Tessa Thompson
Have you checked the children?

To Jill Johnson, it was the perfect babysitting job. The parents were away. The fridge was stocked. The children were tucked into bed. But then the phone rings and an ominous voice asks, “Have you checked the children?” Locked in with the lights out and the curtains drawn, a panicky Jill phones the police, who trace the calls – only to inform her they’re coming from inside the house.

The Cave
(2005) – Color – Rated PG-13
Starring: Lena Headley, Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian
Deep in the Romanian forest, a team of scientists stumbles upon the ruins of a 13th-century abbey. On further inspection, they make a startling discovery – the abbey is built over the entrance to a giant underground cave system. Local biologists believe the cave could be home to an undiscovered ecosystem, so they hire a group of American cave explorers to help them investigate its depths.

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Party of Five: The Complete Series
Release Date: 1/5/16

Join the party with one of TV’s best-loved series!

“Party Of Five is the great forgotten drama of the ’90s” – Todd VanDerWerff, The A.V. Club

After the sudden loss of their parents, the Salinger children must band together to keep their own lives on track, discovering first loves, last calls, and themselves along the rocky road to growing up. Headlined by a young, sexy cast this highly-rated, long-running series firmly found its place as a pop culture phenomenon for all ages.

Starring: Scott Wolf, Mathew Fox, Neve Campbell, Lacey Chabert, Paula Devicq, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and many more!

Won the Golden Globe® for Best Drama TV Series in 1996.
Launched the careers of Neve Campbell, Scott Wolf, Lacy Chabert, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Matthew Fox
In 1995, TV Guide named the series “The Best Show You’re Not Watching.”
First time ever available in its entirety (first time Seasons 4-6 available at retail)
Bonus “Family Album” episode with a look-back at the first 4 seasons with the cast and crew.
Contents:

Season One

Disc 1

Party Of Five
Homework
Good Sports
Worth Waiting For
All’s Fair

Disc 2

Fathers And Sons
Much Ado About Nothing
Kiss Me, Kate
Something Out Of Nothing
Thanksgiving

Disc 3

Private Lies
Games People Play
Grown Ups
Not Fade Away
It’s Not Easy Being Green
Aftershocks

Disc 4

In Loco Parentis
Who Cares?
Brother’s Keeper
The Trouble With Charlie
All-Nighters
The Ides Of March

Season Two

Disc 5

Ready or Not
Falsies
Dearly Beloved
Have No Fear
Change Partners… and Dance

Disc 6

Analogies
Where There’s Smoke
Best Laid Plans
The Wedding
Grand Delusions

Disc 7

Unfair Advantage
Hold On Tight
Poor Substitutes
Strange Bed Fellows
Benefactors
Comings and Goings

Disc 8

Valentine’s Day
Before and After
Altered States
Happily Ever After
Spring Breaks (Part 1)
Spring Breaks (Part 2)

Season Three

Disc 9

Summer Fun, Summer Not
Going, Going, Gone
Short Cuts
Deal with It
Mixed Signals
Going Home

Disc 10

Personal Demons
Not So Fast
Gimme Shelter
Close to You
I Do
Desperate Measures

Disc 11

Christmas
Life’s Too Short
Significant Others
I Declare
Misery Loves Company
MYOB

Disc 12

Point of No Return
The Intervention
Hitting Bottom
Leap of Faith
Promises, Promises
A Little Faith
You Win Some, You Lose Some

Season Four

Disc 13

What a Drag
Past Imperfect
Handicaps
Zap
Fight or Flight
Immediate Family

Disc 14

Positive Attitude
Sickness, Health/Richer, Poorer
Truth Be Told
Adjustment
S’Wunnerful Life
Empty Shoes

Disc 15

Parent Trap
Of Human Bonding
Here and Now
I Give Up
Of Sound Mind and Body
True or False

Disc 16

Go Away
Square One
Free and Clear
Opposites Distract
Fools Rush In
Fools Rush Out

BONUS: Family Album

Season Five

Disc 17

Moving On
Separation Anxiety
Naming Names
A Mid-Semester’s Night Dream
The Baby
Forgive and/or Forget

Disc 18

Tender Age
Love and War
Gifts
One Christmas to Go
Rings of Saturn
Witness for the Persecution

Disc 19

Fillmore Street
Stand by Me
Whatever Works
Party of Freud
Fam-i-ly
Driven to Extremes

Disc 20

Judgement Day
The Wish
Get Back
Fragile
I’ll Show You Mine
Haunted
Otherwise Engaged

Season Six

Disc 21

Don’t Let Go
Naked
Bye, Bye, Love
Wrestling Demons
The Shortest Distance
Too Close

Disc 22

We Gather Together
Fate, Hope and Charity
Ties That Bind
Dog Day After New Year
Fear and Loathing
Bad Behavior

Disc 23

The Declaration of Co-Dependence
One for the Road
What If…
Blast the Past
Getting There
Too Cool for School

Disc 24

Isn’t It Romantic
Great Expectations
Taboo or Not Taboo
Falling Forward
All’s Well
That Ends Well