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Step over Tom Berenger, there is a new sniper in town! Vicious Circle Films is set to release The Anniversary at Shallow Creek and July 5th is your date to duck and cover. In the film, a crazed killer ruins a relaxing weekend for several friends, by putting them in his crosshairs. Annie Burgstede

(Death Tunnel) and Anthony Campanello (Don't Look in the Cellar) will star and the trailer below shows a masked killer with a laser target and poor aim. Get set to survive The Anniversary at Shallow Creek July 5th and prepare to be on one man's growing hit list!

The synopsis for The Anniversary at Shallow Creek:

"When Sam and Paige decide to escape the stress of medical school for a romantic getaway in the mountains, their four best friends end up tagging along and turning it into a weekend of partying. Little does the group...

Dawning Vicious Circle Films, which is part of Breaking Glass Pictures, is starting to become the new leader in distributing quality indie horror films. Some of the titles in their impressive lineup include Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives, Fright Flick, Ninjas vs. Vampires, Brainjacked, Hanger, Someone's Knocking at the Door, etc. Now on June 28th, Dawning will be joining the ranks as it is set to be distributed by Vicious Circle as well.

Dawning, an eerie supernatural themed horror film from indie director Gregg Holtgrewe, deals with a family having to confront their inner demons after being token hostage by a man on the run from a supernatural force.

Special features and DVD specifications weren't available at the time this went to press. For more info into this upcoming release, stay tuned to Big Daddy Horror Reviews.

To check out my review of Dawning, please visit: http://www.bigdaddyhorrorreviews.com/2010/04/dawning.

There are four notable horror features releasing Tuesday, March 29th on DVD or Blu-Ray. The After Dark Originals are hosting two of the films, including Husk and Prowl. Another is from Canadian director Ryan Nicholson (Gutterballs), while the final entry is the second film in thirty years from production company Hammer Films - The Resident.

If you are a Blu-Ray fan, then you will be disappointed with this weeks horror selections, as only The Resident, starring Hilary Swank, is available in high definition digital. As well, the majority of the special features for these discs will be on The After Dark entries, Husk and Prowl. Have a look at the release details for each one of these horror titles inside.

The synopsis for Prowl:

"Amber dreams of escaping her small town and persuades her friends to accompany her apartment-hunting in the big city. When their transportation breaks down, Amber...

"The Resident" (2011)

Directed by Antti Jokinen

Released by Image Entertainment

This actually isn't the first time Hilary Swank has seen one of her films go direct to DVD after the films "Red Dust" and "Birds of America" suffered the same fate, but surely there was more riding on this horror film from the resurgent Hammer Films about a recently separated doctor who learns her Brooklyn loft isn't quite as wonderful as she thought it would be. "Secretary" screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson co-wrote this film, which co-stars Christopher Lee, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Lee Pace.

"The Mikado" (1939)

Directed by Victor Schertzinger

Released by Criterion Collection

"Topsy-Turvy" (1999)

Directed by Mike Leigh

Released by Criterion Collection

Sold separately, Criterion is making no secret of trying to appeal to Gilbert and Sullivan fanatics with special editions of "The Mikado," a straight-up adaptation of the musical duo's most famous opera, and Mike Leigh's "Topsy-Turvy,...

Bleeding Lady (aka Star Vehicle) confirms cult / horror director Ryan Nicholson (Hanger, Gutterballls) as the "king of cinematic sleaze"(cinesploitation) and serves up plenty of blood-splattering gore, nudity, and dark humor.

Bleeding Lady, which stars Dan Ellis, Sindy Faraguna and Nathan Durec, deals with Don. A chauffeur and a movie buff who takes his job seriously - very seriously. When his latest assignment takes him to the set of a low-budget horror film, he's overjoyed to learn he'll be driving Riversa Red - His favorite B-movie "Srceam Queen." While driving his beloved idol, Don assumes the role of bodyguard and turns fiercely protective, especially after learning that Riversa has a stalker. Hell-bent on protecting his queen and fueled by paranoid fantasies, Don's usual temper tantrums go to fatal extremes. Soon he proves to be not only Riversa's biggest fan, but her worst nightmare as well. As HorrorNews.net puts it,...

Ticked Off Trannies with KnivesYear: 2010Director: Israel LunaStars: Krystal Summers, Kelexis Davenport, William BelliMPAA Rating: Not RatedStudio: Vicious Circle FilmsRunning Time: 90 Mins“Ticked Off Trannies with Knives” is homage to the exploitation films of the seventies. The film is about a group of trainnes, who get attacks by a group of men and left for dead. They soon regain consciousness...

HollywoodNews.com: Dane Cook will be releasing “I Did My Best – Greatest Hits” through Comedy Central Records on November 22. Cook is currently on his American tour of “Dan Cook Live!.”

Arguably the biggest comic on the planet, Cook has put together a collection of his best and most popular material, spanning his five full-length albums which have collectively sold over 4 million copies in the U.S. and Canada alone. In addition to favorites like “No So Kool-Aid,” “B & E” and “The Atheist,” the album features ten minutes of previously unreleased material, all re-mastered and newly cut together – a must have for longtime fans and those who want an introduction to Cook at his best. The double-digipak contains two full-length CDs of two and a half hours of Cook’s best jokes.

Combining energetic physical comedy, clever wordplay and trenchant observations about human behavior, Dane Cook’s unique brand of stand-up...

Kevin Tenney, best known for the popular 1980s fright flicks Night Of The Demons and Witchboard, returns to the genre with Brain Dead, a zombie comedy opus that splatters onto DVD this Tuesday, October 26 from Vicious Circle/Breaking Glass. Fangoria spoke with the busy Tenney, whose Night Of The Demons (now on DVD and Blu-ray from Entertainment One) got the remake treatment this year with Tenney himself onboard as producer.

Director: Catherine Taylor.

Writer: Julianne White.

Vicious Circle Films will be releasing director Catherine Taylor's first picture, Temptation, to North American audiences June 29th and this Black Tower and Co-Operative Film production offers a fresh take on the vampire, horror genre. Also, this London shot film offers beautiful cinematography, while offering a uniquely feminine view of vampires, their powers, and their ability to blend in with London's nite life.

The film follows central character Isabel (Caroline Haines) after a nite of partying and in to the hands of a recently released serial rapist. Isabel's already bad day has already involved seeing her boyfriend cheating on her with another women and a brutal rape in a dark alley adds a sour note to a nite of socializing and excessive drinking with friends. However, fortunately, or unfortunately, an ancient vampiress intervenes in Isabel's possible demise by killing the attacker with a...

“Don’t make it look like Pulse” was the mission statement behind Someone’S Knocking At The Door, according to actor/producer Noah Segan on Vicious Circle’s new DVD. And they certainly succeeded at that; Knocking has nothing in common with either Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s brooding supernatural drama or the terrible U.S. remake, though it does echo certain recent, more outrageous J-horror entries in its scenes of grotesquely distended genitalia.

Fango scribe William Sean Wilson spoke to fright filmmaker Chad Ferrin for an upcoming mag piece on his twisted shocker Someone’S Knocking At The Door, and the director revealed the supplemental details for the upcoming discs of Knocking as well as his previously lensed flick Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!, both streeting this summer on Breaking Glass Pictures’ Vicious Circle label.

After playing Screamfest a few years back, Vicious Circle Films, the horror label of Breaking Glass Pictures, has picked up the North American distribution rights for the thriller Sympathy from Shoreline Entertainment, writes the Hollywood Reporter. The film, directed by Andrew Moorman and starring Marina Shtelen and Aaron Boucher, follows a reckless bank robber and his teenage hostage as they hole up in a bad motel for the night. Vicious Circle will release the flick on DVD April 27. "When a reckless bank robber and his rebellious teenage hostage hole up for the night in a bad motel, anything can happen. A mysterious stranger and dark twists of fate send the night into a descent of bloody madness in this deadly game of cat and mouse where nothing is what it seems. Lock yourself in for this claustrophobic tale that is one part classic suspense thriller, one part grindhouse horror."...

Ryan Nicholson of Plotdigger Films gave Fango the first look at the DVD cover art for his extreme gruefest Hanger (pictured), now set to hit disc November 17 from the new Breaking Glass company on their Vicious Circle genre label. He also informed us of his plans for an official release of his underground Internet flick Torched, and passed on the art for that one as well.

Hanger stars Nathan Dashwood, Dan Ellis and Fangoria Radio’s Debbie Rochon and centers on the revenge for a botched abortion meted out by the grown-up object of that operation; we previously revealed the specs for the DVD here. Torched, previously available only on bootleg or edited discs, is fully restored on Plotdigger’s DVD, which comes out Nov. 24. The bloody saga of a nurse giving fiery payback to those who raped her will be presented in 16x9-enhanced widescreen with Dolby 5.1 Surround and 2.0 stereo soundtracks,...

Los Angeles-based Maya Entertainment is joining forces with Blockbuster to present a Latin Cinema series: From July 17 to Sept. 18, Maya and Blockbuster will release a slate of eight, Latin-themed films theatrically in eight U.S. cities, and the films will become available for rental at Blockbuster in September as part of Hispanic Heritage Month.

"This alliance is the perfect extension of Maya's mission. With Blockbuster as a partner in this venture, we will extend the reach of this program tenfold and provide the national film going audience with consistent high quality cinema from Latino filmmakers and talent," Maya Entertainment founder Moctesuma Esparza said.

The films, programmed by Maya acquisitions executives Jose Martinez, Jr. and Tonantzin Esparza are: "The Line," "Vicious Circle," "Bajo La Sal," "Sultanes del Sure," "Once Upon a Time in Rio," "Cronicas Chilangas" (Chilangas Chronicles), "Bad Guys" and "Mancora."...