Sleepers and under the radar fare dominate this weekâs home entertainment highlights!
Students become the teachers in disturbing thriller-drama The Stanford Prison Experiment (above), a gay man struggles with mental illness while a sexy 18-year-old tries to help him in Steel, and trashy camp comedy rules in anthology flick Trashology.
Now for trailers and the details!
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The Stanford Prison Experiment
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($24.99 DVD; IFC)
Having previously tackled the screenâs first David Sedaris story adaptation. C.O.G., openly gay director Kyle Patrick Alvarez dramatizes a 1971 experiment in which a Stanford University psychology professor simulated a jail setting and cast 24 students â portrated by a cast of hip young actors including Ezra Miller, Tye Sheridan, and Kier Gilchrist â in prisoner and guard roles to see what happens. Letâs just say the experiment resulted in shocking and atrocious developments and behavior in the young folk⌠and the ones who orchestrated it. Triple-feature this with another pair of films inspired by the famed 1971 experiment, 2001 German import Das Experiment and 2010âs The Experiment with Adrien Brody. A Blu-ray version will follow this early DVD release in January.
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($24.99 DVD; Breaking Glass Pictures)
Director Sven J. Matten and his co-writer Melissa Kajpust tackle mental illness in this drama about a gay TV journalist, Daniel, who is suddenly plunged into deep depression. Plagued by panic attacks, his life threatens to completely derail, but when he meets the beguiling 18-year-old Alexander at a club, romance suddenly injects itself into the equation. Can love â and some pretty hot sex scenes â conquer all? Extras include deleted scenes.
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($19.99 Blu-ray, $14.99 DVD; Slasher Video)
Likened to âJohn Waters meets Tromaâ plus Quentin Tarantino and Tales From The Crypt, this is campy, gleefully low-budget anthology fare. The framing device sees an adult college student discover a book containing stories about revenge, violence, and horror. In âThe Vat,â a bible-thumper gets comeuppance from a couple of fed-up friends. In âBig Debbieâ a large gal becomes sex slave for two men, which leads to a Pulp Fiction-esque death and the clumsy cover-up that follows. And âInglorious Bitchesâ sees a pair of female vigilantes use a smartphone app to track down and extinguish the lives of sex offenders. Make a drinking game of it!
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Trash
Marky
Stanford Prison Experiments looks rad. đ
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“Likened to âJohn Waters meets Tromaâ plus Quentin Tarantino and Tales From The Crypt”
SOLD!!