The Horror Fatale

It’s Alive(2008) UR
After participating in a series of seemingly safe drug testing experiments, grad student Lenore (Bijou Phillips) endures some horrifying side effects when her new baby turns out to be a natural born killer, leaving a trail of dead in its tiny wake. As the death toll mounts, the doting mom can stay in denial for only so long in this chilling remake of Larry Cohen’s 1974 cult horror hit, also starring James Murray as the proud papa.

Dark Country(2009) R
“Hung” star Thomas Jane directs and stars in this thriller that follows the hellish adventures of a newlywed couple who rescue a wounded stranger on the side of the road on their way back from their Las Vegas nuptials. When the almost-dead man goes berserk on them, the couple’s nightmare is just beginning. Ron Perlman (Hell Boy) and Lauren German also star in this chiller penned by Guerillas in the Mist writer Tab Murphy.

The Seamstress
After vigilantes torture and kill a seamstress, she becomes a horrific spirit, hungry for vengeance — and when a group of young friends are trapped on the island where she died, she comes after them with her razor-sharp needles. But as one of the friends, Allie (Kailin See), searches for her missing father, she learns a terrible truth about him while her friends begin dying one by one. Lance Henriksen co-stars in this gory spine-chiller.

HF Recommends… Unsolved Mysteries: Bizarre Murders (1987) NR
Emmy Award-winning actor Robert Stack hosts this four-disc set of episodes from the TV show “Unsolved Mysteries.” The collection of investigative stories about some of the most infamous murder cases in history features 32 compelling segments, including “Boston Strangler,” “Murdered Heiress,” “Backyard Bones,” “World Leaders,” “Plane Crash Sabotage,” “Bordello Murders,” “Whistle Blown,” “Social Security Murders” and much more.