METRO GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS AND FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT RE-RELEASE CULT CLASSIC HORROR FILMS WITH LIMITED-EDITION ARTIST RENDERINGS BY SKUZZLES

13 Terrifying Flicks Return to Blu-ray and DVD Just in Time for Halloween!

LOS ANGELES, CA (October 1, 2014) – Metro Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Fox Home Entertainment are re-releasing 13 cult classic horror films on Blu-ray and DVD. Each iconic movie will be decked out with an all-new, limited-edition artist-rendered faceplate by Skuzzles which are available today at Best Buy, Walmart and other major retailers nationwide!

Relive some of the most terrifying moments in horror film history with 13 cult classic films in MGM’s catalog from the 70s, 80s and 90s, including: five-time Academy Award-winning film⁴ The Silence of the Lambs (1991) starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins and Scott Glenn; Academy Award¹ and Golden Globes-nominated² The Amityville Horror (1979) starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder and Rod Steiger; Two-time Academy Award-nominated³ film Carrie (1976) starring Sissy Spacek and John Travolta; Child’s Play (1988) starring Catherine Hicks and Chris Sarandon; Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) with Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, and Jeff Goldblum; Jeepers Creepers (2001) with Justin Long; Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988); Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left (1972); The Return of the Living Dead (1985); Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (1986) starring Dennis Hopper; Teen Wolf (1985) starring Michael J. Fox; Species (1995) with Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Michelle Williams and Natasha Henstridge; and Rob Reiner’s Stephen King-inspired psycho thriller Misery (1990) starring James Caan and Best Actress⁵ Kathy Bates.

About Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) is celebrating 90 years as a leader in the entertainment business and as an innovator in the industry. Today, MGM is an entertainment company focused on the production and distribution of film and television content globally. The company owns one of the world's deepest libraries of premium film and television content. In addition, MGM has investments in domestic and international television channels. For more information, visit www.mgm.com.

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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is the industry leading worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox produced, acquired and third party partner film and television programing. Each year TCFHE expands its award-winning global product portfolio with the introduction of new entertainment content through established and emerging formats including DVD, Blu-ray™ and Digital HD™. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

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¹Best Music, Original Score, Lalo Schifrin, 1980.
²Best Original Score – Motion Picture, Lalo Schifrin, 1980.
³Best Actress in a Leading Role, Sissy Spacek; Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Piper Laurie, 1977.
⁴Best Picture; Best Actor in a Leading Role, Anthony Hopkins; Best Actress in a Leading Role, Jodie Foster; Best Director, Jonathan Demme; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published, Ted Tally, 1992.
⁵Academy Award, Best Actress; Golden Globes Award, Best Actress, Misery, 1990.

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Carrie hits the big screen again, in all her bloody glory, but while the freeze frame multi camera angle shots of the blood splatter may be visually stunning, it’s the lacks of scares that will be most memorable. It’s bloodier, the bully is meaner, and yet it still lacks a punch, but it’s not all bad.

Brian DePalma’s 1976 version of Carrie was a scrawny, big eyed misfit (Sissy Spacek), picked on and abused by her fellow classmates for that awkwardness. She was a far cry from the current Carrie (Chloë Grace Moretz) who barely needed a She’s All That makeover to go from plain Jane to Head Cheerleader in the looks department. Instead 2013’s Carrie’s gawkiness is more a product of her environment, rather than her appearance. Her home life leaves much to be desired, with a mother seeing nothing but evil in her, she’s dealing with some telekinetic powers that have been blossoming at the onset of puberty, and there’s also the mean girls at school who are making her life hell. But no matter nature vs nuture, Carrie is an abused child, who feels ugly and radiates unimportance. She also seems to be the poor kid in a rich school making her a further outcast.

At birth Carrie is nearly murdered by her mother Margaret (Julianne Moore) because of the wickedness she sees in her with the same scissors she used to cut the umbilical cord. Moore’s portrayal of Margaret may be more haunting because she’s less a overbearing religious nut like the 1976 version, and more on the brink of becoming unhinged. She’s a mentally ill single mom, working two jobs who does not love herself, and cannot possibly love her child. In a way she is very childlike herself, but as far as Carrie knows, this is all normal, all she’s ever knows.

The School’s gym teacher Miss Desjardin (Judy Greer) takes the role of the only stable adult  in Carrie’s corner. When mean girl Chris Hargensen (Portia Doubleday) uploads an embarrassing video of Carrie reacting to her first menses while the other girls throw tampons on her, its Miss Desjardin who makes sure that the culprit is caught and punished.

Sue Snell (Gabriella Wilde) though also involved in the tampon toss feels remorse, and has her boyfriend, Tommy Ross (Ansel Elgort), ask Carrie to the Prom to make amends. Meanwhile Carrie is going full research mode about her Telekinesis. She realizes that she may have powers after shattering some lights during the Tampon fiasco, and after she cracked the wall outside the prayer closet. And the story continues to be much of the same from there with few divergences from the Book.

Carrie goes to Prom against her mother's wishes and finds that she likes it and Tommy a lot, Chris takes out her aggression on Carrie and douses her in pigs blood, this time after humiliating her by replaying her video on screen and Carrie wrecks shop on the school killing many of her fellow students, but saving Miss Desjardin, before going after Chris and killing her too.

Chris has always been mean, but her malice is far deeper here. You want to feel sorry for the neglected spoiled girl, who is been bred to believe that being pretty and privileged with a powerful lawyer daddy makes her untouchable  but she proves that pity is wasted as her revenge psychosis ups the ante. Not only does she slaughter the pig herself, she's screams for Carrie's death. Chris is so “evil” that she’s an utter caricature, and utterly shatters the realism of the rest of the movie, which leaves the more realistic characters in an awkward position.

In this version of Carrie, everything is pushed just a little bit further, like it was trying to erase the memory of the previous version, but just not far enough to make a real impression. It takes what would have been a good starting foundation, and pulls its punches in the end when everything is coming to a rapid head that the climax is almost a let down. 

Still, there's a lot to like in this remake. The characters pain and suffering both inflicted and dealt out are more deeply explored, And when Carrie does unleash the full force of her powers there’s a sort of beauty in it. Gone is that gawky exterior, and in the elegance of a dancer, using hand gestures learned from the books she’s using to find out about her powers. And the wide overhead panning camera angles give it a kid of comic book stylization, as does Carrie's additional powers, like the high pitched noise she hears when her mother nears. Carrie rises like the phoenix, reborn in blood and fire, only to perish tragically. One of the best deviations from the source material may be the alternate ending, which was far more satisfying than the theatrical one.

Carrie is now available on DVD. 

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YOU WILL KNOW HER NAME

Chloë Grace Moretz and Academy Award^®-nominee* Julianne Moore Star in the Terrifying Horror Thriller Arriving on Digital HD™ January 3

and Blu-ray and DVD January 14

Featuring the Director’s Never-Before-Seen

Alternate Ending Too Shocking for Theaters!

LOS ANGELES, CA (December 3, 2013) – Fear her power! Unleash the telekinetic horror whenCARRIE debuts on Digital HD January 3 and on Blu-ray and DVD January 14 from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. An exhilarating reimagining of Stephen King’s iconic best-seller from director Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry, Stop-Loss), this tale of small town terror stars Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass 2, Dark Shadows) and Julianne Moore (Don Jon,Game Change).

Carrie is a reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloë Grace Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Julianne Moore), who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom. 

Directed by Kimberly Peirce and produced by Kevin Misher, with a screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the film is a production of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Screen Gems and was released in theatres on October 18, 2013.

Showcasing over an hour of heart-pounding exclusive special features, the CARRIE Blu-ray includes behind-the-scenes featurettes, commentary from director Peirce, deleted and extended scenes, the hit “Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise” viral video and an alternate ending that is sure to keep fans on the edge of their seat!

CARRIE Blu-ray Special Features:

	●	Feature Film With Alternate Ending
	●	“Bringing Back Carrie” Featurette
	●	Deleted/Extended Scenes with Commentary by Director Kimberly Peirce
	●	Commentary by Director Kimberly Peirce
	●	The Power of Telekinesis
	●	Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise
	●	Theatrical Trailer

CARRIE DVD Special Features:

	●	“Bringing Back Carrie” Featurette
	●	Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise
	●	Theatrical Trailer

About Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is the industry leading worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox produced, acquired and third party partner film and television programing. Each year TCFHE expands its award-winning global product portfolio with the introduction of new entertainment content through established and emerging formats including DVD, Blu-ray™ and Digital HD™. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

About Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is a leading entertainment company focused on the production and distribution of film and television content globally. The company owns one of the world's deepest libraries of premium film and television content. In addition, MGM has investments in domestic and international television channels. For more information, visit www.mgm.com.

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Carrie Blu-ray 

Street Date:	January 14, 2014
Prebook Date:	December 18, 2013
Screen Format:	Widescreen: 2.35:1
Audio:	English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:	English/Spanish/French
U.S. Rating:	R (Restricted)
Total Run Time:	99 Minutes
Closed Captioned:	Yes

Carrie DVD 

Street Date:	January 14, 2014
Prebook Date:	December 18, 2013
Screen Format:	Widescreen: 2.35:1
Audio:	English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Surround Dolby Digital 2.0, French Surround Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles:	English/Spanish/French
U.S. Rating:	R (Restricted)
Total Run Time:	99 Minutes
Closed Captioned:	Yes

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