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Evil Dead / Hatchet Blu-ray Giveaway Contest!

How’s this for doubling your pleasure?  Our good friends over at Starz/Anchor Bay have given us a Blu-ray set of Evil Dead and Hatchet to give away to one lucky horror fan.  It could be you!  The giveaway contest is free and open to all our readers located in the continental U.S.  See below for all the details and how to enter.  In the meantime, check out our full Blu-ray reviews of both Evil Dead and Hatchet and learn everything about the Blu-ray goodies that can be yours for the taking.  Good luck!

The rules of our giveaway are  really quite simple.  The contest is free to enter.  There are only 3 very small catches.  You may enter only once.  The contest is only open to readers in the United States only.  You must be a registered fan/follower on our Facebook andTwitter pages.  If you are not, don’t worry.  You are welcome to join right now by clicking here and here.  And the third rule (read carefully) is listed in the below paragraph.

Here’s all we ask that you do.  Please fill out the form below in its entirety.  In the ‘message’ box below, please include your Facebook and Twitter names so we can verify your eligibility AND please tell us why you should win these two cult classic titles on Blu-ray.  I will personally read all entries and the most original response to why you should be the winner will be the one I select (provided you are a Facebook fan and Twitter follower in good standing).  All entries must be received by 12:01 AM, Tuesday, September 7th.  The lucky winner will be notified via email.  We will then ask you to provide your mailing address via email so we can ship your Blu-ray out to you upon our receipt of the Blu-ray set from Starz/Anchor Bay.  Sound simple enough?  Good!  We thought so.  Just our way of saying thanks for your patronage.  Again…good luck!

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VIEW THE TRAILERS

Evil Dead available 8/31: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Bi9mGv1J8

Hatchet available 9/7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C33S_cqiJ8

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MORE ABOUT THE RELEASES

EVIL DEAD BLU-RAY

In Stores August 31^st

Sam Raimi’s iconic classic finally arrives on Blu-ray August 31st!  Two brand-new hi-def transfers personally supervised and approved by Sam Raimi and an all-new audio commentary featuring Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert and Bruce Campbell

Two brand-new hi-def transfers personally supervised and approved by Sam Raimi and an all-new audio commentary featuring Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert and Bruce Campbell.  Includes Limited Edition DVD packed with 3 hours of original bonus features!

Special features include:

• On the Blu-ray:
  • All-new audio commentary with writer/director Sam Raimi, producer Robert Tapert and star Bruce Campbell
• On the special-features DVD:
  • One By One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead
  • The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor
  • The Ladies Of The Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell
  • Book of The Dead: The Other Pages
  • Discovering The Evil Dead
  • Unconventional
  • At The Drive-In

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HATCHET BLU-RAY

In Stores September 7^th

Victor Crowley lives again on Blu-ray 9/7/10!

This 2006 slasher film will be presented in an unrated director’s cut. Features an all-new audio commentary with writer/director ADAM GREEN and Victor Crowley himself – KANE HODDER!

Special features include:

• Audio commentaries:
  • Co-producer/writer/director Adam Green and Star Kane Hodder (new)
  • Adam Green, co-producer/cinematographer Will Barratt and actors Tamara Feldman, Joel David Moore and Deon Richmond
• The Making of Hatchet
• Meeting Victor Crowley: An in-depth look at the creation of a new horror icon
• Guts & Gore: Go behind the scenes of Hatchet’s special makeup and prosthetic effects
• Anatomy of a Kill: Witness the “jaw-breaking” birth, design and execution of a death scene
• A Twisted Tale: Writer/Director Adam Green recounts his decades-long friendship with “Twisted Sister” front man Dee Snider
• Gag reel
• Theatrical trailer