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» Friday January 29, 2010 - 05:18 am
Open Graves Horror Movie On DVD February 15
Death Doesn't Play By The Rules. Icon Home Entertainment is pleased to announce the February 15th DVD release of the action-packed horror film OPEN GRAVES starring the stunning Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Tru Calling) and Mike Vogel (Cloverfield, Texas Chainsaw Massacre).
Open Graves follows on from where Final Destination left off. The macabre story unfolds when an international group of young carefree surfers come into possession of the ancient artifact mysteriously referred to as "Mamba" - an old board game made from the skin and bones of a witch executed during the Spanish Inquisition.
Young American expatriate, Jason (Mike Vogel), spends his carefree days surfing the beaches of north western Spain. The surf community is international, exotic and beautiful, particularly the enigmatic and sexy Erica (Eliza Dushku), who Jason falls in love with.
One evening, during a drunken party, the surfers become curious and suddenly decide to open up the board game and play "Mamba" for kicks. It's all fun and games until they discover that ancient curses have terrifying consequences.
As soon as they play the game, one by one, death begins to follow them in the most gruesome ways. To save their friends Erica and Jason are forced to put themselves at ultimate risk by trying to unwind the diabolical chain of events they are relentlessly set in motion. It's a race against the clock for the pair to reverse the diabolical spell.
OPEN GRAVES: ABOUT THE CAST
Eliza Dushku (Erica)
Eliza Dushku was born in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1980, the daughter of an school teacher and university professor. Her acting career began when she caught the eye of casting agents looking for someone to star opposite Juliette Lewis in the 1992 film That Night.
From then on her career began its steady climb. She starred alongside Robert De Niro and Leonardo di Caprio in This Boy's Life. The following year she was cast as Arnold Schwarzennegger and Jamie Lee Curtis' daughter in 1994's True Lies.
After she finished high school she became heavily involved with the hit TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Her role as Faith was originally intended only to last five episodes, but due to the character's overwhelming popularity she remained on the show for the entire third season and reappeared for a two-part episode in the fourth. Dushku also appeared in several episodes of the Buffy spin-off series, Angel as well as the final five episodes of the Buffy series.
Dushku went on to co-star in the teen hit Bring It On with Kirsten Dunst and was invited to play a "bad-girl" in Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and garnered critical acclaim in City By the Sea with Robert De Niro, Frances McDormand, and James Franco.
Currently she has been in the recent releases Nobel Son and Bottle Shoc", and now produces and stars in the hit TV series Dollhouse which she co-created with famed Buffy creator Joss Shedon.
Mike Vogel (Jason)
Vogel began modeling for Levi's, and was subsequently cast in the TV series Grounded for Life, appearing in a recurring role between 2001 and 2004. His first film role was in the skateboarding-themed Grind, which was released on August 15, 2003. The film's co-stars included Adam Brody and Jennifer Morrison.
Vogel's next role was in the made-for-television remake of Wuthering Heights, which premiered on MTV a month after Grind's release, in September 2003. In the film, Vogel played Heath opposite Erika Christensen's Kate. Vogel's last 2003 role was in the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which was released in October to high box office.
In 2005, after Grounded for Life was canceled, Vogel appeared in several films. First, he played Eric Richman, the romantic interest of Blake Lively's character in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, which had a June release. His next role was the lead in the low-budget film, Supercross.
Vogel also starred in 2005's Rumor Has It, opposite Jennifer Aniston, in which he had a supporting role as the son of Kevin Costner's character. Vogel also starred in Poseidon, a disaster film and remake of the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure.
Ethan Rains (Tomas)
Ethan Rains was born Iman Nazemzadeh in Tehran, Iran. His family moved to the United States when he was only a boy where he went on to graduate from Southern Mehtodist University's Meadows School of the Arts Theater Program in Dallas. While there he appeared as Antonio in Twelfth Night, Scott in Six Characters in Search of an Author and as Marc Blitzstein in It's All True.
In 2002 he appeared in the following TV series - Judging Amy, The Young and the Restless, and The Closer. His exposure in episodes of these hit series got him noticed by SOAPnet which began hotly pursuing him for an upcoming series. In 2008 Rains landed a recurring role in the spinoff of the daytime soap opera General Hospital, as Dr. Leo Julian in General Hospital: Night Shift. Rains also appeared in Frank Miller's Sin City.
Naike Rivelli (Elena)
Naike Rivelli is the daughter of legendary Italian beauty Ornella Muty, whom she closely resembles. Although she was born there and is now married to a German, she does not speak the language. She has one son with husband, Manu Lubowski, named Akash.
Rivelli's career began in modeling as she became of favorite of designers such as Christian Dior, Emporio Armani, and Cartier. Her success in modeling eventually led her to transition into acting.
She has appeared in over a dozen different productions ranging from television shows, mini series, and several film roles. Rivelli played a young Mercedes in a French mini series rendition of The Count of Monte Cristo, a dark haired beauty in 2005's Cassanova with Heath Ledger.
- 'OPEN GRAVES' - DVD PRODUCT INFORMATION
- Release Date February 15th 2010
- Format DVD (PAL)
- Aspect Ratio 16:9
- Audio Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 2.0
- Region 2
- Subtitles Hard of Hearing
- BBFC Certification 15 TBC
- Catalogue Number ICON10193
- Barcode Number 5051429101934
- UK DVD SRP £15.99
- Running Time 88 minutes
Check out Open Graves' on Icon's horror microsite - Prepare To Be Scared
                    
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