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Coming out tomorrow is the latest Final Destination<\/strong> sequel from Warner Bros., who\u2019ve oddly retained the New Line shingle in spite of shuttering the company\u2019s ability to produce and release product.<\/p>\n Released theatrically in 3D, FD4 is presented both flat and in 3D on DVD and Blu-ray, but the DVD edition leaves a lot to be desired, and is another victim of WB’s decision to isolate special features to the BR edition. What\u2019s grating about WB\u2019s tactics is that while the company was all fine in making content identical to BR and the dead HD-DVD format a few years ago, DVD owners are regularly treated to a guessing game as to what features (if any) will be available when an effects film debuts on home video.<\/p>\n Trick \u2018R Treat<\/a><\/strong> is perhaps the worst DVD release of 2009 \u2013 great film, rotten DVD edition \u2013 and it\u2019s no surprise the extras made for Terminator: Salvation<\/a><\/strong> and the imminent FD4 were heavily curtailed for the DVD release. Either WB thinks DVD is dead or dying, or there will be a meteoric rush to upgrade to BR. (Which, in this economy, is unlikely. A gradual upgrade, perhaps; but outright replacement of DVD within one year, highly doubtful, and dumb.)<\/p>\n I\u2019ll have more comments regarding the quiet shift classic and back catalogue titles are undergoing on home video \u2013 on-demand versus the once-prolific monthly wave of DVDs \u2013 later this week, as I\u2019ve uploaded more horror\/thriller reviews to the site.<\/p>\n In addition to The Final Destination<\/a><\/strong> (Warner Bros.), there\u2019s also a pair of thrillers from indie filmmaker Ti West. His debut, The Roost<\/strong>, was a bit divisive for horror fans: they either loved the slow pacing and concentrated attention towards one location, or found it a great big clumsy bore (which unfortunately, I did). The film is notable for inspiring Jeff Grace<\/a> to write one of the most terrifying scores in years, and happily the composer\u2019s association with West also continued with Trigger Man<\/a><\/strong> (2007) and The House of the Devil<\/a><\/strong> (2009).<\/p>\n The former has yet to appear on video here, so the film review comes from the German Region 2 release, which has some notable extras. House of the Dead<\/strong> will make its DVD and BR debut in March overseas, but it\u2019s worth catching the film in a theatre for West\u2019s near-perfect making of a vintage eighties slasher. Every pacing fetish that disaffected The Roost<\/strong> (as well as the early half of Trigger Man<\/strong>) works in House<\/strong>, and the cast is uniformly strong. It\u2019s a good shocker that emphasizes mood over gore, and while blood and brain matter do splatter now and then, West is too smart to fall into the torture porn trap.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/i917.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad14\/wegeewegee\/TiWest.gif\")
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