When I was asked to review HOUSE OF SIN (coming, along with the zombie flick THE DEFILED, on DVD from Chemical Burn Entertainment March 22), I honestly got a bit excited! But then I found out we weren’t talking about the X-rated 1982 classic staring “Long” Jean Silver and Robert Kerman of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST fame. Nope, we’re talking a 2010 softcore S&M flick staring Sarah “The Slave” Dunn and John Symes of…uhhh…HOUSE OF SIN fame. Oh well.

It’s kind of amazing that in 2010, years after the zombie craze reignited—and oversaturation had long been an issue—audiences received one of the most refreshing and exciting undead tales yet. But on the same note, and possibly because of its mostly stellar quality, it didn’t take much to get caught up in the whirlwind of excitement surrounding THE WALKING DEAD when it first aired. This week’s release of its initial season on DVD and Blu-ray by Anchor Bay offers the chance to reevaluate the first six episodes in hopes they measure up to just how excellent most thought they were.

Horror is a beautiful and broad universe, but after years of targeting arty intellectuals, outsider gorehounds and/or teenaged girls, a vampire film has finally arrived for a demographic often sadly overlooked: “bros who wear Affliction.” Thus, if you find yourself driving home from Club Karma, still buzzed off your Red Bull and vodka, craving a late-night meatball/Muscle Milk/movie combo but 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS has worn out its welcome, I give you THE BLEEDING.

Roman Polanski’s 1965 classic made the Top 300 Horror Films in FANGORIA #300, and now REPULSION is getting its due as part of the BAMcinématek series Deneuve, a 25-film March tribute to the legendary French actress that’s taking place at the Brooklyn, NY-based BAM theater. You can click here for the dates, times and other info. And as a special treat, Catherine Deneuve will introduce the film during its March 4 screening. Here’s Scooter McCrae’s review of the REPULSION Criterion Collection DVD (which came out in July 2009).

It was just announced that AUTOPSY screenwriter E.L. Katz’s ZOMBIE PET SHOP script was bought by The Animation Picture Company. You can click here to read that article. And you can hit the jump to read Jeremiah Kipp’s review of the DVD for POP SKULL, the 2007 Adam Wingard-directed film that Katz co-wrote.

Yes, yes—grindhouse movies of yesteryear are clumsy, gross and silly. We get it. For those who don’t, here’s a 76-minute geek-out inspired by the likes of CANNIBAL FEROX, I DRINK YOUR BLOOD, LAST HOUSE ON DEAD END STREET and TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD from Dire Wit Films, the folks who brought you ISLE OF THE DAMNED.

The tagline on Lionsgate’s DVD of VIRUS X reads, “The Threat Is Real.” If this refers to the threat of narcolepsy during the lackluster snoozefest encased within it, then the warning is a valid one. Despite watching the flick at 10 in the morning, I found myself being lulled to sleep by the numerous pockets of inactivity; it seems to take forever for the inevitable outbreak to occur. Once it does, there is a lot of crying and a lot of yelling.