Horror DVD

No movie genre has benefited more from the DVD explosion then horror. Whereas great action adventure movies, dramas, and even comedies are probably best experienced in the theater with hundreds of people around you, there's no question that horror movies function better when you're alone. Then these twisted tales can quietly crawl under your skin. Watching a horror movie alone at night on DVD can be a wonderfully terrifying experience. For those who simply can't get enough horror movies, halfvalue is the place to go.

One of the most twisted horror films of recent memory is the surrealist Jacob's Ladder, which follows the psychic journey of a Vietnam vet who returns home to discover that his world has been turned upside down. Jacob's Ladder features a twist that will surely keep you up late into the night--long after you turn off the DVD player.

The movie The Ring, based on the Japanese movie Ringu, is another terrifying horror DVD. The contrivance of story in and of itself is rather scary: there's a video out there that will kill you if you watch it. A disbelieving woman watches the video on a lark and then get sucked into a frightfully dark world. She must turn back the curse of the video within seven days or end up suffering a fate too awful to mention. The Ring horror DVD comes with a plethora of features.

Finally, you might want to immerse yourself in the twisted reality of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. This horror DVD stars Jack Nicholson as a tormented writer who escapes with his family to Colorado, only to come head-to-head with his own psychic demons. The famous "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" scene will surely give you nightmares for weeks.