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Splinter /

A young couple retreats into the wilderness for a romantic camping weekend. The trip quickly spirals out of control and into a nightmare when they are carjacked by an escaped convict and his girlfriend. Thrown together by chance, neither couple can imagine the terrifying horror that awaits them at a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Magnet Releasing (Firm), Contentfilm International (Firm), Indion Entertainment Group, Kish Productions (Firm), Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Barry, Kai, Kroeber, Ted, Shorr, Ian, Wilkins, Toby, Whigham, Shea, 1969-, Costanzo, Paulo, 1978-, Wagner, Jill, Kerbs, Rachel, Cmiral, Elia
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: Los Angeles, Calif. : Magnolia Home Entertainment, [2009]
Subjects:
Service stations > Drama.
Parasitic diseases > Drama.
Virus-vector relationships > Drama.
Survival > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Escapes > Drama.
Horror films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
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Summary:A young couple retreats into the wilderness for a romantic camping weekend. The trip quickly spirals out of control and into a nightmare when they are carjacked by an escaped convict and his girlfriend. Thrown together by chance, neither couple can imagine the terrifying horror that awaits them at a remote and isolated gas station. They are attacked by a voracious Splinter parasite that transforms its still living victims into deadly hosts. Now, the four must find a way to work to together to survive the primal terror that turns people into a bloodthirsty host.
Item Description:Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Special features: "The Splinter creature" featurette; creature concept art gallery; "The Wizard" featurette; "Building the gas station" featurette; shooting digitally; Oklahoma weather; how to make a Splinter pumpkin; HDNet: a look at Splinter; commentary with director and cast; commentary with director and crew.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray disc, widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround, 1080p High Defintion.
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for violence, gore and language.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Nelson Cragg ; editor, David Michael Maurer ; music, Elia Cmiral.