In this special Halloween edition of The M.O.D. Squad we take a look at some horror films. The column is chock-full of frightful reviews (wait a minute...), with the spotlight on the brilliant Italian psychological/splatter ghost story, A Quiet Place in the Country. We also have capsule reviews of that great Australian genre flick Razorback, The Incredible Melting Man (which proved that Joe Six-pack would go to the theater specifically to see some dude's face melt), and the Lon Chaney 'old house on the hill' silent movie The Monster. We also have announcements about upcoming M.O.D. releases, reviews, and more. Read all about it in the latest installment of The M. O. D. Squad!

This week in theaters, a movie from the '80s that should have been set in the '50s is updated to the '10s in Footloose. Director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. tees up a prequel/remake of John Carpenter's The Thing. And Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Jessica Chastain investigate a series of murders in the Texas Killing Fields. Also in theaters: Antonio Banderas and Pedro Almodovar reteam for the twisted thriller The Skin I Live In and Alma Har'el helms the extraordinary documentary Bombay Beach. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: The Ides of March, Real Steel, The Swell Season, Blackthorn, Incendiary: The Willingham Case, 50/50, Dream House, Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil, Sarah Palin: You Betcha!, You Don't Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo, and Moneyball. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

More TV shows have made their way on to DVD, and DVD Talk has got them covered. Check out our reviews of the newest TV releases including: The Monkees: Season 1 - Whether you have fond memories or no memories, it's worth checking out this show as the music remains catchy and the comedy funny decades later; Happy Endings: The Complete First Season - a funny show that features engaging characters worth spending time with; and The Mentalist: The Complete Third Season - this season maintains the high quality of the previous ones and adds a keener insight into its characters, particularly the tragic protagonist Patrick Jane. Other shows recently reviewed include:  In Treatment: The Complete Third Season, Rescue Me: The Sixth Season and the Final Season, and Midsomer Murders: Barnaby's Top 10.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews and articles including: Dressed to Kill - Brian De Palma plugs an art museum scene from one Hitchcock movie into the entire thematic - visual framework of another Hitchcock movie, adds a lot of voyeuristic sex and comes up with one of his biggest hits; Robocop 2 - Never rescued from its reputation as an underperforming loser, this first RoboCop sequel nevertheless stays true to the original's cynical, violent satire on corporate America's economic makeover of the country; and Stagecoach - One of the biggest "big mistake" remakes of all time, Gordon Douglas's colorful CinemaScope revisit of John Ford's 1939 classic showcases a mixed bag of star talent. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Another banner week for DVDs with the studios releasing some great films such as: Chuck: The Complete Fourth Season [Blu-ray review] - a wonderfully entertaining show that's willing to take risks to keep the program fresh and interesting; Terri [Blu-ray review] - a thoughtful, compassionate, open-eyed and affectionately comical look at a kid who's an outsider; and Horrible Bosses [Blu-ray review] - a helluva lot of fun, and the pretty much perfect cast they've piled together is having such a blast that it really is infectious. Other reviews of note include The Tree of Life [Blu-ray review], Boccaccio '70 [Blu-ray review], and Maniac Cop [Blu-ray review].  Be sure to check out our DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

This week the DVD Talk Review Database has some great new entries, including a few discs you may have overlooked. Recent DVD reviews include: Jackie Brown - Quentin Tarantino's only "straight" crime thriller is a masterful adaptation of an Elmore Leonard tale; A Quiet Place in the Country - Writer/director Elio Petri creates a completely unstable environment for his tale of personal madness, artistic chaos, and supernatural violence; and The Last House on the Left - as confrontational and disturbing as ever and this Blu-ray offers it up in the best quality we've seen on home video so far. Other recent reviews include: The Strange Case of Angelica; Visions of Eight, and Frankenhooker.  Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

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