January's been pretty good to us so far (Eden Lake, My Bloody Valentine, Tokyo Gore Police, Saw 5, Repo!, Cold Prey), which I only mention because, sigh, this final Tuesday of the month is pretty darn sketchy. But you should have plenty of other DVDs to focus on this week, so you shouldn't get bored, really. (Don't the Saw DVDs have four commentaries each? Get busy!)

Today TLA brings us a gory, low-budget slasher-flick throwback called Gutterballs, which I would have enjoyed a little more if it didn't open with a tone-crushing and brutal RAPE scene before going on to become a tongue-in-cheek slasher gorefest. Trim the stunningly unpleasant rape scene and you could have an amusing little retro-horror, but the flick never survives the opening ugliness.

Then we have a "fish gone cray-zeh!" epic called Sharks in Venice, which I've been assured is NOT as cool as the title, the premise, or the DVD cover. Too bad, really, because Venice is covered in water, which is where sharks live. So you could see how that could make for a fun, cheesy horror flick. I mean, it DOES star Stephen Baldwin...

Remember the movie Single White Female? Well today we get one called (wait for it) Single Black Female. Frankly I'm stunned it took this long. Right now I'm working on a screenplay for Single Eskimo Female.

Looking for a special edition of the cult sorta-classic Redneck Zombies? Well here it is, Packed with zombies who adore Jeff Foxworthy CDs. This 20th Anniversary Edition comes with a new print, a filmmaker's commentary, and all sorts of Tromaville silliness.

Oooh, here's a keeper: The Blu-Ray edition of Gary Sherman's Dead & Buried (1981). Trust me on this one, young'ens. This is an "off the beaten path" horror flick that you'll (almost) definitely dig. And the disc looks stocked with goodies, too!

And then there's a semi-obscure TV anthology flick called Dead of Night, which comes from writer Richard Matheson and director Dan Curtis. How I've gone so long without seeing this one is simply unforgivable. I love anthologies, and, well, Richard Matheson is a freakin' genius.

Last and quite possibly least, we're getting a pair of old-school grindhouse-style double features from Navarre: One package offers Nightmare in Wax (1969) and Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969), while the other delivers Horror High (1974) and Lurkers (1988). Warning: These flicks are only for the serious conoissuer of, well, crap. Fun crap, perhaps, but yeah: crap.

Next week: Black Swarm, Killer Movie, and more Jason Voorhees than you'll know what to do with!