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With only 46 days until Black Friday, you have very little time to start your holiday gift list for your family and friends. You probably be a little busy with Halloween and Thanksgiving to pay attention to all the cool new gadgets being released, which is one of the reasons why I wanted to mention about the new action cameras called GoPro HERO4 that can be purchased at your nearest Best Buy store or online at www.bestbuy.com.

There are three different GoPro HERO4 cameras being released: HERO4, HERO4 Black and HERO4 Silver, all of which captures the same great footage that made GoPro one of the best-selling cameras in the world.


GroPro HERO4 facts:

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Under Wraps
Director: Gordon Crum
Voice-Cast: Brooke Shields, Dake Bell, Matthew Lillard
Studio: ARC Entertainment
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Retail: $20.99
ASIN: B00M1CFSHK
Running Time: 48 minutes
Rating: PG
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

Every October marks the time the studios repackaged old releases for Halloween, so it was a bit of surprise to have a new animated film with a horror theme being released direct-to-DVD. ARC Entertainment will releasing Under Wraps on Tuesday October 14, 2014. There are no extras or special features on the disc.

No, this isn't the 1997 Disney Channel movie of the same name. Under Wraps is a 48-minute computer-animated movie from director Gordon Crum and featuring the voices of Brook Shields, Drake Bell, Kazumi Evans and Matthew Lillard. The film centers on Danny and his older sister Eleanor, whom are tagging along with their archeologist parents on an expedition. While Eleanor is completely bored, Danny is having a blast on their trip. While nobody is looking he sneaks inside a pharaoh's tomb and steals an amulet. After they return home, he accidentally breaks the amulet and releases and evil curse!

Danny and Eleanor don't exactly see eye to eye on anything, but they must put aside their differences and work together when the curse turns their parents into mummies!

Werewolf Risng
Director: BC Furtney
Starring: Bill Oberst Jr., Melissa Carnell, Matt Copko, Brian Berry, Danielle Lozeau
Studio: Image Entertainment
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Retail: $27.97
ASIN: B00LH98QZO
Running Time: 80 minutes
Rating: Not Rated
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

Halloween is only a few weeks away, which means there will be countless horror films being aired on basic cable channels for the rest of the month, including a few werewolf movies. No, I'm not referring to the overrated Twilight Saga. I'm referring to An American Werewolf in London, The Howling franchise and the Underworld movies. This month also marks the release of several straight-to-DVD titles, including Image Entertainment's Werewolf Rising, which will arrive on DVD this Tuesday October 14, 2014.

Werewolf Rising centers on a newly recovering alcoholic, Emma (played by Melissa Carnell), who leaves the big city life behind her to take a much need R&R at her family's cabin in the Arkansas hills, but getting a goodnight sleep will be a lot harder than she thought with all the howling coming from the woods at night.

Ava & Lala
Director: Wang Yunfei
Voice Cast: Tom Arnold, JK Simmons, Mira Sorvino, George Takei
Studio: ARC Entertainment
Release Date: September 7, 2014
Running Time: 80 minutes
Rating: PG

Review:

Available to own on DVD & VUDU Digital Copy from ARC Entertainment is the computer-animated fantasy adventure Ava & Lala. The film is directed by Wang Yunfei and features the voice-talents of Tom Arnold, JK Simmons, Mira Sorvino and George Takei. There are no special features or extras on the DVD.

The film centers on a mischievous young martial arts student named Ava, whom befriends a tiger-like creature named Lala. Somehow, the two new friends can talk to each other.

2. Enter the link to your terrifying tale in the haunting list below (enter your Blog Name and the direct link to your post answering this week’s question. Failure to do so will result in a curse).

 

3. Visit other haunters in the list and comment on their posts. Try to spend some time on the blogs reading other posts and possible become a new creeper.  The purpose of the hop is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.
 

Pet Sematary by Stephen King is the scariest book I have ever read and the movie is just as freaky.

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Rick and Morty: Season 1
Voice Cast: Justin Roiland, Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke
Studio: Cartoon Network / Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Retail: $29.02
ASIN: B00LOWJ6JY
Running Time: 242 minutes
Rating: TV-MA
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

Available now on Blu-ray from Cartoon Network is Rick and Morty: Season 1, featuring all 11 episodes. Special Features include Behind The Scenes Featurette, Commentary and Animatics For Ever Episode, Deleted Scenes, and Special Guest Commentaries Featuring Matt Groening, Robert Kirman, Pen Ward, Al Jean and Friends.

Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, Rick & Morty debuted in December 2013 and has become a ratings hit for the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It has also won high-appraise from critics. Season 2 is set to air sometime in 2015.

The series centers on 14-year-old Morty Smith and his crazy alcoholic grandfather, Rick Sanchez. Despite his parents objections, Morty spends way too much time with grandfather, who creates bizarre inventions that takes them to different dimensions, planets and time.

Episodes on the single-disc are:

Pilot Lawnmower Dog Anatomy Park M. Night Shaym-Alien! Meeseeks and Destory Rick Potion #9 Rasing Gazorpazorp Rixty Minutes Something Ricked This Way Comes Close Rick-Encounters of the Rick Kind Ricksy Business