The Village (2005, DVD) Widescreen M. Night Shyamalan

Sigourney Weaver

Director: M. Night Shyamalan; Stars: Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson, Samuel L. Jackson; Release Date: September 02, 2003

Director: Nathanial Kahn; Release Date: January 11, 2005

Bryce Dallas Howard

Five strangers trapped in an elevator realize that one of them is the Devil in this thriller from director John E. Dowdle (QUARANTINE) and screenwriter Brian Nelson (HARD CANDY, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT). The first installment of "THE NIGHT CHRONICLES, " a film series in which up-and-coming filmmakers bring to life stories conceived by M. Night Shyamalan, DEVIL opens to find five Philadelphia office workers filing into the elevator of an inner-city office building. But a typical day at the office takes a sudden detour into terror when the elevator becomes stuck between floors, and the passengers discover that the Devil does exist, and he's standing right before them. As emergency workers work frantically to free them, secrets are revealed and the passengers realize their only hope for survival is to confront their darkest sins in front of the others.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan; Stars: Joseph Cross, Timothy Reifsnyder, Dana Delany, Rosie O'Donnell; Release Date: January 11, 2005

Joaquin Phoenix

In THE HAPPENING M. Night Shyamalan serves up over-the-top apocalyptic strangeness. The film opens onto New York City's Central Park with a crowd of people enjoying an idyllic summer day. The carefree scene soon takes a terrifying turn when out of nowhere hordes of people begin to commit suicide en masse. People scramble to make sense of the pandemonium and many believe it is a terrorist attack. It appears that some sort of deadly toxin is being released into the air. Cut to Elliot Mark Wahlberg a science teacher in Philadelphia. When he learns of the attack on New York he meets up with his wife Alma Zooey Deschanel his friend Julian John Leguizamo and Julians's daughter Jess Ashlyn Sanchez. They make plans to get out of the city via train but the train is evacuated in the middle of a small Pennsylvania town. When they learn that the mysterious toxin is spreading its way across the Northeast they break up into groups with Elliot Alma and Jess running through open farmland in search of safety. They are unsure of where to hide or what exactly they are hiding from until Elliot slowly forms a theory about the threat. He fights to keep Alma and Jess free from harm and the film builds to a bizarre unsettling climax with Shyamalan's usual surprise ending. Shyamalan's premise of escaping an unknown unexplainable attack is a timely one and is quite chilling in concept. However while he at times appears to be groping for the frenzied scariness of THE BIRDS THE HAPPENING's outlandish death scenes and implausible plot line often veer closer to B-movie classics. The film doesn't match the clever creepiness of THE SIXTH SENSE but for fans of campy horror la THE EVIL DEAD it is truly something to behold.

In THE HAPPENING, M. Night Shyamalan serves up over-the-top, apocalyptic strangeness. The film opens onto New York City's Central Park with a crowd of people enjoying an idyllic summer day. The carefree scene soon takes a terrifying turn, when out of nowhere, hordes of people begin to commit suicide en masse. People scramble to make sense of the pandemonium, and many believe it is a terrorist attack. It appears that some sort of deadly toxin is being released into the air. Cut to Elliot (Mark Wahlberg) a science teacher in Philadelphia. When he learns of the attack on New York, he meets up with his wife Alma (Zooey Deschanel), his friend Julian (John Leguizamo), and Julians's daughter, Jess (Ashlyn Sanchez). They make plans to get out of the city via train, but the train is evacuated in the middle of a small Pennsylvania town. When they learn that the mysterious toxin is spreading its way across the Northeast, they break up into groups, with Elliot, Alma, and Jess running through open farmland in search of safety. They are unsure of where to hide, or what exactly they are hiding from, until Elliot slowly forms a theory about the threat. He fights to keep Alma and Jess free from harm, and the film builds to a bizarre, unsettling climax, with Shyamalan's usual surprise ending. Shyamalan's premise of escaping an unknown, unexplainable attack is a timely one, and is quite chilling in concept. However, while he at times appears to be groping for the frenzied scariness of THE BIRDS, THE HAPPENING's outlandish death scenes and implausible plot line often veer closer to B-movie classics. The film doesn't match the clever creepiness of THE SIXTH SENSE, but for fans of campy horror a THE EVIL DEAD, it is truly something to behold.

This collection includes a new breed of suspense-filled thrillers from critically acclaimed director M. Night Shyamalan. SIGNS: The international box office sensation starring Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, and Rory Culkin. Bonus features include deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes documentary featuring director M. Night Shyamalan, "Night's First Alien Film, " and more! THE SIXTH SENSE: Starring Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, and Toni Collette. Bonus features include commentary by M. Night Shyamalan, deleted scenes, filmmakers and crew bios, behind-the-scenes featurette, and more! UNBREAKABLE: Starring Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, and Robin Wright Penn. Bonus features include fully produced deleted scenes introduced by M. Night Shyamalan, behind-the scenes featurette with Bruce Willis, "Comic Books And Superheroes" featurette with Samuel L. Jackson, two collectible Alex Ross illustrations, and more!