Schlock-Wire: Danger After Dark Brings School-Set Shocker X-GAME To DVD

High school can be a scary time - and with films like Battle Royale, Japanese filmmakers don't hesitate to capitalize on its creep factor.  The latest addition to this tradition is X-Game, a bloody and mysterious shocker from cinematographer/director Yohei Fukuda.  Danger After Dark will be importing this title to DVD for American audiences on December 4th and it will be presented in anamorphic transfer and in Japanese with English subtitles.  Read on for all the schoolyard shock details...

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DANGER AFTER DARK brings

X-GAME

to NORTH AMERICA in DECEMBER

(New York; November 1, 2012) Danger After Dark wants you to put up your fists and get right to it with  'X-GAME' (2011, Japan, 119 min.), Japanese cinematographer/director Yôhei Fukuda's ('Gruesome,' 'Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad') J- horror show punches ghostly appariations and haunted cell phones in the face, turning its sights on bullies taking revenge in creatively disturbing ways. 'X-GAME' arrives in North America on December 4, 2012 with a S.R.P. of $17.99Watch and share the official 'X-Game' trailer here on Danger After Dark's official YouTube Channel:http://bitly.com/Y7Bg8bPre-order your copy today at:Amazon.com:  http://amzn.to/ShWH1mDiabolik DVD: http://bit.ly/QJND7xTLA Cult: http://bit.ly/PoUcwSWe have a new FACEBOOK address! http://www.Facebook.com/dangerAdark and Twitter: @dangerafterdrkIn 'X-GAME,'  Hideaki is kidnapped and when he awakens the next day, finds himself in a recreation of his old schoolroom, along with his recently reunited classmates. Trapped and held captive by mysterious hooded figures, each of them must now play a brutally violent, version of the punishment game...or face death. A twisty, horror/mystery 'mash-up' peppered with dark humor and inventive gore, director Yôhei Fukuda's ('Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad aka Chanbara Beauty') shows how revenge is a dish best served cold and not very sweet - Japanese styleX-GAMEA film by Yôhei Fukuda2011, Japan, 119 min., Color, 2.35 Anamorphic Widescreen, Dolby Surround 2.0, UnratedJapanese with English SubtitlesStarring Hirofumi Araki, Kazuyuki Aijima, Shôta Chiyo, Meguru Katô, Ayaka KikuchiNORTH AMERICA; S.R.P: $17.99; Street date: December 4, 2012Watch trailers and movies, like "Suicide Club" online now atwww.YouTube.com/DangerAfterDark