A New Breed Of Terror…

Hybrid

The Hunt Will Be Bloody On DVD July 8

Santa Monica, Calif. – Lock your door and bolt your windows.  A new breed of predator with a lunar fixation is on the loose when HYBRID debuts on DVD July 8 from Genius Products and RHI Entertainment.  After a young man is blinded in an explosion, he receives the eyes of a wolf in an experimental operation, but starts viewing fellow humans as prey.  Like Wolfen, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London before it, HYBRID delivers a snarlingly sharp twist on the werewolf genre for a new generation of animal lovers. The eighth installment in the “Maneater” series stars Cory Monteith (TV’s “Kyle XY,” Final Destination 3), two-time Emmy Award® nominee Justine Bateman (TV’s “Family Ties”), and Tinsel Korey (Into the West). The DVD will be available for SRP of $14.95 SRP.    

SYNOPSIS

When security dispatcher Aaron Scates (Monteith) is blinded in an explosion, he’s put in the care of Dr. Andrea Hewlitt (Bateman), famous in her field for spearheading extraordinary—though controversial—medical breakthroughs. Her newest is cross-species organ transplants, and Aaron is her first human subject. When a severely wounded wolf is brought to Dr. Hewlitt’s office by museum curator Lydia Armstrong (Korey), Dr. Hewlitt leaps on the opportunity and successfully transplants the wolf’s eyes to Aaron—despite Lydia’s objections. Aaron, however, is thrilled. Not only can he see again, he can see in the dark. He also has an unusually acute sense of hearing, and tears into a raw steak like never before. Unfortunately, he also tends to growl, and to target people as prey. Dr. Hewitt’s colleagues, who have seen Aaron’s wilder side, are determined to hunt the beast down and destroy him. What they don’t know is that Aaron’s made some new friends at the zoo. They travel in packs, and they don’t need a full moon to commune.

TITLE INFORMATION:
Street Date: July 8, 2008
DVD SRP: $14.95 SRP
Rating: Not Rated
Genre: Western
DVD Running Time: 89 Minutes 
Language: English
Catalogue Number: 81206
UPC: 7-96019-81206-1
DVD Audio Status: English 5.1

About  Genius Products:

Genius Products, Inc. (OTCBB:GNPI), along with The Weinstein Company Holdings LLC, together owns Genius Products, LLC, a leading independent home-entertainment distribution company that produces, licenses and distributes a valuable library of motion pictures, television programming, family, lifestyle and trend entertainment on DVD and other emerging platforms through its expansive network of retailers throughout the U.S. Genius handles the distribution, marketing and sales for such brands as Asia Extreme(TM), Discovery Kids(TM), Dragon Dynasty(TM), Dimension Films(TM), Entertainment Rights, Classic Media and Big Idea (Entertainment Rights group companies), ESPN®, IFC®, RHI Entertainment(TM), Sesame Workshop®, The Weinstein Company® and WWE®. Genius Products, Inc. is the managing member of Genius Products, LLC, in which it holds a 30% equity interest.

About RHI Entertainment

RHI Entertainment, LLC develops, produces and distributes new made-for-television movies, miniseries and other television programming worldwide, and is the leading provider of new long-form television content in the U.S.  Under the guidance of Robert Halmi, Sr. and Robert Halmi, Jr., RHI has produced and distributed thousands of hours of quality television programming, and RHI’s productions have received more than 100 Emmy Awards.  During 2007, RHI developed, produced and distributed approximately 43 new television movies and miniseries to broadcast and cable networks around the world.  In addition to the development, production and distribution of new content, RHI owns rights to approximately 1,000 titles, or over 3,500 broadcast hours of long-form television programming, which are licensed to broadcast and cable networks and new media outlets globally.