Press Release

IT’S THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY!

ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS DAY OF THE DEAD 2: CONTAGIUM

The DVD Spreads October 18, 2005

TROY, MI – Every day has a beginning, but this day never should have dawned! Anchor Bay Entertainment, a division of IDT Entertainment and the leader in horror DVD, pulls the shroud off Day of the Dead 2: Contagium. Available on DVD October 18, 2005, this “parallel” sequel to George A. Romero’s 1985 classic Day Of The Dead takes a fresh look at the zombie phenomenon from the original Night Of The Living Dead, showing a possible “patient zero” for the seemingly unstoppable plague that transforms corpses into creatures with a relentless hunger for living human flesh. Day of the Dead 2: Contagium has an SRP of $19.98. Pre-book is September 20.

In 1968, a Russian spy plane crashes in the Western United States. The pilot and the strange vials retrieved from the wreckage are brought to Ravenside Military Hospital in rural Pennsylvania. Soon, an unknown disease begins to afflict everyone there, patient and staff. A Special Forces team is dispatched to “neutralize” the situation by burning the hospital and its transformed occupants to the ground. A “wall of silence” surrounds the incident and on the cursed ground of the military hospital now stands Ravenside Mental Health Facility, a civilian mental treatment center. But some secrets can’t be kept forever. Something that has lied dormant for over 35 years has been awakened. It’s started again…

Featuring incredible CGI special effects, Day of the Dead 2: Contagium also tackles socio-political issues in the spirit of Romero’s zombie classics, including depression, mental illness, a government’s abuse of powers and covering up the truth.

Day of the Dead 2: Contagium DVD bonus features:
• Widescreen Presentation (1.85:1), enhanced for 16x9 televisions
• The Making of Day Of The Dead 2: Contagium
• Audio Commentary With Writer/Co-Director Ana Clavell, Producer/Co-Director James Glen Dudelson and Cinematographer James M. LeGoy

Anchor Bay Entertainment is an established leader in the field of home entertainment. The company offers an expansive selection of award-winning, notable theatrical films including “Time Bandits” and “Halloween,” classic television programming such as “Roseanne,” “3rd Rock from the Sun,” “Three’s Company,” “Highlander” and much of the Stephen J. Cannell library, traditional children’s fare featuring the ever-popular Thomas & Friends collection and Mister Rogers Neighborhood, the impressive Manga anime line and chart-topping fitness titles including the "Crunch" and "For Dummies" series. Anchor Bay Entertainment is aggressively developing a wide range of original programs and concepts in addition to licensing existing brands and films.

Anchor Bay Entertainment is a subsidiary of IDT Entertainment. IDT Entertainment is a vertically integrated entertainment company that develops, produces, and distributes proprietary and licensed entertainment content. IDT Entertainment is a subsidiary of IDT Corporation (NYSE:IDT, IDT.C), an international telecom, entertainment, and technology company.