Reel Reviews - Movie Reviews, blu-ray/DVD reviews

Papillon - Movie Review

A remake we never asked for

The Meg - Movie Review

Best left for fans of the ongoing Sharknado series.

Dog Days - Movie Review

The perfect love letter to our four-legged friends.

BlacKkKlansman - Movie Review

It is messy. It is brash. It is offensive. And it is as subtle as a flying brick.

Life of the Party - Blu-ray Review

Now on sparkling Blu-ray

A Quiet Place - Blu-ray Review

Makes a whole lot of noise in the horror genre.

Isle of Dogs - Blu-ray Review

A masterpiece of stop-motion that is not to be missed.

Rampage - Blu-ray Review

Really big. And really dumb. And, yes, really fun

New on Blu-ray

Science Fiction Thriller FREAKS to Premier at TIFF - Watch the First Trailer Here

Details: Published: 20 August 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

Talk about a teaser! We don't get to see much in the short 26 second teaser trailer that was just released, but there is a new film set to premier at Toronto International Film Festival in a few weeks called Freaks and it looks to be quite the disturbing little psychological thriller ...

Return of the Living Dead Part II: Collector's Edition (1988) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 20 August 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Damn you, Trioxin 245! I mean, seriously, again!?!?!? Four years later, did we need a sequel to the original spoof? Maybe not. But it's hella fun to think we did!!! ...

Get a Peek at the Werewolf in the New Documentary THE BRAY ROAD BEAST

Details: Published: 20 August 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

Small Town Monsters just released the final trailer for its upcoming documentary feature called The Bray Road Beast and also just opened up pre-orders for the film's DVD release which was funded by a kickstarter promotion and includes some behind-the-scene footage shot by ...

Weekend Box Office: CRAZY RICH ASIANS Knocks THE MEG From Top Spot

Details: Published: 19 August 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

Crazy Rich Asians The prehistoric shark thriller The Meg, starring Jason Statham took a big bite out of the weekend box office with a $44.5 million haul while subsequently knocking Tom Cruise's sixth venture into the Mission: Impossible franchise, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, from its three

The Unseen (1980) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 19 August 2018; Written by Loron Hays

The basement. It is the place of unspeakable horror: thrills, spills, kills, and chills. Sometimes ghosts reside there. Sometimes monsters. It is a place of long hidden secrets. No daylight, only fright. Regardless of its purpose for providing safety from storms and such ...

Lady Street Fighter (1981) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 18 August 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Fuck the rules of feature filmmaking! When you are having this much fun, who needs character development? In the upside down world of cult cinema (where the absolute worst the film, the more it appeals to film freaks) ...

See Mrs. Claus Come Stirring This Holiday Season in Trailer for MRS. CLAUSE

Details: Published: 18 August 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

The man with the belly like a bowl full of jelly has had his time in the slasher spotlight with such films as Silent Night, Bloody Night and Black Christmas, so it's high time that 'ol St. Nick step aside and let the Mrs. get her forty whacks ...

Enter to win the TAG Blu-ray Disc Giveaway

Details: Published: 12 August 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

Tag (2018) - Blu-ray To celebrate the coming home video release of Tag, the riotously funny comedy film starring Jeremy Renner, Ed Helms, and Jake Johnson, we're giving away three copies of the movie on blu-ray. True story! We're not kidding.

Because There Is No Escape: Stieglitz’s For the Love of the Living Dead

Details: Published: 17 August 2018; Written by Loron Hays

Stieglitz - Album Cover

Getting lost in the cemetery was not Haley’s idea of a good time. Damn it, Frank, she thought to herself as she untangled her tennis shoes from yet another thorny patch of weeds. A girl has her limits. And, out here on a moonless night on Friday the 13th ...

Papillon (2018) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 17 August 2018; Written by Frank Wilkins

There is a line of dialogue in Papillon in which the prison warden says to his titular captive immediately upon opening the cell door at the conclusion of the prisoner's five-year stint in solitary confinement, "Not many make it five years in here,” says the ...