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Low-grade exploitation – shot on VHS – is a damn funny thing to sit back and review. You pretty much know what to expect. Shoddy SOV quality, undisciplined filmmaking, blurry images, static shots, and – as this one features murderous scarecrows on the loose across ...
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Originally planned to be a segment in a horror-themed film anthology and then later thought to be a b-movie budgeted serial killer who grinds women up with a lawnmower, The Lawnmower Man was always a tall order for any movie studio to tackle. When it finally came to ...
Read more: The Lawnmower Man: Collector's Edition (1992) - Blu-ray Review
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I don’t dream in cheesy music videos, but Tommy Drindle does. And his twisted music-fronted nightmare features a bikini-clad model shooting green lasers out of her eyes at the band members who lip sync poorly to the lyrics in the song. The model eventually hits a few ...
Read more: Hack-O-Lantern: 30th Anniversary Limited Edition (1988) - Blu-ray Review
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Even when Peter Cushing loses his cool, he doesn’t lose his cool. You must remember that. The world could be collapsing around him (as it often does in his movies) and the actor would still respond with his familiar blue-eyed logic and a pair of protective gloves. The ...
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Wherever it is in the outer realm of this eternal existence that producer/director/writer Al Adamson now hangs his hat, here’s hoping it has one hell of a view of the heavens. His bankable B-movies – however cheap and trashy they come across – are endlessly entertaining ...
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When I was a kid, it was this stupid movie that gave me a prolonged buzz. In one quick scene a small child gets destroyed by a bunch of zombies in a bathroom. It’s not grotesque; it’s implied as a horde of zombies gather round him to feast. In another, a doctor verbally ...
Read more: Mutant (1984) (Limited Edition of 2000) - Blu-ray Review
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Masked robed figures populate the landscape of 16th century France in actor/writer/director Paul Naschy’s Inquisition. Fires rage, too. Decapitated heads rot on wooden posts. Red X’s appear on the doors of stone houses of the condemned. And the women – always ...
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Just try to blow out these birthday candles, bitches! Madhouse (aka And When She Was Bad and There Was a Little Girl) is for those horror b-movie junkies who want their cake and eat it, too. Its sticky sweetness ...
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Rat Fink lives in the shadows. It is a film about risk. And it lives in another time and another place, where classic cars travel high speeds and loners ride the rails as Ricky Nelson-like pop songs live and breathe as more than mere background music. It is a dangerous place ...
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Before Alien met Predator and THAT battle began, there was Alienator. I’m not really sure why Alienator, which is partly a remake of The Astounding She-Monster, doesn’t work as raucous as one would expect, especially from a b-movie director as prolific as Fred Olen ...
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Never before has losing one's mind been so brutally glorious and funny! Wickedly directed (and shot) by Anders Jacobsson and written by Göran Lundström and Christer Ohlsson, Evil Ed is a clever response to Sweden’s own government-sponsored view of film censorship ...
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A Cure for Wellness is not recommended to be a movie you just absentmindedly waltz in and watch. Its lens is far too encompassing for that. First we have the spa-based elements to deal with. Then there is the nod to the fabulous run of Hammer films that went ...
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It’s not many who survive a haunting by a four-wheeled death delivery machine. And the assorted characters assembled for this flick know that so much insanity in one little town is not good for tourism. This low budget horror flick, complete with a seriously shocking ...
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I've never really been able to get on board with this off-the-wall comedy. I love me some Bill Murray and Peter Doyle, they are two actors that do comedy well. I also celebrate all of Hunter S. Thompson's writings. Hell, you should see my bookcases; the dog-eared pages in ...
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Writer/director Osgood Perkins’ The Blackcoat’s Daughter is a disturbing tale full of Satan worshipping, honest paranoia, and deep, deep emotions. It is one hell of a fucked up masterpiece of shrieking, atmospheric black terror. And, much like The Witch, it won’t soon be ...
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Bow down, Brothers and Sisters of the Sinema. Bow the fuck down. You've not seen anything as righteous as this skin flick. It's not be the teen comedy promised by the infamous poster art (that became just as sought out as the movie itself), but Malibu High remains an ...
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There are few things sillier than Christopher Lee’s stoic turn as Fu Manchu. For five films in four brief years, Sax Rohmer’s titular character would be solely Lee’s to morph into. To his credit, Lee did exactly that. To put it mildly, he simply disappears into the role. Whether it be ...
Read more: The Blood of Fu Manchu/The Castle of Fu Manchu (1968 - 1969) - Blu-ray Review
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It is the most controversial comic book of my generation. It is also the most influential. There are few things more punk rock than the comic book 2000 AD. Debuting in the late 1970s, this weekly British comic book series and its characters broke all the rules. Today, its ...
Read more: Future Shock! The Story of 2000 AD (2014) - Blu-ray Review
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Because the power of Juliet Mills compels yyyyoooooouuuu!!! The pea soup as vomit spews again in 1974’s Beyond the Door. Written and directed by Ovidio Assonitis and Robert Barrett, the horror flick about a pregnant woman is an obvious Rosemary’s Baby knockoff, but ...
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This is the type of independent horror film where few got paid. It's fun and tedious and is worth remembering solely for the kill scenes and the fresh-looking gore effects. You see, that's what happens when a film gets made and then re-made again. It barely makes sense, but does ...
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Donald “Donny” Kohler (Dan Grimaldi) might be a bit touched in the head, but he has a fantastic collection of life-sized adult dolls. They are nude, attractive, and, much like a fine brisket, a bit crispy on the outer skin. Blackened to perfection by the flamethrower he’s swiped ...
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When the knife used in the film’s first murder is described by the detectives in charge as “real big and real sharp”, you know you’re in for one sweet ride. Silent Scream is exactly that. Directed by Denny Harris and set alongside the Pacific Ocean, this slasher functions as a ...
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If invisible tiger attacks and real surgical footage are both right up your alley, then Arrow Video has a super rare treat for you with their release of the B-movie glory hole that is Wolf Guy. Spirit Tigers, Werewolves, and Kung-Fu, oh my! ...
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Rats. Why’d it have to be rats. Willard Stiles. Now, there’s a character for horror fans to discuss and nibble over. Portrayed by Bruce Davison, this socially inept character is ridiculously ...
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“Where Willard ended, Ben begins,” is the promise on the original poster for the quick sequel to the unexpected hit that was Willard. Unfortunately, Ben was doomed the minute Willard ended. No matter which way you look at it, Ben, the sequel to Willard, is just not a very good ...
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Keep that foot on the gas. Apparently, Vin Diesel has enough machismo left in the tank to take lead position in yet another revved-up and frenetic franchise. Xander Cage, extreme sports hero and sometimes government spy (last seen in 2002), has returned to motorcycle surf ...
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Voodoo Black Exorcist is something else, man. If it sounds like it could be a rip-off to you, then your bullshit meter is working; there’s no need for a tune-up. The curious thing about this title is exactly WHAT movie it is recreating and WHERE it is. If you guessed ...
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The late Bill Paxton certainly had an interesting career in movies. From Weird Science to Aliens and beyond, the characters he played were almost always left or right of center. He was a damn good character actor and, as made clear by the horror and hysterics of The Vagrant ...
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Confession time, Boils and Ghouls! I grew up - even as fat as I was – wanting to be Michael Paré’s cool as a cucumber Tom Cody from Streets of Fire. Most my age wanted to be cracking shit with a bullwhip and making off, just like Indiana Jones, with golden idols and ...
Read more: Streets of Fire: Collector's Edition (1984) - Blu-ray Review
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“Come into my head. Come into my head. COME INTO MY HEAD,” is the hypnotizing command from the crispy mouth of Lanyard Gates, who killed his family and set fire to his own theater. It is a beckoning for aspiring film writer Maggie Butler (Jill Schoelen) and a challenge ...
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- Joaquin Phoenix 911 Call - River Phoenix - Viper Room
- Screen Legend Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79
- Suicide and the Hollywood Sign - The Girl Who Jumped from the Hollywood Sign
- The Amityville Horror House
- The Black Dahlia Murder - The Death of Elizabeth Short
- The Death of Actress Jane Russell
- The Death of Brandon Lee
- The Death of Chris Farley
- The Death of Dominique Dunne
- The Death of George Reeves - the Original Superman