DVD/Blu-ray Reviews

“Sometimes the only way I know you’re still alive is when I hear ya flush the toilet!” The VW spider is back in action . . . in 4K! Don’t adjust your television set!  The little blue streak shooting across a rather bland-looking photo of the galaxy as the title card for THE GIANT ...

Fans of campy horror rejoice!  The terrifying three -ring circus has returned!!!!  Those bizarrely goofy Killer Klowns are returning to the planet and this time they’ll land their circus tent of curiosities in glorious 4K resolution.  And just in time, too.  The cinematic world was getting a bit boring ...

The comets are coming!! The comets are coming!! Science fiction gets satirized in writer/director Thom Eberhardt’s fantastic Night of the Comet. Released the same year as David Lynch’s Dune and 2010, this entry into the genre was – while the reviews were ...

Zoltan: Hound of Dracula is not a terribly good movie.  It is, in fact, absolutely terrible.  Nothing in it works as planned.  And the dog at the center of it, a glassy-eyed Doberman Pinscher, is anything but threatening as he is unearthed from his final resting place by a dim-witted Russian army and then  ...

“1, 2, 3 . . . we may be trapped.” - Jack Burton. Truck driver Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) is having a real lucky day upon arriving in downtown San Francisco.  He’s winning every single card game and now, thanks to his friend Wang Chi (Dennis Dun), he’s just doubled his ...

In which a freedom fighter is crucified, imprisoned, blinded, and then - due to some unfortunate use of black magic - turned into a pig! It’s time to get weird and wild, B-movie fans! The Warrior Trilogy, starring Barry Prima, gets its blu-ray debut ...

Involving yet another cabin in the woods, Deer Camp ‘86 wisely side steps any comparisons to Evil Dead as it focuses on a hunting trip for friends and co-workers gone sideways when the murder of a Native American bartender awakens something troubling . . . which then starts hunting  ...

The Island of Dr. Moreau was always a doomed affair. From the ever-increasing budget demands, the daily script rewrites which forced Rob Morrow to exit early, the unpredictable reaction by Marlon Brando to his daughter’s suicide, Val Kilmer’s own rage-filled reaction to getting served divorce  ...

Australian label Umbrella Entertainment has taken us back to the grit and grime of the Los Angeles streets circa 1973, thanks to their restoration and release of Jack Hill’s blaxploitation cult classic, Coffy.  This release is only available through the Umbrella webstore so scoop yours up quickly! ...

For some people, this was the King Kong they were raised on.  For others, nothing trumps the original.  For me, the 1976 version of King Kong is nothing to go bananas over . . . even if Jessica Lange looks mighty tasty. It might have launched Lange’s career and given Rick Baker an incredibly ...

Okay, let’s get the transfer quality out of the way.  It’s much better than what came before, but black levels still crush in some key moments of Godzilla, which simply hurts my soul.  Why someone can’t get this right is beyond me.  The clarity is still not there and, while the night scenes are a sharp  ...

The gates of Hell have opened . . . again!!! And THIS is why mothers should never breastfeed their freaky-looking children recently turned zombie. Directed by Strip Nude for your Killer’s Andrea Bianchi, Burial Ground is an ...

“Super cops in Hong Kong are cheap and plentiful like commodities in supermarkets.” . . . in which Jackie Chan, martial arts maestro by way of Buster Keaton, gets introduced to American

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“Wolfman’s got nards!” You know who to call when you have ghosts, but who do you call about monsters?!!  The Monster Squad - a group of young kids devoted to protecting their suburban neighborhood from strange things that go bump in the night - ain’t afraid of no ghouls! ...

"What's a kid gonna shoot a silver .44 bullet at anyway?" Finally.  With this 4K Collector’s Edition from Scream Factory, a long requested top 10 horror film arrives with picture-perfect clarity! Stephen King’s Silver Bullet, starring Gary Busey, Everett McGill ...