DVD Reviews

If there’s one film that seriously needs your reevaluation this Halloween season, it’s Tommy Lee Wallace’s Halloween 3: Season of the Witch.  The title is a bit misleading as the knife-wielding Michael Myers does not appear in the film at all, but this horror film is John Carpenter’s brainchild all the  ...

Surprise! The knife is not yet blunt. After the solid return to form of Dwight H. Little’s Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, things get far more interesting in the darker, mythos-expanding Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers. Critics have long dismissed it ...

True Grime fans assemble!!! If you grew up prowling the video store aisles for anything with blood, shock, or the words “based on a true story,” the new True Crime Triple Ripper Blu-ray set from AGFA and Something Weird Video feels like a time machine back to those glory days of cracked VHS  ...

A cult favorite among horror diehards, WNUF Halloween Special finally lands on Blu-ray — and while it doesn’t sparkle in high-def (intentionally!), that’s exactly the point. This isn’t a film that aims to look good. It aims to look right — like a worn-out VHS tape rescued from your childhood basement ...

"I tend to notice little things like that, whether a girl is a blonde or a brunette." The return of Sean Connery to the James Bond story, with a slightly less emotionally charged and camp-tinged journey from the emotionally dynamic On Her Majesty’s Secret Service to a more extravagant and camp-infused  ...

In cine-massacre history, there are few films that compare to the in-the-gut feeling Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre leaves you with.  Every imperfection in this low-budget Slasher works in the movie’s favor and adds to the overall grisly experience.  The movie is not as violent or as ...

“The owls are not what they seem.” Neither is this box set. In the pantheon of television-as-art, Twin Peaks stands as a monolith of mystery, madness, and maple syrup. With From Z to A, CBS and David Lynch offer not just a collection, but a shrine—a black cube of secrets that feels like it was plucked  ...

Let’s be honest: Seinfeld didn’t just redefine sitcoms — it gave Gen X a spiritual home. No hugs. No lessons. Just four emotionally stunted New Yorkers navigating life’s absurdities with the grace of a dropped Snapple bottle. Watching the complete series now is like opening a time capsule filled  ...

Ah, Dawn of the Dead—George Romero’s classic that taught us all three important things: zombies are terrifying, shopping malls are basically fortresses, and your ’80s wardrobe choices will haunt you more than the undead ever could. Watching this in 2025, I can almost hear the dial-up modem  ...

Because nothing says “I trust you” better than throwing a Baby Ruth to a stranger with questionable hygiene and a heart of gold. That’s the kind of logic The Goonies runs on—and somehow, it works. This scene between Sloth and Chunk is ridiculous, sincere, and completely unfiltered—just like  ...

If Yorgos Lanthimos ever decided to host a TED Talk, it would probably start with a dead cow, end with bees, and leave the audience both horrified and applauding. His latest film, Bugonia, takes that exact energy — unhinged, hilarious, and oddly profound — and channels ...

It’s where broadcast demons meet the wrath of polyester!  In a highlight scene, we are midway through the Halloween special, and Jack Delroy’s ratings stunt is in full swing. He’s got a psychic who looks like she moonlights as a disco DJ, a parapsychologist with the charisma of a tax auditor, and  ...

Because murder never looked so damn collectible. Think Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets Easy Rider, filmed through a nicotine-stained lens, and you will understand the majesty of this cult film. The Devil’s Rejects is a dirty, defiant, and oddly poetic grindhouse gem. It’s not for...

It’s the moment that made audiences grip their armrests and whisper “nope” under their breath—the hide-and-clap scene. Easily one of the most terrifying sequences in The Conjuring, it turns a childhood game into a masterclass in dread. Carolyn Perron, blindfolded and searching for her daughter,  ...

1990’s Misery is one of the finest book to screen King adaptations of all time, in my humble opinion. While this new dearth of King adaptions continues unabated with varying degrees of success or abject failure (*cough: The Stand), no one has (as yet) touched it, or even broached remaking it ...

Ah, Room 237 — the scene that warped a generation’s sleep schedules. If The Shining were a mixtape of psychological horror, this would be the track that plays backward and whispers your worst fears. Jack Torrance, already teetering on the edge, steps into the forbidden room after Danny turns  ...

“Leave the gun, take the cannoli.” Alright, listen—if you think you’ve ever really watched The Godfather Trilogy, think again. This 4K UHD Collector’s Edition is like being invited to the Corleone family dinner with a spotlight, surround sound, and a bartender who somehow also doubles as the ...

It’s hard to believe but it’s been forty years since Marty McFly drove 88 miles per hour into our collective minds and hearts and started down the road to an amazing time at the movies. Back to the Future and its sequels are indelible crowd pleasers, almost universally loved and for good reason. With the  ...

There are few moments in the 1980’s output of horror titles as effective as the opening minutes of Tom Holland’s Child’s Play.  Serial-killer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif), wearing a righteous brown trench coat, is being chased through the dingy streets of south Chicago by homicide detective  ...

Can I keep you?” Cue the collective sigh of every ‘90s tween who didn’t know whether to swoon or cringe. Back in ’95, I was already deep in adulting—paying bills, juggling work, and side-eyeing anything labeled “family entertainment” like it was trying to sell me a Happy Meal. So when Casper hit  ...

“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C‑beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time… like tears in rain. Time to die.” Blade Runner does not get any better than with this release ...

Let’s start with the obvious: the scene in the house. You know the one. Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) is trying to act like she’s just a polite visitor in Bodega Bay, maybe sip her tea, maybe enjoy a quiet afternoon—and then the birds show up. And not politely. They’re at the windows, on the  ...

We all know the scene: Jason wakes up on a spaceship, stomps around like he’s confused about missing his shift at Crystal Lake, and then gets absolutely wrecked by Kay‑Em, the android. She unloads on him like she’s auditioning for The Matrix, blasting holes in his chest, kicking him across the  ...

“They’re here.” That one line still sends chills down the spine. Suburbia is supposed to be safe, but when your dream home is built on a cemetery where only the headstones were moved… well, welcome to hell. At 4267 Roxbury Street in Simi Valley, the Freeling family—Steve ...

You know that scene—I mean, you really know that scene—where Eric Draven stumbles back into what’s left of his apartment? Rain’s pouring in like the weather’s got a grudge, and The Cure’s “Burn” starts up, all moody and electric. The room’s trashed, heartbreak is everywhere, and Brandon Lee  ...

I sometimes wonder if there’s anything more terrifying for a filmmaker than being handed the keys to a beloved classic more than two decades after the original—especially when that classic happens to be Psycho. It’s the sort of assignment that could get a person laughed out of the room or institutionalized  ...

"I'm a goddamn marvel of modern science." You know the scene that really sets the tone in director Milos Forman’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest? McMurphy strolling into the ward like he owns the place—grinning, cracking jokes, instantly poking at Nurse Ratched’s perfectly ...

“Sometimes to love someone, you got to be a stranger.” The screen opens on a valley of ash, gray and lifeless; it’s like God forgot to pay the color bill. Hope? None. Joy? Dead. It’s the cinematic equivalent of a hangover at 7 a.m. Enter K (Ryan Gosling), trudging into a protein farm to retire a ...

I sometimes wonder if there’s anything more terrifying for a filmmaker than being handed the keys to a beloved classic more than two decades after the original—especially when that classic happens to be Psycho. It’s the sort of assignment that could get a person laughed out of the room or institutionalized  ...

As much as I admire Anthony Perkins’ acting chops, Psycho IV: The Beginning is really only for those desperate to complete the full Norman Bates saga. It tries to do double duty—acting as both a prequel and a third sequel—but that’s about as ambitious as it gets. Beyond the novelty of seeing young Norman  ...