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I’m not sure there is a more timely release date for The Hidden than right now. This forgotten and largely ignored tale of cops and aliens is a fun festival of all our recent greatest hits. A creepy crawly alien taking over the mind of a wannabe president? Wowser. I am all ears ...
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The river appears cold and an old man – silent and sullen – has a weighty expression drawing his lips together into a fierce single line as he tolls a forlorn bell. His eyes are full of the bleak landscape; immediate and mean. His is a face dirty and grim with the soiled handiwork ...
Read more: Vampyr: The Criterion Collection (1932) - Blu-ray Review
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Kids and corporations go hand-in-hand. Don’t believe me? Just watch any cartoon show and count the number of commercials tailored for them. It should be no secret; Corporations DEPEND on their brand being imprinted upon these tiny tots and the earlier the better ...
Read more: Chucky: The Complete 7-Movie Collection (1988-2017) - Blu-ray Review
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Have you seen the new girl? Elizabeth (Nicola Diana) is her name. And she’s a weird one, demanding protection from the adults who try to tame her curious influence over all the other kids in the orphanage. She’s got two little devotees by her side all of the time ...
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Devil worshipping and zombie rapes. Oh my! When did SOV titles get so risqué?! The answer, of course, is ALWAYS! Hell, yes! ...
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Disembodied voices from a bygone era; the sound of the restless sea; moonlight crashing against the rocks surrounding the island’s lighthouse, and the heavy fog endlessly spilling in from an unnamable source. All of these are spectacular qualities that surround the mysterious ...
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There is an unsettling darkness that washes out over the lake at the center of this haunted tale. With plenty of warnings and a bunch of drawings thanks the talents of a small child, we shouldn’t really be surprised when a strange figure emerges from the water and ...
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Nebraska. Springsteen territory. Think the howls in the dark songs featured on his album of raw demos. This is your auditory entrance into the bleak horizon that overlooks Children of the Corn and the outside world, represented by the sudden arrival of the unsuspecting ...
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Hells Bells! That kinky night of S&M you’ve always wanted finally has its soundtrack thanks to composer Claudio Natili’s devilish use of the saxophone. One taste of The Devil’s Honey and, sweetie, you’re going to be coming back for more and more. I promise. ...
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When done correctly, the giallo can be quite the cinematic experience. And Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci has his fair share of effective thrillers. He also can’t escape the occasional dud either. That's not what we have here, though. Not at all. Combining a mood-stirring ...
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“Son of a bitch.” Those are the words mouthed by the freshly decapitated head of a gore-gore dancing member of a punk band called The Killer Barbies. They aren’t your average brand of punk but she, after being chased naked through a dense spot of trees for the night ...
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To this day, there remains something insanely special about director Brian De Palma’s Carrie. It is based on the once-discarded novel by Stephen King, but was painstakingly adapted for the screen by Lawrence D. Cohen. Cohen got everything about King’s first novel right ...
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Two lovely women. A cage. Bathing suits. One hour of air left. Predators everywhere. If 47 Meters Down isn’t a perfect b-movie example of sharkploitation for mass consumption then I don’t know what is. ...
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“Oswald, you botched it again.“ That’s the line of dialogue that the lead ghost in 1962’s regional horror/comedy The Dismembered says repeatedly to one member of his spirit gang. Poor Oswald. He just can’t seem to get his human traps to go off right. You see, a trio of ...
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Everyone is unfaithful. That seems to be the thesis in this infamous giallo film. Hell, when the women are this beautiful – Susan Scott anyone? – I don’t even care if 70% of the film is merely bedroom glimpses by a lanky stranger in a black trench coat. This murderous ...
Read more: So Sweet, So Dead aka The Slasher... is the Sex Maniac! (1972) - Blu-ray Review
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Deemed a nudie cutie flick; this “film”, The Satanist, was once thought long lost to the ravages of time. Thankfully, it wasn’t and, as it depicts a newly married man getting shagged by a hot occultist’s partner while his wife sleeps IN THE SAME BED, it definitely carries lessons ...
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Egads! Evolution and eyeballs! The Manster is coming! The Manster is coming! Everybody run for the hills! ...
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Because in the far future, even on the other side of the universe, we will still need some goddamn rock and roll. ...
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Angela, a young hairdresser, is about to make a life-altering decision. She’ll spend the rest of forever paying for it, too. Tired and pissed off at her snooty boss, she is enticed away from the daily grind of her day-to-day struggle when a friend suggests she turn to modeling ...
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Before nightmare became popular on Elm Street, there was the lone howl of The Slayer! ...
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Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est? ...
Read more: Amsterdamned: Collector's Edition (1988) - Blu-ray Review
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Fergie was right. It’s all for the glamorous life. Just ask the two women at the center of this politicking pole dance workout. ...
Read more: Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties (1980) - Blu-ray Review
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OUCH. Weston gets it right in the balls. Why so complex, Electra? And mean?! Maybe it’s all the lecherous POVs that have pushed you over the edge. Or is it the threat of boarding school from your mother? ...
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So you like westerns and war games, eh? A regular savage are you? Well, you better check out the two-for-one bullet methods at the sadistic heart of this group of psycho killers as they move through the golden land of peyote. Brute Corps kinda sorta maybe ...
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The unexpected passing of director Tobe Hooper has given us good cause to do a re-evaluation of his work in horror and in the science fiction/thriller genre of film. There’s a lot to take in. From the excellent Lifeforce to the blood-red hues of Eaten Alive, there are a lot of ...
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Because you just don't fuck with your mother. Like ever. Rita Matchett is about to learn that valuable lesson ...
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There was a brief time, Lunatics and Germs, when the 1990s absolutely sucked. It was the very beginning of the decade, starting perhaps around 1988, and we were in a bit of an identity dilemma wondering in which direction the pendulum would swing. Our stopgap ...
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Ah, the 1990s. When gunning down an entire hospital’s staff and then later opening up fire with a machine gun inside a famous movie theatre as a porno plays was greeted with a big grin and a thumbs up. Sex and violence, man. Good times. Good, good times. ...
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It’s with a bit more political bite than expected that The Great Alligator lands in this b-movie fanatic’s Code Red collection. JAWS, while far more successful of a film, never got this provocative with its social commentary. Gobble, gobble, gobble, munch, munch ...
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“Do you live here? Is this your place?” Those are the two questions quickly asked to the old woman who surprises three travelers who, after being stranded by a snow storm, have broken into an old hotel in the middle of nowhere. They assumed it was vacant. ...
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- The Black Dahlia Murder - The Death of Elizabeth Short
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