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Blu-ray Review – Scary Movie (1991)

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Scary Movie, 1991. Directed by Daniel Erickson. Starring John Hawkes, Suzanne Aldrich, Butch Patrick, Ev Lunning, and Zane Rockenbaugh. SYNOPSIS: A nervous young man believes that an escaped killer is stalking him at a Halloween carnival. This Scary Movie is not the horror movie spoof from the 2000s but a low budget regional horror movie […]

Blu-ray Review – The Dunwich Horror (1970)

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The Dunwich Horror, 1970. Directed by Daniel Haller. Starring Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Ed Begley, Sam Jaffe, Talia Shire, and Donna Baccala. SYNOPSIS: A man seduces an innocent young woman in order to use her to bring back ancient entities in an occult ritual. As we enter the year of 2023 and the world seems […]

Blu-ray Review – Deathstalker / Deathstalker II

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Deathstalker/Deathstalker II, 1983/1987. Directed by James Sbardellati/Jim Wynorski. Starring Rick Hill, Richard Brooker, Barbi Benton, Lana Clarkson, John Terlesky, Toni Naples, John La Zar, Monique Gabrielle, Bernard Erhard, and Dee Booher. SYNOPSIS: Double pack of two low budget 1980s fantasy movies from legendary filmmaker Roger Corman. It’s time to strap on your loincloth, sharpen your […]

Blu-ray Review – Enter the Void (2009)

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Enter the Void, 2009. Directed by Gaspar Noé Starring Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy, Olly Alexander, and Emily Alyn Lind. SYNOPSIS: A drug dealer is shot by police and his spirit floats around Tokyo, connecting with the past, present and future of himself and his sister. There are movies that can give […]

Movie Review – Mad God (2021)

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Mad God, 2021. Directed by Phil Tippett. Featuring the voice talents of Alex Cox, Niketa Roman, Satish Ratakonda, Anthony Ruivivar. SYNOPSIS: The Assassin is sent down into a twisted world of tortured souls and nightmares, all from the mind of special effects wizard Phil Tippett. Imagine, if you will, a stop-motion mash-up between David Cronenberg, […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Highlander (1986)

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Highlander, 1986. Directed by Russell Mulcahy. Starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart, Sheila Gish, Hugh Quarshie, and James Cosmo. SYNOPSIS: An immortal warrior is pursued through time by a brutal barbarian looking to be the ‘only one’. Continuing to trawl the vaults of their catalogue of cult movies from the 1980s to […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Reservoir Dogs (1992)

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Reservoir Dogs, 1992. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Quentin Tarantino, Chris Penn, Eddie Bunker, Lawrence Tierney, and Kirk Baltz. SYNOPSIS: Quentin Tarantino’s sensational debut feature gets a 4K UHD makeover for its 30th anniversary. As the years tick by, the tedious inevitability of time dictates that the […]

Blu-ray Review – Censor (2021)

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Censor, 2021. Directed by Prano Bailey-Bond. Starring Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta, Clare Holman, and Felicity Montagu. SYNOPSIS: A film censor tries to figure out what happened to her missing sister after watching the movies of a particular filmmaker as the lines between reality and fantasy start to blur. […]

Blu-ray Review – This is GWAR (2021)

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This is GWAR, 2021. Directed by Scott Barber. Featuring Dave Brockie, Adam Green, Ethan Embry, Jon Freeman, Bob Gorman, and Bam Margera. SYNOPSIS: Documentary charting the history of shock metal group GWAR. GWAR are a heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia, who have been peddling their shock metal wares to crowds of rabid fans since […]

Blu-ray Review – The Spine of Night (2021)

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The Spine of Night, 2021. Directed by Philip Gelatt & Morgan Galen King. Featuring the voice talents of Richard E. Grant, Lucy Lawless, Patton Oswalt, Larry Fessenden, and Betty Gabriel. SYNOPSIS: Animated fantasy horror about heroes, wizards, fluorescent flowers and ancient evil. The Spine of Night is a wonderfully crafted throwback to the animation style […]