The movie title “Maniac” has been used a few times throughout our cinematic history. Dwain Esper’s 1934 shocker, entitled Maniac, which featured Phyllis Diller, was strong stuff for its time especially when a cat’s eyeball is squeezed out of its head. The 1963 Hammer film starring Kerwin Mathews also titled Maniac was decent but nothing…
ZOMBIE UHD REVIEW
Whether the film is called Zombie, Zombi, Zombi 2 or Zombie Flesh Eaters, this movie, which I’ll be referring to as ‘Zombie’ is one of the most beloved walking dead films by legions of horror fans. Directed by Lucio Fulci, known by horror cinephiles for his utterly brutal and nauseatingly gross horror flicks. Arguably, Zombie…
Pale Blood (Vinegar Syndrome) Blu-ray Review
A Vampire travels to LA to look in on a series of bizarre murders. All the victims seem to be drained of blood and killed by a vampire. Fearing the bad name this would give vampires, he tries to stop the killer with the aid of a vampire obsessed PI. Pale Blood (1990) Is a…
The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) (Warner Archives) Blu-ray Review
Famous sculptor Ivan Igor (Lionel Atwill), has taken up wax as his new profession. He is running a wax museum in London, but it seems to be doing poorly, with the main complaint being it’s not ghoulish enough. But one night in 1921 he is visited by an influential critic who wants to showcase his…
Astonishing X-Men: Gifted (Motion Comic) (Shout! Factory) DVD Review
Joss Whedon, as long as you’ve heard of him, is someone you statistically love or loathe. Trust me, I’ve done the research. You can go to just about any forum related to his medium, drop his name, and derail a thread. Just like that. Snap your fingers for instant trolling. The shit-storm cometh. Some will…
Dolly Dearest (Vinegar Syndrome) Blu-ray Review
In order to make it big in the toy business, Elliot Wade (Sam Bottoms) moves his family down to Mexico after purchasing a factory that specializes in life-like dolls -not that kind! As expected, the factory is next door to the recently excavated site of an ancient death cult. An evil spirit gets unleashed by…
Andre Gregory & Wallace Shawn 3 Films (My Dinner With Andre, Vanya on 42nd Street, A Master Builder) (Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Review
I came to the work of Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn well over a decade ago, when one of my short films was positively compared to the duo’s original collaboration My Dinner with Andre. I had seen bits of the film before, but had never sat through the entirety of it. I immediately picked up…
Augst (Cult Epics) Blu-ray Review
Angst follows a psychopathic killer played by Erwin Leder. The film opens with his release from prison, where he makes it immediately apparent that prison was the precise correct place for him to be, as right away upon his release he begins narrating his back story about the psychological trauma that led him down his…
An Angel for Satan & The Long Hair of Death (Midnight Choir) DVD Review
It seems that Midnight Choir is out to impress horror fans with their debut releases. This Barbara Steele double feature contains two of her more obscure Italian films An Angel for Satan and the Long Hair of Death. Prior to this release I had only heard of, but had not seen Long Hair of Death,…
As Good As It Gets (Twilight Time) Blu-ray Review
As Good As It Gets is a film much like it’s 1997 pop drama brethren Good Will Hunting, and Titanic is a film I actively avoided seeing back in my Freshman year of high school. Although it does feature older characters it was a smash hit even amongst the teenagers in my grade, and above,…