I don’t really believe this, but at times I feel that maybe we all are living in a simulation. Coincidences being so on the nose on the regular that it feels like it’s been written to be that way. A few weeks ago the Blu-ray of Africa Salaryman ended up on my doorstep, at the…
Tabletop Review – Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig (Stonemaier/Bezier)
Stonemaier games was responsible for my favorite game I played last year. It was a weird game called Wingspan in which you collected food to feed birds. No matter how many ways I’ve tried to describe it, I usually get the same smirking response where the person being raved to says “That sounds stupid.” Luckily…
October Mega-Marathon Part 4
Continuing to play catch-up, here’s everything I watched from October 9th through 12th. In this batch we’ve got stories told around the campire, snake ladies from India, evil clowns, Indonesian horror, neo-giallo, a good ol’ fashioned Godfrey Ho-down and lots more! Head to the next page to check out the madness!…
Evil Under the Sun Blu-ray review
Evil Under the Sun is a murder mystery film from 1982 featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It is based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie. This is the third film of the series; the first two were Murder on the Orient Express starring Albert Finney as Poirot and Death…
October Mega-Marathon Part 3
This post will be covering Oct. 6th through 8th where I tackled such fun themes as euro horror, found footage, horror from Argentina and Korea and bastions of cheap nonsense like shot-on-video horror and The Asylum. Head to the next page and dig in!…
October Mega Marathons: An Introduction
Scott has so graciously granted me a platform to blast out this delirium-inducing experiment that I’ve have set off on. Throughout the month of October, I’ve soft-committed to watching 200+ horror movies. Not only that, I’ve been sectioning them off into themed double features and mini-marathons for additional fun. Up until now, I’ve been posting…
Love Me Tonight Blu-ray review
Love Me Tonight is a 1932 American musical comedy film from the pre-code era. The musical scores are by Richard Rodgers (music) Lorenz Hart(lyrics). During all the melodies and comedic moments, the film focuses on love between a tailor disguised as a baron, and a young princess. When Parisienne tailor Maurice Courtelin(Maurice Chevalier, The Merry…
Death on the Nile Blu-ray review
Based on Agatha Christie’s 1937 novel of the same name, Death on the Nile is a murder mystery feature Christie’s beloved Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. In Death on the Nile, the super sleuth is faced with the challenging task to solve a murder aboard a steamship. Wealthy heiress Linnet Ridgeway Doyle (Lois Chiles, Moonraker) has…
Mondo Balordo (Severin/ Something Weird) Blu-ray review
The Mondo subgenre is one of the more unusual sides of exploitation filmmaking. It became popular after the surprise success of 1962’s Mondo Cane. The films are usually “documentaries” of strange things around the world with the aim of being shocking. Most of these films happen to be fake with less than conviving dramatized footage….