The Brain from Planet Arous is a science fiction low budgeter from 1957 and is part of a massive amount of cheesy B movies from that era. It was arguably the biggest year for low-budget science fiction and horror films that includes The Giant Claw, I was a Teenage Werewolf, I was a Teenage Frankenstein,…
Tabletop Review – WFRP (4E) – Enemy Within (Enemy In Shadows, Death on the Reik, Horned Rat, + Companions)
When list of greatest RPG campaigns are made (and playing them long enough you see these lists OFTEN) a certain few will almost always make the list. Year in, year out, Call of Cthulhu’s Masks of Nyarlathotep and Horror on the Orient Express always seem to garner placement on these list as does Pendragon’s The…
Ziegfeld Girl Blu-ray review
Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 musical that has one of the finest casts assembled with screen icons Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Hedy Lamarr and James Stewart. The three leads all want to be Ziegfeld girls! Legendary musical choreographer Busby Berkeley was the man in charge of the musical numbers for this picture. The film was…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Of Shadowland and Gilead
It’s been a hot minute since the last one of these, but like Jason returning from the grave to machete another troop of camp counselors, I humbly return to slaughter a few books… Yes, I know the analogy doesn’t work. Whatever, chump! Don’t hassle me! Anyway, in this round up of reading material, we have…
Blu-ray Review – Tsukipro – The Animation
So again this is a series I feel like it needs a primer. Tsukipro – The Animation is part of a multimedia franchise that goes back to 2012. This is a franchise that started with Tsukiuta, and involves a series of Japanese pop groups in various forms including dramas, super groups, etc. This is not…
Blu-ray Review – Iroduku – The World in Colors – Sentai Filmworks
Iroduku – The World in Colors, I will be up front this series destroyed me by the end (no spoilers). The series has a simple premise. The year is 2078, and Hitomi lives in a magical world, but she can only experience it in monochrome. This dreary existence is bringing her down everyday. Hitomi’s grandmother…
Blu-ray Review – Getter Robo Arc – Sentai Filmworks
I guess for “Getter Robo Arc” a short primer is in order (though if you do end up picking up this Blu-ray you will get one as an extra feature.). So once upon a time, mecha anime wasn’t such a huge deal in the world of anime, and on top of that combining robots weren’t…
Blu-ray Review – Sylvia Kristel – 1970’s Collection – Cult Epics
Review—Sylvia Kristel: 1970s Collection (Cult Epics) Author: Palo Sionoplia Films: Playing with Fire, Pastorale 1943, Mysteries, Julia Cult Epics knows its audience, as evidenced by the boutique label’s more thirty years of success in the home video marketplace. Founded in Amsterdam, the label has always remained loyal to its Dutch origins, and the Kristel 1970s…
Blu-ray Review – Hotel Fear – Mondo Macabro
In 1974 director Francesco Barilli grabbed actress Mimsy Farmer, and created the delirious giallo masterpiece the “Perfume of the Lady in Black”, 3 years later he would return the giallo genre with an oft-neglected film that would combine elements of gothic horror and sleaze into the giallo formula to create something truly bizarre, delirious, and…
UHD Review – Uncle Sam – Blue Underground
The first time I saw Uncle Sam was during the 90’s slasher revival. It has not been that long, so I’m sure a good many of you remember this. A little flick from Wes Craven called Scream hit theaters in 1996, and was so wildly popular that slasher films became trendy for the first time…