Clément (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is living a double life. Unbeknownst to his former actress wife Anne (an always ethereal Romy Schneider) in a marriage ranging from shaky to actively hostile, he is secretly a right-wing terrorist. Clément is forced to flee the city with Anne after a botched assassination attempt. He heads to the countryside and…
The Wrong Door Blu-Ray [Visual Vengeance]
Ted Farrell’s night takes a turn for the worse when he peers into his rearview mirror and discovers the dead body of a girl he had met earlier. Ted’s love of mysteries and thrillers is palpable, particularly when he is immersed in his job of sound design on films. But getting pulled into his own…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Werewolves, Ghosts and Vampires… Oh My!
As the year winds its way down and night encroaches upon our empty lives earlier and earlier, horror encases the soul like a salve to soothe the jagged edges of the frizzled psyche during these dark months. Naturally I have arrived to bring you more write-ups from this big ass horror list project I’ve been…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Super-Sized Edition
Greetings, folks! Been quite a while since I’ve posted one of these, although rest assured I have not abandoned the project by any means. I’ve just been super busy with other stuff and haven’t had a chance to post until now. In this Super-Sized Edition, I’ll be delivering up ten write-ups instead of the usual…
The Abomination Blu-ray Review [Visual Vengeance]
From director Bret McCormick (Repligator, Ozone: Attack of the Redneck Mutants) comes this delirious lo-fi special effects-on-the-cheap romp. A grown ass man named Cody lives with his religious nut mother who is obsessed with a specific televangelist. When his mom vomits up a carnivorous, sentient tumor, Cody is dismayed to find that the tumor has…
What the Waters Left Behind: Scars Blu-ray Review [Cleopatra]
In this sequel to the original 2017 film What the Waters Left Behind, this time directed solo by Nicolás Onetti sans his brother Luciano (who still hangs around to handle the music), we return to the ghost town of Epecuén, a town that had been submerged for 25 years under water. Once the waters receded,…
Black Circle Blu-ray Review [Synapse Films]
Celeste is struggling to get her life in order. Between losing her job and breaking up with her boyfriend, she feels aimless and unloved, so she seeks advice from her sister who seems to have it all together. Her sister tells her about a self-help system called Magnetic Hypnotism that has helped her and gives…
Repligator Blu-ray Review [Visual Vengeance]
Dr. Oliver is a scientist with a dream. Working for the military, he has built a revolutionary transporter device that should enable our troops to teleport behind enemy lines and infiltrate like never before. The problem is that when he tests out the transporter device on a soldier, it turns him into a woman. Well,…
The Sound of Summer Blu-ray Review [Unearthed Films]
The world is like a blast furnace, sweat dripping from every pore. It’s hot enough to drive a person mad, right? Swimming through the humidity of seemingly never-ending day, the piercing cries of the cicadas are all that you can perceive while just. trying. to. get. home. Do you know The Cicada Man? They say…
Reincarnated as a Sword Season 1: Complete Collection Blu-ray Review [Sentai Filmworks]
What would happen if you died and found yourself isekai-ed into another world as a large, powerful sword? The protagonist of this story decides to slice ‘n’ dice as many enemies as possible, absorbing their powers and leveling up like there’s no tomorrow. That is, until he ends up in a zone where his levitation…