Coming in June from Severin Films is the gloriously bizarre Extra Terrestrial Visitors a.k.a. Tales of Trumpy a.k.a. E.T.: The Second Coming a.k.a. The Unearthling a.k.a. Return of E.T., although Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans will know it much better by it’s original US home video release title Pod People). We were lambasted with many…
Violent Streets: The Umberto Lenzi/Tomas Milian Collection Blu-ray Box Set Review [Severin]
Severin Films is no stranger to delivering the goods when it comes to quenching your eurosploitation thirst. And let me tell you that HOT DAWG does this one hit the spot! Severin has graced us with a hefty, sturdy box with a very nice design that is chock full of poliziotteschi goodness, all directed by…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: All Heads Look Inward and Weep
It’s May! Spring has sprung and those hits just keep on coming. In this installment, we have a classic paranormal detective, a family dynasty steeped in voodoo, a heavily meta demon-possessed typewriter, a tale of revenge and spelunking and a massive omnibus of weird fiction from a particularly unique writer. We got ourselves a whole…
Ya Boy Kongming! Complete Collection Blu-ray [Sentai Filmworks]
Fresh out the gate on blu-ray comes the mighty Kongming, rockin’ the mic and representin’ like a BOSS. Let’s check out how this quirky fish-out-of-water time travel comedy meets inspirational pop artist triumph brings it! Zhuge Kongming was a masterful tactician who ruled during the Three Kingdoms era of ancient China. Fallen sick and with…
Fantasista Doll Complete Collection Blu-ray [Sentai Filmworks]
Arriving this month is a reissue of the card battle anime Fantasista Doll from Sentai with new cover art. Is this one worth checking out or will you want to trade in your cards for a new deck? Only one way to find out! Uzume Uno is a bright young high school student who was…
Three Between the Sheets (Ecstasy/Black Venus/Melody of Passion) Blu-ray [Severin]
Arriving on blu-ray from Severin on April 25th is this three-film set of erotic dramas two of which (Black Venus and Ecstasy under the title of Love Scenes) are upgrades of previous DVD releases. Meanwhile the weird ass Melody of Passion arrives on blu-ray for the first time. Let’s slip in something comfortable and see…
Last Hurrah for Chivalry Blu-ray [Criterion Collection]
It has been twenty-five years since Criterion released John Woo’s The Killer and Hard Boiled on DVD. While they elected not to release them on blu-ray (with them being put out in mediocre releases by Dragon Dynasty instead), Criterion FINALLY returns to the well of the great John Woo, this time going all the way…
To Love Ru: The Complete Series Blu-ray (Sentai Filmworks)
Tripping and falling onto blu-ray once again from Sentai Filmworks is the seminal (heh) ecchi comedy series To Love Ru, this time collecting all four previously released seasons into one big package (heh heh) for a grand total of a whopping 64 episodes. It’s time to grab your interstellar betrothed and stumble into something soft…
Shaolin Invincibles + Seven To One Blu-ray Review [AGFA]
The maniacs at the American Genre Film Archive have unleashed another package of unbridled madness on an unsuspecting public with this kung fu two-fer both of which brings fun and unique qualities to your martial arts mayhem marathon. Grab a gorilla, crank up the Pink Floyd and let’s get cookin’! First in Shaolin Invincibles, Judy…
Kill Me Baby: Complete Collection Blu-ray Review [Sentai Filmworks]
This month, our friends at Sentai Filmworks is re-issuing the extremely wacky gag manga-based Kill Me Baby with a spiffy new cover. If you like your violence with the Silly turned up to 11, grab your bazooka and shurikens and grab a seat! Yasuna Oribe is your pretty standard, bubble-headed high school girl with a…