Author: David Steigman

Blood-A-Rama Triple Frightmare Blu-ray review

Blood-A-Rama Triple Frightmare is a Blu-ray release featuring three obscure horror films, Help Me…I’m Possessed, Night of the Strangler, Carnival of Blood. The label AGFA released this trilogy of terror, while Vinegar Syndrome added a limited slipcover to add a little spice to it up. Bill Greer (Charles in Charge) and Deedy Peters (House Calls)…


All or Nothing Blu-ray review

All or Nothing is a 2002 British drama film that takes a look at three families and their struggles in their daily lives. The film is written and directed by Mike Leigh and stars British screen legends Timothy Spall and Lesley Manville. The film takes place in London, that mainly focuses on taxicab driver Phil…


Cry Macho Blu-ray review

Cry Macho is a Western drama film from 2021 directed, produced, and starring one of the screens biggest icons Clint Eastwood. The screenplay is based on the 1975 novel by N. Richard Nash which was under the same name. The plot follows a former rodeo star Mike Milo (Clint Eastwood, Any Which Way but Loose,…


It’s a Gift Blu-ray review

Iconic comedian W.C. Fields is up to his crazy antics again alongside his crazy family and Baby LeRoy (The Old Fashioned Way) in It’s a Gift. This comedy film is about an unhappy grocery clerk who inherits some money to invest in oranges! Harold Bissonette (W.C. Fields, The Bank Dick), (constantly mispronounced by his annoying…


Deported Blu-ray review

Deported is a 1950 film noir directed by the great Robert Siodmak. This was one of Siodmak’s last American movies. The film is loosely based on the deportation of Mafia kingpin Lucky Luciano. Jeff Chandler in Italy where he falls for two beautiful women in-between a crime scheme! In this picture, Vic Smith aka Vittorio…


Night Has a Thousand Eyes Blu-ray review

Night Has a Thousand Eyes is a 1948 supernatural film with noir overtones, starring Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell and John Lund and directed by John Farrow. In this movie the great Edward G. Robinson plays a prophet! John Triton (Edward G. Robinson, Soylent Green) is “The Mental Wizard”, a fortune teller at a nightclub….


Among the Living Blu-ray review

It’s Albert Dekker times two in the 1941 film noir Among the Living where he plays identical twin brothers Paul and John Raden. The film’s theme is about living with mental illness as Paul Raden is the psychotic twin brother of John.  This film is directed by Stuart Heisler who was responsible for some great…


The Mad Doctor Blu-ray review

The Mad Doctor is an obscure 1940 thriller about a doctor who marries wealthy women, only to murder them, and receiving their fortune. Sounds like a Bluebeard type to me!  The film is directed by Tim Whelen and has a few legendary and iconic actors including Basil Rathbone, Ralph Morgan, and John Howard. The film…


Angels with Dirty Faces Blu-ray review

In the late thirties, James Cagney was a major star for Warner Brothers, while Humphrey Bogart’s star was on the rise, basically playing gangsters or crooked characters for most films he acted in. With Angels with Dirty Faces, the two stars were paired together along with screen legends Pat O’Brien, Ann Sheridan and the Dead…


The Spider Woman Strikes Back Blu-ray review

The Spider Woman Strikes Back is a 1946 horror film starring Gale Sondergaard. Even though the film has a similar title and the same actor in Sondergaard, the film is not a sequel to the Sherlock Holmes film, The Spider Woman. But it’s just as much fun! Jean Kingsley (Brenda Joyce, Tarzan and the Amazons,…