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…
Blu-ray Review – Girls Nite Out – Arrow Video
The last Saturday of every month if you have read this website long enough is “Movie Party Crew” night. Every Saturday going on 8 years, we have a hashtag, that you can follow, and either just read along or comment on Twitter at 10 PM EST. It is myself, and Richard of the amazing Doomed…
Tabletop Review – Libertalia – Winds of Galecrest – Stonemaier Games
Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest by Stonemaier Games Review by Ryan Miller Do you like pirates? How about sky pirates? How about anthropomorphic sky pirates? If you’re like me, at least one of those items are going to et your attention. Originally released in 2012 without the subtitle, this updated version of the game ditches the…
Blu-ray Review – Le Cercle Rouge – Criterion
Review—Le Cercle Rouge (Criterion, UHD) Author: Palo Sionoplia Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Cercle Rouge is impossible to review; instead, one speaks of it in hallowed terms. Filmed on the heels of the Le Samourai and Army of Shadows, brilliant films in their own right, Melville’s penultimate film is the work of an artist at the peak…
Blu-ray Review – Lies and Deceit – The Films of Claude Chabrol
Review—Lies and Deceit: Five Films by Claude Chabrol (Arrow Video) Author: Palo Sionoplia Films: Cop au Vin, Inspecteur Lavardin, Madame Bovary, Betty, Torment While Arrow’s first foray into the vast catalogue of Chabrol films focuses on late-career works helmed by the auteur in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the dueling motifs of lies and…
Blu-ray Review – Infinite Stratos – Complete Collection – Sentai Filmworks
Infinite Stratos is a 2011 anime series that has already had a Blu-ray release about a decade ago, followed by a sequel series. A third series is now on the horizon (8 years after the 2nd), and I assume that is the reason for this timely re-release. Infinite Stratos is based off a light novel…
Blu-ray Review – Somali and the Forest Spirits
Somali and the Forest Spirit is a series that I had some minor expectations for having heard somethings over the last year or so from friends. But I try not to be swayed by the court of public opinion (although everything I heard was very positive), so I went into this not viewing a frame….
Blu-ray Review – The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter – Arrow Video
The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter is a stone-cold classic of the Shaw Brothers studios. It was directed in 1984 by master director Lau Kar-Leung (the 36th Chamber of Shaolin). It was made under a tragic circumstance, in that original leading man (who footage was shot with) Alexander Fu Sheng died in a car accident. The…
Blu-ray Review – Human Lanterns – 88 Films
Human Lanterns is the 1982 Swordplay/Martial Arts/Horror hybrid film by Sun Chung who in the prior year began dabbing in horror and martial arts with his film Revenge of the Corpse. The film follows Master’s Tan Fu and Lung who are ultra competitive with one another. Right now it is the yearly “Lantern” festival, and…