Author: James Layton

Dark Night of the Scarecrow 1 & 2 [VCI] 4K Blu ray review

Back in the day, made for TV movies were considered low-budget, trash movies. They usually had subpar actors and poor direction. Dark Night of the Scarecrow was one of the first made-for-TV movies that broke out of that stigma. It premiered on CBS in 1981 and was popular enough that they re-broadcast it in 1985….


Demons 2 [Synapse Films] 4K Blu ray review

Demons 2 is an Italian horror movie by returning director Lamberto Bava with a producer credit from the famous Dario Argento. I recently reviewed Demons and admitted to having previously watched it. As much as I enjoyed it, I never got around to watching the sequel. So, the 4K release by Synapse Films is my…


Demons [Synapse Films] 4K UHD Blu-ray Review

Directed by Lamberto Bava Demons is an Italian horror movie by Lamberto Bava with a producer credit from the famous Dario Argento. In full transparency, I have seen this movie before. So the 4K release by Synapse Films is not my first exposure to the film. Picking up my copy, I noticed that the packaging…


Criminally Insane/Satan’s Black Wedding [Vinegar Syndrome] Blu-ray Review

Directed by Nick Millard This Vinegar Syndrome disc includes two movies directed by Nick Millard. They work well as a double feature since both films clock in at just over an hour. Nick Millard started out in the film business making adult movies and then transitioned to horror films with the two films in this…


Fata/Morgana [Mondo Macabro] Blu-ray Review

a.k.a. Left-handed Fate (1965) Starring Teresa Gimpera, Marianne Benet, Marcos Martí To be honest, I’m not sure what I just watched. The cover art, tagline, and back cover suggested a very different movie than what I experienced. It is a Spanish film from the mid-1960s and Mondo Macabro’s release has cover art that make the…