Before I talk about The Batman (2022), I think it’s important that I give you my long and sordid history as a viewer and fan of this franchise- Just kidding, I wouldn’t put you through that. I’ll just start with the plot. Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson) is a chronic insomniac and orphaned son of one…
Blu-ray Review – Cursed – Scream Factory
While driving through the Hollywood hills late one night, Ellie (Christina Ricci) and her brother Jimmy (Jesse Eisenberg) nearly run over a huge animal running across the road. Ellie loses control of the car and they get into a wreck with fellow motorist Becky (Shannon Elizabeth). When they stop to help Becky get unstuck from…
Blu-ray Review – 2LDK – Unearthed Films
Roommates Rana (Maho Nonami) and Nozomi (Eiko Koike) are actresses competing for the same role in an upcoming film. Nozomi is a softspoken and polite stage actress and this part will be her big film debut. Rana is a loud and opinionated former child star who ain’t freakin’ naïve about the film business. She needs…
Blu-ray Review – Monkey Kung Fu – 88 Films
Each armed with half of a wooden key, two criminals (played by Siu-Tung Ching and Chiu-Sing Hau respectively) escape from jail in search of a treasure left behind by a kung-fu master. The treasure is not gold, silver, or bitcoins. In fact, it’s an old manuscript on the monkey style of martial arts. Before they…
Blu-ray Review – Sukkubus – Mondo Macabro
Three herdsmen, two grown men and a teenage boy, are up in the mountains tending to their cows and making cheese. Despite all of their superstitious and religious beliefs protecting them and guiding their day-to-day lives, these stupid ass morons conjure up a freakin’ succubus (played by Pamela Prati). She swoops in and causes all…
Blu-ray Review – Sister, Sister – Vinegar Syndrome
Lucy Bonnard (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and her older sister Charlotte (Judith Ivey) live in one of the fine old houses in Louisiana and come from one of the fine old families. Things haven’t been all that great for the pair of them since their parents died and they were forced to turn their mansion into…
Blu-ray Review – School of Death – Mondo Macabro
Besties, Leonore (Sandra Mozarowsky) and Sylvia (Victoria Vera), dream of getting out of their finishing school/orphanage someday. Their lives are pretty miserable thanks to the domineering headmistress, Miss Wilkins (Norma Kastel), who doles out cruel (and kinda kinky) punishments for the smallest infractions. Their best chance of happiness is becoming maids for rich people. What…
Blu-ray Review – Beware! Children at Play – Vinegar Syndrome
The town of Ellenburg has probably faced harder times before, but nothing as bad as when their children started disappearing. A couple dozen youngsters have just vanished into the woods and rumors of goblins AKA “woodies” and strange sounds in the trees are the only clues that Sheriff Hamilton has got to go on. When…
Blu-ray Review – Deadly Games – Arrow Video
After her estranged sister is found murdered, journalist Keegan (Jo Ann Harris) returns to her hometown to find that a lot has changed, especially when it comes how some of its citizens interpret the word “monogamy”. All of her old pals -before they start getting offed by the sadistic killer- have more or less settled…
Blu-ray Review – Paranoiac – Scream Factory
The Ashby kids never fully recovered from the twin tragedies of losing their parents and the suicide of their brother Tony. Simon Ashby (Oliver Reed) has grown into a total dickbagel who’s intent on burning through his inheritance before he even gets old enough to receive it. His sister Eleanor (Jeanette Scott) is a sickly…