Finally, we have Shock on Blu-ray, so now I can start asking about Shock and the filmography of Bava on 4K UHD! Shock is the final film directed by the legendary Italian maestro of the macabre Mario Bava. It was made in 1977, and has a tonally different feel than his prior horror films, though…
Blu-ray Review – Dororo – Complete Collection – Sentai Filmworks
This review took a lot longer than anticipated. Dororo is the third-ever adaptation of the manga by Osamu Tezuka. In this series a baby is born without limbs of senses, and is sent downriver to die. He is found, and fixed up and manages to survive. It turns out that his ailment was caused by…
Blu-ray Review – Shawscope Volume One – Arrow Video
Classic kung fu films have always struggled to find legitimate release in the U.S., for a short spell in the early 2000’s in the direct period after Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill was released Miramax/The Weinstein Company made a deal with Celestial Pictures/Shaw Brothers to release some of their titles under the Dragon Dynasty banner. At…
Five for Friday – Severin Films Black Friday Blu-ray Reviews
It’s Black Friday which means it is sale time everywhere, but in cult cinema releasing world it means that labels are throwing out some specialized packages to entice fans. This Black Friday Severin Films are unleashing Severin Blu-ray releases of wild exploitation, foreign, and shock cinema sure to please fans, and we got our hands…
Tabletop Review – Alien RPG – Colonial Marines Operations Manual – Free League Publishing
So when it comes to the Alien franchise I will admit I lean more to the horror side of things. That means when I revisit the franchise, and I’m not marathoning them in order, my go-to’s are the original and Alien 3 (assembly cut). Yet, oddly even though the action-packed Aliens is my outlier in…
Tabletop Review – Dungeons and Dragons – Wild Beyond the Witchlight – Wizards of the Coast
I’ve been playing Dungeons and Dragons, basically since 2E in the early 90’s. I say basically since my first edition was a “Classic” box I bought earlier. If there is one thing D&D (or AD&D when I started) was and is known for it is combat. For the last year and a half I’ve been…
Blu-ray Review – Weird Wisconsin – The Bill Rebane Collection
I legitimately enjoy Bill Rebane movies, I saw Monster a Go Go originally when the Somethng Weird DVD release, and yeah, it’s bad, but I found it enjoyable. I was introduced to Rebane’s work sometime as a teenager in the 90’s when a TV screening in the middle of the night showed up the Giant…
Blu-ray Review – Swordgai – The Animation – Complete Series – Sentai Filmworks
Swordgai – The Animation takes place in a world where incredibly violent and powerful weapons exist. These weapons are demonic in nature, and either possess their wielder, or begin to slowly control them. Into this world comes “Gai”, whose Mother had come into contact with one of these weapons “Shiryu” when she was pregnant, but…
Blu-ray Review – Chihayafuru – Season 3 – Sentai Filmworks
Chihayafuru surprised me, I mean, really surprised me. When I looked at the case the artwork looked nice and simple, but reading the back I did not expect to find myself caring that much about an anime that follows a character playing a competitive poetry based card game that I had never even remotely heard…
Blu-ray Review – Overboard – Severin Films
Overboard follows Joanne (Goldie Hawn) and Dean (Kurt Russell). Joanne is a rich heiress, who is currently running around the world in a yacht with her equally snobby husband Grant. Grant and Joanne arrive in Elk Grove, OR. Where Joanne hires Dean to remodel her shoe closet, when she is not pleased with the work,…