Hero Mask is the latest Blu-ray release to come from Sentai Filmworks that was a “Netflix Original” anime. I hate to say these have been more miss than hit, but for the most part I feel that way. This one is a Sci-Fi Actioner, with a crime plot running through it, and well it has…
Blu-ray Review – Karakuri Circus – Sentai Filmworks
Karakuri Circus is a 36 episode shonen anime that is conceptually interesting. It is based on a manga that ran for 43 volumes starting in the late 90’s, and ending in 2006. Needless to say that leaves a lot to be left on the proverbial cutting room floor even when the series runs for a…
Blu-ray Review – Nightmare Alley (Criterion)
Nightmare Alley is a film I was introduced to back in the 90’s after reading an old interview with the Ramones where it was stated this was an older favorite film of the band, and an inspiration behind the song “Suzy is a Headbanger”. The Ramones being a band I haven’t gone a week without…
Blu-ray Review – Howl of the Devil – Mondo Macabro
We had a few Paul Naschy flicks make it to domestic DVD. But it feels as time goes on, we have received a rainfall of Naschy’s work on the Blu-ray format. Now, we’re starting to get films from Naschy that I NEVER anticipated seeing outside of awful bootlegs like the latest Mondo Macabro release of…
Vinegar Syndrome – Halfway to Black Friday – The Reviews
Well, EuroCultAV readers it is that time again, the first of two times a year when Vinegar Syndrome unleashes a tidal wave of cinematic madness upon a waiting crowd of cult cineastes. This time there are 8 releases with a total of 13 films awaiting you within the sale. This includes 3 box sets, The…
Blu-ray Review – The Cellar – Vinegar Syndrome
So in the early to mid 1990’s I was one of those kids that found the faded VHS tape of Night of the Demons on my local video store shelf brought it home, and promptly had my mind BLOWN. My group of friends who rented PILES of horror films on weekly basis felt like we…
Tabletop Review – Dungeons and Dragons – Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft – Wizards of the Coast
About a year ago I asked on the official Ravenloft subreddit (or the closest thing to it), if anyone knew if Wizards of the Coast would ever bring Ravenloft fully back to Dungeons and Dragons. Curse of Strahd in my view was a great release, but in my view it was just an amped up…
UHD Review – Santa Sangre – Severin Films
Santa Sangre is one of those truly perfect cinematic visions created by an auteur with such a visionary intensity that the whole film appears to be an absolute realization of director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s dreamlike vision. Jodorowsky similar to the Italian master Sergio Leone only directed a handful of features throughout his career, but when he…
Blu-ray Review – Kaiji The Complete Series – Sentai Filmworks
I saw a few episodes of Kaiji a long while back, and while it intrigued me at the time it didn’t hook me and then it faded into the recesses of my mind until the Blu-ray of the complete series ended up on my doorstep the other week. I ended up popping it on, and…
Blu-ray Review – Elfen Lied – Sentai Filmworks
I first saw Elfen Lied through the ADV DVD box set sometime in the mid 2000’s. A friend from the bookstore I worked at recommended I check it out knowing my penchant for both horror and sleazier things. He was right, I was HOOKED. The thing about Elfen Lied though is while though things might…