What would happen if you died and found yourself isekai-ed into another world as a large, powerful sword? The protagonist of this story decides to slice ‘n’ dice as many enemies as possible, absorbing their powers and leveling up like there’s no tomorrow. That is, until he ends up in a zone where his levitation…
Ghoulies – 4K UHD and Blu-ray Review (MVD Rewind Collection)
At one of them there fancy mansions, somewhere in Hollywood, a warlock named Malcolm Graves (Michael Des Barres) is about to sacrifice his only child for some totally like powerful powers and stuff. Malcolm’s wife, to whom he definitely promised that he wouldn’t sacrifice their baby, interrupts the ceremony and takes her son’s place at…
Terminal Degeneration: The Films of Jon Moritsugu Blu-ray Review [AGFA]
Jon Moritsugu’s demented slabs of proto-punk weirdness have arrived in high definition courtesy of folks at the American Genre Film Archive and are sick, crazy and fun as hell! Cool tunes, a mean streak and a delicious sense of anarchy await! After a series of experimental lo-fi shorts, Moritsugu directed his first feature My Degeneration…
RE:cycle of the Penguindrum: Movie Collection Blu-ray Review [Sentai Filmworks]
Kamba and Syoma Takakura, twin brothers, live with their ill sister Himari. On the day she is allowed to leave the hospital for a while, they take a trip to the aquarium. Unexpectedly, while there Himari collapses. They are led to revive her by having her wear a penguin hat from the gift shop which…
Night Screams – 4K Ultra HD / Blu-ray Review (Vinegar Syndrome)
After winning the big game, the football team and their cheerleading ladies are ready to party! But all is not well with star quarterback David, who wishes that the future had something more to offer him than playing with balls. Between the pressure of his overbearing father and the pressure in his head from those…
Chameleon Street Blu-ray Review [Arbelos]
Based on the true story of multi-faceted con man William Douglas Street, Jr., Chameleon Street, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1990, comes to blu-ray courtesy of the fine folks at Arbelos, purveyors of other little seen masterpieces of indie cinema such as Toshio Matsumoto’s Funeral Parade of Roses and Béla Tarr’s Sátántangó….
Call of the Night: Complete Collection Blu-ray Review [Sentai Filmworks]
There’s something about the night, strolling the streets at 2 in the morning… The feeling that you are the only person alive… That the world could have ended and no one noticed… Call of the Night mines this very territory in a new blu-ray release from the folks at Sentai Filmworks. Ko Yamori feels apart…
Beast from Haunted Cave/ Ski Troop Attack Blu-ray review
New boutique label Film Masters, who wowed us with their initial Blu-ray release of creature feature favorites, The Giant Gila Monster and The Killer Shrews which was outstanding, are back at it again with another Blu-ray double feature of another pair of entertaining B-movies in Beast from Haunted Cave and Ski Troop Attack. Deadwood, South…
Assault on Hill 400 Blu-ray Review [Shout Factory]
Charging forward on blu-ray from the nice folks at Shout Factory comes The Asylum-produced World War II war drama Assault on Hill 400, based on the true story of the U.S. 2nd Ranger Battalion who held Hill 400 from five German counterattacks through the month of December during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest in 1944….
The Girl from Rio – 4K Ultra HD / Blu-ray Review (Blue Underground)
After stealing 10 million dollars in stolen money, Jeff Sutton (Richard Wyler) finds himself on the run in Rio de Janeiro. First, he’s pursued by Sir Masius (George Sanders), a gangster who has as much style and class as he does henchman. And trust me, he has a lot of henchmen. Next, Jeff runs afoul…