In this sequel to the original 2017 film What the Waters Left Behind, this time directed solo by Nicolás Onetti sans his brother Luciano (who still hangs around to handle the music), we return to the ghost town of Epecuén, a town that had been submerged for 25 years under water. Once the waters receded,…
Arnold – Blu-ray Review (Vinegar Syndrome)
Karen (Stella Stevens) is beside herself with joy. It’s her wedding day and she’s finally going from being the mistress of Lord Arnold Dwellyn to being his wife. There’s just one tiny problem: Arnold is frickin’ dead. Zany! How the cost-cutting trend of pairing both your funeral and wedding on the same day never caught…
Black Circle Blu-ray Review [Synapse Films]
Celeste is struggling to get her life in order. Between losing her job and breaking up with her boyfriend, she feels aimless and unloved, so she seeks advice from her sister who seems to have it all together. Her sister tells her about a self-help system called Magnetic Hypnotism that has helped her and gives…
Repligator Blu-ray Review [Visual Vengeance]
Dr. Oliver is a scientist with a dream. Working for the military, he has built a revolutionary transporter device that should enable our troops to teleport behind enemy lines and infiltrate like never before. The problem is that when he tests out the transporter device on a soldier, it turns him into a woman. Well,…
Tenebrae – 4K UHD and Blu-ray Review (Synapse Films)
When Dario Argento finished Inferno in 1980, everyone expected him to complete the Three Mothers trilogy with another supernatural horror film. Instead, he said, “I’m going to make the greatest giallo ever made… um… again!” The first time I saw Tenebrae, I couldn’t believe my eyes. Even though some pesky Google searches had spoiled a…
The Sound of Summer Blu-ray Review [Unearthed Films]
The world is like a blast furnace, sweat dripping from every pore. It’s hot enough to drive a person mad, right? Swimming through the humidity of seemingly never-ending day, the piercing cries of the cicadas are all that you can perceive while just. trying. to. get. home. Do you know The Cicada Man? They say…
Reincarnated as a Sword Season 1: Complete Collection Blu-ray Review [Sentai Filmworks]
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…