Peter S. Traynor’s Death Game is a film I have been hearing about for years (yes, before Eli Roth remade it as Knock, Knock in 2015). The film is a sleazy exploitation fueled romp that stars Seymour Cassel as George, a wealthy businessman who finds himself alone on his 40th birthday after his wife gets…
Blu-ray Review – Mother of the Goddess Dormitory – Sentai Filmworks
Mother of the Goddess Dormitory is RIDICULOUS! I mean this in the best way possible, of course. So the series follows Koushi, who is down on his luck middle schooler who is having a hell of a year. Koushi’s house burns down, his parents disown him, and for all practical purposes he is homeless (IS…
Creature from Black Lake Blu-ray review
For those who love watching films with Bigfoot, look no further than the 1976 thriller, Creature from Black Lake. This creature classic has a pair of legendary actors in Jack Elam and Dub Taylor, cinematography by Dean Cundey, a somewhat scary looking creature and lots of swamp cheese. This movie may give viewers a sense…
The Cornshukker Blu-ray Review
Pale white, rail thin, squatting. Eating corn raw, straight from the cob in a cornfield. This is how we meet our protagonist(?). This strange individual with seemingly psychic powers of some kind meets a parade of eccentric and memorable characters. A fat man mimics his motions and has an usual fixation with a clown painting…
UHD Review – Dog Soldiers – Scream Factory
Dog Soldiers is one of the finest werewolf films of the 21st Century, and to be honest could easily squeeze into the pantheon of all time genre best as far as werewolf films are concerned. The werewolf as a cinematic monster is so drastically under utilized unlike it’s cinematic counterparts zombies and vampires, that when…
UHD Review – Cat People – Scream Factory
It will seem that in the last decade we have been in the midst of a remake/reboot trend that simply will not stop. The remakes of our current period are less from visionary directors with a new angle of an established classic, and more about using the title of an established classic as a profit…
The Frisco Kid Blu-ray review
Not to be confused with Frisco Kid the 1935 crime drama film starring James Cagney, The Frisco Kid is a 1979 American Western comedy film directed by Robert Aldrich, stars a pair of screen icons in Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford. Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) is Polish rabbit Avram Belinski, who…
Adventures of Don Juan Blu-ray review
If you liked Errol Flynn in The Adventures of Robin Hood, then withoutquestion, you should see Adventures of Don Juan. This is another swashbuckling adventure fantasy film that he stars in. This picture is from 1948 and is another Technicolor classic starring the iconic actor Errol Flynn. This film is directed by Vincent Sherman and…
Little Man, What Now? Blu-ray review
Based on the Hans Fallada novel under the same title, Little Man, What Now? is a pre-code film from 1934 about a couple that is financially struggling, with a baby on the way! Directed by Frank Borzage (Bad Girl, A Farewell to Arms, Desire) the film has a mixture of themes including love, hardship, and…
Next Time We Love Blu-ray review
Next Time, We Love is a romantic drama from 1936 that stars three screen legends in Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, and Ray Milland. This was the first of six films Sullavan and Stewart were paired together in. The film was directed by Edward H. Griffith. This is a story about a couple whose careers start…