Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo is a made for television movie from 1977 that stars Claude Akins, Charles Frank, and Deborah Winters. This movie came out the same year as another made for television horror, Ants! and is just as much fun, making for a double-feature that will make your skin crawl and have you looking…
Ants!(It Happened at Lakewood Manor) Blu-ray review
Ants! AKA It Happened at Lakewood Manor is a 1977 made for television horror movie. This is another one of those man versus nature films that dominated the seventies along the lines of Frogs, Grizzly, Empire of the Ants, Dogs, Day of the Animals and Long Weekend, among others. This movie takes place at an…
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) Blu-ray review
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from 1941 directed by Victor Fleming is a remake of the more famous version from 1931 that starred Frederic March. There have been many Jekyll and Hyde movies over the years including the classic 1920 silent version starring John Barrymore, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll which is a Hammer…
The Brain from Planet Arous Blu-ray review
The Brain from Planet Arous is a science fiction low budgeter from 1957 and is part of a massive amount of cheesy B movies from that era. It was arguably the biggest year for low-budget science fiction and horror films that includes The Giant Claw, I was a Teenage Werewolf, I was a Teenage Frankenstein,…
Ziegfeld Girl Blu-ray review
Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 musical that has one of the finest casts assembled with screen icons Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Hedy Lamarr and James Stewart. The three leads all want to be Ziegfeld girls! Legendary musical choreographer Busby Berkeley was the man in charge of the musical numbers for this picture. The film was…
Blu-ray Review – Tsukipro – The Animation
So again this is a series I feel like it needs a primer. Tsukipro – The Animation is part of a multimedia franchise that goes back to 2012. This is a franchise that started with Tsukiuta, and involves a series of Japanese pop groups in various forms including dramas, super groups, etc. This is not…
Blu-ray Review – Iroduku – The World in Colors – Sentai Filmworks
Iroduku – The World in Colors, I will be up front this series destroyed me by the end (no spoilers). The series has a simple premise. The year is 2078, and Hitomi lives in a magical world, but she can only experience it in monochrome. This dreary existence is bringing her down everyday. Hitomi’s grandmother…
Blu-ray Review – Getter Robo Arc – Sentai Filmworks
I guess for “Getter Robo Arc” a short primer is in order (though if you do end up picking up this Blu-ray you will get one as an extra feature.). So once upon a time, mecha anime wasn’t such a huge deal in the world of anime, and on top of that combining robots weren’t…
Blu-ray Review – Sylvia Kristel – 1970’s Collection – Cult Epics
Review—Sylvia Kristel: 1970s Collection (Cult Epics) Author: Palo Sionoplia Films: Playing with Fire, Pastorale 1943, Mysteries, Julia Cult Epics knows its audience, as evidenced by the boutique label’s more thirty years of success in the home video marketplace. Founded in Amsterdam, the label has always remained loyal to its Dutch origins, and the Kristel 1970s…
Blu-ray Review – Hotel Fear – Mondo Macabro
In 1974 director Francesco Barilli grabbed actress Mimsy Farmer, and created the delirious giallo masterpiece the “Perfume of the Lady in Black”, 3 years later he would return the giallo genre with an oft-neglected film that would combine elements of gothic horror and sleaze into the giallo formula to create something truly bizarre, delirious, and…