Double Door is a pre-code film from 1934 that is about a sick family member who will stop at nothing to ruin her brother’s marriage. This film features one of the most despicable characters in cinema! There are also some minor horror elements, think Secret of the Blue Room type of horror. A wealthy, controlling,…
Song of the Thin Man Blu-ray review
Song of the Thin Man is the sixth and final film in the Thin Man series. William Powell is back as Nick Charles and Myrna Loy returns for one more go-around as Nora. The film also has several up-and-coming actors including Dean Stockwell, who plays Nick Charles, Jr., and Keenan Wynn in one of his…
Rich and Strange Blu-ray review
Also known as East of Shanghai, Rich and Strange is a 1931 classic romantic drama directed by the iconic Alfred Hitchcock. This is a tale of how being wealth doesn’t equate to being happy. The film is about Fred Hill (Henry Kendall, Shadow of the Cat) and his wife Emily (Joan Barry, Rome Express) who…
UHD/Blu-ray Review – Middle Earth – 31 Disc Collection – Warner Brothers
Review—Middle-Earth: 31-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition (Warner Bros.) Author: Palo Sionoplia Warner Bros.’ titling of the latest iteration of Peter Jackson’s Middle-Earth films is particularly telling: “31-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition.” The declaration signifies enormity, and, from a consumer’s point of view, finality. This is it. The last stop. Buy this set and you will never need…
UHD Review – Toolbox Murders – Blue Underground
…And now for a moment of praise. The Toolbox Murders is sleazy, deprived, not the most visually stunning film, and Blue Underground has restored this film on a Criterion level on 4K UHD which takes it to a new level. If you need more of a review to push you over the edge than this……
Blu-ray Review – Hiruko the Goblin – Mondo Macabro
When I was younger Tetsuo : The Iron Man, the debut film by Shinya Tsukamoto was one of those films you HAD to see if you digging into obscure cult cinema. Once I saw it, I wanted more, and I kept digging into Tsukamoto’s cinema with films like Tokyo Fist, Bullet Ballet, and of course…
Blu-ray Review – The Laughing Woman – Mondo Macabro
The Laughing Woman aka The Frightened Woman is a 1969 film from director Piero Schivazappa. It combines elements of the pop-art style that was popular at the time with the revenge thriller, comedy, and bondage elements to create a unique cinematic cocktail. The film opens with a prostitute being left on the side of the…
Blu-ray Review: Dancing with Crime & The Green Cockatoo
Cohen Media packages together two early British film noirs. As counterpoints to their American films, these films offer unique British favored crime stories. Of the two, Dancing with Crime (1947) is the more interesting post-war thriller. There is plenty of sleaze and repressed anger under the surface. The Green Cockatoo is in rough condition considering…
Koko-Di Koko-Da Blu-ray Review
Dark Star Pictures and OCN Distribution bring us the spiffy Swedish fantasy horror of Koko-di koko-da directed by Johannes Nyholm in a packed new blu-ray as a new entry in one of Vinegar Syndrome’s ever-growing partner label releases. Tobias and Elin (Leif Edlund and Ylva Gallon) are happily married and celebrating their daughter Maja’s birthday,…
Blu-ray Review – Vampire Lovers – Scream Factory
Hammer Studios has already existed for decades when they experienced a sudden jolt of success with their one-two punch of the Curse of Frankenstein and the Horror of Dracula. These 2 films aside from being grounded by two men who would become a legendary pairing in the realm of fantastic film, had amazingly lurid color…