Finally, we have Shock on Blu-ray, so now I can start asking about Shock and the filmography of Bava on 4K UHD! Shock is the final film directed by the legendary Italian maestro of the macabre Mario Bava. It was made in 1977, and has a tonally different feel than his prior horror films, though…
Blu-ray Review – Dororo – Complete Collection – Sentai Filmworks
This review took a lot longer than anticipated. Dororo is the third-ever adaptation of the manga by Osamu Tezuka. In this series a baby is born without limbs of senses, and is sent downriver to die. He is found, and fixed up and manages to survive. It turns out that his ailment was caused by…
Blu-ray Review – Krampus (The Naughty Cut) – Scream Factory
Christmas has lost its luster for young Max (Emjay Anthony) and his family. His adolescent years are right around the corner and he’s getting just a wee bit too old to keep believing in Santa Claus. The rampant commercialization of the holiday and the pressure to get along with their extended family at all costs…
Ivanhoe Blu-ray review
Ivanhoe is a 1952 British-American historical adventure epic film directed by Richard Thorpe and features one of the greatest casts ever assembled for a film. Legendary actor Robert Taylor (Waterloo Bridge, High Wall) stars as knight Saxon Wilfred of Ivanhoe who is searching for the recently disappeared Richard the Lionheart, Norman King of England (Norman…
Blu-ray Review – Shawscope Volume One – Arrow Video
Classic kung fu films have always struggled to find legitimate release in the U.S., for a short spell in the early 2000’s in the direct period after Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill was released Miramax/The Weinstein Company made a deal with Celestial Pictures/Shaw Brothers to release some of their titles under the Dragon Dynasty banner. At…
Blu-ray Review – Malignant – Warner Brothers
After being assaulted in her home by a mysterious assailant, Madison Mitchell (Annabelle Wallis) wakes up in the hospital to find that her abusive husband has been murdered and she’s suffered a miscarriage (her fourth). Due to the brutality of the crime and the lack of evidence to suggest that anyone else could’ve killed her…
Zeiram Blu-ray review
I first came across Zeiram in the early nineties where it played on television. I was reading a TV Guide and saw a listing for it where if I recall it played on the sci-fi channel. While I cannot recall the entire listing, the description something along the lines of “a bounty hunter has to…
Breakheart Pass Blu-ray review
Based on the novel by Alistair MacLean, Breakheart Pass is a 1975 Western mystery film about a man thought to be an outlaw, comes aboard a train, and finds himself in a situation where murders are taking place during the long ride. Screen icon Charles Bronson is John Deakin, a man looking to solve a…
Blu-ray Review – Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon III – Sentai Filmworks
Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon series 1 was a lot of fun, I love RPG’s both tabletop, and video game, so it hit my sweet spots all around. Season 2 felt rushed in both narrative and animated quality. I didn’t write the series off, but I felt like it might…
Blu-ray Review – Rent a Girlfriend (Sentai Filmworks)
I really dig slice of life animes, they give me something to watch when I just want to chill and not really think about what I’m watching all too much. If the characters and situation are at the very least amusing, that will add to my enjoyment of the whole thing. Rent A Girlfriend falls…