Review by Bobby Morgan 2022 4K Notes by Scott MacDonald X-RAY Among the many psycho-on-the-loose horror flicks pumped out of Hollywood and independent studios during the early 1980’s – and there were a literal ton of them – Boaz Davidson’s X-Ray, released by youngish Cannon Films in 1982, was neither the best of the widely-loathed…
Blu-ray Review – Paranoiac – Scream Factory
The Ashby kids never fully recovered from the twin tragedies of losing their parents and the suicide of their brother Tony. Simon Ashby (Oliver Reed) has grown into a total dickbagel who’s intent on burning through his inheritance before he even gets old enough to receive it. His sister Eleanor (Jeanette Scott) is a sickly…
Blu-ray Review – The Monster of Camp Sunshine – AGFA/Vinegar Syndrome
BFFs Claire and Marta are a pair of fun, independent ladies. Marta works in a laboratory that exclusively experiments on animals and Claire is one of them there fashion models. When the weekend comes, these two gals ditch the big city and head out to Camp Sunshine. That’s right, these ladies are a pair of…
Blu-ray Review – Master of the World – Vinegar Syndrome
Two hundred thousand years ago, a somewhat more smarter than the average caveperson named Bok runs afoul of not one, but two warring tribes. One group are a bunch of murderous dickweeds, and the other are a bunch of murderous dickweeds who also eat the brains of their foes. There’s some romance between Bok and…
Knocking [Yellow Veil Pictures Blu-ray] Review
Knocking arrives on blu-ray courtesy of Yellow Veil Pictures, one of Vinegar Syndrome’s many partner labels. Molly (Cecilia Milocco) has just moved into a new apartment after an implied tragedy in her recent past which landed her in a psychiatric hospital for a stint. Not long after settling in, she begins to hear rhythmic knocking…
Blu-ray Review – Don’t Go in the House – Severin Films
Dan Grimaldi plays blue collar worker Donny “I’m not Donny Osmond” Kohler who becomes somewhat troubled after his abusive mother finally kicks the bucket. At first, he’s overjoyed to be free of her tyranny, but he’s so deranged that he starts doing what every boy does without his mommy around: he takes a flamethrower and…
Cain and Abel [Kani Releasing Blu-ray] Review
Kani Releasing, one of the latest of Vinegar Syndrome’s partner labels, brings an unjustly neglected classic of Pinoy cinema to American shores courtesy of this spiffy new blu-ray in the wave of February 2022 partner label releases. Join me as we look at this bravura action melodrama from acclaimed director Lino Brocka. Lorens (Phillip Salvador)…
Expresso Bongo (Cohen Media Group Blu-ray) review
Down on his luck manager and hustler, Johnny Jackson (Laurence Harvey) is always looking for the next hit. It seems like everyone in Soho knows him. But they can’t wait for him to pay up or leave. His would-be singer and stripper girlfriend Maisie (Sylvia Syms) waits patiently for him to make her a star,…
Blu-ray Review – Curfew – Vinegar Syndrome
Two convict brothers, Bob and Ray Perkins, have escaped from prison and are on a bit of a madcap adventure. While staging a local talent show to earn enough money to save an orphanage full of sick kids, the two discover the true meaning of brotherhood. I’m just kidding! They’re going after the men who…
Blu-ray Review – Delirium (1979) – Severin Films
A group of powerful politicians and businessmen have teamed up with a group of Vietnam vets to clean up the streets of St. Louis. They’ve got a good thing going until one of their (more than) slightly unhinged soldiers loses his shit and goes on a killing spree. As the cops and an overly inquisitive…