The Devil in Maddalena is a love story of about a woman who wants to give love to a priest who is battling to stay celibate. Maddalena (Lisa Gastoni, Come Play with Me) is a woman who is desperate to find real love in a steady, secure relationship. Her husband (Ivo Garrani, Hercules, Waterloo) is…
Five for Friday – Severin Films Black Friday Blu-ray Reviews
It’s Black Friday which means it is sale time everywhere, but in cult cinema releasing world it means that labels are throwing out some specialized packages to entice fans. This Black Friday Severin Films are unleashing Severin Blu-ray releases of wild exploitation, foreign, and shock cinema sure to please fans, and we got our hands…
Blu-ray Review – Elvira’s Haunted Hills – Scream Factory
Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) is on her way to France for her big Parisian debut but she and her servant Zou Zou (Mary Jo Smith) are broke and stuck in Transylvania. They’re rescued from wandering the (presumably) haunted hills by Dr. Bradley Bradley (Scott Atkinson), physician for the Hellsubus family. He takes them to the Hellsubus…
Eye of the Devil Blu-ray review
Eye of the Devil is a 1966 black and white supernatural horror film about the occult! This picture was directed by J. Lee Thompson (Cape Fear) and stars Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Donald Pleasence, Sharon Tate, and David Hemmings. Deborah Kerr, who faced ghosts in The Innocents, now faces Satan worshippers! The movie is based…
Blu-ray Review – Weird Wisconsin – The Bill Rebane Collection
I legitimately enjoy Bill Rebane movies, I saw Monster a Go Go originally when the Somethng Weird DVD release, and yeah, it’s bad, but I found it enjoyable. I was introduced to Rebane’s work sometime as a teenager in the 90’s when a TV screening in the middle of the night showed up the Giant…
The Gestapo’s Last Orgy Blu-ray review
The Gestaopo’s Last Orgy is an Italian Nazi exploitation film directed and co-written by Cesare Canevari and starring Daniela Poggi. It’s one of the sleaziest films in cinema and not for the faint of heart or those with weak stomachs. Lise Cohen (Daniela Levy aka Daniela Poggi, Speed Cross, Last Harem), a Jewish WWII survivor…
UHD Review – The Final Countdown – Blue Underground
Where does one begin with a film like this. As fresh as fresh eyes get, this was my first time seeing this and while the presentation likely can’t get any better, the film itself left me somewhat wanting. Top name actors giving top notch performances that we’ve all come to expect, in fact I’d say…
Blu-ray Review – The Laughing Dead – Vinegar Syndrome
A bunch of knuckleheads led by Father O’Sullivan (Tim Sullivan) are heading down to Mexico for an archeological fieldtrip. Along the way, the bus stops off to pick up single mom Tessie and her son Ivan (the terrible) who are also along for the ride. This makes things just a bit awkward as she and…
Come September Blu-ray review
Come September is romantic comedy film from 1961 that is directed by Robert Mulligan and starring legendary actor Rock Hudson, along with legendary musician Bobby Darin, Gina Lollobrigida, and Sandra Dee. In this movie Rock Hudson (The Mirror Crack’d, Written on the Wind) stars as wealthy playboy Robert Taylor who visits his mistress Lisa…
Fury (1936) Blu-ray review
Fury is a 1936 drama directed by Fritz Lang (The Big Heat) and stars screen legends Silvia Sidney and the great Spencer Tracy in one his greatest roles. Both actors had film careers that lasted for over 40 years! Fury is the tale of vengeance and morality of an innocent man who is nearly killed….