The Ghost Ship and Bedlam are two films produced by Val Lewton and directed by Mark Robson. Lewton at the time was producing many great semi-horror themed films without showing much in the way of horror as we see it today. The films have been paired together in a Warner Archive Val Lewton double-feature Blu-ray….
Prince of the City Blu-ray review
Back in 1998, I watched a cool monster horror thriller called Deep Rising. This is the movie where I first became aware of Treat Williams. I hadn’t seen many other films with Treat Williams outside of Deep Rising and The Phantom. Sidney Lumet’s Prince of the City is the earliest film I’ve seen the actor…
Silip Daughter of Eve Blu-ray review
Silip Daughters of Eve is a Filipino erotic story from 1985 which takes aim at two sisters who take different paths with their sexuality Maria Isabel Lopez, a former Miss Philippines stars as Tonya who has chosen religion and celibacy to fight off her sexuality. She teaches catechism to the local children at a village….
Santa Fe Trail Blu-ray review
Santa Fe Trail is a Western film directed by legendary director Michael Curtiz (Doctor X, Casablanca) that features a fantastic cast that includes Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale, Van Heflin, and former United States President Ronald Reagan. The film takes place in 1854, just before the Civil War. The story mainly…
Blu-ray Review – What Really Happened to Baby Jane? – AGFA/Vinegar Syndrome
The Gay Girls Riding Club was a group of likeminded individuals that produced several films that were a huge hit in the underground gay and drag clubs of the 1960s. Their founder and director of said films, Ray Harrison AKA Connie B. De Mille, perfectly captures a snapshot of the vivacious and gloriously irreverent LA-based…
Vinland Saga (Season 1) Complete Collection Blu-ray Review
On August 31, 2021, Sentai Filmworks unveiled on blu-ray the first season of the critically acclaimed viking epic Vinland Saga. Grab an axe and a pint of ale and join me on a bloody crusade of vengeance! The Plot: A young boy named Thorfinn lives his days in peace in a small village outside the…
Blu-ray Review – A Day of Judgement – Severin Films
Sometime in the 1920s, the inhabitants of a small town are struggling financially and morally in their (comically miserable) daily lives. The local bringer of bummer, Reverend Cage (Charles Reynolds and not Nicholas Cage), is tired of watching his congregation dwindle and is set to retire. Luckily for him, the Angel of Death has rolled…
Straight Time Blu-ray review
Based on Edward Bunker’s 1972 novel No Beast So Fierce, Ulu Gosbard’s Straight Time is the tale of a man who gets paroled but is unable to go straight. The man also gets involved with a woman who doesn’t mind his criminal ways, if she doesn’t get involved in them. Max Dembo (screen legend Dustin…
Blu-ray Review – Resurrection – Vinegar Syndrome
Detective John Prudhomme (Christopher Lambert), who is both Chicagoan and Cajun, is still mourning the death of his son who died in a terrible accident when he gets put on the case of some vicious serial murders. The killer is a religious fanatic cutting the limbs from his victims one at a time in order…
Blu-ray Review – Tough Guys Don’t Dance – Vinegar Syndrome
Failed writer/successful alcoholic Tim Madden (Ryan O’Neal) wakes up with a wicked hangover and discovers his father (Lawrence Tierney) sitting in his kitchen. Tim tells his dad all about the total insanity of the last couple of weeks, including but not limited to a multi-million-dollar cocaine deal, murder, infidelity, a severed head, and a big…