Dario Argento’s film Inferno came out in 1980, and was essentially panned by critics, rejected by the American studio who helped finance it, and watched fans ignore it as it was not the “Suspiria 2” they were looking for. Over the years the film has grown in esteem (Inferno is my favorite of Argento’s fare…
Blu-ray Review – Lady Death – Sentai Filmworks
When I was a teenager I would buy every issue of Fangoria I could get my hands on. In almost every issue throughout the 90’s there were ads for Chaos! Comics and their characters like Purgatori, Chastity, Evil Ernie, and of course, Lady Death! Being a horror-fanboy-metalhead, I ended up eating Chaos’ unique brand of…
Blu-ray Review – A Certain Scientific Accelerator (Funimation)
When A Certain Scientific Accelerator hit my mailbox, I was unaware of this entry in the Index saga. So needless to say I had to squeeze in the time to watch it being a fan of the entries in the series I have seen so far. This series follows the antagonist of the prior entries…
Blu-ray Review – Africa Salaryman (Funimation)
I don’t really believe this, but at times I feel that maybe we all are living in a simulation. Coincidences being so on the nose on the regular that it feels like it’s been written to be that way. A few weeks ago the Blu-ray of Africa Salaryman ended up on my doorstep, at the…
Evil Under the Sun Blu-ray review
Evil Under the Sun is a murder mystery film from 1982 featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It is based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie. This is the third film of the series; the first two were Murder on the Orient Express starring Albert Finney as Poirot and Death…
October Mega-Marathon Part 3
This post will be covering Oct. 6th through 8th where I tackled such fun themes as euro horror, found footage, horror from Argentina and Korea and bastions of cheap nonsense like shot-on-video horror and The Asylum. Head to the next page and dig in!…
Love Me Tonight Blu-ray review
Love Me Tonight is a 1932 American musical comedy film from the pre-code era. The musical scores are by Richard Rodgers (music) Lorenz Hart(lyrics). During all the melodies and comedic moments, the film focuses on love between a tailor disguised as a baron, and a young princess. When Parisienne tailor Maurice Courtelin(Maurice Chevalier, The Merry…
Death on the Nile Blu-ray review
Based on Agatha Christie’s 1937 novel of the same name, Death on the Nile is a murder mystery feature Christie’s beloved Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. In Death on the Nile, the super sleuth is faced with the challenging task to solve a murder aboard a steamship. Wealthy heiress Linnet Ridgeway Doyle (Lois Chiles, Moonraker) has…
Mondo Balordo (Severin/ Something Weird) Blu-ray review
The Mondo subgenre is one of the more unusual sides of exploitation filmmaking. It became popular after the surprise success of 1962’s Mondo Cane. The films are usually “documentaries” of strange things around the world with the aim of being shocking. Most of these films happen to be fake with less than conviving dramatized footage….
There’s Always Tomorrow Blu-ray review
There’s Always Tomorrow is a romantic drama directed by melodrama specialist Douglas Sirk. The story is about a married man who gets a surprise visit from an old female friend and slowly finds himself falling in love with her. Unhappily married toy manufacturer Clifford Groves (Fred MacMurray, Double Indemnity) is feeling both largely ignored and…