Being a Doctor Who fan who only caught glimpses of the series on PBS as a kid, I feel there is a lot I missed out on. If you were to ask me the name of one complete serial I saw from my childhood, I couldn’t tell you a single one. However, I do recognize…
Doctor Who : Time and the Rani (BBC) DVD Review
I personally believe it’s easier to write about things you are disappointed with than things that you are pleased with. Doctor Who is my favorite show, probably favorite media, of all time, so I am usually very forgiving in my reviews of the show in any of it’s forms. I have seriously loved episodes like…
Blu-ray Review – Rising of Shield Hero (S1 Parts 1 and 2, Funimation)
Rising of the Shield Hero is a 2019 anime series by Studio Kinema, who made one of my recent favorite anime series, Made in Abyss. Knowing this going in I was already excited. I know there are plenty of anime series that involve normal people entering fantasy universes so that tempered my expectations slightly, but…
Severin Films Mid-Year Sale Reviews (Blu-ray/DVD)
Severin Films have long been a EuroCult fanatics dream label. Their dedication to the cinema of Jess Franco alone should certainly endear fans of EuroCult cinema to the label. This time around the label have unleashed 8 titles for fans to pick up 6 new releases and 2 re-releases. One of which is Blood on…
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman: The Complete Series (Shout!) DVD Review
Shout! Factory sure have the market covered on unearthing notable pieces of obscure pop culture, and lavishing them with quality editions on DVD and Blu-ray. They have put out excellent editions of everything from Mystery Science Theater 3000 to The Howling, and if that wasn’t enough have the Nick at Nite crowd covered with wonderful…
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Vol. XIX (Shout! Factory) DVD Review
I have been a fan of MST3K from the moment I first saw it on Comedy Central in the mid-90’s. My friends and I were used to watching bad movies on shows like USA Up All Night, but never before had we seen a show that built itself around cheesy/bad movies. On top of that…
MST3K: Manos The Hands of Fate (Shout! Factory) DVD Review
Somewhere in rural Texas a vacationing family take a wrong turn and end up staying the night at a menacing lodge under the careful watch of the creepy Torgo (John Reynolds), who serves at the best of the Master (Tom Neyman), the leader of a cult that worships a vengeful spirit known only as Manos….
MST3K Vs Gamera (Shout! Factory) DVD Review
About 2 years ago when I started the site I did an interview with Kevin Murphy for one of the first MST3K releases reviewed for ECAV. I wouldn’t suggest looking for it, it never got posted, as the audio was too terrible to post in .mp3 format, and I could barely hear it myself…
Anticipation & Flesh Pond (Vinegar Syndrome) DVD Review
“Flesh Pond” (0.5/5) Two men escape from jail and push their way into an isolated swingers club. They’re just in time before the participants start ravaging each other and instead of allowing the swingers to choose their partners, the escapees order the swinging patrons around, forcing their sexual hobbies on each other at gunpoint. While…
Arena (Sony) DVD Review
Denver firefighter David Lord (Kellan Lutz) has the ideal life: a good job, his beautiful wife Lori (Nina Dobrev), and best of all he’s about to become a father. But one sunny afternoon a devastating car accident takes all that away. Racked with grief David flees to Acapulco to drown his sorrows in booze. Enticed…