Larry Cohen may be my favorite of the classic American exploitation directors. His films whether just written or directed by have a tendency to blend multiple genres that from the outside might not flow logically into one another, and make it feel seamless. His Q: The Winged Serpent blends elements of crime films with creature…
Giant (1956 film) UHD review
George Stevens’ Western drama known as Giant is a 1956 three-hour plus epic film, along the lines of Gone with the Wind, Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments, Lawrence of Arabia among others. The movie is based on Edna Ferber’s novel under the same name and features a wealth of great legendary, iconic actors including Elizabeth…
UHD Review – Flesh Eater – Vinegar Syndrome
FLESH EATER is a movie that shouldn’t be nearly as enjoyable as the final product ended up being. You cannot blame Bill Hinzman for cashing in his claim to fame as the cemetery zombie in George A. Romero’s seminal classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Hinzman doesn’t just coast on those zombie laurels either, in…
UHD Review – Uncle Sam – Blue Underground
The first time I saw Uncle Sam was during the 90’s slasher revival. It has not been that long, so I’m sure a good many of you remember this. A little flick from Wes Craven called Scream hit theaters in 1996, and was so wildly popular that slasher films became trendy for the first time…
Severin Films – Sweatin’ to the Mid Year Sale – Blu-ray/UHD Reviews
It is June, we are halfway through the year. Admittedly we have hit the boring stretch of it all, and the holidays are month’s away. What’s a nerd to do? Well, fortunately we have awesome movies to keep us companies, and this month we have the Severin’s Sweatin’ to the Mid Year Sale loading fans…
UHD Review – Scream (5, 2022) – Paramount
I did not expect to like Scream 5 (Scream). I was not a fan of Scream 3 and 4 though I did enjoy Scream 4 more on 2nd viewing. I was a huge fan of Scream’s 1 and 2 as a teenager when they came out as I was in high school, and I felt…
UHD Review – Sword and the Sorcerer – Shout! Factory
Sword and the Sorcerer is maybe one of the last films I have been searching out on Blu-ray since Blu-ray began. This is film that has been trapped needlessly in DVD hell for so long, that it has basically skipped Blu-ray and gone straight to 4K UHD (there is a Blu-ray included too). I know…
UHD Review – Madman – Vinegar Syndrome
Original Review By Brad Hogue2022 4K Update Notes by Scott MacDonald At the conclusion of camping season for gifted children at North Sea Cottages, everyone is gathered around the campfire singing songs and telling stories. Head counselor Max tells the story of a beast of a man farmer that went crazy and killed his family….
UHD Review – American Werewolf in London – Arrow Video
ohn Landis’ 1980 film An American Werewolf in London has the personal distinction of being my 2nd favorite horror film of all-time (The #1 being Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond). I first saw this on tape over 25 years ago for the first time, and have owned copies in every format (in multiple editions) ever since….
UHD Review – X-Ray Schizoid – Vinegar Syndrome
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…