Bill Lustig will probably go down in the annals of cinema as the director to use the word Maniac in his titles more than any other. His first film is the sleazy, over the top slasher classic Maniac (also my favorite slasher film ever). He followed that film up with the similarly excellent Vigilante (starring…
Blu-ray Review – Deadlock – Subkultur
Review—Deadlock (Subkultur)Author: Palo SionopliaIn case you’re the sort of ne’er-do-well who only gives reviews the briefest of glances, I’m going to frontload the following: you need to purchase this release. I’m now going to spend the rest of this space telling you why.To most of us on the American side of the pond, director Roland…
UHD Review – Two Evil Eyes – Blue Underground
In the late 1980’s Dario Argento and George Romero tried to work together to create an anthology horror film based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Initially they were going to get 4 directors together, but ended up just making 2 short films at the length of one hour each between Romero and Argento….
UHD Review – Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Bird with the Crystal Plumage is the debut film by director Dario Argento. It is not the first film in the giallo genre, having been preceded by nearly a decade by Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace and The Girl Who Knew Too Much. That being said the film pretty much put the giallo into…
Severin Films – Mid Year Sale – Blu-ray/UHD Reviews
Twice a year for the last few years, Severin has put together an epic sale for fans of the label to pick up backlog items they have missed at solid prices, while at the same launching an epic swath of amazing cult cinema at a waiting fanbase. This year’s mid-year sale is no different in…
UHD Review – Santa Sangre – Severin Films
Santa Sangre is one of those truly perfect cinematic visions created by an auteur with such a visionary intensity that the whole film appears to be an absolute realization of director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s dreamlike vision. Jodorowsky similar to the Italian master Sergio Leone only directed a handful of features throughout his career, but when he…
UHD Review – Perdita Durango/Day of the Beast
Every since I saw Accione Mutante as a teenager I was a fan of Alex De La Iglesia. The problem has always been that his film’s have always been hard to come by. I saw Day of the Beast when I managed to oddly find a copy at a Blockbuster I worked at (which also…
UHD Review – SexWorld – Vinegar Syndrome
Although 1978’s Sex World is a porno variation on the premise of Westworld, it’s not exactly a parody. The movie makes explicit what the earlier, PG-rated movie heavily implied – that, if a futuristic fantasy vacation like the one in the film existed, its main appeal would be for tourists to live out their wildest…
TENET UHD 4K REVIEW
Tenet is a science-fiction action movie in which director Christopher Nolan has gone out of his way to confuse you. You thought Memento was confusing at first? Try Tenet. Tenet is an organization who has recruited a CIA operative, known as The Protagonist (John David Washington, Devil in a Blue Dress) to assist them in…
UHD Review – They Live – Scream Factory
I admit I got my hands on They Live prior to this years election (2012), but held off on watching what is one of my all-time favorite politically infused genre films, simply because I was fed up with politics at the moment. I have said in the past, and I continue to maintain that one…