Legendary German actor Klaus Kinski is a household name when it comes to cult, Euro-sleaze, foreign crime and horror films. Early in his career he had roles in many Edgar Wallace krimi films made in Germany. Later, he became a top-star in many Spaghetti Westerns, American horrors and other assorted German thrillers and cult movies…
Terror Firma [MVD Visual] Blu-ray Review
It all starts when Lola (Faye Tamasa) shows up to crash at her brother Louis’ (Burt Thakur) place. She is immediately creeped out by his weird roommate Cage (Robert Brettenaugh) but barely has time to begin adjusting before an unexplained city-wide mandatory lockdown is put in place. Between unresolved past sibling issues and the increasingly…
The Escort [Indiepix] DVD Review
Miro (Zivko Anocic) is a upwardly mobile, successful businessman with a loving family and a lot to lose. He makes a grave error while away on a trip when a prostitute shows up to his room unannounced and he taking advantage of her services. He later finds her dead in his room, and his situation…
Sherlock Holmes [Severin] Blu-ray Review
Review by James Layton Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes ran on BBC during 1968. Originally, there were sixteen episodes but it was a common practice to record over the video tapes if a show did not perform well,. Sherlock Holmes was considered to have little future potential and most of the episodes were wiped…
Before Dawn [Well Go USA] Blu-ray Review
Based on anecdotes pulled from the real diaries of ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) who fought on the western front during World War I, primarily in the days and months after the Gallipoli campaign, this film follows a young man named Jim (Levi Miller) who leaves his family’s sheep farm in the Outback…
The Bat Whispers Blu-ray review
Roland West’s 1930 classic crime thriller, The Bat Whispers is a mystery movie during the pre-code era that is about a master criminal named ‘The Bat’ who wears a black costume that resembles a bat. The Bat had a rich history in cinema as the movie was remade several times. There aren’t that many movies…
Tchao Pantin [Radiance] Blu-ray Review
Lambert (Coluche) is a melancholy, alcoholic gas station attendant that works the night shift with no drive in life. One evening a young man named Bensoussan stumbles into Lambert’s life while fleeing the cops, igniting a spark of friendship that Lambert hasn’t felt in a very long time. We come to find out that Bensoussan…
Cocaine Werewolf [Cleopatra/MVD] Blu-ray Review
The film opens with a cam girl openly professing her love of money. Horny + greedy = Not a great situation to be in for a movie called Cocaine Werewolf. Before you know it, her cameraman is killed off as her screams pierce the night. Then we jump to a drug deal gone awry… Ah…
High Crime [Blue Underground] 4K Blu-ray Review
Franco Nero stars as Inspector Belli, a no-nonsense cop on a crusade to take down a crime syndicate peddling in drugs and corruption. Stifled at every turn by higher-ups that are either in the pocket of the mob or too scared to make waves, Belli is like a bull, charging headlong into danger. Things get…
Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara [Cohen Media Group] Blu-ray Review
The year is 1864 and Edgardo Mortara is a six-year-old boy who is suddenly taken away from his Jewish family because the Papal authorities declare that they believe he was baptized in secret and thus is actually a Christian and unfit to be raised by Jewish parents. In the process of attempting to win back…