When Dario Argento finished Inferno in 1980, everyone expected him to complete the Three Mothers trilogy with another supernatural horror film. Instead, he said, “I’m going to make the greatest giallo ever made… um… again!” The first time I saw Tenebrae, I couldn’t believe my eyes. Even though some pesky Google searches had spoiled a…
Ghoulies – 4K UHD and Blu-ray Review (MVD Rewind Collection)
At one of them there fancy mansions, somewhere in Hollywood, a warlock named Malcolm Graves (Michael Des Barres) is about to sacrifice his only child for some totally like powerful powers and stuff. Malcolm’s wife, to whom he definitely promised that he wouldn’t sacrifice their baby, interrupts the ceremony and takes her son’s place at…
The Girl from Rio – 4K Ultra HD / Blu-ray Review (Blue Underground)
After stealing 10 million dollars in stolen money, Jeff Sutton (Richard Wyler) finds himself on the run in Rio de Janeiro. First, he’s pursued by Sir Masius (George Sanders), a gangster who has as much style and class as he does henchman. And trust me, he has a lot of henchmen. Next, Jeff runs afoul…
The Boogey Man – 4K UHD/Blu-ray Review (Vinegar Syndrome)
After a traumatic childhood incident that ended with the murder of their mom’s abusive boyfriend, Lacey and Willy, played by real life siblings, Suzanna and Nicholas Love, have tried to live out quiet but happy lives together on a farm. Lacey is married, has a young son, and has sweet, supportive in-laws. Willy has been…
Swamp Thing – 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Review (MVD Visual)
Government stooge Alice Cable (Adrienne Barbeau) is sent out to the swamps of North Carolina to look in on the research of Dr. Alec Holland (Ray Wise) to see how his crazy formula is going. Holland is supposed to be making something that glows green like the reanimation agent that Dr. Herbert West developed a…
Drowning by Numbers UHD Blu-ray Review [Severin]
Three, six, nine, twelve, fifteen, eighteen, twenty-one… It’s all a game until it’s not. Coming this month from Severin is the baffling, gorgeous and deeply fascinating Peter Greenaway film Drowning by Numbers in a glorious new UHD transfer. Where does this film rank in the pantheon of weirdo auteurist Greenaway’s ouevre? Three generations of women,…
The Three Colors Trilogy UHD review
To be honest, I am not all that familiar with the works of director Krzysztof Kieślowski until recently and had the pleasure of watching his masterpieces Three Colors Blue, Three Colors White and Three Colors Red which are all part of his Three Colours Trilogy. These are all French classics, although these are all co-productions…