The Scarlet Letter is a 1934 drama on a topic that was highly sensitive at the time, adultery. The story involves a married woman who has an affair, and a child out of wedlock and is publicly condemned and humiliated shortly thereafter. During this time in our history, adultery was extremely taboo and highly deviant…
What the Waters Left Behind: Scars Blu-ray Review [Cleopatra]
In this sequel to the original 2017 film What the Waters Left Behind, this time directed solo by Nicolás Onetti sans his brother Luciano (who still hangs around to handle the music), we return to the ghost town of Epecuén, a town that had been submerged for 25 years under water. Once the waters receded,…
Black Circle Blu-ray Review [Synapse Films]
Celeste is struggling to get her life in order. Between losing her job and breaking up with her boyfriend, she feels aimless and unloved, so she seeks advice from her sister who seems to have it all together. Her sister tells her about a self-help system called Magnetic Hypnotism that has helped her and gives…
Repligator Blu-ray Review [Visual Vengeance]
Dr. Oliver is a scientist with a dream. Working for the military, he has built a revolutionary transporter device that should enable our troops to teleport behind enemy lines and infiltrate like never before. The problem is that when he tests out the transporter device on a soldier, it turns him into a woman. Well,…
Tenebrae – 4K UHD and Blu-ray Review (Synapse Films)
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…
The Sound of Summer Blu-ray Review [Unearthed Films]
The world is like a blast furnace, sweat dripping from every pore. It’s hot enough to drive a person mad, right? Swimming through the humidity of seemingly never-ending day, the piercing cries of the cicadas are all that you can perceive while just. trying. to. get. home. Do you know The Cicada Man? They say…
Reincarnated as a Sword Season 1: Complete Collection Blu-ray Review [Sentai Filmworks]
What would happen if you died and found yourself isekai-ed into another world as a large, powerful sword? The protagonist of this story decides to slice ‘n’ dice as many enemies as possible, absorbing their powers and leveling up like there’s no tomorrow. That is, until he ends up in a zone where his levitation…
Terminal Degeneration: The Films of Jon Moritsugu Blu-ray Review [AGFA]
Jon Moritsugu’s demented slabs of proto-punk weirdness have arrived in high definition courtesy of folks at the American Genre Film Archive and are sick, crazy and fun as hell! Cool tunes, a mean streak and a delicious sense of anarchy await! After a series of experimental lo-fi shorts, Moritsugu directed his first feature My Degeneration…
RE:cycle of the Penguindrum: Movie Collection Blu-ray Review [Sentai Filmworks]
Kamba and Syoma Takakura, twin brothers, live with their ill sister Himari. On the day she is allowed to leave the hospital for a while, they take a trip to the aquarium. Unexpectedly, while there Himari collapses. They are led to revive her by having her wear a penguin hat from the gift shop which…
Night Screams – 4K Ultra HD / Blu-ray Review (Vinegar Syndrome)
After winning the big game, the football team and their cheerleading ladies are ready to party! But all is not well with star quarterback David, who wishes that the future had something more to offer him than playing with balls. Between the pressure of his overbearing father and the pressure in his head from those…