The first release in Dark Sky Films’ new Dark Sky Selects line is a snazzy steelbook edition of all four Hatchet films. Let’s dig into each one to see how they fare! In the first Hatchet, Joel David Moore stars as Ben, a sad sack whose friends whisk him off to New Orleans to throw…
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray [WB]
Hacking and slashing it’s way through a swath of gore and anger comes Season Two of Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars)’s ode to Robert E. Howard and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Primal on blu-ray from Warner Bros. and [adult swim]. Could this be Tartakovsky’s finest production? For those who may not…
Attack of the Beast Creatures Blu-ray review
Attack of the Beast Creatures, also known as Hell Island, is a regional independent horror film produced and directed by Michael Stanley. It was filmed in Stanford, Connecticut, and stars a cast of unknowns who are basically known for this one movie! Taking place in 1920, the story is about a group of travelers that…
YellowBrickRoad Blu-ray review
YellowBrickRoad is a horror film from 2010 directed by Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton and that stars Cassidy Freeman, Anessa Ramsey and Laura Heisler. Yes, YellowBrickRoad has a small connection to The Wizard of Oz, hence the title. The story is about an expedition in the town of Friar, New Hampshire that is trying to…
Hanger (2009) Blu-ray review
Hanger is a supremely gory Canadian film from 2009 and is a ghastly tale about bloody vengeance. And yes, I do mean bloody with a capital B! The story of Hanger is nothing all that complicated. Rose Pedals (Debbie Rochon) is killed while having a forced abortion in an alley by sadistic Leroy Washington(Ronald Patrick…
Scavenger (2019) Blu-ray review
Scavenger, known as Carroña in its homeland Argentina, is an extremely low-budget, ultra-gory grindhouse science fiction/action/horror film. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic Mad Max type of world, it features a character named Tisha, an assassin who kills people for their body parts and makes deals for them. The money she makes as an organ…
THE UNTOLD STORY BLU-RAY REVIEW
Also known as The Eight Immortals Restaurant: The Untold Story, The Untold Story is a Hong Kong crime-thriller directed by Herman Yau and starring Danny Lee and Anthony Wong. The film was giving a Category III rating for its graphic violence which means no one under 18 is allowed to watch this film due to…
Maniac UHD Review
The movie title “Maniac” has been used a few times throughout our cinematic history. Dwain Esper’s 1934 shocker, entitled Maniac, which featured Phyllis Diller, was strong stuff for its time especially when a cat’s eyeball is squeezed out of its head. The 1963 Hammer film starring Kerwin Mathews also titled Maniac was decent but nothing…