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…
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace [Severin] Blu-ray Review
Review by James Layton Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace is a 1962 black and white film directed by Hammer Films regular, Terence Fisher and starring Christopher Lee in his only appearance as Holmes. Not to brag, but I have read every Sherlock Holmes story and novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but don’t…
The Game of Clones: Brucesploitation Collection Vol. 1 [Severin] Blu-ray Review
When Severin dedicates time and energy to a big box set like this one, they do not do things in half measures. The Game of Clones: Brucesploitation Collection Vol. 1 is massive in every respect and is sure to deliver so much punching, kicking and insanity that you may not be able to handle it….
The Scavengers [Severin] Blu-Ray Review
The Civil War is over, but Captain Steve Harris (John Bliss of other exploitation films like Chain Gang Women and The Thing with Two Heads) and his band of renegade Confederate soldiers refuse to give up the ghost. Dejected, aimless and looking to raise hell, they invade a small frontier town, bending the locals to…
The Great Alligator [Severin] 4K Blu-ray Review
Some bizarrely motivated real estate jackasses decide it’s a great idea to build a swanky resort in the middle of the African jungle. The local jungle god is pretty upset that his precious habitat is being encroached upon and proceeds to take the form of a big ass alligator to eat the shit out every…
The Devil’s Honey [Severin Films] 4K Blu-ray Review
Jessica (Blanca Marsillach) is head-over-heels in love with hot shot saxophone player Johnny (Stefano Madia). Johnny’s unquenchable erotic lust draws Jessica into more perverse and dangerous territory, culminating in Johnny’s involvement in a motorcycle accident. Johnny seems to be fine at first but later collapses in the recording studio, falling into a coma. Meanwhile Dr….
Bloodmoon (Severin) Blu-ray Review
This late period Ozsploitation slasher arrives on blu-ray courtesy of Severin in a spiffy new edition. The all-girls school Saint Elizabeth’s has a history of hooking up with both locals and horny, young gents from the nearby all-boys Winchester School. Amidst a rivalry between the Winchester boys and the local guys, students from both schools…
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,…
Alien from the Abyss Blu-ray Review [Severin]
Coming later this month from our dear friends at Severin… THE CLAW! OH GOD!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! Oh wait, it’s just Alien from the Abyss a.k.a. Alien from the Deep (as my old, junky One 7 DVD calls it), part jungle action, part Aliens rip-off, all eurotrash good-badness. Let’s pop this puppy in and…
The Complete Comic Strip Presents… Channel 4 Films Blu-ray Review [Severin Films]
Do you like your bust-a-gut, rolling-around-on-the-floor, so-funny-it-hurts alternative British comedy? No? Piss off then! Still here? Good. Because Severin has just delivered up a heaping helping of tasty treats in blu-ray disc form (WARNING: DO NOT EAT BLU-RAY) that is guaranteed to give you the guffaws at least a time or two throughout the three…