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…
Extra Terrestrial Visitors Blu-ray Review [Severin]
Coming in June from Severin Films is the gloriously bizarre Extra Terrestrial Visitors a.k.a. Tales of Trumpy a.k.a. E.T.: The Second Coming a.k.a. The Unearthling a.k.a. Return of E.T., although Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans will know it much better by it’s original US home video release title Pod People). We were lambasted with many…
Violent Streets: The Umberto Lenzi/Tomas Milian Collection Blu-ray Box Set Review [Severin]
Severin Films is no stranger to delivering the goods when it comes to quenching your eurosploitation thirst. And let me tell you that HOT DAWG does this one hit the spot! Severin has graced us with a hefty, sturdy box with a very nice design that is chock full of poliziotteschi goodness, all directed by…
Three Between the Sheets (Ecstasy/Black Venus/Melody of Passion) Blu-ray [Severin]
Arriving on blu-ray from Severin on April 25th is this three-film set of erotic dramas two of which (Black Venus and Ecstasy under the title of Love Scenes) are upgrades of previous DVD releases. Meanwhile the weird ass Melody of Passion arrives on blu-ray for the first time. Let’s slip in something comfortable and see…
Blu-ray Review – Invaders of the Lost Gold – Severin
Review—Invaders of the Lost Gold (Severin) Author: Palo Sionoplia Invaders of the Lost Gold (aka Horror Safari aka Greed) is the addled brainchild of Dick Randall, the infamous exploitation producer of shlock oddities that include The French Sex Murders, The Wild Wild World of Jayne Mansfield, and, of course, Pieces (which is exactly what you…
Blu-ray Review – No One Heard the Scream
Review—No One Heard the Scream (Severin) Author: Palo Sionoplia Last month, Severin blessed cult film fans with the release of five Eloy de la Iglesia films (spread across three blu-ray releases). This is a boon to those of us in the USA who’ve only had access to a few of these films via subpar transfers….
Blu-ray Review – Siege – Severin Films
Review—Siege (Severin)Author: Palo Sionoplia In 1983, Canadian genre cinema gave the world its answer to John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13 via the aptly-titled thriller Siege. In hopes of creating a film with strong commercial appeal, co-directors Paul Donovan (who also wrote and produced the film) and Maura O’Connell concocted a lean, mean work of…