Dario Argento’s film Inferno came out in 1980, and was essentially panned by critics, rejected by the American studio who helped finance it, and watched fans ignore it as it was not the “Suspiria 2” they were looking for. Over the years the film has grown in esteem (Inferno is my favorite of Argento’s fare…
Demonia (Severin) Blu-ray Review
Brett Halsey plays Professor Paul Evans, an archeologist leading an excavation in Sicily. Liza Harris (Meg Register), one of his colleagues on the dig, becomes obsessed with the chambers underneath a church on the mountain overlooking the village where the team is working. It was site of a massacre committed by the local townspeople of…
Aenigma (Severin) Blu-ray Review
A bunch of stuck up jerks at a private school decide to play a cruel prank on Kathy (Milijana Zirojevic), the cleaning lady’s daughter and least popular girl among the student body. They set her up on a date with a hunk and then humiliate her as soon as she lets her guard down. It…
Fulci for Fake Blu-ray Review
Actor Sandro Bitetto is hired to play Italian horror director Lucio Fulci in a film about his life. The problem is that he doesn’t know jack squat about the “Godfather of Gore”. So, he goes around interviewing Fulci movie experts, his former colleagues in the Italian film industry, and even the man’s daughters to help…
Shining Sex (Severin) Blu-ray Review
An exotic dancer named Cynthia (Lina Romay) hooks up with a swinging couple after a gig at a nightclub (or house), so that they can make the sex act. The couple is Alpha (Evelyne Scott), an interdimensional being disguised as a beautiful woman, and her human slave Andros (Ramón Ardid). Alpha infects Cynthia with that…
The Complete Lenzi/Baker Giallo Collection (Severin Films)
Severin Films seems determined to put out the top tier of home video releases in 2020. In May they released an Al Adamson Collection so comprehensive I think Al himself would have been shocked at the loving treatment he received. Now in July we have gotten the long awaited Complete Lenzi/Baker Giallo Collection! This collection…
Severin Films Mid-Year Sale Reviews (Blu-ray/DVD)
Severin Films have long been a EuroCult fanatics dream label. Their dedication to the cinema of Jess Franco alone should certainly endear fans of EuroCult cinema to the label. This time around the label have unleashed 8 titles for fans to pick up 6 new releases and 2 re-releases. One of which is Blood on…
Blu-ray Review – Satan’s Slave (Severin Films)
If there is one takeaway from all the Indonesian horror and fantasy films I have watched over the years it is basically black magic is bad news. This month’s Severin Film’s release Satans’s Slave (Pengabdi Setan) really hammers that point home. The film follows Tomi, who has just experienced the death of his Mother. After…
Blu-ray Review – Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (Severin Films)
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh is the second narrative feature film by director Sergio Martino (he directed one western, and some documentaries prior). It is also the beginning of Martino’s many collaborations with the legendary screen actress Edwige Fenech. These would include Your Vices is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key,…