Tag: surreal

Terror Firma [MVD Visual] Blu-ray Review

It all starts when Lola (Faye Tamasa) shows up to crash at her brother Louis’ (Burt Thakur) place. She is immediately creeped out by his weird roommate Cage (Robert Brettenaugh) but barely has time to begin adjusting before an unexplained city-wide mandatory lockdown is put in place. Between unresolved past sibling issues and the increasingly…


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…


Koko-Di Koko-Da Blu-ray Review

Dark Star Pictures and OCN Distribution bring us the spiffy Swedish fantasy horror of Koko-di koko-da directed by Johannes Nyholm in a packed new blu-ray as a new entry in one of Vinegar Syndrome’s ever-growing partner label releases. Tobias and Elin (Leif Edlund and Ylva Gallon) are happily married and celebrating their daughter Maja’s birthday,…