It’s a cold, sad night for the Brooks family. Christine (Lynn Carlin) wants nothing more than for her son Andy (Richard Backus) to come home from Vietnam and implores the heavens to bring him back. Unfortunately, soon the family receives a letter than Andy has been killed in Vietnam. The thing is, Andy does come…
Cathy’s Curse [Severin] 4K UHD Blu-ray Review
Poor George… After his mom leaves his dad, she takes him with her and leaves his dad and little sister behind, and he later finds out that his dad and sister were killed in a terrible car accident. We then flash forward about 30 years. George is now married to a mentally unwell woman and…
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….
Goodbye Uncle Tom [Blue Underground] 4K Blu-ray Review
The Premise: Documentarians have traveled back to the antebellum southern United States during the pre-Civil War era when slavery was rampant. Their goal is to capture and expose the cruelty and horrors of the slave trade in as realistic a manner as possible. Witness slave ships with poor souls packed into the galley like sardines,…
All Ladies Do It [Cult Epics] 4K Blu-ray Review
Diana loves her husband Paolo of five years but she can’t help but feel adrift and bored with her marriage. In order to inject some thrills into her life, Diana begins having a string of affairs, on a mission to immerse herself in hidden worlds of passion and pleasure wherever she goes. She reveals her…
Night of the Blood Monster a.k.a. The Bloody Judge [Blue Underground] 4K Blu-ray Review
Christopher Lee stars as the cold and merciless Judge Jeffreys, based on a real person (although our old pal Jess Franco takes massive liberties with the historical source material). Jeffreys is a ruthless witchfinder in the 17th century (in reality though he was more concerned with traitors to the crown) who while in his day-to-day…
The Heroic Trio / Executioners – 4K + Blu-ray Review (The Criterion Collection)
The Heroic Trio (1993) tells the story of a mysterious cult that is stealing babies from the city for nefarious purposes and the useless cops can only stand by and watch. I mean, they are kinda out of their league since Ching (Michelle Yeoh), the person snatching these kids, can turn invisible and run up…
Killer Condom – 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Review (Vinegar Syndrome)
If you haven’t seen Killer Condom before, you should skip my paragraph of plot description because my enjoyment of the film was greatly increased by going in as cold and limp as possible. Detective Luigi Mackeroni (Udo Samel) is known for two things on the filthy and naughty streets of New York City: his big…
Tenebrae – 4K UHD and Blu-ray Review (Synapse Films)
When Dario Argento finished Inferno in 1980, everyone expected him to complete the Three Mothers trilogy with another supernatural horror film. Instead, he said, “I’m going to make the greatest giallo ever made… um… again!” The first time I saw Tenebrae, I couldn’t believe my eyes. Even though some pesky Google searches had spoiled a…