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This Italian-Spanish co-production is a shoddy-looking horror film. Know that first. Panic, also known as Bakterion) is also quite interesting in its own way, weaving a tale about scientists who create something they cannot even hope to control through failed bacteria experiments, as it has more ...
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My daddy was a bank robber! I’ve said it before and I will continue to say it again and again and again: Liam Neeson is "The January Man". Ever since the success of Taken, he’s been in just about every January-released action flick that you can imagine becoming cinema's own Winter ...
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It’s time to unfocus your eyes! Forgive. Forget. And deal a mighty ass-whooping out to all those who would seek to do you harm! Blind Fury is back, baby! ...
Read more: Blind Fury: Retro VHS Packaging (1989) - Blu-ray Review
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When worms attack! Welcome back to Perfection, Nevada! There’s not a lot to do or see here in the desert sands. But none of it prevents the few who do live here from being super paranoid. There is something out there in the swirling sands and acrid heat. Which is why ...
Read more: Tremors: Limited Edition 4K Restoration (1990) - Blu-ray Review
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Craving a howling good time at home? The Wolf of Snow Hollow, with its offbeat humor and characters, is your meal ticket for small town terror . . . you just have to be willing to follow the breadcrumbs ...
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“Wayne! Coffee break!” Everything about Giant from the Unknown leads me to believe that it might be one of the films that influenced David Lynch to do what he does with film. You've got buckets of hot coffee, a lizard in a rock, hallowed out lodges, crazy creatures walking out from thick ...
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Do not fear, Max Cloud is here! Side-scrolling gamers and Scott Adkins (Ip Man 4: The Finale, Doctor Strange, Accident Man, and The Expendables 2) fans might be interested in checking out The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud, but EVERYONE should be warned that ...
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The Friend of All Children has arrived! Otherwise known as the Guardian of the Universe, Gamera is what happens when you imagine a turtle flying alongside your plane on a hot summer day. Debuting as an aggressive bipedal monster capable of flying the not so friendly skies, this massive turtle calmed ...
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Recharged! Rebooted! And reunited with the children of the world! Gamera, after a fifteen year hiatus returns thanks to the films which make up Gamera: The Heisei Era. All FOUR films in this set from Arrow Video make for a hell of a good time with solid special effects and a ...
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“Watch. Her entire body is going to get zombiefied . . . including her anus.” A weird sentence to come out of the mouth of my wife as she sits next to me watching Sky Sharks, a German produced but English-friendly splatter and trashfest with tons of gratuitous nudity, but there it was, a nude ...
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Ho-Ho-Holy shit! Santa smokes! He carries a flask with him! He cusses like mothertruckin’ sailor, too! And, when the shit hits the fan, he jumps into action in a snowy shootout with a hitman that a child has hired to kill the jolliest man alive. This is the wild territory of Fatman. ...
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Death by carpenter’s gun! Paddling in the boiling room! Hot water scalding! Sorority girls get their comeuppance when a paranoid killer is accidentally released from a small asylum which is apparently also run by a lunatic in Silent Madness. Time to get your 3D groove back on when you pop ...
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Calling all vets! There is a heartwarming calm at the center of All Creatures Great & Small, a family drama that is more about optimism than anything else. It is a calm that is hard to explain in these trying times yet it exists and flourishes with each and every episode as lush, rolling...
Read more: Masterpiece: All Creatures Great & Small (2020) - Blu-ray Review
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Because the nonsensical matters! That’s why Voyage into Space exists! Seriously, though, you don’t get Iron Giant without a stop alongside Voyage into Space, about a boy who controls an IRON GIANT (yeah, I went there!) with his wristwatch! ...
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Radioactive cultists and transient meth-heads unite! Slithis has returned from the contaminated depths of the canals to kill again. Grab the 6-pack from the fridge, Horror Hounds and Gore-Gore Girls, we're going to need a steady stream of 12 fluid ounces to get through this mad tale of yet ...
Read more: Slithis - AKA Spawn of the Slithis (1978) - Blu-ray Review
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Move over, Jason! There’s a new Boogeyman on the block and his name is . . . Virgil! Now, doesn’t that put the fear of God in you?! The filmmakers of this so-bad-its-not-really-good-at-all horror film were kind of banking on that draw. Oops. Virgil the ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period? Well, ...
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GIANT STARFISH FROM SPACE! Holy crap, humans! Run for your lives! These baggy-suited martians with eyes where their stomachs ought to be might just tickle you to death ...
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“I can do this. I am a dude! I am a hunky dude! I’m a badass hunky dude!” It seems impossible. It’s borderline unreal, but - according to the cursed calendar hanging on the wall - it has been 15 years since Amanda Bynes pretended to be a boy so that she could play soccer in the hilarious and endearingly sweet ...
Read more: She's the Man: 15th Anniversary Edition (2006) - Blu-ray Review
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Maybe you've heard of The Karate Kid. Sure, sure, but nothing KICKS ASS like the gleam and determination of RAD . . . and, yes, that's entertainment that is in ALL CAPS! ...
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It is the year 2047 and, somewhere near Neptune, a missing research vessel has reappeared. It is up to the rescue ship, Lewis & Clark, to investigate its sudden reappearance and, with vital signs detected and a chill in the air, it is confirmed that what is on board is definitely not human ...
Read more: Event Horizon: Collector's Edition (1997) - Blu-ray Review
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The new comedy starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson called The Hustle is an almost identical remake of the 1988 classic comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels which starred Michael Caine and Steve Martin - itself a remake of Marlon Brando’s Bedtime Story. I say “almost” because ...
Read more: Jungle Trap/Run Coyote Run (1990, 2016) - Blu-ray Review
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When Italians do American-styled action flicks, they usually hit the stereotypes AND the action a hell of a lot harder than we do. Thought First Blood was a tough watch, especially when the entire town gets blown the hell up? Think again. Because Blastfighter, directed by Lamberto Bava ...
Read more: Blastfighter: Special Edition (1984) - Blu-ray Review
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Babes! Boobs! Bare Bottoms! What do you get when a sea captain and a nun help seven beautiful prison escapees evade police officers and white slave traders? You get 1973’s The Big Bust-Out, that’s what you get! BAZINGA! ...
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Smokin’ babes with REVEALING outfits BADASS swords? Count me in! The myths! The legends! The NAKED women! Everything hangs out in this blu-ray twofer offering from the Roger Corman vaults of Shout! Factory and Corman’s fans have plenty of supple flesh to give thanks for as naked ...
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Mention independent director Andy Milligan in the wrong company and - WOW - you might find yourself submerged in the River of Jordan or receiving an exorcist by Father Merrin himself. He is that reviled by church-going folk, but then so is Rob Zombie, so maybe you should reconsider the ...
Read more: The Dungeon of Andy Milligan Collection (1968 - 1984)
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In which the cult-approved Nicolas Cage fights off demonic animatronic mascots! He even dances in one key sequence as he gets ready for the ultimate battle against the last remaining heavy, ol Willy himself! I mean, seriously, HOW CAN YOU GO WRONG WITH THIS IDEA? ...
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Timeless TWO-COLOR Technicolor terror! It’s the return of the Moon Killer and this time it is thanks to a superb 4K restoration! That’s what awaits cult enthusiasts within the sheer horror that is 1932’s Doctor X, a pre-code murder-minded marvel in which rape and cannibalism get a headlining ...
Read more: Doctor X: Warner Archive Collection (1932) - Blu-ray Review
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The spongy post-apocalyptic trip that is Waterworld, Dear Readers, is NOT the belly flop you were looking for. Dances with Waves? Think again. This film, warts and bruises and all, continues to arrive safely upon receptive shores with yet another new transfer which carries the same message ...
Read more: Waterworld: Arrow Video Restoration (1995) - Blu-ray Review
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“I’m on TV! I’m on TV!” Because we all love the scene-stealing LUNACY of a Cage-centered meltdown, especially when his character is named Rick Santoro! Go, Tyler! Go, Tyler! Goooooooooo! ...
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Because the “good old boy” way of doing things needs to get steamrolled by a 1942 M4 Sherman tank from time to time! There are a few valuable lessons to be learned from this sometimes witty Smokey and the Bandit wannabe title ...
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- The Amityville Horror House
- The Black Dahlia Murder - The Death of Elizabeth Short
- The Death of Actress Jane Russell
- The Death of Brandon Lee
- The Death of Chris Farley
- The Death of Dominique Dunne
- The Death of George Reeves - the Original Superman