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Containing one of the most sickening and shocking unveiling scenes in horror history, Kurt Nuemann’s The Fly lands on Blu-ray this week alongside the other Fly-inspired movies. I’m talking The Return of The Fly, The Curse of The Fly, David Cronenberg’s The Fly, and The Fly II from ...
Read more: The Fly Collection (1958 - 1989) - Blu-ray Review
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“1, 2, 3 . . . we may be trapped.” - Jack Burton. Truck driver Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) is having a real lucky day upon arriving in downtown San Francisco. He’s winning every single card game and now, thanks to his friend Wang Chi (Dennis Dun), he’s just doubled his ...
Read more: Big Trouble in Little China: Collector's Edition (1986) Blu-ray Review
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Eighteen annual conventions later, the championed crew of the NSEA Protector reunite for their greatest and realest adventure yet! Lampooning Star Trek and its loyal fanbase involves applying a delicate touch. Being damn successful at it and ALSO ...
Read more: Galaxy Quest: 20th Anniversary SteelBook (1999) - Blu-ray Review
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“Dead or alive, you are coming with me.” When I first heard those words coming out from the lips of RoboCop (Peter Weller), I was hooked. Instantly. There was no looking back for this fat kid: RoboCop, making its debut in 1987, would be my summertime jam. The film might have ...
Read more: RoboCop: Two-Disc Limited Edition (1987) - Blu-ray Review
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f you really want to understand Generation X, you should probably watch Heathers. From the satire of in-crowds and outsiders to the absolute ridiculousness of blowing up a school in the midwest, that frustration with cliques and institutions is one that most of my generation can ...
Read more: Heathers: 30th Anniversary SteelBook (1989) - Blu-ray Review
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The image of Clint Eastood at the front of a congregation of faithful believers has always stuck with me. That’s how Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, beginning with a very manic George Kennedy arriving to the wilderness church to put a bullet in Eastwood’s skull, begins ...
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Rudy Ray Moore is not an actor. He is not a master of Kung Fu either. He isn't even a pimp but his stand-up comedy took a legendary turn when he adopted the persona of Dolemite and started hilariously rapping and rhyming about sex and violence with a bravado that ...
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For a very long time, I wished that First Blood had been a one and done deal. But it arrived in the 1982, and anything from the 80s onward that made the studios money would like get a sequel with a roman numeral next to it. The remainder of that decade saw ...
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There are things you probably know when approaching a scary-looking house that has long been abandoned. If you have to break a lock in order to get in, then you should probably run in the opposite direction. Quickly. The teenagers in this horror film, from producer ...
Read more: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Blu-ray Review
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Butchering babes in motel rooms and burying them alongside the road. That’s what you get here in this intelligently made thriller from Patrick’s Richard Franklin and smartly-written script from Everett De Roche. ...
Read more: Road Games: Collector's Edition (1981) - Blu-ray Review
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Bruce Springsteen. The name alone creates a number of iconic images. The fist raised in the sky. The bandana. The cut-off sleeves. Asbury Park.The BIG man on the sax. That worn guitar. The cars and the girls. Whatever it is for you, I assure you ...
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No, this title isn’t connected to Silent Bob’s Russian cousin. You know, the one that kept singing, “BERRRRRSERRRRRRKER!” in Clerks. That might have improved Berserker greatly. Instead, we get a killer Viking warrior offing dumbass teenagers in Utah while they dance and listen to some pretty ...
Read more: Berserker: The Nordic Curse (1987) - Blu-ray Review
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Objectified horror has found its home! If you ever find the replicate of the original Amityville house in your garage, but it is pint-sized (as in a dollhouse) leave it the fuck alone. Don’t touch it. Don’t bring it into the house. Burn that fucker to the ground. Hell, if you ever come in contact with ...
Read more: Amityville: The Cursed Collection (1989 – 1996) - Blu-ray Review
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What movie? You didn’t tell me about any movie! The meta is strong in the remake of The Blob. Too bad this remake often gets ignored because this version gets a lot of things about remakes damn right. There is a lot to love about this flick and, believe it ...
Read more: The Blob: Collector's Edition (1988) - Blu-ray Review
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What do bathtub toy boats and plastic helicopters have in common with a dude in a monster suit? Hint: the action takes place in Japan. That’s right. Godzilla, the mother of all mega-monster movies, is returning to run rampage through your home ...
Read more: Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films (1955 – 1975) - Blu-ray Review
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Clash, Killer Fist! A legend has returned. If you are not yet one with the madness that is the martial arts film, then let this release be your starting point. Why? Because from the years of 1973 to 1976, at the height of the martial arts movie and its influence of sheer insanity and nastiness ...
Read more: The Street Fighter Collection (1974) - Blu-ray Review
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“Isn’t it gorgeous, babe?!” That’s the pervading sentiment in Hard Ticket to Hawaii, a bleach-blonde action flick in which hot babes do their best thinking in Jacuzzis and, after insulting a bunch of horny men, start kicking lots of ass ...
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Completely mad. Absolutely bonkers. Those are some descriptions that are often used to describe this New Age-inspired flick of voodoo hoodoo transmissions. The Manitou is EXACTLY the pile of rock and schlock trash that you want it to be and now, thanks to Scream ...
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To this day, there remains something insanely special about director Brian De Palma’s Carrie. It is based on the once-discarded novel by Stephen King, but was painstakingly adapted for the screen by Lawrence D. Cohen. Cohen got everything about King’s first novel right ...
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The blood! The guts! The wiggling limbs! I bet Artie (Bennett Liss) and Charlie (Johnny Doran), those poor souls, never expected to lose their heads and their legs when they decided to pull a prank on one of their friends one shadowy night. One gets microwaved and the ...
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Fun with helicopter models and CinemaScope exploits! The Land Unknown arrives on blu-ray thanks to Kino Lorber Studio Classics and while it is definitely C-grade 1950s entertainment – happiest when knocking off King Kong and The Lost World – the adventure film ...
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Deception! Trickery! And really bad wigs! There are two reasons why one steps foot through The Strange Door. They are two BIG reasons, mind you, being the over-the-top performances from Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff, who spends a lot of time ...
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The horror of that fateful day in 1978’s I Spit on Your Grave returns thanks to writer/director Meir Zarchi, He did the first film, remember? In fact, the one and only Camille Keaton as Jennifer Hills is also back doing what she does best: getting revenge. This time, though ...
Read more: I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà vu (2019) - Blu-ray Review
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The slums never appeared so expressive and atmospheric than they do in this flick. The 1940s absolutely come alive thanks to an eloquent expression of nightmarish entrapment that hugs the atmosphere and the crazy characters of this poverty row picture from Sylvester Stallone, who ...
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Giant hands and giant insects! Tarantula! has returned to prey upon us all! ...
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Canuxploitation goes for the head with director Ed Hunt’s The Brain. Maybe not for everyone, but for those audiences out there hungry from some Cronenberg-esque madness, this is a pulpy movie that delivers the goods. And now, thanks to Shout! Factory, the movie and its monster ...
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Because Gleaming the Cube didn’t quite pay all the Slater-avenging bills! Okay, I will fess up. When I originally saw this flick, it was for Milla Jovovich dancing around in her underwear and for no other reason. I mean, I guess I thought that maybe it ...
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I don’t know about you, but ANY movie that begins with Wizard Video Presents and then manages to work its (pause for dramatic effect) title into the opening few moments of narration is sure to be a B-movie winner. And, truly, the robot rebellion that ...
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Fill ‘er up, Joe, the Gas Pump Girls are back in action doing what they do best. Service with a smile! Welcome back to Hometown High! Fresh faces! Moral fortitude! And, obviously, lots and lots of sexually repressed shenanigans ...
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It might be the best Altor movie, yes indeed, but that is still not saying much at all. More artsy than what came before, Iron Warrior is a film which wants to do a lot of things . . but does not actually do a damn thing in its running time except leave audiences scratching their ...
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Morbidly Hollywood
- Colorado Street Suicide Bridge
- Death of a Princess - The Story of Grace Kelly's Fatal Car Crash
- Joaquin Phoenix 911 Call - River Phoenix - Viper Room
- Screen Legend Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79
- Suicide and the Hollywood Sign - The Girl Who Jumped from the Hollywood Sign
- 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