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Vampire plants! Gigantic eggs! And a really BIG moth! That’s right, Mothra is happening all over again . . . except this time its satire and its science fiction can be viewed in sparkling blu-ray. ...
Read more: Mothra: SteelBook Edition (1961) - Blu-ray Review
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Big Guns. Even bigger boobs. Loaded with scenes so hysterically full of sexual innuendo that go on for far longer than they ought to, director Andy Sidaris returns to the scene of his B-movie crimes and goes guns blazing on Savage Beach, now available on blu-ray ...
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Otherwise known as When Meteors Attack!!! Laugh all you want to, but there are moments – especially in deep space – when flying saucers drifting through clouds as meteors rip right behind them will have you doing more than just wanting to believe. This Island Earth (and its Mutants) is a vision on ...
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Die, Monster, Die! It seems to me that the Horror Anthology, once popular in the 1960s, is making a surprising and rather strong comeback in recent years. There have been a lot of good, independent features that make the most of the short narrative structure ...
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Black Belts in shotgun? Bombs on boomerangs? Hell, yes. So what if the lead character can’t shoot straight?! When you are having this much fun, who really cares? ...
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A magical Motown martial arts movie? Oh, hell, YES! In fact, can I hear a “Sho’nuff” and an amen! ...
Read more: Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon: 30th Anniversary Edition (1985) - Blu-ray Review
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They have nine lives, we have one! Strays begins with a full moon. The dark night expands as we drop to the ground and, rather suddenly, we are running through the night. The POV is that of a cat. Close to the ground and beyond slinky as we cross the ...
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Six friends. A remote part of Illinois. Snowmobiles. And a Satanic Cult. I mean, what could go wrong? The Chill Factor, produced and directed by Christopher Webster (the producer of Hellraiser, Heathers, Meet the Applegates, ...
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We’ve all seen Luke Skywalker scoot around on the desert in a land speeder, but have we ever seen him pilot a cherry red Corvette Stingray with metal flakes and a glitter-flame dragon? Hell, no! Well, that statement might not be true, especially if you’ve already seen Corvette Summer, a ...
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No CGI! Great practical effects and gore! The Kritts, this time voiced by Steve Blum, return! And this time they are comin’ back with the nastiest of attitudes and, at one point, in the form of a towering ball of flesh and fur! ...
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The Universal Pictures archives are open again! And we didn’t have to wait an entire year either. This time, instead of following the Lugosi and Karloff route, Scream Factory takes us into the territory of mad doctors and murder most foul. The four tales – Murders in the Zoo, The Mad Doctor ...
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Moody. Dark. And definitely not for your typical horror fan, Silent Hill is back! With the cross lit up in the distance, the child screams it again, “Silent Hill, Silent Hill.” Over and over she yells it. I’m not sure I could withstand, as a ...
Read more: Silent Hill: Collector's Edition (2006) - Blu-ray Review
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Large cats, dusty towns, and castanets definitely do not mix! Once upon a time in Hollywood, producer Val Lewton ruled RKO. In fact, under his supervision, the studio was churning out B-grade horror flicks that were ...
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Based on the popular television serial, Hammer Studios produced a trilogy of science fiction gems featuring the talents of Professor Bernard Quatermass in the 1950s and 60s. Their first film, The Quatermass Xperiment brought them a box office ...
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Something is amiss in Cornwall. When the dark settles in, so too does a dangerous epidemic that has its victims foaming at the mouths and left with strange markings on their necks. Is it a bite? Or something worse? Whatever it is, the ...
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These are the secrets of the night! For one high school senior, being the new kid in town just might get his ass tangled in all those secrets. Hell, his first night in town has him biking through the streets of Los Angeles and, in a rather amusing ...
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Because skulls and bombs do not mix! Quatermass and the Pit finally sees the light of day on HD thanks to Shout! Factory. Directed by Roy Ward Baker (The October Man) and starring character actor Andrew Keir (The Dalek Invasion of Earth) as Professor ...
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If chopping the heads off of little tiny baby rabbits is your idea of a good time, then I suggest you stay the fucking night at Mountaintop Motel Massacre. Mommy is sick again, Horror Hounds, and Vinegar Syndrome has her cure! ...
Read more: Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1983) - Blu-ray Review
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The Vinegar Syndrome Archive line, celebrating forgotten cinematic oddities from the video store era, has officially started thanks to the HD release of Evil Town! ...
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You’re dead meat, Pilgrim. Highly quotable and completely off its rocker in all the best ways possible, Weird Science is back in circulation thanks to the lovable charm of two high school losers as they go from zeroes to heroes for one fantastical weekend in a ...
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Bloody rabbits do not belong in the shower! That’s one lessen to learn here with this flick. The other is that you simply do not mess with a bleach-blonde James Spader. You are simply asking for a whole hell of a lot of trouble ...
Read more: The New Kids: Retro VHS Look (1985) - Blu-ray Review
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Because maybe the Easter Bunny DOES crap colored eggs! Radioland Murders, directed by Mel Smith (The Tall Guy, Bean) and co-written by George Lucas, is a throwback to another era of comedy. Unfortunately, none of that was recognized when the film was ...
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I mean, it isn’t every day you see a body being dragged on the ground by your grandparents. That’s just one of the MANY shocks in this creepy gem from the video store. Newly scanned and remastered in 4K from its original 35mm camera negative, Vinegar Syndrome gives us another ...
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Atomic fusion gets jazzed up! Thanks to a righteously jazzy score from composer Ralph Carmichael and an off-kilter (but campy) vibe, an underappreciated science fiction gem gets the blu-ray treatment courtesy of Kino ...
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In which Frankenstein gives us the two fingered salute! You’ll laugh! You’ll cry!! The Horror of Frankenstein and its bodybuilding monster will be why! Scientific twaddle has never been so supercilious than here in this Hammer flick from 1970 ...
Read more: The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) - Blu-ray Review
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Grab the wolfsbane! Get the garlic! Cult filmmaker William Beaudine takes aim and squeezes the B-movie trigger again! From The Ape Man to Voodoo Man, the director constantly drums up a lot of B-movie mayhem. Here, he ...
Read more: Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966) - Blu-ray Review
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Dark. Intense. Edgy. Consistently bold. Endlessly imaginative. And, of late, experiencing a bit of a renaissance in popularity, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is now – on the eve of its 25th Anniversary – being celebrated with its own documentary. What We Leave Behind: Looking Back On Star Trek: Deep ...
Read more: What We Left Behind: Looking Back on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2019)
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Hell Comes to Frogtown and only "Rowdy" Roddy Piper as Sam Hell can save the day. I don’t know whose idea it was – cinematographer/director Donald G. Jackson or writer/producer Randall Frakes or, hell, the B-film minded souls over at Roger Corman’s New World Pictures – but strapping a bomb onto Piper’s ...
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IT. HAS. ARRIVED. Fred Jones. Daphne Blake. Velma Dinkley. Shaggy Rogers. And a Great Dane named Scooby-Doo. That’s right, kiddos, the Mystery Machine has pulled up in all-new (AND BOLD) colors! The details! The animation! And all the fun-loving, free-wheeling, sandwich-gobbling spirit ...
Read more: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You: The Complete Series - Blu-ray Review
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Poor Samantha. It’s tough being a pizza delivery girl. With little funds and no tips, getting around on her motor scooter can be quite unbelievably tough . . . especially if you happen to be a positive soul who likes to see the good in ...
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