DVD/Blu-ray Reviews

Details: Created: 10 October 2019; Published: 10 October 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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It’s Crocsploitation Cinema at its feistiest! The cheese! The chomp! The charm! What is this movie JAWS that you speak of?! And this Steven Spielberg, too? Apparently, the Italians have never heard of him or his pet shark. When it comes to fierce predators of the ...

Details: Created: 09 October 2019; Published: 09 October 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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Lucky number seven? Well, just barely. The seventh movie in the ongoing The Conjuring franchise isn’t the best of the series but, hopefully, it will be the final one involving that damn doll. She’s twisted as hell and, as revealed here, is a sort of conduit for all sorts of evil spirits, not just ...

Details: Created: 19 October 2019; Published: 19 October 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

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Stanley Kubrick was a director of unparalleled technical mastery in his time. There isn’t a film fan, or filmmaker out there that hasn’t delved deep into the many works he produced over three decades before his untimely death. His subject matters were always ...

Details: Created: 03 October 2019; Published: 03 October 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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If all the padded nature shots won't kill you, then maybe the monster in the woods will! If I told you that this slasher was made in just two weeks, you would probably believe me. Every single detail (and edit for that matter) suggests ...

Details: Created: 16 October 2019; Published: 16 October 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

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This low budget ($300,000 USD) slasher film, made by a recent (in the 70s) USC graduate, would spawn countless sequels and give its backers some serious profits, the world horror auteur John Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis. Those things make the love for this ...

Details: Created: 30 September 2019; Published: 30 September 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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To this day, Gremlins remains director Joe Dante’s most successful movie. That seems pretty damn incredible when you consider Dante’s inspired body of work. For my tastes, there’s not a dud in the bunch. From Explorers to Small Soldiers, The Burbs and ...

Details: Created: 17 October 2019; Published: 17 October 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

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This reviewer is a little slow to update to new technologies. When it came time to replace some of my old equipment, I dove deep into the pros and cons of the next (and many say last) generation of home movies: 4K. The pros and cons of yet another format are involved and not a blanket statement. For example ...

Details: Created: 29 September 2019; Published: 29 September 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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If you are ever offered a place to live in called Casa Fortuna, just say no. If you don’t, then the wig wearing witch inside it might just swallow your soul and no amount of voodoo chants can reclaim it back from her laser-shooting ...

Details: Created: 16 October 2019; Published: 16 October 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

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One look at Spielberg’s filmography and it’s hard to imagine the man has ever set a foot wrong. But alas, just before the 1980s dawned, he took a misstep with the (at the time) expensive comedy 1941. Not to rest on his laurels, he doubled down in 81 and 82 and introduced the ...

Details: Created: 27 September 2019; Published: 27 September 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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Zombies from San Jose! Oh, snap. Is Oakland next? James Hong is a Hollywood Legend. Never heard of him? Well, you aren’t paying close enough attention to the voices and characters on your television screen. And, if you ...

Details: Created: 16 October 2019; Published: 16 October 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

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Back in the early Noughties, Joss Whedon was synonymous with punchy genre series that, more often than not, dealt with strong female protagonists and thrilling plots. As if cursed by his own success, Whedon tried to branch out from vampires and slayers to the sci-fi with the ...

Details: Created: 26 September 2019; Published: 26 September 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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Jack Crow is on a mission. He wants to destroy ALL vampires. It’s a constant act of revenge. For him, it must be done. Without question. That’s the cost all these bloodsuckers pay for the deaths of his parents. And Crow, as the leader of a group of ruthless mercenary killers known as Team Crow, takes no prisoners. ...

Details: Created: 16 October 2019; Published: 16 October 2019; Written by Christopher Symonds

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Very early in the history of film different filmmakers sought to tell the story of the world’s infamous vampire. Bram Stoker’s most famous creation has influenced popular culture, in all its’ incarnations, since it appeared in 1897 - some might argue to the point of oversaturation. In the ...

Details: Created: 21 June 2019; Published: 21 June 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Bad news: Toy Story 4 is Pixar’s biggest money grab to date. Good news: This is Pixar, so it never feels like one. It is not a stretch to say that the company couldn’t make a bad movie if it tried. After all, none of its films ...

Details: Created: 26 September 2019; Published: 26 September 2019; Written by Loron Hays

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Pan’s Labyrinth premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival where it received a 22-minute standing ovation, followed by its North American premiere at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. The critically-acclaimed film won multiple awards, including three Academy Awards, three ...