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Kebob skewers. They aren’t meant to be shoved straight into the throat. But that’s what happens when one poor girl is pushed to the limits and finds herself without the usual murder weapon. Happy Eating! ...
Read more: Happy Birthday to Me: Indicator Series (1981) - Blu-ray Review
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Hot peppers! An abandoned Nazi bunker…in California! Horny hog mutants! And two assassins with time on their hands! An Hour to Kill has it all! Knowing that, it is the story about a biker bowling team on the hunt for “hogs” to pork ...
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If there is a great spiritual awakening in this country, it will be led by the one-two punch that is Mandy ...
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Hells Bells, Liddell!!! Seriously, just promise me that if you are ever working around heavy machinery and you happen to drop some pills on a MOVING conveyer belt that you will just let the damn machine grind that shit up. Because, in The Mangler, one worker does ...
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When it comes to concert films, there are few things better than the teaming of Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia) and David Byrne. Stop Making Sense, the title coming from a lyric inside the Talking Heads’ song “Girlfriend is Better”, is a concert ...
Read more: Stop Making Sense: 25th Anniversary Edition (1984) - Blu-ray Review
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"You're not from around here, are you?" For many of us, it is the scene when the alien arrives on earth as a baby that freaked us out the most. It was for me. Sure, the explosion in the woods as the alien vehicle “lands” was pretty freaking cool but, truly, that scene where ...
Read more: John Carpenter's Starman: Collector's Edition (1984) - Blu-ray Review
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The steady beat. The blistering horns. That powerful theme of James Bernard’s pierces the walls of this cemetery; it is majestic even. It sounds like a procession as the camera marches us toward the tomb of Dracula. And then, because we’d not have it any other way ...
Read more: Horror of Dracula: Warner Archive Collection (1958) - Blu-ray Review
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Directed by Terence Fisher, Dracula, Prince of Darkness is Hammer Films' first sequel to 1958's Horror of Dracula to feature the return of Christopher Lee as the Count (who was absent from 1960's Brides of Dracula). It also marks a sort of crossroads ...
Read more: Dracula, Prince of Darkness: Collector's Edition (1965) - Blu-ray Review
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The past is never dead. Paraphrased from William Faulkner, this line is directly stated in the absolutely gut-wrenching brutality that is Combat Shock. Written and directed by Buddy Giovinazzo, this intense film follows one Vietnam veteran as he, a one time prisoner of ...
Read more: Combat Shock: Limited Signed Edition (1984) - Blu-ray Review
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Chicago is a very beautiful city. From the inspiring architecture to the sports teams, a thriving cultural history – whether being celebrated in seasonal bursts or by the rousing cuisine – absolutely thrives within its city limits. Even the boarded-up ghetto areas offer a beauty ...
Read more: Candyman: Collector's Edition (1992) - 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 ...
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“I was born in a house with the television always on…” David Byrne, the lead singer of Talking Heads, has directed only one feature film . . . so far. And his movie, True Stories, begins on the open road. It is a dirt road that divides two agriculture areas. A girl is on the ...
Read more: True Stories: Criterion Collection (1986) - Blu-ray Review
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They walk! They talk! They bite the head off of E.T. They even shoot tiny spikes from their pelts! The Critters movies, last scene on VHS and crummy DVD releases, returns and they, with brand new 2K scans from the original film elements, look better than ever before! ...
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Ever heard of the absolute suck-fest known as The Phantom Menace? Yeah, well this similarly titled movie is much, much better. The Phantom Empire, which features two nubile young cave "bunnies" wrestling with each other as its climax, is not unlike reading ...
Read more: The Phantom Empire: 30th Anniversary Edition (1988) - Blu-ray Review
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Finally, the real truth about the walking dead can be told (and sold) to the masses. Boils and Ghouls, I bring you the blood-curdling classic known as Zombie! The eye violence! The zombie wrestling with the shark! The suspense! The WTF moments! The rotting zombies! And ...
Read more: Lucio Fulci's Zombie: 3-Disc Limited Edition (1979) - Blu-ray Review
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