Reel Reviews - Movie Reviews, blu-ray/DVD reviews

Crawl (2019) - Movie Review

Pure flesh-eating B-movie delight.

Midsommar (2019) - Movie Review

Not a sweet little trip to the neighborhood IKEA

Black Bridge - Movie Review

Definitely worth the trip

Spider-Man: Far From Home - Movie Review

A breezy sit through that does emotionally resonate

Shazam! - Blu-ray Review

Packed with heart and laughs

Pet Sematary - Blu-ray Review

Won’t haunt you afterwards

The Best of Enemies (2019) - Blu-ray Review

Never earns our honest emotions

Us (2019) - Blu-ray Review

Delightfully exhilarating, and at times terrifying

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The Believers (1987) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 29 June 2019; Written by Loron Hays

There is a lot I remember from originally seeing The Believers in 1987 for the first time. That was years ago, but the thing that struck me – and continues to be striking (especially after watching this release from Olive Films) – is its opening sequence: Martin Sheen on a run with ...

The Dark Within (2019) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 30 June 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Award-winning director David Ryan Keith (of The Redwood Massacre and Ghosts of Darkness fame) is back with his new mind-trip of a horror film. While not as sharp as his other films, The Dark Within is tightly contained as it presents its puzzle pieces to us. There is a dark mystery here and, as it involves a ...

Monster on the Campus (1958) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 28 June 2019; Written by Loron Hays

We all know that college can change a young man. Most of us revert into sex-starved beasts on the prowl. Some of us conform to the peer pressure around us. Regardless of the good or the bad, life on a college campus is often times unplanned, unscripted, and full of primates. Which makes a film as loopy ...

Night of the Creeps: Collector's Edition (1986) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 28 June 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Writer/Director Fred Dekker is a hero of mine when it comes to making memorable films. From Night of the Creeps to Monster Squad, Dekker has created some of my all-time favorites. It would be hard to imagine my upbringing without his wicked sense of humor and stylish wit. Thankfully, after waiting a bit longer than I would have preferred ...

Yesterday (2019) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 28 June 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

A good movie always begins with a killer premise. And Yesterday, the new film from director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Richard Curtis has a great one. It takes on the idea of what our world would be like today if The Beatles never existed ...

Lost Highway (1997) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 26 June 2019; Written by Loron Hays

That lone and long highway. The flickering camera as it cruises at high speeds on a dark night down it. The warbling, frenetic sounds as David Bowie softly croons, “I’m Deranged.” Yes, Lynch’s Lost Highway, and its videotaped while sleeping situation is back and this time it’s challenging ...

Dolls (2019) - Movie Review

Details: Published: 25 June 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Dolls. Man, who needs ‘em. My mother has an entire room devoted to these spine-chilling killers. I won’t set foot in it; those dolls and all their eyes ARE watching you. It is as if they are INSIDE the walls of the room. My god, so many dolls. They give me chills just thinking about them ...

Eli Roth’s The Green Inferno: Collector’s Edition (2013) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 25 June 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Writer/director Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel I & II, and Aftershock) might just need to be crowned the new King of Putrid. A self-confessed connoisseur of gore and Grindhouse alum, Roth’s work in the genre is living proof that the exploitation flick is not forgotten and definitely ...

Our Most Wanted on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD This Week - June 25, 2019

Details: Published: 24 June 2019; Written by Frank Wilkins

And another friendly hi-def hello to our fellow blu-ray geeks. Welcome to the weekly look at our most wanted titles coming to blu-ray and/or 4K Ultra HD for the week of June 25, 2019.

Nightbeast (1982) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 24 June 2019; Written by Loron Hays

Emerging from deep space, an alien craft skims and skips across the night sky. The campers below see it burst into flames as it comes crashing into the woods nearby. Startled, they grab their shotguns and go out to see what the hell it was that crashed. Only the alien, armed with a deadly ...