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Friday the 13th Collection: Deluxe Edition (1980 - 2009) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 09 October 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Ki-ki-ki-ma-ma-ma. Two repeating syllables is all it takes to conjure up memories of pure evil slashing away at fleshy objects in the night. I know we fans of Friday the 13th and its many incarnations have been burnt before by subsequent releases of these films, but Scream Factory - issuing ALL the films together with love, care, and respect - have seriously come through with their latest release the Friday the 13th Collection ...

Tales for the Campfire 3 - Movie Review

Details: Published: 08 October 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Dark Infinity and genre filmmaker Dustin Ferguson (who is comparable only to Roger Corman when it comes to impressive B-movie offerings) have yet another horror hit on their hands with the FIVE terrifying stories absolutely crawling and clawing their way through the innards of Tales for the Campfire 3 ...

Monster Force Zero - Movie Review

Details: Published: 07 October 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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It’s Monster Force Zero vs. The Destroyers of Destruction to see who has what it takes to save the world from Doctor Eeche (Rachel Darden) in this intergalactic battle of the ages! That’s right, in this fun comedy which throws elements of The Last Starfighter and ...

The Last Exorcist - Movie Review

Details: Published: 06 October 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Considering just how wild and out there The Last Exorcist begins, it should come as no surprise that Danny Trejo is involved in this horror film from Uncork’d Entertainment. While I wish he were in it more, he definitely makes the film a bit more memorable ...

Yellow Rose - Movie Review

Details: Published: 09 October 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Many musicians set out with the goal of becoming a rock star and making a lot of money. For others, the hope and desire to change lives with their music is a driving force. Some succeed, most don’t. In the case of 17-year-old Filipino girl named Rose (Eva Noblezada) in the new film Yellow ...

Deathsport (1978) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 03 October 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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The new comedy starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson called The Hustle is an almost identical remake of the 1988 classic comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels which starred Michael Caine and Steve Martin - itself a remake of Marlon Brando’s Bedtime Story. I say “almost” because ...

Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage - Ultimate Director’s Cut - Movie Review

Details: Published: 02 October 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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BOOM! Just like that, Giant Flick Films, Imagination Street Films and writer/director/actor Shahin Sean Solimon resurrect Sinbad of yore and, complete with legitimate stop-motion VFX and narration by Patrick Stewart, drop the character right smack in the middle of yet another dazzling ...

Pandemonium (1983) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 01 October 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Candy, Mandy, Sandy, Andy and Randy! Say it again with all the joy you can muster! And then there’s Glen. Glen . . . Dandy! Yes, those are the names of possible victims in Pandemonium, a horror spoof directed by Alfred Sole (Alice, Sweet, Alice), and - whether it be via strip poker, a trampoline, javelin ...

Ghost Ship: Collector's Edition (2002) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 03 October 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Question for you all, Dear Readers. When is a ship not like a ship? When it’s a Ghost Ship! And, true to its name, this supernatural horror film from Dark Castle Entertainment - who previously brought to life the Thirteen Ghosts remake - doesn’t behave at all like a boat afloat as its ...

Kajillionaire - Movie Review

Details: Published: 02 October 2020; Written by Frank Wilkins

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You can’t choose your family. Or, more important to filmmaker Miranda July, you can’t opt out of family. And to prove her point, July brings us Kajillionaire, a quirky little coming-of-age story about the cult of family and learning how to make choices for ourselves ...