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I have to say that in the vampire category of horror flicks there are very few I find to be actually worthy of a true scare. The Return of Count Yorga is one of those. This new age take on sunny Californian vampirism succeeds where the original near skinflick, Count Yorga ...
Read more: The Return of Count Yorga (1971) - Blu-ray Review
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Swiping its title from an Edgar Allan Poe short story, The Oblong Box is American International Pictures’ answer to life after Roger Corman, who stopped his Poe & Price AIP film cycle in 1965. This time, Gordon Hessler (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad), takes his first step behind ...
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Billy Zane. Billy Zane. Billy “You fucking ho-dunk, po-dunk, well then there motherfuckers!” Zane. Demon Knight, the first “Tales from the Crypt” movie, finally arrives on a newly minted HD transfer thanks to the Horror Hounds at Scream Factory, an imprint of Shout Factory ...
Read more: Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995) - Blu-ray Review
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Five men board a train. They don’t know each other. They hardly acknowledge one another until a sixth joins them in the same small compartment. Little do they know that their final destination is linked together by this mysterious figure and the tarot cards he carries with ...
Read more: Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) - Blu-ray Review
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While considered a rather weak film serial when compared to other flicks of the era, Flying Disc Man from Mars – a 12-part science fiction offering from Republic – is a solid example of just how silly and fun the format was for moviegoers. Olive Films, who released The Invisible ...
Read more: Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950) - Blu-ray Review
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Genre fans rejoice! The creature feature B-movie category just got a brand spankin’ new addition to its roster of gore, charm, and cheese. Stung, directed by Benni Diez, is just the type of garden party turned story of survival you’ve been waiting for. Full of genetically-mutated ...
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Bruce Dern attaching two heads to a monkey. Hell, Dern attaching two heads to anything!!! If that image doesn’t get you excited for a schlock film full of nastiness, then I doubt little else will. You should probably stop reading and click somewhere else. Still here? Okay ...
Read more: The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971) - Blu-ray Review
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It's a Wonderful Life’s Gloria Grahame and Len Lesser (ya know, Uncle Leo from Seinfeld), make a deadly duo in Philip Gilbert’s Blood and Lace. Written and co-produced by Gil Lasky (The Night God Screamed), the slasher flick is a wannabe skin flick that teases its sleaze ...
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...because little kids really can be this terrible! The horror/comedy hybrid is a really weird and tricky sub-genre to tackle as a writer. Everything has to hit in such a manner that it satisfies both genre devotees just right. Leave it then to one of Glee’s creators, Ian Brennan, and ...
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Bela Lugosi. George Zucco. John Carradine. Why wouldn’t a Horror Hound NOT want to check out director William Beaudine’s Voodoo Man? Of course, there are plenty of things wrong with this unintentionally campy horror flick BUT it’s all so perfectly harmless that ...
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It was only a matter of time. Poe couldn’t be the sole horror author to get ALL the attention from the cinema. And so, when it came to a new round of anthology items to consider, Vincent Price found himself caught inside the pages of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Gothicism ...
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When you get to a B-movie as aptly titled as The Brain that Wouldn’t Die, you – of course – have to embrace disbelief with open arms. If you do, you won’t exactly be disappointed with the results as one doctor refuses to give up on his girlfriend and decides to attach her ...
Read more: The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) - Blu-ray Review
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James Brolin. A demonic car. Some Native American warnings. And the arid American desert. What else do you need to have one helluva damn good time? Nothing. And that's exactly the territory of The Car, a horror film that owes its inception to the success of Jaws. Directed by ...
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…in which the origins of American International Pictures are unearthed… B-movies, quite literally, do not get any worse than with the events depicted inside The Beast of 10,000 Leagues. Born from America’s post WWII fears, the quick look at the nuclear-made ...
Read more: The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955) - Blu-ray Review
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South Korea’s first entry into the kaiju movie genre is probably the sole reason to ever pick up a copy of Kino-Lorber’s 1080p treatment of Yongary, Monster from the Deep and that truly is ONLY if you are nut about the genre. Believe me when I tell you that this is a monster ...
Read more: Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) - Blu-ray Review
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When we get to the films of director Frederick R. Friedel let it be known that we are in very special B-movie territory. Inspired equally by the eye of Orson Welles and the taste of Roger Corman, Friedel and his gang of film conspirators combined their talents and put North ...
Read more: The Films of Frederick R. Friedel: Axe/Kidnapped Coed (1974 -1976) - Blu-ray Review
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Warner Bros – as part of their Archive Collection – simply do not realize or appreciate some of the lesser-known gems they have on their hands. With the bare-boned blu-ray release of The Ice Pirates, their misunderstanding of this science fiction comedy is as audible as it ...
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Let’s go ahead and give the British the coveted award for best werewolf movie in quite a long while. It is much deserved. Howl, directed by make-up effects wiz Paul Hyett (The Seasoning House), is quite an effective independent feature with a rollicking cast of hairy ...
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Sonny Boy is, thankfully, a relatively unknown movie. I say thankfully because if more people knew about director Robert Martin Carrol’s screwed up flick, there would be hell to pay when it came to morality codes and such things as good, decent taste. Few people ...
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When a young couple decides to elope and marry in Vegas, the road they take drags them straight into hell itself. Literally. Highway to Hell is an engaging and campy tale of just how far one man will go for the women he loves. There is weirdness and laughs all around him ...
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Once upon a time ago, Pam Grier – with her name proudly resting ABOVE the titles – could sell a movie. Hell, she WAS the movie. What a powerful time in movie history that was; an African-American woman selling an action flick. Such is the case with William Girdler's ...
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Directed by Edward Cahn (It! The Terror from Beyond Space and all those Our Gang shorts), Curse of the Faceless Man, like much of his science fiction-minded American International Pictures output, has moments of terror that can't be dismissed. His first film did inspire ...
Read more: Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) - Blu-ray Review
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Vincent Price. To put it mildly, there is no other actor alive today that can match the sheer weight of his importance in the horror genre. No one. Price, good or bad, was an absolute master at the macabre (in an entertaining way) and his involvement in any film ...
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Confession time, children! Gather around. Closer, please. I'm going to whisper this to you before I spend an entire review proclaiming why. Here goes: I fucking love Bob Clark. From Porky's to A Christmas Story, the writer/director has a well-known penchant for comedy ...
Read more: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973) - Blu-ray Review
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With lines like "that's strange, my dad's battleaxe is missing" and a copious amount of well-managed gore and humor, there's no denying that The Mutilator is EXACTLY what any true fan of horror could ever want in a flick. It even has a super-stylized Springsteen wannabe ...
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Ugly, wildly unique and completely ridiculous in all its cheesy glory, Pieces, “directed” by Spanish filmmaker Juan Piquer Simon (Slugs: The Movie), is an exploitation slasher film that is as disturbing as it is obvious. The dialogue is of an Ed Wood quality and the edits are as ...
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Fans of mad scientist flicks rejoice! The Back Sleep has arrived to cradle us in our darkest moments of fear and fury. Starring a very notable cast, this B-movie was coupled with a lot of better B-movies during its brief theatrical run but it matters not because this release – from Kino Lorber no less ...
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Written by Jack Nicholson, The Trip is director Roger Corman’s statement on the whole psychedelic scene of the 1960s. It is more of an experience; however, than it is a film. Much like Head, the trippy Monkees’ movie (which is far more interesting than it is given credit ...
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There is a reason that Quentin Tarantino and Neveldine/Taylor consistently make Black Mama, White Mama more than just a reference point in their filmography. The balance struck between humor and socio-political commentary is a steady one and continues to ...
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Cherry Falls. It is an idyllic small town in Virginia. Tall trees and large pools of water surround it. Nothing much happens here, mind you, but its residents love the safety and security it provides. It is a place to raise a family; almost isolated from the rest of the state. And the ...
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