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William Castle never met a gimmick he didn’t like. Known for filling theaters with anxious audiences, his gimmicks, whether they be 13 Ghosts’ special Dr. Zorba ghost viewer or the auditioning of girls from different countries to be in 13 Frightened Girls, he knew how to sell ...
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I am sure there are some people involved in director Pierre De Moro’s Hellhole that wish the film did not still exist. The truth is that the cinematic sleaze contained in this flick almost didn’t survive the ravages of time. Culled together from the best sources available, Scream ...
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Released in 1973 as the bottom-half of a double feature, The Boy Who Cried Werewolf never could match wits with its running mate, Sssssss. Both were creature features. Both were low budget offerings. Both were weird enough, yet cult filmmaker Nathan Juran (Attack ...
Read more: The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973) - Blu-ray Review
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Comedian Rudy Ray Moore (Dolemite & The Human Tornado) came into this world as a 10-year-old boy ready for battle. Wearing diapers and beating the white doctor’s ass who delivered him (and then his father for “keeping him up at night”) is certainly a hell of a way to ...
Read more: Petey Wheatstraw: The Devil's Son-in-Law (1977) - Blu-ray Review
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Now, THIS shit is bananas. While I’m sure Gwen Stefani did not have Hardcore Henry – or anything like it – in mind when she penned the lyrics to her song, the chorus fits in describing almost EVERY element of the action flick. Produced by Wanted’s Timur Bekmambetov ...
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“Can you still do the things with your eyes? You’re not crazy if you can still do the thing with your eyes.” I will NEVER forget the first time I saw Philip Kaufman’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I wouldn’t go outside in the rain for weeks afterwards thanks to the opening ...
Read more: Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Collector's Edition (1978) - Blu-ray Review
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To this day, The Adventures of Bukaroo Banzai remains one helluva wild ride. There is no other film that quite matches its new wave swagger. Nothing comes close to its style or its wit and, while a complete product of its time, the film has remained relatively ageless due ...
Read more: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension (1984) - Blu-ray Review
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Microwave Massacre is the type of low budget horror-comedy that few have patience for. It’s slapped together from long first takes (because the producers had no money to waste) and, as the opening credits spell out (complete with chikka-wah-wah porn-styled tunes ...
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Shelley Winters unhinged is some scary-ass shit. And that’s a fact. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? presents the actress as a civilized AND extremely wicked woman who longs to be reunited with her dearly departed daughter. Now before you get all sentimental (because, you ...
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Embracing a joyously retro-generated vibe of all things bursting with rainbows, unicorns, NES, comic books, and Michael Ironside, Turbo Kid laser blasts its way onto blu-ray with the single mission to – as the late Rowdy Roddy Piper once famously adlibbed – "kick ass and chew ...
Read more: Turbo Kid: 3-Disc Ultra Turbo-Charged Collector’s Edition (2015) - Blu-ray Review
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“Now are you ready to tell me the secrets of the death ray,” snarls Bela Lugosi as the all-black wearing villain in Chandu the Magician. He plays Roxor, an evil mastermind hell-bent on ruling nations with the destructive power of a new invention. And only one man can ...
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As fond as I am for Anthony Perkins’ acting talents, I have to say that Psycho IV: The Beginning is a film best suited for those looking to complete the Norman Bates experience only. It is interesting in that it operates as a prequel and as a third sequel to the horror series at ...
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"Put your weight on it, put your weight on it, put your weight on it,” shouts comedian Rudy Ray Moore as he spins the latest disco record on the dance floor for his patrons. His tight powder-blue leotard flairs out at the feet and spreads wide across the chest. Silver jewelry ...
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When it comes to b-grade entertainment, there is literally NOTHING quite like 1987’s Blood Rage. As ballsy as it is shoddy, this poorly acted slasher is in fact quite effective in is delivery of a twisted tale about twins and the psychotic mother who has the wrong son committed for murder ...
Read more: Blood Rage: 3-Disc Director Approved Limited Edition (1987) - Blu-ray Review
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Perhaps there is no other movie that best exemplifies the highs and lows of the 1980s than 1989's Road House. It's got mullets, monster trucks, martial arts, naked chicks, big hair, and a bunch of white guys beating the living shit out of each other for no real reason ...
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Beheadings! Bosoms! Blood! Welcome to the dark side of the 1950s. Made for a mere $29000 in 1959, The Monster of Piedras Blancas looks like a million bucks in high-definition in 2016. Down with the fuzz. We want clarity in our Creature Features and Olive Films absolutely ...
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Gothic horror gets its kink on in 1962’s The Horrible Dr. Hichcock. This is one of the movies that you really have to wonder how in the hell it got made. Like ever. Like ever ever. Directed by Riccardo Freda (working as Robert Hampton), the Italian director responsible for The Ghost ...
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Cellblock D. That’s where the best women are. According to Makillers (aka 12 Wild Women), an ultra low budget film from director David Prior and American International Pictures, when it comes to assembling a team of ruthless killers to take down a drug-dealing human ...
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Well, how neat-o is this, B-movie lovers?! Mad Max meets lasers … in 3-D! That’s the best way to describe this low-grade attempt to cash in on one of the most epic action flicks of my youth, The Road Warrior. Directed by Empire Pictures founder Charles Band (Parasite ...
Read more: Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn 3D - Blu-ray Review
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Six college students. A station wagon. An archaeological dig. And a tent. Those are the elements at play in 1983's uber-bloody Scalps. Written and directed by Fred Olen Ray (Deep Space), this effective horror flick is as minimalistic as it gets. It was filmed in mere days, ...
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Hilarious. That’s one word to describe the outrageous events in this cult flick. Another words would be awful. Put the two together and you have a recipe for immortality. So bad it’s good! Operating as a sequel to the 1958 classic with Steve McQueen, Beware! The Blob ...
Read more: Beware! The Blob aka Son of Blob (1972) - Blu-Ray Review
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When it comes to the history of horror, there are few years as important as 1942. That was the year RKO switched gears and turned away from artists like Orson Welles. They pulled The Magnificent Ambersons out from under his feet and went on the hunt for showmen ...
Read more: Cat People: Criterion Collection (1942) - Blu-ray Review
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It is essentially a cheaper version of Ridley Scott’s Alien, but underwater. That’s the best description of The Rift (aka Endless Descent). This knock-off is only one of the several underwater exploitative films that were rushed out from almost every studio – no matter ...
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Joan Crawford. Her name alone invokes images of all sorts. F. Scott Fitzgerald considered her THE ORIGINAL flapper. She was a dancer, a radio talent, an actress, but, above everything else, she was a force of nature. She alone made herself a star. No one else ...
Read more: Johnny Guitar: Olive Signature (1954) - Blu-ray Review
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Gearheads and punks rejoice! Your metal and steel obsessed world just got a hell of a lot shinier. The neon-splashed roads of an Ozploitation classic are yours to drive upon once again. Dead-End Drive-In has arrived on blu-ray. Complete with a brand new 2K restoration ...
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The Killbots are coming!!! The Killbots are coming!!! Grab your wayfarers, pop your collars, and hitch up your chinos, we’re heading to the mall of the future. With robots providing security detail, the Park Place Mall is slashing its prices … and its customers. Wait, what? ...
Read more: Chopping Mall: Vestron Horror Classics (1986) - Blu-ray Review
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Vestron Video continues its Lionsgate-sponsored rebirth with the High-Definition release of one of the craziest horror films to ever see the light of the day, Blood Diner. Where the fuck do I even begin? If you’ve seen the film, then you know EXACTLY the total anarchy ...
Read more: Blood Diner: Vestron Horror Classics (1987) - Blu-ray Review
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Two horny teenagers interrupt their quickie – now that the parental units have left the house – to down some more hooch. The guy needs something to drink. Apparently, her vagina isn’t satisfying all of his needs. Poor girl. As the dude leaves his best gal’s warmth ...
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There are few things MORE terrifying to me than an exaggerated Richard Nixon mask. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the extended nose or the heavily-lined cheeks, but it just creeps me the fuck out. In fact, it might be the single most terrifying thing that I know of. You’re aware of ...
Read more: Horror House on Highway 5: Limited Edition (1985) - Blu-ray Review
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Garden shears. It had to be garden shears. Ho! Ho! Ho! Let the stabbing begin! Written and directed by Todd Nunes, All Through The House is a Christmas-themed slasher that makes for a better trailer than it does a movie. I’m not saying that, as far as independent ...
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- The Black Dahlia Murder - The Death of Elizabeth Short
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- The Death of Dominique Dunne
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