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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 ...
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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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You say want sex and violence? Well, the Masked Mutilator has EXACTLY what you are looking for. Just be respectful because this house parent will definitely kick your ass ...
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Kitty’s back on the cell block! Woot! Woot! Let the sweat-dripping orgies begin! Violence in a Women’s Prison, originally released in 1982, is a damn ugly exploitation flick. Even when you lower the bar when it comes to Women in Prison flicks, this ...
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Gloriously over-the-top and wonderfully directed by Sun Chung, Human Lanterns is what happens when the Shaw Brothers merge their particular brand of martial arts with the American slasher . . . and this violent result is as disturbing as it sounds. It helps when the leading character is psychotic, you ...
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In which Shaw Brothers enters the Ninja dome and delivers one hell of a knockout punch when it comes to over-the-to-top clenched-teeth martial arts mayhem! Directed by Chang Cheh and featuring solid performances from Cheng Tien-Chi and Lo Meng, Five Element Ninjas (also known as ...
Read more: Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. 4: Five Element Ninjas (1982) - Blu-ray
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Revenge, thy name is Sammo Hung!n The Iron-Fisted Monk is some good ol’ kung-fu delivered with all the grit and the glory one would expect from its talented cast. Produced by Raymond Chow (who was still licking the wounds made by Bruce Lee’s death) and made when Hong Kong cinema ...
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In which the cave of the Golden Snake is introduced! The Sword Stained With Royal Blood is a certifiable classic of Kung-Fu madness. It’s an adventure with a strong narrative which sees Yuan Cheng-chih (Phillip Kwok) whisked away from tragedy and raised right so that he might avoid the same fate as his ...
Read more: Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. 4: The Sword Stained With Royal Blood (1981) - Blu-ray
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Revenge, thy name is Sammo Hung!n The Iron-Fisted Monk is some good ol’ kung-fu delivered with all the grit and the glory one would expect from its talented cast. Produced by Raymond Chow (who was still licking the wounds made by Bruce Lee’s death) and made when Hong Kong cinema ...
Read more: The Iron Fisted Monk (1977) - Limited Edition Blu-ray
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It’s East meets WestERN when Sammo Hung comes to town! With dynamic fight sequences throughout and a genuine goofiness in its DNA, Millionaires’ Express, written and directed by Sammy Hung, continues to deliver the comedic good from station to station. It looks absolutely beautiful ...
Read more: Millionaire's Express (1986) - Limited Edition Blu-ray
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Let the blood flow freely! And boy does it ever in Masked Avengers, a martial arts bonanza which features blood drinking, satan worshiping, and a whole lot of bloody trident action! Not for the faint of heart, Masked Avengers, once again directed by Chang Cheh, features three of the “venoms” in some ...
Read more: Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. 4: Masked Avengers (1981) - Blu-ray
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In which Philip Kwok has to wear one of the most ridiculous-looking (possibly) knitted caps throughout the entire film! Whatever it is, it’s horrible. House of Traps might be for “Venom” completists only. Oh, sure, if you can follow the twisting plot you’ll get side-switching ...
Read more: Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. 4: House of Traps (1982) - Blu-ray
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In which Angela Miao, Whang Ing-Sik and Sammo Hung (in the roles of Yu Ying, Kao and Fan), coming from a small Korean school of Martial Arts, all take turns breaking boards and cracking skulls with their Japanese competitors! And all they wanted was to start a school of their own! ...
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Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers first major competitor for Martial Arts action, hit it big when they landed Bruce Lee in The Big Boss. Could they strike again with a female leading lady, Angela Mao Ying? Yes. Yes, they could. It helped when director Huang Feng (The Shaolin Plot) jumped ship ...
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It’s the return of the supernatural to Shaw Brothers! Well, sort of, as this wuxia extravaganza turns relatively spooky really quick-like thanks to two ornamental figures - one ghoul in red robes (Yuen Wah) and another in white (Chan Man-Na) - haunting a young swordsman (Long Fei) and foretelling of his fiance's ...
Read more: Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. 4: Black Lizard (1981) - Blu-ray
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By 1980, it was time for Shaw Brothers to start experimenting with their subject matter. The straight-up action movies seemed to be slightly out-of-step with what audiences wanted (or at least director Chang Cheh was running out of gas as one of the most overworked directors for the studio), so the ...
Read more: Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. 4: Legend of the Fox (1980) - Blu-ray
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There’s a wonderfully on-point scene in The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, a co-production between Hammer Studios and Shaw Brothers, in which Hsi Ching (David Chiang) and his seven kung fu-trained siblings, including the only sister, Mei Kwei (Shih Szu), hop into the camera’s frame as they display their ...
Read more: The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) - Blu-ray
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In which the killer kung fu acrobatics turn super silly! Directed by Chen Chi-Hwa (Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin) and starring a young Jackie Chan (who had complete creative control over the project), Half A Loaf Of Kung Fu is probably not going to be for every one out there. Its comedy is Looney Tunes inspired and ...
Read more: Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar - Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978) Blu-ray
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In which Alexander Fu Sheng fights against the exploitation of textile workers! Directed by the one and only Chang Cheh and featuring some stellar choreography from Lau Kar-leung, Disciples Of Shaolin is, ultimately, a very sad story. Oh, it’s got some great scenes of ass-kicking audacity along ...
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Dragons Forever, also known as Cyclone Z, is the final “three brothers” film but what a high note these three titans of Hong Kong Cinema - Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao - go out on! They play against type - with Chan as the sleazeball lawyer, Hung as the Con Artist, and Biao as the accidental thief - and it ...
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Opening with an animated sequence of the main cast fighting each other, Two Champions of Shaolin takes its use of montage quite seriously as the on-going feud between the Shaolin disciples and the Wu-Tang Clan expands to include flying razor-sharp boomerangs! Starring Venom Mob’s Lo Mang and ...
Read more: Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. 4: Two Champions of Shaolin (1980) - Blu-ray
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