The newest box set of rare “giallos” (Italian thrillers from the 70s and 80s) ratchets up the sleaze meter to 10. These Vinegar Syndrome box sets are handsomely boxed and all are scanned from the film’s negatives and look astonishing.…
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Though he’s best known for playing George McFly in the megahit Back to The Future, it’s Crispin Hellion Glover’s more offbeat roles that have earned him a special place in my dark heart. I love his weirder characters- like the…
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One should growl at the moon to cheer the glorious release of a 2-disc Blu-ray of one of the rarest Sasquatch splatter films from 1980- Night of the Demon. Severin has lovingly restored this practically unseen film from the answer…
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There are Blu-ray valentine’s gifts for everyone this month, include Douglas Sirk’s dazzling melodrama- Written on the Wind, Busby Berkeley-choreographed surrealism in Gold Diggers of 1933, giant terrorizing teenagers in Village of the Giants, Margaux Hemingway as a model hellbent…
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Controversial Basque director Eloy de la Iglesia (Cannibal Man/The Deputy) set his sights on a series of films depicting the troubled youth of Spain in the 70s and 80s. These “Quinqui” (juvenile delinquent films) were wildly popular but became problematic…
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This gloriously bonkers low budget 1980s action film was rescued from the trashcan of memory by the good people at Vinegar Syndrome and is being released in select theaters across the country and in a beautiful 2-disc Blu-ray. The story…
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I’ve always held dear to my heart films by directors I love that are thought to be lesser works, or simply aren’t as well-known. I find myself desperately trying to turn friends onto them and writing about them endlessly. When…
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Those of us still suffering from the PTSD of Christmas can take comfort is some exciting Blu-ray releases this month. Including a great, sexy new film by Bruce LaBruce– Saint-Narcisse; one of my favorite creature features from the late 80s-…
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It was already bad enough. But there was some solace to being able to see several acclaimed new movies on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Apple+ etc. Although I have to admit I didn’t much care for Jane Campion’s The Power…
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For someone like me that was practically breastfed in a movie theater, it surprised me how strange it was to first step into one after the pandemic. And to see this massive movie palace filled with only three ticket holders…
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