What’s the scariest film of all time? Some say Psycho, some The Texas Chainsaw Masacre, A Nightmare on Elm Street. For many there was nothing to equal the first time they saw Night of the Living Dead. But for me,…
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To be honest, MHz Choice kept me sane during the pandemic. This superior streaming service has riveting TV series from around the globe- mystery series from Denmark, thrillers from Germany, procedurals from Sweden, first-rate dramas from Italy. I found myself…
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Most of us remember the first movie witch that freaked us out. From the green-skinned Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz, to the evil Maleficent of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. Honestly, for me the thought that you could ride a broom and…
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I have to admit I’ve been weary of Netflix for a while- strolling their menu in vain for anything to watch. There’s always a glut of choices but nothing that speaks to me, that’s for sure. And then, like magic,…
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Another great month for Blu-ray fanatics, with rare made-for-TV thrillers including the loony Scream, Pretty Peggy; the precursor to X-Files– Kolchak: The Night Stalker; a brilliant existential sci-fi classic- The Incredible Shrinking Man; an eerie Japanese chiller- Onibaba; the hilarious…
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Shout! Factory sneakily released a Blu-ray of one of my favorite so-bad-it’s-good movies- Bluebeard starring Richard Burton and sex-kitten Joey Heatherton. I remember vividly seeing this 1972 stinker in a sparsely attended movie theater and had to jam my scarf…
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