A fog shrouded street in London’s seedy Whitechapel district in 1888. A woman stumbles drunkenly from a bar and totters down the circuitous streets, dropping her purse at one point and she unsteadily collects her possessions spilled out on the…
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Pete Walker was a maverick British producer/director who cut a name for himself with a series of harrowing shockers in the 1970s. Films like House of Whipcord, Frightmare and House of Mortal Sin were devastating and fiercely original thrillers. But…
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I actually am speechless from the Blu-ray releases this month. Talk about May flowers. From a British film version of a fabulous Joe Orton dark comedy; a nightmarish brilliant creep-fest by Marina de Van; a chilling British ventriloquist chiller; a…
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An incredible box set of German crime films is being released this month by Eureka! and they are just spectacular- presented in High Definition from 2K restorations from the original film elements undertaken by CCC Film. Now, much like the…
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It’s here! A glorious 6-disc box set of Lucio Fulci’s unforgettable 1981 supernatural chiller- The Beyond– from Grindhouse Releasing and it even comes with an eyeball (which, after recently going through cataract surgery seemed like fitting irony). Lucio Fulci, who…
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“Grief is rotting your teeth,” the dentist says to Karsh (Vincent Cassel). It’s more than rotting the teeth of the tech mogul- it’s become his industry since the loss of his beloved wife Becca (Diane Kruger). Through his corporation GraveTech,…
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An April shower of loony Blu-ray releases this month that leaves me salivating. Two more sleazy greats from Russ Meyer; two deranged Category III Asian shockers; rare Italian “giallo” thrillers; The Best Movie Oscar from Sean Baker; a moving new…
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Pink Narcissus, the 1971 gay cult classic by James Bidgood follows the surreal, bejeweled dreams of pouty-lipped teen beauty (Bobby Kendall) as he imagines himself a matador, a harem boy and a leather-jacked cyclist. There was great mystery for many…
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When you’ve lived in an apartment for over 40 years you do accumulate a lot of crap. Not wanting to slip into “hoarder disorder,” I periodically throw out as much junk as I can. It often can be exhilarating to…
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Talk about “coming in like a lion.” This month is a treasure trove of offbeat Blu-ray releases. From a rarely seen supernatural thriller starring Shirley MacLaine, to a great Alan Rudolph movie, to the first film in 10 years from…
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