Talk about some great stocking stuffers. The Blu-ray releases this month cover the gamut from rare sleaze classics to the last film from beloved director William Castle Also a truly great supernatural TV series; an anthology horror film with one…
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Talk about ‘Yuletide Cheer.” This incredible box set from Shout! Factory includes 6 whacked-out Hong Kong treats from the early 1990s, many of them of the “adults only” “Category III” persuasion. And all exquisitely remastered with all the sex and…
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“I’m not queer- I’m disembodied,” says Eugene (Drew Starkey) to William Lee (Daniel Craig) as they are hallucinating like crazy in the jungle under the influence a native drug called “yage.” Luca Guadagnino’s transcendent film adaptation is from a William…
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When I think “Thanksgiving,” I think “pancreas.” It was on that celebratory November day back in the early 70s when, after partaking of a memorably delicious Thanksgiving with friends, my pancreas literally exploded and I was rushed to a hospital…
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During the 1980s, the Italian film industry began to wind down. But TV reached out to three directors- Lamberto Bava (Demons) (who eventually had to bow out), Lucio Fulci (The Beyond) and Umberto Lenzi (Cannibal Ferrox) to create made-for-TV horror…
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To be honest, what I’m thankful for this month is that home media is not dead yet. That way I can savor some of the crackpot titles released this month, especially in digitally enhanced splendor. From one of Joan Crawford’s…
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Another invaluable box set from Vinegar Syndrome, including some super rare “giallo” thrillers from Italy in the 1980s. These three reflect the films and music videos that influenced them at that time. The trend of these thrillers, which began with…
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I can’t tell you how hard it was to hear about the death of underrated director Paul Morrissey at 86. His films had such a profound effect on my life. Morrissey transformed Andy Warhol’s filmed “art” films into somewhat plotted…
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Out in theaters now is an absolute gem of a film- director Marco Calvani’s High Tide. It stars Marco Pigossi as Lourenço, a gay Brazilian on a work permit in the country, living in Provincetown in the guest house of…
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Out now is a remarkable, remastered Blu-ray (from Radiance)- director Fernando Arrabal’s 1971 surrealist masterpiece Viva La Murete. Fernando Arrabal (who turned 92 this year) is a Spanish author, poet, playwright (he’s written over 100 plays), artist and filmmaker. Along…
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