Gleefully grisly throwback to 70s horror cinema by director Rod Blackhust. This begins with Chase (Seann William Scott) surprising his girlfriend Macy (Fabianne Therese) by taking her out in the Tennessee woods to a scenic overlook in anticipation of proposing…
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God, I love Italian exploitation movies. This point was made markedly clear once again when I got my greedy hands on the new Severin Blu-ray release of Adam and Eve, a truly bonkers 1983 Bible-sploitation flick which had the inspired…
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I cannot think of a better valentine than any of the Blu-ray releases this month. From two separate 4K UHD releases of (Italian horror maestro) Dario Argento films, to a gorgeous upgrade of a Mario Bava “giallo” thriller, to a…
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An exciting new batch of rare films from the storied career of the legendary Christopher Lee. The imposing Lee who was known from his work with Hammer films or Lord of the Rings or from the Star Wars franchise made…
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Wryly funny and playfully provocative kinky gay love story starring a very affecting Harry Melling as the shy, mild-mannered Colin. He’s by day a traffic warden in the outer borough of London. He also sings acapella with his dad in…
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The second to last feature by the great Italian director Luchino Visconti, Conversation Piece is a witty, darkly humorous and ultimately tragic tale of the unwelcome intrusion of modern life onto a wealthy nobleman (Burt Lancaster), who would prefer to…
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A glorious new reconstruction and 4K restoration of Erich von Stroheim unfinished 1929 epic Queen Kelly. This was a dream project actress Gloria Swanson and her lover at the time Joseph Kennedy (who was bankrolling it) brought to director Erich…
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It’s a new year of beautifully upgraded Blu-rays. Not to mention Blu-rays of some above average films released last year. There’s the Italian gothic The Ghost, the thrilling film noir Narrow Margin, the rousing Errol Flynn swashbuckler Captain Blood, the…
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When actress Lizabeth Scott died on Jan. 31, 2015 at 92, the NY Times obituary (beautifully written by Robert D. McFadden) described her as “a sultry blonde with a come-hither voice cut out for the seething romantic and homicidal passions…
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I have to laugh with sardonic joy at the array of oddball Blu-ray stocking stuffers this holiday month. From a perverse Italian “giallo,” The House with Laughing Windows (God, I love that title), to hilariously sleazy wonders like Ilsa, Harem…
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