I cannot begin to describe how thrilled I am with the new box set from Severin called The House of Psychotic Women, in conjunction with a sensational cinema book by Kier-La Janisee (more on that later). It includes oddball International…
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People often ask me what scary movies to watch for Halloween. I presume it’s either because they know I watch a lot of horror films or maybe it’s because of my face. Either way I am happy to oblige, sharing…
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Colin Farrell gives one of the best performances of his career in this heartbreakingly funny and tragically touching new film by Martin McDonagh. Farrell plays Padraic, a milk farmer who lives on a remote island off the coast of Ireland…
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A lost hiker stumbles on a shack in the middle of the Smoky Mountains only to find a strange old man in red long johns pointing a shotgun in his face in this tense two-hander directed by Lucky McKee. Lucky…
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The great thing about October is that Halloween encourages home video companies to release horror films, and this year many are 4K UHD new incarnations. But this month also includes rare pre-Code murder mysteries, a fictional film set in the…
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Dark Glasses is the first film in 10 years from the 82-year-old Italian master of the macabre Dario Argento and is a glorious return to “giallo” thriller, but with surprising tenderness and compassion alongside the gore. This was a script…
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Nothing thrills me more than attending the NY Film Festival. I used to hitchhike from Provincetown, Mass. in the 1970s and sleep on the couch of the late, great Cookie Mueller (ironically featured on the Nan Goldin poster for this…
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Released in the UK, and on video, as Clockwork Terror, the original Spanish title is translated as: A Drop of Blood to Die Loving. This amazing 1973 film, directed by Eloy de la Iglesia, is set in a futuristic pop…
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“Lingerie and lunacy” is another way to describe this second glorious Blu-ray box set of the films of pioneer female exploitation director Doris Wishman from AGFA and Something Weird. The Blu-ray collection is called The Moonlight Years (the first box…
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Legendary cult British director Michael Reeves was only 25 when he died of an accidental barbiturate overdose, and, in his brief career, directed only three movies. But at the time of his death he seemed on the cusp of a…
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