New Extremity Collection (Volume One) (Umbrella) A 4-disc Blu-ray box set of some cinematic highlights from the genre of films christened “New French Extremity,” reveling in brutality, sex and violence. There is a sensational book: “Films of the New French…
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I was so overjoyed with Eureka Entertainment’s gorgeous box set of the German “Krimi” thrillers of CCC Studios in the 1960s that I broke down and ordered their Dr. Mabuse film set which included, among others, director Fritz Lang’s return…
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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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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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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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There is still an exquisite thrill to turn on a TV re-run and see the line drawing of the side view of director Alfred Hitchcock’s face while “Funeral March of a Marionette” begins and Hitchcock appears, filling out his silhouette,…
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Trust me, I’d rather get any of these Blu-rays, released this month, than a box of diabetes-inducing candy. There’s 4k UHD restorations of the psychedelic Performance; the notorious Cruising; Gus Van Sant’s wonderful Drugstore Cowboy and the Ed Gein-based true…
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