Dear God these Hammer “ultimate edition” box sets will be the end of me I fear. And the new one of X the Unknown– a terrific 1956 British sci-fi movie about a giant blob of radioactive mud that emerges from…
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August is usually referred to as the last kiss of summer. Well someone is slipping tongue with these new Blu-ray releases which are seriously off the charts. From the towering performance by Kim Stanley in The Goddess to the whacked-out…
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A mouth-watering, sensational Blu-ray box set from Imprint called Youth Gone Wild is now ready to assault your senses with 1950s movies about teenagers gone berserk. According to author Alan Betrock in his Guide to the Teen Exploitation Film, “What…
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It’s the lazy, hazy days of summer. So, what the hell are you doing outside in skin cancer wonderland? Get back to your Blu-ray player and put some of these deranged discs in. From the glorious 4K UHD of The…
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Letty Lynton is a racy 1932 Joan Crawford film that has not been screened (legally) since January 1936. Finally, thanks to the efforts of Joan Crawford’s grandson Casey LaLonde (who sadly died this June), this has finally been re-released on…
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I guess the musical Carousel was right, “June is Bustin’ Out All Over.” At least on Blu-ray this month, with new 4K editions and Blu-rays of rare, exceptional films. From the thought-to-be-lost Wake in Fright, to rare Spanish thrillers, to…
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In my apartment, I have a framed lobby card with the best lurid title: From Ear to Ear which boldly claims it is “More Terrifying Than Psycho,” and teases it has “The Shock Ending of All Time!” For years I…
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I’ve always said that sometimes only film noir will do. That post-War black & white cinema of existential dread, a landscape of shadowy city streets; seedy bars; and smoke-filled cop precincts. A nighttime universe populated with dangerous dudes and devious…
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Two of the most deranged cult titles have just been released on Blu-ray care of Mondo Macabro, a company that has tirelessly unearthed rancid rarities from across the globe. One tells the story of a Balinese sorceress who sends a…
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A giddy mix of new and old, cult and classic Blu-rays released this month. Included, one terrific Italian thriller starring Giancarlo Giannini (Seven Beauties); a whacked-out Charles Bronson crime thriller; a little-known film noir starring Pat O’Brien and the fabulous…
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