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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“X was never like this!” was the tag line for the 1974 softcore erotic box office phenomenon Emmanuelle, which is represented in a staggering 11-disc box set from Severin. The set contains the first three films in the sexy series,…
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There is plenty to be thankful for on Blu-ray this month. Especially the digital reconstruction of some of my favorites- like The Curse of Frankenstein, Eyes Wide Shut, The Descent, Sleepless, A Summer Place and Lovely to Look At. Not…
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Just in time for Halloween comes this absolutely stunning 4K UHD of one of the strangest, most surreal and spellbinding films to come out of Italy in the 1970s- The Perfume of the Lady in Black starring Mimsy Farmer. In…
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Out on Blu-ray from Arrow Releasing is a delightfully deranged 2-disc set of two separate trilogies of terror, with short films by well-known Asian directors. Like most omnibus horror-themed collections the entries are hit and miss. But in the second…
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My dream of William Friedkin’s underrated Rampage coming out on Blu-ray is finally a reality. And for vintage horror fans, Warner Archive is putting 6 classics on one collection. Ben Wheatley’s terrific The Kill List gets an upgrade from Severin,…
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A truly sensational quartet of Italian gothic horror from the 60s and 70s from Severin. Some familiar titles, but never looking as vibrant and beautiful or sound as good. Sourced from their original negatives and occasionally offering both the Italian…
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For film lovers, there is real excitement concerning the new reconstruction of Erich von Stroheim’s unfinished directorial swan song- Queen Kelly starring Gloria Swanson. With newly discovered material it may be the most complete form to date. And there’s real…
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One of the best presents I’ve gotten recently was Quatermass II, a staggering box set from British Hammer Studios (famous for bring blood and heaving breasts into cinemas in the late 60s, not to mention the Christopher Lee Dracula movies…
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From the rediscovery of a gritty 1980 New York thriller, to a four-pack of films from the legendary Greta Garbo, September Blu-ray releases reinforce the truth that home media is still going strong. There are also rare cult films offered,…
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