A gothic horror masterpiece, The House That Screamed, directed by Narciso Ibanez Serrador, was made in 1969, at the tail end of the repressive Franco regime in Spain. But it was an important chapter in horror films made in that…
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The new box set- Made in Hong Kong: Volume One– from Vinegar Syndrome is a deliciously demented collection of three Category III shockers. I’ve always been such a fan of the infamous Category III films and have written about my…
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Blu-ray valentines abound this month, with many Francois Truffaut directorial treats, a new thriller from Dario Argento, a witty, politically savvy werewolf film, a sexy melodrama starring Esther Williams and Jeff Chandler, an early Mel Gibson action film, a banned…
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I recently acquired a new (all region) Blu-ray from an Australian company Via Vision that made me insane. It’s a gorgeous new Blu-ray of A Rage to Live, a 1965 film directed by Walter Grauman and starring the incandescent, husky-voiced,…
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Talk about an eclectic Blu-ray collection to start the new year! From Orson Welles to Japanese cat women and haunted bath houses. The original 1934 Imitation of Life to a near-nude Sandra Dee in The Dunwich Horror. And is it…
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Nude on the Moon– can there ever be a film title to top that one? I seriously doubt it. This whacky gem is included in this new box set from AGFA- The Films of Doris Wishman: The Daylight Years, the…
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The Christmas holidays are usually a slow one for home video releases but this December includes some really exceptional new 4k scanned collector’s editions. From greats like The Night of the Iguana, Carrie, Black Christmas, 4 Flies on Grey Velvet,…
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I’m thankful for a lot of things this month. That I get to spend Thanksgiving with people I love. And I get to gorge myself on a meal of tasty Blu-rays this month that include new classics like Peter von…
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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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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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