Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1998 Directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Johnny Depp, Benicio del Toro, Toby Maguire, Debbie Reynolds, Mark Harmon Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, and Cameron Diaz. SYNOPSIS: Drugs. Lots of drugs. And a road trip… with drugs. Based on gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson’s cult 1971 novel of the same name, […]
Blu-ray Review – Hitch Hike to Hell (1977)
Hitch Hike to Hell, 1977. Directed by Irvin Berwick. Starring Robert Gribbin, Russell Johnson, John Harmon, Dorothy Bennett, Sheryl Lynn, Randy Echols. SYNOPSIS: A mentally disturbed delivery driver kidnaps, rapes and murders hitch hikers, especially those with mommy issues. The most remarkable thing about Hitch Hike to Hell lies in its persistent ordinariness. That is […]
Blu-ray Review – Upgrade (2018)
Upgrade, 2018. Directed by Leigh Whannell. Starring Logan Marshall-Green, Melanie Vallejo, Steve Danielsen, Betty Gabriel, Christopher Kirby, and Harrison Gilbertson. SYNOPSIS: In the future a technophobic mechanic is left for dead after a brutal mugging, only to receive an experimental medical upgrade that enables him to seek revenge. Good sci-fi is designed to make you […]
Movie Review – Rise of the Footsoldier 4: Marbella (2019)
Rise of the Footsoldier 4: Marbella, 2019. Directed by Andrew Loveday. Starring Terry Stone, Craig Fairbrass, Roland Manookian, Josh Myers, Andrew Loveday, Emily Wyatt, and Conor Benn. SYNOPSIS: Unhinged gangster Pat Tate gets released from prison and heads to Marbella to get revenge on those who put him away. The opening text of Rise of […]
Blu-ray Review – The Quest (1996)
The Quest, 1996. Directed by Jean-Claude Van Damme. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roger Moore, James Remar, Janet Gunn, Abdel Qissi, Jack McGee, and Mike Lambert. SYNOPSIS: In the 1920s a street clown, aided by a con man and a journalist, enters an underground fighting competition to help the street kids in his neighbourhood. On paper, […]
Blu-ray Review – Rabid (2019)
Rabid, 2019. Directed by The Soska Sisters. Starring Laura Vandervoort, Stephen Huszar, Greg Bryk, C.M. Punk, Lynn Lowry, and Ted Atherton. SYNOPSIS: A woman involved in a traffic accident has facial reconstruction surgery, with some icky results. It has been said before that anybody remaking a David Cronenberg film is incredibly brave, such is the […]
Blu-ray Review – Oldboy Limited Edition (2003)
Oldboy, 2003. Directed by Park Chan-wook. Starring Choi Min-sik, Yu Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, and Kim Byeong-ok. SYNOPSIS: Arrow Video unleashes Park Chan-wook’s influential revenge thriller Oldboy in an extensive Limited Edition 4-disc Blu-ray set with a couple of special extras. Although some of their recent standalone releases have been pushing the loyalty of collectors thanks […]
Blu-ray Review – The Prey (1983)
The Prey, 1983. Directed by Edwin Scott Brown. Starring Debbie Thureson, Steve Bond, Lori Lethin, Jackie Coogan, Carel Struycken, and Gayle Gannes. SYNOPSIS: Six campers head off into the woods where they are stalked by a deformed killer. It doesn’t take a seasoned horror movie veteran to tell you that the old ‘teenagers stalked in […]
Movie Review – Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)
Memory: The Origins of Alien, 2019. Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe. Starring Tom Skerritt, Diane O’Bannon, Axelle Carolyn, Roger Corman, Veronica Cartwright, Ben Mankiewicz, and Alan Jones. SYNOPSIS: Documentary focusing on how Alien and, more specifically, its central antagonist came into being. Just when you think there is nothing more to be mined from the […]
Blu-ray Review – Rabid (1977)
Rabid, 1977. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Susan Roman, and Howard Ryshpan. SYNOPSIS: Reissue of David Cronenberg’s second feature from 1977 in a 2K scan and featuring new extras. A quick search through the Flickering Myth archives will reveal that David Cronenberg’s Rabid has already been reviewed, on Blu-ray, […]