Willard/Ben Limited Edition Box Set Directed by Daniel Mann/Phil Karlson. Starring Bruce Davison, Elsa Lanchester, Sondra Locke, Michael Dante, Lee Montgomery, Joseph Campanella, Arthur O’Connell, and Meredith Baxter. SYNOPSIS: Box set containing two cult classics about killer rats from the early 1970s. Something of a ‘lost’ cult film from 1971, Willard is often cited as […]
Blu-ray Review – The Thing (1982)
The Thing, 1982. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Richard Masur, Charles Hallahan, and Joel Polis. SYNOPSIS: A group of researchers in Antarctica fall foul of an alien organism that can mimic anything it comes into contact with, resulting in paranoia as the trust between the […]
DVD Review – Cage Dive (2017)
Cage Dive, 2017. Directed by Gerald Rascionato. Starring Joel Hogan, Josh Potthoff, Megan Peta Hill, Pete Valley, Mark Fell, and Christopher Callen. SYNOPSIS: Three friends go shark cage diving in a bid to get on a TV reality show, only for things to go very wrong. In some territories Cage Dive comes with the prefix […]
Blu-ray Review – The Howling (1981)
The Howling, 1981. Directed by Joe Dante. Starring Dee Wallace, Christopher Stone, Patrick Macnee, Robert Picardo, Dick Miller, John Carradine, Elisabeth Brooks, Dennis Dugan, Belinda Belaski, and Kevin McCarthy. SYNOPSIS: A female reporter is attacked by a notorious murderer so to get over her trauma she is sent to The Colony for relaxation. And then […]
Blu-ray Review – The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975)
The Suspicious Death of a Minor, 1975. Directed by Sergio Martino. Starring Claudio Cassinelli, Mel Ferrer, Lia Tanzi, Adolfo Caruso, Barbara Magnolfi, and Patrizia Castaldi. SYNOPSIS: A man investigating the murder of a young prostitute uncovers a trafficking ring. The Suspicious Death of a Minor, as the title would suggest, is not comfortable viewing; in […]
Blu-ray Review – Kill, Baby… Kill! (1966)
Kill, Baby… Kill!, 1966. Directed by Mario Bava. Starring Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Erika Blanc, Fabienne Dali, and Piero Lulli. SYNOPSIS: In the early 1900s a remote village is cursed by the ghost of a little girl. Despite the misleading title, Kill, Baby… Kill! is not a slasher or a giallo but is a Gothic chiller […]
DVD Review – The Evil Within (2017)
The Evil Within, 2017. Directed by Andrew Getty. Starring Frederick Koehler, Sean Patrick Flanery, Brianna Brown, Michael Berryman, Kim Darby, and Dina Meyer. SYNOPSIS: A mentally handicapped man is driven to murder by his reflection in an antique mirror. The Evil Within is a movie that arrives on the scene with a reputation and a […]
Blu-ray Review – The Ghoul (2016)
The Ghoul, 2016. Directed by Gareth Tunley. Starring Tom Meeten, Alice Lowe, Geoffrey McGivern, Rufus Jones, Paul Kaye, Niamh Cusack, and Dan Renton Skinner. SYNOPSIS: A cop goes undercover as a patient in order to investigate a psychotherapist involved in a strange murder case. With Ben Wheatley (A Field in England/Kill List) credited as executive […]
DVD Review – The Slayer (1982)
The Slayer, 1982. Directed by J.S. Cardone. Starring Sarah Kendall, Frederick Flynn, Carol Kottenbrook, Alan McRae, Newell Alexander, and Ivy Jones. SYNOPSIS: Two couples visit a secluded island where they are attacked by a monster linked to one of the visitor’s dreams. Brother and sister Eric (Frederick Flynn – The Forsaken) and Kay (Sarah Kendall […]
Blu-ray Review – Wonder Woman (2017)
Wonder Woman, 2017. Directed by Patty Jenkins. Starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, David Thewlis, Danny Huston, Elena Anaya, Ewan Bremner, Lucy Davis, Eugene Brave Rock, Emily Carey, Lilly Aspell, and Saïd Taghmaoui. SYNOPSIS: After a fighter pilot crash lands on her home island, an Amazonian princess leaves the safety of her […]
