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Blu-ray Review -The House of the Devil (2009)

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The House of the Devil, 2009. Directed by Ti West. Starring Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, AJ Bowen, Dee Wallace, Brenda Cooney, and Greta Gerwig. SYNOPSIS: A university student accepts a babysitting job that turns out not to be quite what was advertised. Harking back to an era when these types of movies were […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Four Sided Triangle (1953)

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Four Sided Triangle, 1953. Directed by Terence Fisher. Starring Barbara Payton, James Hayter, Stephen Murray, John Van Eyssen, and Percy Marmont. SYNOPSIS: A scientist creates an exact replica of the woman he loves when she marries his childhood friend. This 4K UHD release is the second to come from the resurrected Hammer Films stable following […]

Blu-ray Review – F/X & F/X2: The Grande Illusion

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F/X & F/X2: The Grande Illusion Directed by Robert Mandel/Richard Franklin. Starring Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Tom Noonan, Rachel Ticotin, Kevin J. O’Connor, Mason Adams, Roscoe Orman, Tom Mason, Cliff De Young, Martha Gehman, and Jerry Orbach. SYNOPSIS: Box set featuring the two special effects-themed action thrillers starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy. The idea […]

Movie Review – Rumpelstiltskin (2025)

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Rumpelstiltskin, 2025. Directed by Andy Edwards. Starring Hannah Baxter-Eve, Joss Carter, Adrian Bouchet, Colin Malone, James Dance, and Evyn George. SYNOPSIS: A modern retelling of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, albeit a bit more sweary. What? Not another childhood favourite being given the low budget horror movie treatment? Okay, this isn’t Winnie the Pooh, […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Deep Blue Sea (1999)

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Deep Blue Sea, 1999. Directed by Renny Harlin. Starring Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Samuel L. Jackson, Stellan Skarsgård, LL Cool J, Michael Rapaport, and Aida Turturro. SYNOPSIS: A team of scientists researching a cure for Alzheimer’s on an isolated facility become the victims of sharks with increased intelligence, thanks to their experiments. Jaws may be […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Russ Meyer’s Vixen Trilogy

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Vixen/Supervixens/Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens Directed by Russ Meyer. Starring Erica Gavin Harrison Page, Garth Pillsbury, Charles Pitts, Shari Eubank, Charles Napier, John Lazar, Kitten Natividad, Sharon Kelly, Ann Marie, Uschi Digard, Candy Samples, Stuart Lancaster, Russ Meyer. SYNOPSIS: The first three restored Russ Meyer movies in 4K UHD, released by Severin Films in […]

Blu-ray Review – Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)

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Legend of the Eight Samurai, 1983. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Starring Hiroko Yakushimaru, Sonny Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yuki Meguro, Masaki Kyômoto, Kenji Ôba, and Mari Natsuki.   SYNOPSIS: A princess is hunted down by a rival clan, who were destroyed and have been reanimated as demons. Based on the expansive 19th century novel Nanso Satomi […]

Blu-ray Review – V/H/S/Beyond (2024)

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V/H/S/Beyond, 2024. Directed by Jay Cheel/Jordan Downey/Christian Long/Justin Long/Justin Martinez/Virat Pal/Kate Siegel. Starring Brian Baker, Trevor Dow, Alan Maxson, Mitch Horowitz, and James C. Burns. SYNOPSIS: The found footage anthology returns with a bit of a sci-fi twist. We are now up to the seventh instalment of the V/H/S franchise, and over the past three […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Cell (2000)

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The Cell, 2000. Directed by Tarsem Singh. Starring Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D’Onofrio, Colton James, Dylan Baker, Jake Weber, and Gerry Becker. SYNOPSIS: With the help of an experimental technology that allows people to enter the minds of others, a social worker tries to find out where a serial killer has hidden one of […]

Movie Review – Oddity (2024)

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Oddity, 2024. Directed by Damian McCarthy. Starring Carolyn Bracken, Jonathan French, Steve Wall, Gwilym Lee, Tadhg Murphy, Caroline Menton. SYNOPSIS: A blind medium uses haunted items to uncover the truth about her twin sister’s murder. Damian McCarthy’s previous movie Caveat, was a slow-burning mood piece that had a few pacing and script issues, but it […]