From the folks who have worn transgressive like a badge of honor for over 50 years, Troma Entertainment comes “Eating Miss Campbell” from writer/director/producer Liam Regan. Does this transgressive horror comedy make us chuckle, or is it just corny?
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Ambition is what Visual Vengeance is known for, and it’s on full display with their recent release of the 1984 martial arts fantasy/adventure, Furious.
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The fear of taxis is at the forefront in “Black Cab,” a Shudder Original that has recently received a Blu-Ray release from Acorn Media starring one of our favorite actors, Nick Frost. Is this a cab ride worth hailing or one worth passing on?
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Divorce is messy, and while it is necessary it doesn’t come without casualty, something that David Cronenberg channels directly in this 1979 film, “The Brood.” Second Sight Films has released a stunning 4K UHD restoration of the film for the 45th anniversary alongside some newly commissioned features and essays, and we unpack this challenging and important film for you below.
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Visual Vegeance are what we would consider experts in this arena of B-movies, and their latest release of “Dinosaur Valley Girls” is a testament to the beauty and the burden of the B-movie.
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Brandon Cronenberg’s first film, “Antiviral,” has been given the deluxe treatment from the folks over at Severin Films alongside a brand-new 4K UHD scan, and it’s time we revisit the feature that made the career for one of horror’s most recognizable surname.
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Severin Films, a champion of international genre films, has recently put out a 4K UHD release of the 1991 French film, “Delicatessen” co-directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro. Is this darkly humorous post-apocalyptic French hellscape the kind of escapism worth diving head into?
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One of the rarest things is seeing a son remake his father’s film 40 years later, and that’s the case with Lamberto Bava’s “The Mask of Satan.” Severin Films releases this for the first time in North America but does this remake or reboot stand toe-to-toe with Mario Bava’s classic, “Black Sunday?”
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Innovation is about making the right bet, and that's the case with Universal Pictures’ “Wolf Man” by co-writer/director Leigh Whannell, but does this risky bet pay off in full or does it go into creative bankruptcy?
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Unearthed Films have dipped their toes in the 4K UHD waters for the first time for their release of “Evilenko,” which is both written and directed by David Grieco. Is this true crime adaptation more fact or more fiction?
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“The Blood Island Collection” has been out-of-print for some time, but Severin has revived it with some new visual enhancements with “Fear in the Philippines: The Complete Blood Island Films,” but is this just a double-dip for those that missed out, or a reason to return to the infamous Blood Island?
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The final film, for now, in our Russ Meyer coverage is “Beneath The Valley Of The Ultravixens” which comes to us again from Severin Films. Is this the peak of Meyer’s cinematic universe, or merely an exercise in overindulgence?
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Unearthed Films has made a literal business out of releasing some of the most challenging or “extreme” horror films out there, and there is no better example than “Feed,” from Director Brett Leonard. Is this extreme horror going to tide you over or leave you hungry for more?
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One title that straddled the generational divide is Troma’s short-lived, “Toxic Crusaders: The Series” which they’ve just released in HD for the first time ever. Is this childhood memory worth remembering?
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Meyer made a career out of proving that there was a market for nudie films that walked the line between pornography and on-screen sexuality, and thanks to The Russ Meyer Trust and Severin Films the Meyer catalog is getting released for the first time in HD, this time we talk about “Supevixens.” Is this Meyer at his best, or just big boobs bouncing for 106 minutes?
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The US isn’t the only country to dabble in the horrors of reality, and in 1969 Teruo Ishii released the anthology film, “Love & Crime” which honed in on Japanese true crime stories mostly committed by women. Now, for the first time on Blu-Ray outside of Japan, 88 Films has brought this little-known film to the masses, but does it satiate our Western thirst or leave us still parched?
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When Shudder started releasing “Exclusives and Originals” we started to get modern classics like “Terrified,” “Tigers Are Not Afraid,” and “Haunt” just to name a few. Another one to add to the list is Damian McCarthy’s “Oddity” which is getting a Blu-Ray release from Acorn Media. Is this oddity worth bringing into your home?
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On the list of weirdest movies ever we’d like to add, “Abruptio” from Writer / Director Evan Marlowe and recently released by the revived Anchor Bay Entertainment. Is this the kind of weird you want to add to your collection?
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“Scala!!! Or, The Incredibly Strange Rise And Fall Of The World's Wildest Cinema And How It Influenced A Mixed-Up Generation Of Weirdos And Misfits” is a film that documents what it looks like when the right mixture of place, time, and people conjoin to do what people do best, connect. This is yet another sterling addition to Severin’s growing catalog of genre-based documentary films, and also a necessary addition to every genre fan’s collection.
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One connoisseur in the Italian Genre arena is Joe D’Amato, whose brand of off-beat and low-budget films are as much an acquired taste as caviar, and Severin Films’ latest 4K UHD release of “2020 Texas Gladiators.” Is this Penne Post-Apocalyptic slice of HD mayhem worth carving out space on your crowded shelves?
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