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Silver Screams: Bless the Child (2000-dir. Chuck Russell)
For a while there it was very good to be Chuck Russell. At the age of 29 his first feature, A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: Dream...

Patrick Ripoll
Mar 6, 2025


Cruising 4K UHD Review
William Friedkin’s Cruising (1980) is a film rich in production history, controversy, and revisionism. It brought together the director...

Gabe Powers
Mar 5, 2025


The Lady Assassin Blu-ray Review
King Hu’s Come Drink with Me (1966) and the female knight-errant wuxia released in its wake helped establish Shaw Bros. as the Hong Kong...

Gabe Powers
Mar 4, 2025


51.2: The Spaghetti Westerns of 1968, feat. Patrick Ripoll of 96 Greers (2 of 3)
HOP ALONG, CASSIDY – OR WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS – AND TUCK IN FOR A SECOND HELPING OF PASTA & MEATBALLS WITH A SIDE OF BULLETS & GRIT!...

Gabe Powers
Mar 3, 2025


Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend Blu-ray Review
Looking at the credits of Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend (also known as The Great American Girl Robbery), the name Chuck Russell jumps out...

Tyler Foster
Feb 28, 2025


Silver Screams: Bloody Murder (2000-dir. Ralph E. Portillo)
Let's start at the end: the killer is the summer camp director Patrick, who is actually Nelson Hammond who killed the real Patrick and...

Patrick Ripoll
Feb 27, 2025


The Last Match Blu-ray Review
By the early ‘90s, the ever-dependable Italian exploitation machine was drying up as the international home video era had put the...

Gabe Powers
Feb 26, 2025


Legend of the Eight Samurai Blu-ray Review
Best-known for his groundbreaking yakuza crime pictures, Kinji Fukasaku was an insanely prolific filmmaker, who dabbled across genres...

Gabe Powers
Feb 21, 2025


Silver Screams: The Convent (2000-dir. Mike Mendez)
When the first Hot Topic opened in 1989 it was hard to find band t-shirts, or even black clothing, at your average mall. The goth and...

Patrick Ripoll
Feb 20, 2025


Alice, Sweet Alice 4K UHD
Alfred Sole’s Alice, Sweet Alice is a quintessential late stage proto-slasher (one Patrick and I briefly covered during the prototype...

Gabe Powers
Feb 14, 2025
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