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NEW REVIEW:
Monster of the Opera
Blu-ray from
Severin Films (Danza Macabra Vol. 1, disc 1)

Gabe Powers

The Harder They Come Blu-ray Review

Shout Factory's new Blu-ray includes a brand new transfer, hours of extras, and director Perry Henzell's second movie, No Place Like Home...

Gabe Powers

Episode 5 (Part 2): The Slasher Movies of 1981, feat. Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned

THE BODY COUNT CONTINUES! Gabe & Tracks of the Damned's Patrick Ripoll continue their look back at the slasher movies of the year 1981...

Gabe Powers

Episode 5 (Part 1) Trailer Round-up

Greetings! There was no space to include trailer clips in any of the three parts of our look back at the slasher movies of the year 1981...

Gabe Powers

Prom Night Blu-ray Review (originally published 2014)

Whether our neighbors to the north would like to admit it or not, Canada played a key role in the proliferation of the slasher genre...

Gabe Powers

Curtains Blu-ray Review (originally published 2014)

Despite a relatively strong reputation as one of the better films of the ‘80s slasher cycle, Curtains languished in relative obscurity...

Gabe Powers

Alice, Sweet Alice Blu-ray

Gabe checks out the remastered Arrow Blu-ray release of Alfred Sole's proto-slasher classic and compares it to the 88 Films Blu-ray...

Gabe Powers

Evilspeak Blu-ray Review (originally published 2014)

The lasting failure of the Video Recordings Act of 1984 is that so many of titles that made the BBFC's original list of banned movies...

Gabe Powers

Final Exam Blu-ray Review (originally published 2014)

Jimmy Huston’s Final Exam was released right in the middle of the super-stuffed year slasher year of 1981 (June 5th, to be exact)...

Gabe Powers

Blood Rage Blu-ray Review (originally published 2015)

Not to be confused with Joseph Zito’s psychothriller Bloodrage (aka: Never Pick Up a Stranger, 1979), John Grissmer’s Blood Rage...

Gabe Powers

Episode 5 (Part 1): The Slasher Movies of 1981, feat. Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned

Strap in, because we’ve got a lot of ground to cover this month. Gabe and special guest Patrick Ripoll from Tracks of the Damned are...