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The Killer is Not Alone Blu-ray Review
The concept of giallo is hard enough to define on its own without considering the larger impact of pop-thrillers made outside of Italy...

Gabe Powers
Mar 7


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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
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