Gabe Powers
The Sorceress’ Revenge: The Witchy Legacy of Mario Bava’s Black Sunday
Witch trials and the murders that followed them are common fodder for horror and exploitation cinema, as discussed in the previous essay...
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Gabe Powers
- May 20, 2019
- 4 min
Hereditary Blu-ray Review (originally published 2018)
When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying...
Gabe Powers
- May 17, 2019
- 10 min
Warlock Trilogy Blu-ray Review (originally published 2017)
Warlock (1988/91) Boston, 1691: The gallows await the Warlock (Julian Sands). What was an apparent triumph of Witch Hunter Giles Redferne...
Gabe Powers
- May 15, 2019
- 14 min
Torture in the Witch Movie: A Brief History
Critic David Edelstein coined the term “torture porn” during a 2005 New York Times op-ed, Now Playing at Your Local Multiplex: Torture...
Gabe Powers
- May 14, 2019
- 7 min
Belladonna of Sadness Blu-ray Review (originally published 2016)
In 1969, the “Godfather of Anime” and one of the format’s most innovative leaders, Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989), joined forces with long-time...
Gabe Powers
- May 13, 2019
- 9 min
Italian Grinders: Joe D’Amato Horror Retrospective Part 1 – Death and Pornography
Because I am somewhat known for my writing on Italian genre films, I will be re-writing/re-edited some of my DVDActive.com work into a...
Gabe Powers
- May 6, 2019
- 1 min
Episode 2: Witch Movies, feat. Betsy Jorgensen of the Your Favorite Monsters Podcast
Gabe and special guest Betsy Jorgenson of the Your Favorite Monsters Podcast kick off month two with Genre Grinder’s first (of probably...
Gabe Powers
- May 2, 2019
- 9 min
The Lift & Amsterdamned – A Dick Maas Double Blu-ray Review (originally published 2017)
The Lift (1983) There is something very wrong with the elevator in a stylish office high-rise. The passengers never end up on the floor...
Gabe Powers
- Apr 29, 2019
- 6 min
Death Spa Blu-ray Review (originally published 2014)
Feature The new fitness club in town has everything a health nut could ever want – a variety of workout machines, classes taught by...
Gabe Powers
- Apr 25, 2019
- 9 min
Avengers: Infinity War Blu-ray Review (originally published 2018)
I plan on publishing re-edited versions of some of my DVDActive.com Blu-ray reviews more or less as they originally appeared. These will...
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