Beyond the Gates Gordon (Graham Skipper) returns to his hometown to help his estranged brother John (Chase Williamson) pack up their father’s VHS video store after he goes missing and … Read More
Blu-ray Review: Humpback Whales
Every day it seems the world is getting uglier because of Donald Trump and his rabid gang of racist halfwits. We’re desperately in need of beauty to offset the damage … Read More
Blu-ray Review: Chupacabra Territory
In 1980, the movie Cannibal Holocaust was released. In this film, a documentary crew had traveled to the jungle to film cannibal tribes, and then was never heard from again. … Read More
Blu-ray Review: The Vampire Bat
The Film Detective continues its series of restored films with a special edition of the 1933 horror film The Vampire Bat, starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas and Dwight … Read More
Take My Money! March/April Blu-ray Round-up
March has come to a close and April is upon us so there have been a bunch of home video releases worth shelling out your hard earned money for and … Read More
Blu-ray review: “3 Classic Films” from the French New Wave’s answer to Hitchcock
While most of the filmmakers from the ’50s/’60s French New Wave acknowledged their admiration and respect for suspense master Alfred Hitchcock — and even helped to secure his legacy — only … Read More
What’s Out on Blu-ray 3/21/2017: Multiple Maniacs, Firestarter
Firestarter This is the adaptation of the early Stephen King novel of the same name. A little girl and her father are hunted by a government agency that experimented on … Read More
Blu-ray Review: The Man Who Skied Down Everest
I don’t always – or even often – agree with the Academy’s choices for best films, but one film that certainly deserved its Oscar was 1975’s The Man Who Skied … Read More
Blu-ray Review: The Black Dragon’s Revenge
The Black Dragon’s Revenge is a 1975 martial arts film starring Ron Van Clief as himself (though in the opening credits he’s listed as Ron Van Cliff for some reason). … Read More
Blu-Ray Review – “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back”
Tom Cruise returns to the home video market with his other franchise sequel character Jack Reacher in “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.” The newest installment is based on the 18th … Read More
What’s Out on Blu-ray 1/31/2017: Poltergeist II and Poltergeist III Collector’s Editions
Poltergeist II Enough decades have passed that for many who have seen the Poltergeist films, but not recently, a lot of the events and plot elements can blur together. I … Read More
Blu-ray Review: Never Open The Door
Never Open The Door is a kind of quirky horror-mystery about six friends who gather together for a Thanksgiving dinner and receive an unexpected guest. It is presented in black … Read More
Movie Review: “Hitchcock/Truffaut” revisits the meeting of two great directors
For the past fifty years, the interview book Hitchcock by French critic-turned-filmmaker François Truffaut has consistently been one of the most famous and influential books published about film. It turned the … Read More
What’s Out on Blu-ray 12/13/2016: Dreamscape, Black Christmas
Dreamscape Alex Gardner (Dennis Quaid) is a psychic that uses his powers to cheat at horse racing. A group of scientists (played by actors including Max Von Sydow and Kate … Read More