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‘Child’s Play’ (1988): Need a Christmas gift for the kid? Here’s a fun toy

“Ugly doll.”“F*ck you!”

December 21, 2020 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘Nightmare Castle’ (1965): A satisfying pastiche of gothic horror

A few years back, Severin released a spiffy Blu-ray transfer (from the original negative) of Mario Caiano’s Nightmare Castle (Amanti d’Oltretomba), the 1965 Italian gothic horror shocker starring the incomparable Barbara Steele, along with Paul Muller, Helga Line, Marino Mase, Rik Battaglia, and Giuseppe Addobbati.

October 29, 2020 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘The Devil Bat’ (1940): Lugosi is pure fun in Poverty Row cheapie

“Sharp-Fanged Blood Sucking DEATH Dives From MIDNIGHT SKIES!”

October 23, 2020 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘Hellhole’ (1985): Sleazy & amusing, indie ’80s at its most nostalgic

Sleazy, thoroughly enjoyable 1980s “women in prison/nuthouse” flick.

May 30, 2020June 1, 2020 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘A Psycho’s Path’ (2019): Small indie pays tribute to 80s slashers

A low-budget indie starring a crazy MMA fighter as a crazy, murderous psychopath in a love letter to slashers of yore.

March 31, 2020April 1, 2020 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘I Saw What You Did’ (1965): An utterly bizarre, eccentric thriller

Director William Castle’s bizarre, schizophrenic children’s nightmare, damn near perfectly realized.

February 14, 2020 Movies & Drinks1 Comment

‘A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin’ (1971): Notorious giallo classic by Lucio Fulci

A dreamy, sensuous, and deliciously “off” Italian giallo classic.

January 11, 2020January 11, 2020 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘Hack-O-Lantern’ (1988): Small-town, Southern Satanic panic on Halloween

And you thought your family had problems.

October 31, 2019March 10, 2020 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘Burn, Witch, Burn!’ (1962): A classic witchcraft shocker you must see!

Superlative British shocker: expertly directed, beautifully constructed, and scintillatingly shot.

October 30, 2019September 28, 2019 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘Play Dead’ (1982): Cute dog & rich old dame + black magic = death

Greta, you’re no Cujo. But you’re pretty cute. It’s the best you can do when your film is produced by…a construction company?

October 29, 2019October 24, 2019 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

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