The first House came out the middle of the horror boom of the '80s, when it seemed like a new horror film was out every week. The original would spawn three sequels, and comes with some strong '80s horror genre pedigree: Sean S. Cunningham was the film's producer and Fred Dekker came up with the … Continue reading House: The Complete Collection – Blu-Ray Review
Caltiki, The Immortal Monster is a rare beast: an Italian science fiction film. It came out at the tail end of the ‘atomic scare’ film era, and it's basically a rip-off of The Blob, which had been released the previous year. It's debatable whether the filmmakers had actually seen The Blob when they made it—they … Continue reading Caltiki, The Immortal Monster – Blu-Ray Review
I Am Michael is a fascinating true-life story of Michael Glatze who was a gay activist but ended up rejecting his homosexuality. It's a story which sent shockwaves through the gay community at the time especially since Glatze was the editor of the popular gay magazines XY and YGA. He ended up becoming a fundamentalist Christian and is … Continue reading I Am Michael – DVD Review
Multiple Maniacs was John Waters’ first real feature. Mondo Trasho, which came earlier, is a film that the director has always said should have been a short, and he was not happy with the finished product. Also, due to music rights issues, Mondo Trasho will never get a proper DVD release. Multiple Maniacs was one … Continue reading Multiple Maniacs – Blu-Ray Review
The Lone Wolf and Cub series of six films came out in the space of only three years, from 1972 to 1974. The films were based on the long-running Manga of the same name and in turn, are some of the earliest films based on Manga (which is the Japanese word for a comic book, … Continue reading Lone Wolf and Cub Series – Blu-Ray Review
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