Vampir Cuadecuc is a real cinematic oddity. It's a film directed by Pere Portabella, but it's both a reimagining of and a making-of documentary about Jess Franco's Count Dracula. Portabella is a Catalan experimental filmmaker, and the film was made during the last decade of Franco's regime (unless you count his ghost, which seems to be … Continue reading Vampir Cuadecuc – Blu-Ray Review
Demon Wind is a very obscure horror movie that came out in 1990. I had never heard of it before it arrived in the post. It’s directed by Charles Philip Moore, and is the first of only four films by this director, the others being Dance With Death, Blackbelt and Angel of Destruction. Those titles … Continue reading Demon Wind – Blu-Ray Review
For many years both Willard and Ben have been nearly impossible to acquire, and even when a solid remake of the later starring Crispin Glover came out, there was no DVD re-release. However, thanks to Shout Factory in the US and now due to Second Sight in the UK, we can finally see these two films about boys and their … Continue reading Willard / Ben – Blu-Ray Review
J.D.’s Revenge is a blaxploitation film, one of the few that goes into horror movie territory. There was Blacula, Blackenstein and Abby, an Exorcist knock-off, and this one continues the latter's supernatural theme. It begins when a smart Black law student goes out for a night on the town with his friends. In a nightclub, … Continue reading J.D.’s Revenge – Blu-Ray Review
Zoology is a bizarre and strangely moving Russian film from Ivan I. Tverdovskiy, who has made some documentaries and a previous feature, Corrections Class. I haven't seen his other film, but from reviews and from the interviews on the disc, it seems like it's a deeply sympathetic film about a disabled girl in a special needs class. … Continue reading Zoology – Blu-Ray Review
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