The Snake Pit is a film about Virginia Cunningham, a possible paranoid schizophrenic played by Olivia de Havilland. She is sent to a mental hospital against her will by her husband. She’s having flashbacks about events from the past that have impacted her mental state. The hospital itself isn’t intentionally depicted as a horrific place … Continue reading The Snake Pit – Blu-Ray Review
Cujo is one of the first Stephen King film adaptations to come out, and maybe the first misfire—King himself HATES Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. However, he loved the film of Cujo, and as recently as 2014 hew still said that he considered it one of his favourite adaptations. King was also heavily into cocaine and … Continue reading Cujo – Blu-Ray Review
Permanent Green Light is a film written and co-directed by Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley. It is indeed THE Dennis Cooper, who was one of the most controversial writers of the '90s due to a series of novels about paedophilia, teenage sexuality, drug use and punk rock. His style mixes the detached L.A. cool of … Continue reading Permanent Green Light – Film Review
Howard the Duck was made in 1986, and was based on a comic book that was published by Marvel. The character first appeared in Adventure into Fear #19, that comic book series also introduced The Man-Thing and Morbius the Living Vampire (soon to also have a film debut). Howard was Marvel’s answer to Fritz the … Continue reading Howard The Duck – Blu-Ray Review
Richard Pryor offers up his one of his last great stand-up shows in Live on the Sunset Strip, which is probably the most well-known of his comedy routine videos. It came out after the infamous incident where he set himself on fire while freebasing cocaine. That was a national news story so the audience is … Continue reading Richard Pryor: Live On Sunset Strip – Blu-Ray Review
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