Tales From the Hood is a horror anthology film that was inspired by Tales From the Crypt, as the name suggests. However, it has no legal connection to it. In fact, it came out the same year as Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight, which is also a very good Black horror movie. Hood was … Continue reading Tales from the Hood I & II – Blu-Ray Review →

When this film was made, Bernardo Bertolucci and Jeremy Thomas were riding high after their shock clean sweep of nine Oscar wins for nine nominations with The Last Emperor. It was one of the few great films to win that award in the ‘80s, otherwise a low point in the Academy’s history. They decided to next … Continue reading The Sheltering Sky – Blu-Ray Review →

Grimmfest 2020 may be over, but don't despair—for on Halloween weekend, it returns as Halloween Horror Nights. On October 30th and 31st, you’ll get two features each night, along with five short films to keep you busy. The viewing time starts at 6pm sharp, but if you check in late, you still have eight hours … Continue reading Grimmfest Presents: Halloween Horror Nights – Review →

This interactive animated film is loosely based on the comic of the same name. Death in the Family was a 1988 Batman comic that famously allowed readers to let Robin live or die by calling a 1-900 number. The Joker has him trapped in a warehouse and he’s in peril—that part is all in the … Continue reading Batman: Death in the Family – Blu-Ray Review →

Cold Light of Day is a 1989 film about British serial killer Dennis Nilsen, often referred to as the “British Jeffrey Dahmer,” but it’s more the other way around. Nilsen was a civil servant with a dark, cannibalistic secret life, a case recently covered by the much better miniseries Dez. This version was an incredibly … Continue reading Cold Light of Day – Blu-Ray Review →