Steven Weeks was not a particularly prolific filmmaker, but I, Monster was his first production and probably his best-known credit except perhaps for 1983's Sword of the Valiant. I, Monster was produced by Amicus, the main rival to Hammer (although there was actually a lot of crossover between the two companies.) It’s a version of … Continue reading I, Monster – Blu-Ray Review →

Yield to the Night is a British film noir, as well as a Death Row film from the time when you could still be executed in the UK. Diana Dors is fantastic in it, which was a departure from her reputation as a Marilyn Monroe clone (of course, Monroe was also often underestimated). The story has … Continue reading Yield To The Night – Blu-Ray Review →

The ‘Zombi’ series in a nutshell goes like this: Zombi is Dawn of the Dead, in the Italian Dario Argento cut that takes out a lot of the satire and makes it into more of an action movie.  The following year, Lucio Fulci, the king of Italian gore movies, made Zombi 2. Zombi 2 went … Continue reading Zombie 5: Killing Birds – Blu-Ray Review →

Many bands have reformed over the years, but very few have done it like Swans. They were always a forward-thinking band, but from the outset of their new incarnation they more or less refused to do any kind of "nostalgia" act—you’d get maybe one song, if you were lucky two, from anything before their 2019 album My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope … Continue reading Swans: Where Does a Body End? – DVD Review →

Finding The Way Back was the ‘patient zero’ of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic's impact on cinema. It played in the US for two weeks, but its theatrical run was cut short and, in a huge turnaround from Warner Bros., it was released onto premium streaming. Birds of Prey and The Invisible Man, which had already … Continue reading Finding The Way Back – Blu-Ray Review →