The New Kids is an incredibly fun film from Sean S. Cunningham, who is best known as the director of the first Friday the 13th. His other most notable credit was being the producer of The Last House on the Left, which was Wes Craven's first feature and perhaps his most infamous film. The film was initially released on … Continue reading The New Kids – Blu-Ray Review →

Force 10 From Navarone is, obviously, the sequel to The Guns of Navarone. Made around 15 years later, none of the cast returns – which is really never a good sign. Both films were loosely based on books by Alistair MacLean, a well-known writer of popular thrillers in the 50s and 60s. Where Eagles Dare … Continue reading Force 10 from Navarone – Blu-Ray Review →

This British horror film was released by Amicus in the early 1970s. It’s basically an Agatha Christie-type plot with a bit of a supernatural twist involving a werewolf. They’re trying to figure out who the werewolf is—there isn’t much more to it than that. The film arrived in the wake of the first couple Blaxploitation … Continue reading The Beast Must Die – Blu-Ray Review →

Dance, Girl, Dance is an absolutely fascinating film made during the golden age of Hollywood. It was directed by Dorothy Arzner, who is one of the great forgotten pioneers of cinema. She was basically the only woman director in Hollywood during the '30s, and an extremely open butch lesbian. Arzner started in the Silent Era, which … Continue reading Dance, Girl, Dance – Blu-Ray Review →

The first couple of films in this collection were made in the 1960s, before Martin Scorsese had made his first feature, Who’s That Knocking at My Door? What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? and It’s Not Just You, Murray! were student films, and The Big Shave was completed the same year as … Continue reading Scorsese Shorts – Blu-Ray Review →