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Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982), Tommy (1975), and the Culture of Celebrity.

by Jerome Reuter | Jan 17, 2022 | 0

Celebrity has long been a cultural fixation. As individuals who live in a consumer-based economy,...

La Dolce Vida con Omicidio: Mario Bava’s The Girl Who Knew Too Much

by Keith Allison | Jan 4, 2022 | 0

During the 1950s and ’60s, Rome was the glamorous center of the world. It started when a group of...

A Fish Out of Water Descends into Hell: An Appreciation of Killing Zoe

by William O’Donnell | Dec 15, 2021 | 0

Reservoir Dogs (1992)and Pulp Fiction (1994)cast a long shadow over 1990s cinema, so much so that...

Poisoning the Well: Rivalry and Test Tube Terror of “The Kindred” (1987)

by Chris Hallock | Dec 11, 2021 | 0

Rivalry cycles regularly through the horror genre, depicting embittered siblings vying for power...

The Ghastly Extremes of Agony: Roger Corman’s The Premature Burial

by Keith Allison | Nov 24, 2021 | 0

It wasn’t anything personal. Roger Corman just wanted a change. Or more money. Probably...

TV Movie Horror-thon: The Screaming Woman, The Victim, and Scream, Pretty Peggy

by Rachel Bellwoar | Nov 16, 2021 | 0

It’s not every day you can say three TV movies got the Blu-Ray upgrade they deserved. Kino Lorber...

Off the Rails: The Later Films of Nicolas Roeg (1986-2007)

by Tom Clark | Nov 4, 2021 | 0

Nicolas Roeg once jokingly contrasted his work with that of Stephen Spielberg. Speaking in the...

Blu-Ray Review: Son of the White Mare (1981)

by Rachel Bellwoar | Oct 15, 2021 | 0

Visually, Marcell Jankovics’ Son of the White Mare (1981), is on another level. If you grew up...

Reviews: Network’s High Definition Home Video Releases of The Dark Eyes of London, The Monster, and The Singing Ringing Tree

by Joseph Perry | Oct 14, 2021 | 0

In October, Network will release, for the first time in high definition, DVD and Blu-ray versions...

Provincial Disturbances: José Bénazéraf’s Frustration (1971) at 50

by Tom Clark | Sep 30, 2021 | 0

Much like 1968, 1971 proved to be a fairly watershed year in film. 1971 proved an especially...

“Sacrilege” Serves Up Pop Folk Horror with Skin and Scares

by Joseph Perry | Sep 22, 2021 | 0

Writer/director David Creed’s Sacrilege (U.K., 2020) treads familiar ground in its mash-up of folk...

Arrow Video FrightFest Reviews: The Show, The Maid, King Knight, and Are We Monsters

by Joseph Perry | Sep 17, 2021 | 0

Arrow Video FrightFest, the United Kingdom’s biggest horror and fantasy film festival, returned to the big screen with in-person attendance at London’s Cineworld Leicester Square from Thursday, August 26th through Monday, August 30th, 2021 and then presented an online edition from September 1st through 5th. Here is the second in a two-part series of reviews from the festival.