Yes, I’ve aquired THE NEW YORK RIPPER. In fact, I got it one day earlier than the release date: It’s not what you know, it’s who you blow. A full review is forthcoming, I just wanted to give you a taste…

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It’s a sad state of affairs when you can’t even give away tickets to a film, especially if it’s a film as great as Sergio Leone’s ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. Yet that was exactly the predicament I was in yesterday afternoon. The previous night a friend called and said that she had [...]

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Michael Reeves directed four low budget British horror films before he died of a drug overdose at the age of 26. WITCHFINDER GENERAL was his last film, and is regarded as his best despite it’s censorship problems, and it’s shoddy distribution on home video. Last year, WITCHFINDER GENERAL was finally released on dvd in it’s [...]

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On May 27th, Anchor Bay Entertainment will be releasing new editions of Dario Argento’s TENEBRE and PHENOMENA. They’re also releasing a box set which contains these two releases along with a few of his more recent efforts. Personally, I’m terrified to watch anything Argento did after The Stendahl Syndrome. However, 1982’s TENEBRE easily ranks as [...]

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“With all the gruesome murders and dismemberments taking place, the real victims here are subtlety and taste.” – excerpted from the back cover Of Shriek Show’s dvd edition of Lucio Fulci’s TOUCH OF DEATH
What can one possibly write or say about a film with a write-up as such? Ladies and gentleman, there comes a point [...]

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