UK Theatrical Poster
The plague (Black Death) is cutting a massive swath of death through Europe; it’s a horrific disease that shows no prejudice, striking down both the wealthy and affluent as well as clergy and commoners. At the command of the King, a small group of knights are sent to a local monastery to secure themselves the aid of a monk willing to lead them through a nearby swamp and to a village rumored to be free of plague. Their mission is to locate the town’s necromancer Continue reading »
U.S. DVD Release
August, a priest who has been away on missionary work, returns home upon hearing of the death of his sister Christina from a drug overdose. His plan is to take in his sister’s young daughter Mia and raise her. His reason for this, aside from the fact that she is his niece, is that Christina was also known as Princess, and Princess was an incredibly popular porn star who chose to raise her daughter in the brothel that she worked and lived. August had tried before to take his sister away from this life, yet this was to no avail.
Now he plans to get Mia as far away from this world as possible. Initially though he wants the company that produces the porn his sister starred in to be taken off Continue reading »
Unearthed Films
Those of you that have been with Wildside Cinema for quite some time now know one of my favorite DVD labels out there is undoubtedly Unearthed Films. There’s no pretension there when it comes to what they like and what they release and I give them an incredible amount of props for that. Nothing says “Fuck you!” to major studios and retail like some hardcore gore and sleaze. I can’t say I’ve purchased all of the product they’ve released but it’s a safe bet to say I own most of it. Some of my favorite Unearthed releases are The Guinea Pig box set, Harakiri box set, Aftermath / Genesis and the Red Room films.
Frank Montag’s Slasher is one of the newest upcoming releases from UF and I was pretty ecstatic Continue reading »
R2 UK DVD
Ville Alfa (Aki Kaurismaki), an overly-intellectualizing hypermanic young drifter, cannot stop telling porkies. His fabrications allow him to seduce the ladies and borrow money, seemingly endless amounts of money, from his friends, family and even complete strangers. But lying about the death of his brother lands him in hot water. Can he curb his compulsion for pathological lying? Or will someone shut him up once and for all?
The Lair has to be the greatest French new-wave movie to come out of 80′s Finland! Hell, hadn’t Philippe Garrel made Les Amants Reguliers (Regular Lovers) in 2005, this would be the finest French new-wave release there Continue reading »
German Promo Art
After a virus sweeps across Berlin, and before the dead begin to rise, director Marc Robert introduces us to a few people still struggling to maintain their humanity despite the debilitating effects of the virus and those that are intent on preying on paralyzed virus victims. Can one man make a difference in a dying city?
An interesting spin on the typical zombie fare, Robert’s Able offers us a glimpse into the eye of the storm, the calm before the resurrection if you will, while also throwing in a disturbing serial murderer angle. It’s all very interesting and it held my attention throughout but the film is not without its problems. I had a problem keeping track of female Continue reading »
DVD Release
Severin Films double-Franco-whammy continues with his infamous video nasty, Bloody Moon! The tale of a Spanish school of language that, as luck would have it, has a killer on campus that has an eye on the school’s attractive female populace and a penchant for thinning out their numbers; be it by knife, fire or a huge mill-saw! Welcome to the slasher genre, a la Jess Franco.
Bloody Moon has finally arrived in its HD glory, the beautiful Spanish scenery is full of vibrant colors that match that of it actors dreadful fashion sense. Problem is, the film isn’t any good. Sure it has plenty of boobies and ‘that’ saw scene, but aside from that? It’s an exercise in boredom. The music is as easy on the ear as a cat in heat, to be fair one theme works well, the actors all do a great job at looking confused and all share a sense of “whose line is it?” Continue reading »
U.S. DVD Release
The Austrians enter the Slasher genre maybe a decade too late with this slick, and very well made, exercise in rehashing things we have all seen before.
Five friends are traveling home from school, celebrating their graduations with a few smokes and drinks, when they hit a deer. Unfortunately for the deer it doesn’t die there and then, well not until one of the guys smacks it over the head and drags it off the road. This puts a slight downer on their jovial moods, although not enough to stop them getting ready to go out and celebrate properly that evening.
Before the kids meets up though they all get the same text message on their cell phones which states Continue reading »
DVD Release
Please don’t go camping. It’s not that I have anything against it, it just isn’t safe. Chances are that you won’t make it back home again in one piece. If you do make it back, you’ll be have your diary booked up for weeks to come, attending all the damned funerals of your friends that were hacked up into iddy biddy little pieces by whatever deranged lunatic they encountered.
Movies such as Deliverance, Wrong Turn, The Descent and countless slasher flicks have warned us of this before, now please heed my advice and leave the freakin’ tents and sleeping bags well alone! If you do choose to ignore this advice, well, I can’t be held responsible for what happens to Continue reading »
DVD Release
During a New Year’s Eve party in an abandoned high rise building, a small group of people are invited to “the real party” a floor below the festivities. Unwilling to miss out on the V.I.P. party, the group head downstairs only to discover, much to their horror, that they’re not guests but prisoners! One by one the guests begin dying and the only one way to stop the killer is to work together to find an exit and a connection between all of the guests! Can they escape the terror of the 27th floor before it’s too late?
Saw rip-off you say? Poorly scripted dialogue worthy of the worst High School drama class play you say? The odds of all the guests having grown up with one another, attended the same school and all gone into the entertainment industry without knowing one Continue reading »
U.S. DVD Release
Anatomy (2000)
R1 / NTSC DVD
Sony / 2001
Directed by: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Written by: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Cast: Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann
Review by Vaughn Drake
Paula Henning comes from a long line of doctors and surgeons. In fact her grandfather Continue reading »
