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Rojo Sangre

Sep 172007

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Rojo Sangre
(Fangoria / R1 NTSC DVD)
Review by Adam Tracey

I am nowhere near a newbie to the horror genre, but I certainly won’t claim to be an expert or offer myself up as some type of resource for it. I started to really get into horror late, my family was not the type to encourage watching these types of movies and you can bet I didn’t get into many in the theater. While I am much better versed in them now, I take recommendations when it comes to renting/purchasing movies that come from overseas somewhere. Then I will branch off based on what if anything I like about a film. So while my opinion on a movie such as this counts just as much as anybody else’s, I get the impression from researching this movie that someone with a better background might have another angle from which to approach this movie. Continue reading »

Eugenie…

Drama, Erotic, Horror No Responses »

Sep 172007

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Eugenie…
(Blue Underground / R1 NTSC DVD)
Review by James Garfield

Spanish director Jess Franco has made a couple hundred films, many of them judged plain unwatchable by fans and enemies alike. Those prone to kindness to Franco will usual single out a string of films Franco made in the late 1960s with British producer Harry Alan Towers as examples of Franco’s best work. Towers was willing to invest enough money in the films so that Franco could achieve a much more elegant and upscale look than usual, and knew many big actors (such as Christopher Lee) whom he could convince to appear in the films. Several of Towers’s and Franco’s collaborations drew on the work of the Marquis de Sade for source material, with Sade’s novel Philosophy in the Bedroom serving as the basis for Eugenie (1969). Continue reading »

Who Can Kill a Child?

Action, B. Harris, Horror, Thriller No Responses »

Jul 062007

U.S. DVD Release

Tom (Lewis Fiander) and Evelyn (Prunella Ransome) are on vacation and have decided to avoid the busy, tourist heavy spots in favor of a quiet little getaway on an island called, Almanzora. After making a few stops in Benevides, they hire a boat, set out for Almanzora and effectively begin their vacation.

After a lengthy four hour boat ride they finally arrive at port and are greeted by a group of helpful children playing in the water. Their trip is shaping up to be wonderful thus far but there’s only one small problem Continue reading »

Beneath Still Waters

B. Harris, Fantasy, Horror No Responses »

Apr 162007

DVD Release

How many of you out there have tried to find this film? I’m telling you this damn thing is absolutely nowhere to be found! Blockbuster and Hollywood don’t carry it for some reason but they carry Lionsgate’s Lommel films…go fucking figure!

Beneath Still Waters is the newest Brian (Bride of Re-Animator) Yuzna film adapted for the big screen from a Matthew Costello of the same name and critics have been less than kind. I’d seen several reviews for this film and none were extremely positive. There was a lot of talk about “wasted Continue reading »

H6: Diary of a Serial Killer

B. Harris, Horror, Thriller No Responses »

Nov 202006

U.S. DVD Release

I’ve been on a rampage lately when it comes to misleading DVD cover blurbs. I’m tired of reading “…masterpiece…chilling.” and renting nothing more than a shot-on-video heap of steaming cow waste. I know you’re all shaking your heads right now because some of you read those blurbs as well. They promise hidden delights and unknown terror but rarely are they accurate. That’s the trend though…slap a fancy design and a vaguely positive blurb on the front of a DVD and you’re bound to sell at the very least few thousand on just those alone. Continue reading »

The Nun

Horror, Thriller No Responses »

Apr 242006

U.S. DVD Release

All Protestant boys grow up desperately wanting to solve the mystery of Catholic school. My friends and I would sit around staring at the St. Henry’s girls wondering, why do they make the girls wear those provocative skirts and ruffled blouses? It must be like Cherry Blossom Festival all the time in a Catholic school. Why the guilt? Catholic guilt is a completely different brand of guilt than Protestant guilt. Catholic guilt is all hellfire and brimstone; Protestant guilt (at least my Protestant guilt) is more like, “Shit! I think I left the iron on.” And what is the deal with nuns? Roaming around the corridors like wraiths in their Bride of Christ burquas, nuns, and especially the legends of their creative methods of punishing young nubiles in short plaid skirts, are the greatest mystery of all. What Continue reading »

Curse of the Devil (El retorno de Walpurgis – 1973)

B. Harris, Horror No Responses »

Jul 052005

Anchor Bay Release

If the name Paul Naschy doesn’t ring a bell, put down your beer and pay attention. Paul Naschy (real name Jacinto Molina) is a truly under-appreciated horror legend. When you think legendary horror personalities you think of Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and The Chaney’s (Senior & Junior) but rarely will you hear Paul Naschy and in my opinion, that’s a damn shame.

Though newer horror fans may not be familiar with the name, many are familiar with his long-running character, Waldemar Daninsky…The Werewolf! In my opinion, Naschy’s Daninsky belongs right up there with Chaney Jr.’s Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man and Naughton’s Kessler from American Werewolf in London.

Irenius Daninsky (Paul Naschy) meets Lord Bathory on the field of battle as he’s sworn to rid the land of the cursed Bathory Coven and their evil practices. After besting (and beheading) Bathory, he heads to the Bathory Castle in order to crash a black mass being performed by Elizabeth Bathory (Maria Silva). All of the witches are taken into custody and hung from the draw bridge of Daninsky’s castle. Continue reading »

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