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The Skin I Live In (DVD/BD – March 6, 2012)

Jan 262012

Synopis: Dr. Robert Ledgard is a driven plastic surgeon haunted by personal tragedies. After many years of trial and error, he finally perfects a new skin – a shield which could have prevented the death of his wife in an accident years earlier. His latest “guinea pig” is a mysterious captive whose true identity masks a shocking mystery. THE SKIN I LIVE IN is a masterful tale of secrets, obsession and revenge from Oscar-winning writer/director Pedro Almodovar.

Starring Antonio Banderas (Desperado, Assassins), Elena Anaya (Mesrine 1 & 2) & Marisa Paredes (The Devil’s Backbone) Continue reading »

Film Review: Vivas’s Brutal Film ‘Kidnapped’ (Secuestrados – 2010) Shows Armed Assailants & Viewers No Mercy

France, Horror, J. Felton, Spain, Thriller No Responses »

Jun 142011

Theatrical Poster

Due to reasons that I won’t go into I ended up watching Kidnapped, Secuestrados in its native Spain, in two parts. When sitting down to watch the final 20 minutes or so I warned my wife that it apparently gets quite harsh so she may not like what happens. Needless to say it did and she didn’t. Kidnapping certainly packs one hell of a punch.

On the surface Kidnapped could be viewed as just another home invasion style movie, and truth be known it is a home invasion flick. A Spanish couple and their daughter move to a new house, and everything is going smoothly aside from the odd glitch which is bound to happen upon arriving at your new house. Before the night is over though three men break into the house and take Continue reading »

Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll (1973)

Crime, Gialli, Horror, P. Escott, Thriller No Responses »

May 122008

OOP DVD

An ex-convict, Gilles (Naschy) gets hired as a care taker for three beautiful sisters. While settling into his new found freedom and responsibility he starts having troubling nightmares; nightmares that show him strangling women! Not to soon after, slaughtered blonde women are turning up near by… missing their lovely blue eyes! Is Gilles just a misunderstood loner, loved by the ladies and loathed by the blokes? Or is he capable of the murderous act that are being carried out?

Blues Eyes of the Broken Doll is a Spanish attempt to cash-in on the popular ‘Giallo’ genre that was hugely popular at the time in Italy. All in all, it’s a solid effort and and Continue reading »

[REC] (Theatrical)

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Apr 212008

Theatrical Poster (Spain)

Angela (Manuela Velasco) and her cameraman Pablo are out filming a TV show named “While You’re Asleep” which charts the nightly goings on of a nearby fire station. The group are expecting a routine night of helping fat people out of bath tubs and saving kittens from trees. Expecting to find one or the other when called to an apartment block where neighbors have heard screaming from an old lady’s flat.

Too bad then, that this night is destined to be far more exciting and blood curdling than anyone had the right to expect. You see, these poor schmucks have just 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 Black Pit of Dr. M (1959)

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Aug 282006

U.S. DVD Release

CasaNegra Entertainment’s commitment to releasing these wonderful old Mexican horror classics is a collector’s dream. Many of these films may never have seen the light of day without their helping hand. If you’ve never been exposed to Mexican horror cinema, there’s no time like the present! For years these films have suffered horribly at the hands of distributors, many of them you may have actually seen on TV. But chances are they were sliced, diced and the quality was atrocious.

The Black Pit of Dr. M, originally title Misterios de ultratumba, is one of those films you swear you’ve seen but just can’t put your finger on it. I believe I watched this film, badly cut, on late night Telemundo but I could be wrong Continue reading »

The Nun

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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 »