A look at Leong Po-Chih’s THE ISLAND on Blu-ray from Eureka
A fairly incredible final-act highlights The Island, a 1980 thriller from director Leong Po-Chih. Recently restored in 2K and released as a special edition Blu-ray from Eureka, The Island is a violent and entertaining take on films like Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes and Joe D’Amato’s Anthropophagus that horror fans will especially find of great interest. Decades before he made…
The Strangest Things: Lam Nai-Choi’s SAGA OF THE PHOENIX on Blu-ray from 88 Films
Picking up right where THE PEACOCK KING (1988) left off, SAGA OF THE PHOENIX is a rare sequel that I found as strong as the original but for completely different reasons. THE PEACOCK KING, with its wonderful monster creations and effective moments of horror, was a far more adult oriented work than the much more…
A SHAWSCOPE Volume 4 Countdown: A Look at Arrow’s New Blu-ray Box.
Arrow Films recently released their especially epic 4th Volume of their incredible Shawscope series, which collects titles from the immortal Shaw Studios. This beautiful box features strong 2K scans of a whopping 16 films, along with some terrific extras. Focusing on Shaw Studios’ more horror and fantasy oriented films, Shawscope Volume 4 is a wonderful…
The 45th Anniversary of Frank Ripploh’s TAXI ZUM KLO (1980) on Blu-ray from Altered Innocence
Altered Innocence have released a brand-new 45th anniversary Blu-ray and DVD for Frank Ripploh’s powerful Taxi zum Klo (1980), an absolutely extraordinary German film that’s as haunting as it is moving. Featuring a terrific new 4K transfer and valuable extras, Altered Innocence’s new release is both an important and welcome one. Director and written by…
Rudie Can’t Fail: ROCKERS (1978) on 4K and Blu-ray from the MVD Rewind Collection
2026 just started and we already have one of the year’s great archival releases, courtesy of the MVD Rewind Collection. The landmark Rockers (1978), one of the most important films of the seventies, arrives on sparkling 4K UHD and Blu-ray via a stunning new 4K restoration from the film’s original negative. Loaded with all the…
Putting Out The Fire: John Leslie’s CURSE OF THE CATWOMAN (1991)
A fine John Leslie offering from 1991, CURSE OF THE CATWOMAN is a stylish and evocative adult neo-noir featuring a terrific cast, dynamic editing and inventive direction. The legendary Leslie not only directs but he also provides the film’s script and editing, making CURSE OF THE CATWOMAN a real passion project and it shows. John…
We Are The Dead: Olaf Ittenbach’s GARDEN OF LOVE (2003) from Unearthed Films
A completely bonkers, unhinged and terrifically effective splatter film from German director Olaf Ittenbach, Garden Of Love (2003) is a great low-budget chiller now restored to its full gory glory by Unearthed Films. A wonderful tribute to practical effects and true indie filmmaking, Garden of Love is is more than just another hard gore film…
Eureka Presents MABUSE LIVES! DR. MABUSE AT CCC: 1960-1964 On Blu-ray
Newly available from Eureka, the 4-disc box Mabuse Lives! Dr. Mabuse at CCC: 1960-1964 is a comprehensive and excellent collection highlighting the return of a fictional cinematic legend. Featuring new 2K restorations of The Thousand Eyes of Dr Mabuse (1960), The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961), The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962), The Testament of Dr.…
Stephen Chow in KING OF BEGGARS (1992) from Eureka Blu-ray
A frequently funny and consistently exciting film, King of Beggars (1992) marks the final time director Gordon Chan and star Stephen Chow worked together. Amongst the most popular Hong Kong films from 1992, King of Beggars is soon available from Eureka via a nice special edition Blu-ray featuring a beautiful 2K restoration. An action/comedy with…
Spellbound: A Henrik Galeen double-feature from Deaf Crocodile
Shortly before Christmas, 1928, silent filmmaker Henrik Galeen was predicting his own demise. Arriving in London for a work assignment, Galeen boldly exclaimed to the Evening Standard that “Shakespeare would have welcomed the talking film” and that this new “epoch-making invention” had doomed silent cinema. With his landmark Alraune (1928) still in theaters, Galeen remained…
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