A Blood Sick Productions Double Feature: COVEN OF THE BLACK CUBE and BUSTED BABIES
I recently had the great opportunity to spend a couple of nights with two new excellent Blu-ray releases from Blood Sick Productions. Coven of the Black Cube and Busted Babies are two of the best newly SOV productions I’ve seen in some time. I was taken back to my youth in the nineties with these…
The Phaseshifter: David Markey’s THE SECRET LIVES OF BILL BARTELL on Blu-ray
A fantastic feature-length documentary portrait of an American Alternative Music legend, The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell (2025) is a fascinating and moving look at a true one of a kind iconoclast. Directed by the celebrated David Markey, The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell has recently been released as a special edition Blu-ray and DVD…
Promise Me You’ll Remember: Guy Magar’s LOOKIN’ ITALIAN on Blu-ray from Severin
Newly released as a fully-loaded special-edition from Severin, Guy Magar’s Lookin’ Italian is amongst the most aesthetically pleasing low-budget films I have ever seen. Made for just about $350,000 dollars over a month-long period in Los Angeles, Lookin’ Italian looks like it cost about 10 million to make and that isn’t an exaggeration. A tribute…
A Look at and Ranking of Eureka’s TERROR IN THE FOG: THE WALLACE KRIMI AT CCC Blu-ray box
I recently spent a week with Eureka’s very fine Terror in the Fog: The Wallace Krimi at CCC Blu-ray box-set. Originally available as Region 2 locked release, this set is now available as a limited edition unlocked Blu-ray box-set for stateside viewers. As with any collection that covers half a dozen films, the quality of…
Nico B’s ROZZ WILLIAMS: ROMEO’S DISTRESS (Sat Apr 18, 2026 at The United Theater)
Cult Epics’ Nico B’s much-anticipated new documentary Rozz Williams: Romeo’s Distress is having its big-screen premiere at Los Angeles’ United Theater April 26th, 2026 and tickets are now for sale. Featuring an amazing line-up of people connected to Rozz Williams and the legacy of Christian Death, this upcoming documentary is sure to be an unforgettable…
Jeffrey Arsenault’s DATE WITH A VAMPIRE on Blu-ray Visual Vengeance
Recently before suffering through Wuthering Heights, I saw an IMAX trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. After several minutes of watching this BIG and BOOMING preview featuring big-stars and gorgeous 70mm photography, I heard someone in the audience say ‘that looks good’ and my first thought was ‘goddamn it should’ considering it cost a quarter of a…
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…
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