Day: March 13, 2020

Severed Ties (1991)

This third and final movie by Fangoria magazine’s film shingle, produced in conjunction with Columbia Pictures, who wanted to get into the home video horror market, wants to be to the ‘90s what Basket Case and Re-Animator (in particular) were to video renters in the ‘80s. And while Severed Ties doesn’t measure up (does any […]

The Brain (1988)

“It’s a brain. Not an animal.” — Dr. Anthony Blake Warning! This Canuxploitation shocker carries the Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment seal of approval. Yes, the studio that brought us everything from Basket Case to Maniac Cop, from Black Roses to Frankenhooker. Then there’s C.H.U.D., Death Spa and Zombie Nightmare. If you haunted the video store shelves of the […]

The Hostage (1967)

Lots of Henry Farrell’s stories got turned into movies. Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Such A Gorgeous Kid Like Me, How Awful About Allan, The House That Would Not Die, What’s the Matter with Helen?, The Eyes of Charles Sand and, most famously, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? His first book, The Hostage, was turned in to this low budget […]

Nightbeast (1982)

Why am I reviewing a Don Dohler movie? There was a hole in the B&S About Movies schedule at 12 noon on Friday, March 13. And I can’t think of another film more fitting than Dohler’s third film, Nightbeast, to slide into the VHS shelf between Crown International’s Terror in the Jungle*—the worst jungle flick […]

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