ARROW VIDEO BLU RAY RELEASE: New Fist of Fury (1976)
New Fist of Fury is the first film Lo Wei directed — of many! — that starred Jackie Chan, who used the stage name Sing Lung which he is known in China as. It means “becoming a dragon.” Chan had previously appeared in the original Fist of Fury as a stuntman. This movie was Lo’s […]
RADIANCE FILMS BLU RAY RELEASE: A Moment of Romance (1990)
Small-time criminal Wah Dee (Andy Lau) is enlisted by his boss Trumpet (Tommy Wong) to be the getaway driver for a heist which, of course, goes completely wrong. Dee takes Jo Jo (Jacklyn Chien-Lien Wu) hostage but the bosses order her to be killed. Instead, they escape together and fall in love while being chased […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS 2023: Frogman (2023)
The Loveland Frogman was first sighted by a traveling salesman driving along an unnamed road late at night in 1955. 15 years later, Loveland police officer Ray Shockey was driving on Riverside Drive near the Totes boot factory and the Little Miami River when an unidentified animal scurried across the road — like some kind […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS 2023: That’s A Wrap (2023)
The cast of a film arrives to the movie’s wrap party, but someone has dressed up as the slasher from the film and begins to stage their own kill scenes. One by one, the cast is killed off until the true nature of the evening is revealed. This movie takes a page out of Scream by […]
THE FILMS OF RENATO POLSELLI: Delirio caldo (1972)
Translating as Hot Delusion or Hot Frenzy, this film was also released as Delirium and has nothing to do with the 1987 giallo Delirium AKA Photos of Gioia. Instead, it stars one-time Mr. Universe and the former husband of Jayne Mansfield Mickey Hargitay as Dr. Herbert Lyutak, a man who is a psychological consultant to the police and the serial killer they’ve been chasing. […]
MVD/KIT PARKER FILMS BLU RAY RELEASE: Stooge-O-Rama (2023)
The Three Stooges have been had nearly a century of entertaining fans. Now, whether you’re a lifelong Stoogephile or just a casual knucklehead, you are sure to find something to love about this comprehensive tribute to America’s most beloved madcaps: Moe, Larry, Curly, Shemp, Joe and Curly Joe. There’s over 8 hours of material on […]
THE FILMS OF RENATO POLSELLI: La verità secondo Satana (1972)
The Truth According to Satann (it was originally released as The Truth According to Satan and this is the censored revised title) is about how Roibert (Isarco Ravaioli) believes that his depression is the result of his constantly on-the-make ex-lover Diana (Rita Calderoni). He tries to shoot himself in a game of Russian Roulette and […]
ARROW VIDEO BLU RAY RELEASE: Fighting Back (1982)
Known as Death Vengeance in the UK, this Philadelphia-set crime thriller starts with a news story about the increase in violence since JFK’s assassination in 1963. With the increase in crime, Philadelphia is becoming unsafe. Proud Italian-American John D’Angelo (Tom Skeritt) runs a deli with his wife Lisa (Patti LuPone). One night, they see a pimp […]
THE FILMS OF RENATO POLSELLI: The Monster of the Opera (1964)
The suggested eroticism of The Vampire and the Ballerina was amped up in Polselli’s quasi-sequel, which was a troubled production started in 1961 and was not released until three years later, it was started as Il vampiro dell’opera (The Vampire of the Opera) and once box office fortunes changed against vampires, the name was slightly altered. […]
THE FILMS OF RENATO POLSELLI: The Vampire and the Ballerina (1960)
Hammer’s Dracula was a big deal in Italy and, as you know, my people see imitation as the most sincere way of saying they like something. Except that Renato Polselli was a believer in the magical power of not just violence, but also sex. 1960 was a big year for Eurohorror: Bava’s Black Sunday, Majano’s Atom Age Vampire, […]
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