MVD REWIND COLLECTION BLU RAY: Joysticks (1983)
Jefferson Bailey (Scott McGinnis, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock) owns the hottest of all businesses in 1983: a video arcade. It’s driving local business tycoon Joseph Rutter (Joe Don Baker, a man whose name I screamed into the ear of a sleeping girlfriend once, which is a long story I should really get to sometime) […]
CLEOPATRA/MVD BLU RAY RELEASE: The Black Mass (2023)
Set over a 24-hour period in 1978 Florida, this movie has a man named Ted (Andrew Sykes) shoplifting and trying to get with someone, anyone and always getting shot down. Director and writer (with Eric Pereira and Brandon Slagle) Devanny Pinn buries the lead quite well, even if I knew who Ted was, knew what would […]
Non aprite all’uomo nero (1990)
Don’t Open the Door to the Man In Black is a TV movie directed by Giulio Questi, who made some of the oddest giallo films ever, Death Laid an Egg, as well as Arcana and one of my favorite Westerns, Django Kill…If You Live, Shoot! It was written by David Grieco. Francesca (Claudia Muzii) is a […]
SHUDDER EXCLUSIVE: Dario Argento Panico (2023)
In this film, Dario Argento explains the difference between fear and panic (the panico that gives this its title). He claims that fear is like a fever of 100.5 F, one that has you terrified. Panic is just a degree higher, something that takes you beyond to a place that you can’t control. If you’ve […]
The Unknown Woman (2006)
Irena (Kseniya Rappoport) is a Ukrainian sex worker who is looking for a job in fancy Italian apartment building and starts by cleaning the stairs, even though she already has money. Her plan is to get closer to the Adacher family who lives there, starting by becoming friends with the nanny, Gina (Piera Degli Esposti). […]
28° minuto (1991)
28° minuto is the story of the Monster of Florence, which has also been the plot of The Killer Is Still Among Us and Il mostro di Firenze. It’s directed and written by Paolo Frajoli and Gianni Siragusa. As the city of Florence deals with the serial killer, Fabrizio (Christian Borromeo) and Patrizia (Antonella Sperati) have just […]
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