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Doomed

Doomed ~ Capsule review.
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"DOOMED 2006 – NR – 76 Min. D: Michael Su S: Sarah Diaz – Drew Russell – Steve Cryen – Michael Kehoe Maverick Entertainment DVD Fullscreen / 5.1 Surround Extras: Trailers Ten people serving long sentences for myriad crimes are dropped on the Isola De Romero *cough* and divided into teams of two. These teams are instructed to try to make it to the other side of the island where millions of dollars and a complete pardon await them. Freedom, riches, everything they could want, with one catch… The island is overrun with the living dead. All this will be filmed and broadcast on the popular TV show Survival Island 2020. There’ll be alliances, betrayals, and many other staples of successful reality television. The kicker is that nobody has survived so far and the show is still looking for its first heroic victors. Will this episode finally find a winner? Will you even care? This feisty independent borrows from places too numerous to list here an ... " [More]

The Thirst

The Thirst ~ Capsule review.
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"The Thirst (2006) 2006 – NR – 88 Min. D: Jeremy Kasten S: Matt Keeslar – Clare Kramer – Jeremy Sisto – Serena Scott Thomas – Adam Baldwin Starz Home Entertainment / Anchor Bay DVD Anamorphic widescreen / 5.1 Dolby Digital Extras: Commentary – Deleted scenes – Photo Gallery Kramer is Lisa, an ex-drug addict stripper with a terminal illness who manages to cheat death when a female vampire turns her because she likes the way Lisa dances. Keeslar is Maxx; the ex-drug addict boyfriend who meets up with his recently deceased love at a fetish club and is himself turned so that they can remain together. The vampire ‘family’ looks at the reunited couple as an experiment of sorts. Maxx responds to his new sanguinary cravings with the same obsessive recklessness that defined his previous addiction. Events quickly snowball out of control until Lisa and Maxx decide to seek help, a decision to which the original group is violently o ... " [More]

The Day Time Ended

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"THE DAY TIME ENDED 1979/80 – R (Re-rating) – 80 Min. D: John ‘Bud’ Cardos S: Jim Davis – Christopher Mitchum – Dorothy Malone – Marcy Lafferty – Natasha Ryan – Scott Kolden Full Moon Entertainment DVD / Cult Video Collection Fullscreen / Stereo 2.0 Extras: Trailers A family moves into a solar powered desert home wishing to leave the problems of the city behind and start a new life. Unsuspecting protagonists encounter strange things nearly upon arrival; glowing lights, pyramids that make animals disappear and reappear, and antagonistic laser-armed probes are early obstacles. Extraterrestrial occurrences gain momentum as the night wears on. Everybody tries to stay safe inside while spaceships and monsters run rampant outside. Eventually, a swirling vortex begins to move them through time. Abstract plot seems an afterthought; special effects (courtesy of talents such as Jim Danforth, Dave Allen, Lyle Conway, and others) are defin ... " [More]

Final Exam

Final Exam ~ Capsule review.
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"FINAL EXAM 1981 – R – 88 Min. D: Jimmy Huston S: Cecile Bagdadi – Timothy L. Raynor – Joel Rice BCI DVD Anamorphic Widescreen / Dolby Digital Stereo Extras: Commentary – Cast Interviews – Trailers Final Exam is a lesser-known slasher that’s taken heat over the years even though it has a lot going for it. The setting is a secluded college as a semester comes to an end. There are very few people left finishing up whatever needs finishing up when a maniacal madman (Raynor) decides to drop in. Courtney (Bagdadi) remains unaware of what’s happening on campus until it’s too late. She’ll have to fight hard if she wants to escape the blade of the seemingly unstoppable psychopath that only wants her dead. Among the most repeated complaints about Final Exam is that the motivations of the killer are not explained. It seems some people are missing the point. The movie sets up this very idea, mostly through the semi-paranoid rantin ... " [More]

Satanik

Satanik ~ DVD Review.
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"Satanik 1968 – NR – 84 Min. D: Piero Vivarelli S: Magda Konopka Retromedia DVD – Now part of the Euro Fiends From Beyond The Grave collection. Version reviewed was original single release as pictured. Fullscreen / Dolby Digital Mono Extras: Photo Gallery While looking over the text written on the back of the DVD case for this title, you notice some strange things. You see the same sentence repeated only a couple of lines later. You may even be drawn in by esoteric messages such as "Max needs." But, if those displays of professionalism don’t already have you digging into your pockets with gleeful enthusiasm, then lines like "Sleazy Chills… Italian Style!” are certain to push you over the edge. No? Ah, you’re a hard sell! Then take a glance at the front cover. "Euro Trash Horror" it screams; that beautiful, obviously naked, temptress should complete the seduction. You might now be thinking, "If that gorgeous vixen from the cover is in the ... " [More]

Manhattan Melodrama

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"MANHATTAN MELODRAMA 1934 – NR – 90 Min. D: W.S. Van Dyke S: Clark Gable – William Powell – Myrna Loy Warner Home Entertainment DVD – Released as part of the Myrna Loy And William Powell Collection Fullscreen / Dolby Digital Mono Extras: Comedy Short – Classic Cartoon – Theatrical Trailer Though most notorious for being the film John Dillinger was gunned down after seeing, Manhattan Melodrama has more to offer than its notable connection with historical trivia. The now overly familiar plotline tells the story of two boyhood friends who helped each other navigate through some amazing hardships only to end up on opposite sides of the law in adulthood. Familiar though it may be, these particular plot conventions have rarely been used in quite this way. Blackie (Gable) has nothing but respect and admiration for his old buddy Jim (Powell) and wants only the greatest success for him. They remain fast friends, but that friendship becomes more co ... " [More]

Royal Wedding

Royal Wedding ~ Capsule review.
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"ROYAL WEDDING 1951 – NR – 93 Min. D: Stanley Donen S: Fred Astaire – Jane Powell – Keenan Wynn – Sarah Churchill – Peter Lawford Warner Home Entertainment DVD – Released as a double feature with The Belle Of New York Fullscreen / Dolby Digital Mono Extras: Robert Osborne hosts TCM’s Private Screenings with Stanley Donen – Featurette – Song Outtake – Two Classic Cartoons – Promotional radio interview with Astaire and Powell – Trailer Lively Techincolor musical showcases Astaire and Powell as brother and sister dancing team of Tom and Ellen Bowen. He’s a workaholic and she’s a bit of a get-around-girl. Offered the chance to put on a show in London around the time of the Royal Wedding, both their lives are eventually complicated by the fact that each finds romance. Or more appropriately, it finds them. Tom and Ellen are thrown off balance by this unexpected segue into such unfamiliar territory ... " [More]

Hit the Deck

Hit The Deck ~ Capsule review.
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"HIT THE DECK 1955 – NR – 112 Min. D: Roy Rowland S: Walter Pidgeon – Ann Miller – Tony Martin – Debbie Reynolds – Vic Damone – Russ Tamblyn – Jane Powell – More. Warner Home Entertainment DVD – Newly released as part of the Classic Musicals From The Dream Factory: Volume 3 collection. Anamorphic Widescreen (Cinemascope) / Dolby Digital 5.1 And 5.0 / Dolby Digital 5.1 Music Only Track Extras: Comedy Short – Classic Cartoon – Outtake Song – Theatrical Trailer Three sailors on a 48-hour shore leave fall in love, get into trouble, and must sort out their relationships with family, embittered girlfriends and the Navy itself. Will it all work out in the end? What do you think!? Bright and attractive Cinemascope title features a lot more singing and dancing than plot. What there is to the story will bring a strong sensation of deja-vu to just about any fan of Hollywood musicals. Redundancy aside, Hit The Deck& ... " [More]

Deep in My Heart

Deep In My Heart ~ Capsule review.
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"DEEP IN MY HEART 1954 – NR – 132 Min. D: Stanley Donen S: José Ferrer – Doe Avedon – Helen Traubel – Walter Pidgeon – Jim Backus – Merle Oberon – More. Warner Home Entertainment DVD – Newly released as part of the Classic Musicals From The Dream Factory: Volume 3 collection. Anamorphic Widescreen / Dolby Digital 5.1 Extras: Musical Short – Classic Cartoon – Two Outtake Musical Numbers – Audio Only Outtake – Trailer Ferrer essays the role of Sigmund Romberg, a passionate and highly creative composer who was desperate to share his gift with the world even though the world, more often than not, just wanted something catchy that they could dance to. Romberg is constantly at odds with the very nature of the business. He wants, same as anybody, to be happy and therefore tries to get along as best he can writing music he is not proud of for plays he despises, but always waiting for his chance. Things m ... " [More]

Strange Behavior

Strange Behavior ~ Review.
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"STRANGE BEHAVIOR (1981) Tangerine Dream’s evocative music gives way to opening moments that are shaped by silhouettes, dimly lit staircases, and dark corners. Not a bad way to be introduced to a horror movie. A young man, home alone, sits back in his room enjoying a cigarette he isn’t supposed to have while listening to the radio. When the power goes out, he heads downstairs for a candle, tobacco in hand; it’s the last one he’ll ever get to enjoy. He’s stabbed in the head several times, seemingly by one of his peers; we watch it happen on the wall, in shadows. We listen to his death throes while the wide-eyed psychopath extinguishes the candle’s flame. There now, how’s that for firmly establishing a mood? No doubt about it, it’s a grabber. As the film gets underway, a picture of a happy, friendly, carefree town is clearly painted for us. Well, as all of us dedicated horror fans know things are very rarely as they appear in places ... " [More]

Boarding House

Boardinghouse ~ Capsule review.
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"BOARDINGHOUSE A.K.A. BOARDING HOUSE A.K.A. HOUSEGEIST 1982 – R – 98 Min. D: John Wintergate S: John Wintergate – Kalassu Code Red DVD Fullscreen / Dolby Digital Stereo Extras: Commentary – Interviews – Trailers Jim (Wintergate) moves into a home with a history of violent incidents leaving all previous residents either dead or missing. He turns the place into a boarding house for young unattached women while taking every available opportunity to practice his cosmic telekinesis in the bathtub. History soon repeats itself; a malevolent force begins to mangle and mutilate its way through the cast. This thing has some of the most inconsistent editing ever laid down on film… Erm… Videotape. It’s difficult to get across just how poorly put together, or not put together, Boardinghouse really is. The commentary explains that, to paraphrase, the producers didn’t really get what they were shooting for and edited out a lot of footag ... " [More]

Frontières

Frontier(s) ~ Capsule review.
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"FRONTIER(S) A.K.A. FRONTIÉRES 2007 – NR – 108 Min. D: Xavier Gens S: Karina Testa Lionsgate Home Entertainment DVD – Released as part of the After Dark Horrorfest collection. Anamorphic Widescreen / Dolby Digital 5.1 French with English or Spanish subtitles. No English track. Extras: Trailers A group of criminals escape with their bag of money during riotous political unrest in France. All of them end up (some sooner and some later) at a secluded inn run by a group of cannibalistic nazi psychopaths. The plot is not quite as simplistic as that, but little more needs to be said. Testa is the heroine, Yasmine, and spends most of the second half of the film channeling equal parts Marylin Burns and Bruce Campbell. Don’t take those references as an insult, Miss Testa is terrific. As for the film itself, is it as over-the-top as everybody says? You bet. The frequent explicit gore is convincing and unpleasant, but not as intense as some recent French horro ... " [More]