Blow Out – Blu Ray Review
David Rees Brian De Palma has always been a favourite amongst film fans, he was at first passed off by critics as a Hitchcock wannabe but soon proved himself to be one…
August 2018
Dr Who and the Daleks / Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. – Review
This year is the 50th anniversary of the BBC’s classic Science fiction show Dr Who and Studio Canal have released both Dr Who movies released in the 1960’s to Blu…
Army of Darkness: Director’s Cut Blu-Ray Review
Sam Raimi’s Army of Darkness was his most troubled production of the trilogy with the studio re-cutting his version and him having to re-shoot a ” happy ending” set in…
Evil Dead 2 – Blu Ray Review
You can’t get a film with much more cult status than Evil Dead 2, Sam Raimi’s horror comedy follow up to his low budget original. The film starts with a…
Black Sabbath – Arrow Video Review
Mario Bava has been well served by Arrow Video in the UK recently and Black Sabbath arguably his best-known film now gets the special edition treatment. Made in 1963 “I…
The Long Riders – Review
Walter Hill has always been one of my favourite directors in the action genre and in this film he did his homage to the western and Sam Peckinpah with The…
Baron Blood – Arrow Video Blu Ray Review
Arrow Video have released this Mario Bava 1972 horror film onto special edition Blu ray with 3 versions of the film all in HD, Bava’s original version Gli orrori del…
Deadly Blessing – Review
Director Wes Craven’s Deadly Blessing is one of his less known works and is given a UK Blu ray release by Arrow Video. Jim is a former member of the…
Scanners – Review
David Cronenberg was a director known at the time of the release of this film as the master of Body horror, with films like Rabid and The Brood. Scanners was…
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan – Review
Ask anybody of a certain age what fantasy films they enjoyed as a child and I am sure most will mention one which had the work of Ray Harryhausen as…