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The Gift

Posted on December 18, 2000 by Brian Thomas

D’oh! Raimi! A lot of folks hadn’t heard of Sam Raimi before he directed A Simple Plan, but of course he already had quite a following. There’s a huge cult of Raimi fans, which has grown in number since his … Continue reading →

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Dracula 2000

Posted on December 18, 2000 by Brian Thomas

From Calvary to Carfax Dimension Pictures has been getting ribbed in the press for releasing Dracula 2000 so late in the year (just in time for Christmas), but this ink no doubt comes from folks that haven’t actually seen the … Continue reading →

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Escape from the Planet of the Apes DVD

Posted on December 8, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Beverly Hills chimps With the world apparently destroyed at the end of Beneath the Planet of the Apes (Oops! Um… spoiler!), no one thought it likely that there would be another sequel. The box office tally, however, disagreed with them. The … Continue reading →

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Horrors of Spider Island DVD

Posted on November 14, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Eight babes versus eight armed horror In 1960, sexuality had only begun to become more explicit on U.S. screens in imported art films, or cloaked in the nervous laughter of nudie-cutie pictures shown in downtown grindhouses. Horror films were still … Continue reading →

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Legend of the Chupacabra DVD

Posted on October 31, 2000 by Brian Thomas

That sucking sound you hear… Well, it may not be the renaissance of the genre, but at least it’s something different. Here we have yet another “found footage” horror film, in which a group of intrepid youngsters treks into the … Continue reading →

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Kill Baby Kill! DVD

Posted on October 24, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Follow the bouncing ball The march of Eurothrillers onto American DVD continues with this Mario Bava classic, originally known as Operazione Paura. The opening of the film echoes Dracula, with a handsome young foreigner (Giacomo Rossi-Stuart) arriving by coach to … Continue reading →

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Lost Souls

Posted on October 13, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Lost script Some spooky cinematography and a good cast are much wasted in this “new” New Line horror — which is reportedly not so new, having sat on the shelf awaiting release for more than a year. It finally came out … Continue reading →

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Organ DVD

Posted on September 26, 2000 by Brian Thomas

The Organ Grinders Numata (Kenjin Nasa), a tough cop, and his partner Tosaka are on the trail of a gang of human organ thieves that have been preying on runaways and homeless. When the gang picks up an unconscious man, … Continue reading →

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The Girl Who Knew Too Much DVD

Posted on September 18, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Vintage Bava thriller It was supposed to be a romantic thriller ala Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes, but for director Mario Bava, that approach just wouldn’t do. He was just returning from his first break in years, six months off following … Continue reading →

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Another Day, Another Man

Posted on September 12, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Continued from previous post… Another pure product of its time is Another Day, Another Man, shot with much of the same cast and locations as Bad Girls. Steve (Rod Reagan) has news for his wife Ann (Barbie Kemp, spelled “Kenmp” … Continue reading →

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