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From a Shout to a Scream

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Brian Thomas

Shout Factory announces new label Psychotronic films have been well served by the Shout! Factory DVD label, from their respectful treatment of their Roger Corman titles to their Mystery Science Theater 3000 box sets. Today the label announced a new … Continue reading →

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Free screenings of latest Coffin Joe flick!

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Brian Thomas

The latest film from Brazil’s horror maestro Jose Mojica Marins, Embodiment of Evil, will be shown for FREE in Ohio and New York this week, courtesy of Synapse Films:

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Coffin Joe returns!

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Brian Thomas

After 40 years, Brazilian filmmaker Jose Mojica Marins returned to the horror character that made him an icon in his own country – and a cult legend throughout the world decades later. In Embodiment of Evil, Marins brought back Coffin … Continue reading →

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New psychotronic releases coming from VCI

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Brian Thomas

VCI has announced a 2/1/2011 release date for several psychotronic titles on DVD. They’ll be serving up the rare film noir thriller The Prowler, a Precode Hollywood Double Feature of Hell Harbor and Jungle Bride, and a big 12-flick set … Continue reading →

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The Card Player

Posted on October 6, 2004 by Brian Thomas

A winning hand This 2004 Italian thriller represents both a step forward and a return to form for writer/director Dario Argento. In recent years, fans of the Poe of Cinema have been wanting him to return to the kind of … Continue reading →

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Herschell Gordon Lewis – The Godfather of Gore!

Posted on June 15, 2002 by Brian Thomas

PFS’s Mike Flores interviews a horror legend A Chicagoan who changed the way film portrays violence is Herschell Gordon Lewis.  Yes, the Godfather of Gore is back!  His films — 2000 Maniacs, She-Devils on Wheels, The Wizard of Gore and … Continue reading →

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A.I.

Posted on June 29, 2001 by Brian Thomas

The Anti-Intellectual This film will always be remembered as the project left unfinished by Stanley Kubrick, then picked up and finished by Steven Spielberg. The first question this brings up is: how much of A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)is Kubrick and how … Continue reading →

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Awakening of the Beast DVD

Posted on April 3, 2001 by Brian Thomas

Banned for more than 30 years! Despite extreme difficulties with the Brazilian censor boards (both nationally and in local municipalities), José Mojica Marins managed to get his horror films into theaters. Once there, they became a sensation across the country, … Continue reading →

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At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul DVD

Posted on April 2, 2001 by Brian Thomas

Coffin Joe on DVD! It cannot be stressed enough that before 1963′s At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul there had never been (to the best of my knowledge) a horror film made in Brazil. There had been a version of … Continue reading →

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The Astro-Zombies

Posted on December 26, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Man or Astro-man? Solar-powered horrors shock the nation! Ted V. Mikels has been enshrined as a trash movie king by generations of admirers, mainly on the strength of his horror comedy The Corpse Grinders and this unrelentingly weird opus. Mikels … Continue reading →

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