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Kung Fu Hustle

Another fun Chow masterpiece  Despite being the highest grossing Hong Kong film ever, Stephen Chow’s previous film Shoalin Soccer was badly bungled by U.S. distributor Miramax, who didn’t seem to know what to do with it. When news leaked out … Continue reading

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House of 1000 Corpses

But who’s counting? Rob Zombie grew up a Monster Kid, watching all the horror classics, reading Famous Monsters of Filmland and putting together Aurora model kits. A psychotronic soul if there ever was one, his interests expanded into the usual esoteric … Continue reading

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Master of the Flying Guillotine DVD

You gotta take your hat off to this new ultimate DVD edition There were a number of martial arts pictures made during the 1970s around one of the strangest weapons of warfare ever created, the Flying Guillotine. Basically a heavy … Continue reading

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Fargo DVD

How many Paul Bunyan statues are there? A staple of the work of American pulp fiction writers is the doomed character: your everyday everyman, thrown into a set of circumstances either by his own flawed machinations, or merely by the … Continue reading

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American Psycho

What – was Norman Bates – Japanese?

I read something in a true crime book about how serial killers used to be an upper class phenomenon. Barons and marquis preying on the peasants, on down to Jack the Ripper theories and that sort of thing. And now, supposedly, all our serial killers are from below the poverty line, and they hunt victims almost exclusively from a class above. Continue reading

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The Girl Hunters DVD

Hammer nails another The opening of The Girl Hunters (1963) reveals ultra-tough detective Mike Hammer in a familiar situation: beat up, drunk, and lying in an alley. But there’s something unfamiliar here: though Hammer surely has his own voice and demeanor, … Continue reading

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Bay of Blood DVD

Body count basics European horror is hot on DVD. A generation of film fans raised on Video Watchdog — knowing the full story of how the works of Bava, Argento, Fulci, et al have been mishandled and abused by American … Continue reading

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Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Bulletspotting I hardly know where to start in singing the praises of this blood-soaked but hilarious British crime comedy. A promising first feature from writer/director Guy Ritchie, it’s a non-stop joy from start to finish.

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The Necro Files VHS

Sometimes Death won’t solve your problems To quote Stan Marsh of South Park: “Dude, this is pretty fucked up right here.” This ultra-low budget effort from Todd Tjersland’s Threat Theatre video gore factory is one of the most twisted and … Continue reading

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