Author Archives: Brian Thomas

Dinosaur

The Iguanodon King It begins in the egg, as everyone’s story does. But before the egg can hatch, it has as many adventures as Indiana Jones, before finally coming to rest on an island inhabited by an advanced race of … Continue reading

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Carnival of Souls DVD

The Ghosts of Saltair In 1961, after years of directing and acting in hundreds of educational and industrial films for the Centron Corporation of Lawrence, Kansas, Herk Harvey was itching to do something more creative. While driving back from an … Continue reading

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Battlefield Earth

Psychlo-tronic First of all: yes, this film based on the novel by L. Ron Hubbard is influenced by his famous cult Scientology. It stars, and was propelled into production, by its star, prominent Scientologist John Travolta, who probably wouldn’t have … Continue reading

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Frankenstein Stalks

Rock Ransacks R-kives! Canny Creator Cannibalizes Cache for Current Concoction When we last left David “The Rock” Nelson, he was throwing a rubber insect at unwilling participants and videotaping the results (see Devil Ant). This time, Nelson revisits his old … Continue reading

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She Freak DVD

Carnival of carnies After dissolving his partnership with director Herschell Gordon Lewis, producer Dave Friedman headed out to California. Before long he’d formed a new filmmaking partnership with showman Dan Sonney. Together they produced and distributed a long string of … Continue reading

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The Gore Gore Girls DVD

Take my liver, please After the unsatisfying release of The Wizard of Gore, Herschell Gordon Lewis took some time off from blood. The next couple of years found him dabbling in sex comedy (Miss Nymphet’s Zap-In), more hillbilly shenanigans for … Continue reading

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The Brain That Wouldn’t Die DVD

Jan in the Pan Though Rhino failed to impress with their initial DVD offering (Galaxina), they’ve come to play ball with their Mystery Science Theater 3000 DVDs. No, it doesn’t have any alternate audio options, deleted footage, or even subtitles … Continue reading

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Devil Man DVD

Eats Pokemon for breakfast After the success of his boundary-pushing series “Shameless School” and “Cutie Honey”, Japanese cartoonist Go Nagai created a new manga series that became just as influential. It took the old “boy transforms to hero” idea of … Continue reading

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Castle of Cagliostro DVD

Give me all your Lupins In The Castle of Cagliostro, master thief Lupin III and his hard-boiled sidekick Daisuke Jigen pull off a casino robbery, only to find that the booty is all in counterfeit bills. Lupin recognizes the fakes … Continue reading

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Inferno DVD

The back door to Hell This semi-sequel to Dario Argento’s international hit Suspiria is one of his strangest, most nightmarish features. And, says Argento, one of his most difficult. He had all the enthusiasm he needed to tell the tale … Continue reading

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