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DVD release review

Phantom of the Opera DVD

Argento conducts the cellar dweller Like Moses, a babe is left in a basket to float down a river — but instead of being found by the wife of Pharaoh in the bullrushes to be raised a prince of Egypt, … Continue reading






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Peter Pan DVD

Girls will be boys Unfortunately, as with most of children’s literature at this point, many people today believe Peter Pan to be a creation of the Walt Disney Company. This video release of the original 1924 film, from an original … Continue reading






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Maniac / Narcotic DVD

Esper classic double feature This pair of exploitation roadshow features from producer/director Dwain Esper happily makes their DVD debut in a definitive deluxe double feature from Kino on Video. Esper was one of the notorious “40 Thieves”, a group of … Continue reading






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Django/Django Strikes Again DVD

Disc of Spaghetti For most Americans, the Spaghetti Western began and ended with Sergio Leone, especially his films with Clint Eastwood. While those films are deservedly recognized as classics, they’re only a handful among hundreds of European oaters that came … Continue reading






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American Movie DVD

American Nightmare One factor of the huge success of The Blair Witch Project is that it’s rendered suspect any entertaining documentary for some people. Leaving the theater after AM, I actually heard people questioning whether it was “real” or not … Continue reading






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The Corpse Vanishes DVD

Check the Lost & Found Dept. In Monogram Picture’s The Corpse Vanishes, Lugosi is at it again. Young brides have been dropping dead at the altar all over town, and immediately after the corpses have been – um, vanishing. It … Continue reading






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The Devil Bat DVD

Lugosi on Poverty Row While they may not be true classics in the minds of most people, many of Lugosi’s ever-growing legion of fans have great affection for his Poverty Row features, and anything with Lugosi is collectible.






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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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The Strange Woman / Moon Over Harlem DVD

Double Ulmer The recently deceased Hedy Lamarr gave one of her best performances in the 1946 melodrama The Strange Woman as a woman who would not seem strange today, but certainly stood out in the 1840 boomtown that was Bangor, … Continue reading






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Parasite DVD

Monsters unleeched They say that when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. Demi Moore is an actress who has seen her share of lemons throughout her career. After all, this is the actress who saw the scripts for … Continue reading






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