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Theatrical release review

Mantis in Lace DVD

The Swingin’ ’60s – swingin’ a big butcher knife! Producers Harry Novak and Peter Perry (who first got together for the sex/comedy/monster picture Kiss Me Quick) decided to make a feature that they could sell as either a sex show … Continue reading






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Bruiser

Romero enters the 21st century George Romero, who is now known as one of America’s finest filmmakers, returns to the screen with his first film in seven years, from his first original screenplay in fifteen years. Those expecting another gorefest … Continue reading






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Hannibal

Tasty Thomas Harris wrote his first two novels featuring incarcerated psycho Dr. Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter for fun. The third was written under pressure. Though Harris claims to care little for public acclaim, preferring to live as a semi-recluse, the … Continue reading






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Nightmare City DVD

Where the rent is an arm and a leg One of many zombie pictures made in the wake of Dawn of the Dead, this Italian epic by director Umberto Lenzi is known under many titles: City of the Walking Dead, … Continue reading






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The Astro-Zombies DVD

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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Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Reading subtitles Director Ang Lee returns to China for the first time since 1994’s Eat Drink Man Woman, but this time he’s surprised everyone. Though this film has the same concern for traditions and the delicate interplay of subtle emotions … Continue reading






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The Gift

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

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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Dungeons & Dragons

A game try Guest Review by Steve Sullivan In the interest of full disclosure, let me say I’ve been working on Dungeons & Dragons related products for over 20 years. I was hired onto TSR’s staff in 1980 and worked … Continue reading






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Escape from the Planet of the Apes DVD

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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