Category Archives: Review

Godzilla 2000

Posted on August 18, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Return of the King It’s been 15 years since a real Godzilla movie has been released to U.S. theaters. Sony picked up North American (plus a few other territories) rights for a cool million, so they figure on recouping on … Continue reading →






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My Son the Vampire DVD

Posted on August 15, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Old Mother Riley meets Bela Lugosi Bela Lugosi had seen better days. In the early 1930s, he was in all his glory, cruising on his amazing triumph in Dracula, both on the stage and screen. He threw lavish parties, smoked … Continue reading →






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Fargo DVD

Posted on August 15, 2000 by Brian Thomas

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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Bless the Child

Posted on August 11, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Touched by a psycho Chuck Russell has paid his psychotronic dues, so I’m tempted to give the guy some slack here. He produced Hell Night, directed the fine remake of The Blob and the respectable sequel Nightmare on Elm Street … Continue reading →






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The Gruesome Twosome DVD

Posted on August 9, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Flip your wig As old as the gothic novel itself is the cliche of the demented relative who is kept hidden from the outside world, usually locked up in a tower room or basement dungeon. Almost as old is the … Continue reading →






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Cave of the Living Dead DVD

Posted on August 8, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Spelunking for vampires A “Butchers Film release” this German weird menace horror, originally titled The Curse of the Green Eyes, was imported to Britain and America by producer Richard Gordon. He released it to theaters and drive-ins as part of … Continue reading →






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Hollow Man

Posted on August 4, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Don’t get sleepy! I used to consider H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man to be more fantasy than science fiction, especially since Wells’ villain attained his state via injection. Now I read that biomedical engineers at the University of Texas have … Continue reading →






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Black Sabbath on DVD

Posted on August 1, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Karloff and Bava’s trilogy of terror The liner notes for this DVD presentation of Mario Bava’s contribution to the anthology film flap of the early ’60s are provided by Tim Lucas. This is so fitting it’s almost ironic. If not … Continue reading →






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Brothers Quay Collection DVD

Posted on August 1, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Quazy Quartoons I first encountered the mad world of Stephen and Timothy Quay at the World Animation Festival in Ottawa in 1980. Stuffed into a program amid some very funny comedy vignettes was their first short, “Nocturna Artificiala.” The Quays’ … Continue reading →






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Patlabor 1 DVD

Posted on July 25, 2000 by Brian Thomas

War of the robots Also known as Patlabor: The Mobile Police, this film depicts an alternate universe Tokyo of 1999, where the world’s industries receive a boost with the creation of “Labors”, robot mecha-suits used for everything from construction to … Continue reading →






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