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Review Archive: Gimme a B

That’s right. In case you haven’t noticed, we’ve published reviews from our archives all the way through those movies starting with ‘B’. Enjoy!

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Coffin Joe returns!

After 40 years, Brazilian filmmaker Jose Mojica Marins returned to the horror character that made him an icon in his own country – and a cult legend throughout the world decades later. In Embodiment of Evil, Marins brought back Coffin … Continue reading

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New psychotronic releases coming from VCI

VCI has announced a 2/1/2011 release date for several psychotronic titles on DVD. They’ll be serving up the rare film noir thriller The Prowler, a Precode Hollywood Double Feature of Hell Harbor and Jungle Bride, and a big 12-flick set … Continue reading

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Maintanenance…

Sorry for the post-Halloween slowdown – been upgrading our workstation and doing general clean-up chores. Will be making it up to you soon.

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Rock in the House

Well, at least in the Basement.

We long ago gave a home to local filmmaker David “the Rock” Nelson on this website, and even though we’re still in the process of revamping the site we wanted to make sure you could still sample his special brand of kookness. So we set up a links page which at this point features only a link to his section of the site. Continue reading

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Sinister Cinema unearths Russian sci-fi

Just received the latest flyer in the mail from Sinister Cinema, the legendary video mail order label famous for making unknown or hard to find genre titles available during the first decade or so of the home video age.

Among the titles in their “25th Annual Bumper Crop” offerings available just in time for Halloween are a couple of rare Russian sci-fi epics. The Robots of Ripley (AKA Gibel Sensatsii – “Death of Sensation”) was long thought to be a 1935 adaptation of Karl Capek’s play R.U.R., for which the term “robot” was coined. Though this is not so, from Sinister’s description it sounds like a lot more fun! Continue reading

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This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse DVD

Coffin Joe returns! Coffin Joe appears yet again from his own private twilight zone to present another tale of sadism, immorality, and twisted philosophy! After struggling for quite some time with censor boards and religious groups, a brave theater owner finally decided to show … Continue reading

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Beneath the Planet of the Apes on DVD

Talk about underground films…. Not every hit film demands a sequel. Sure, there’s been talk over the years about The Graduate 2, Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind, and Prettier Woman, but so far the filmmakers of many big hits … Continue reading

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Battle for the Planet of the Apes DVD

The Lawgiver’s final proclamation Though the box office returns for Conquest of the Planet of the Apes didn’t break any records, by this time Ape fandom was growing ever larger. Theaters all over the country were hosting Ape marathons, showing … Continue reading

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Killer Nun DVD

Un-convent-ional entertainment George W. Bush squeezed by John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential Election on the votes of millions of born again evangelical Bible-quotin’ churchified Christians. So how will we be celebrating in the first DVD review since Election Day? … Continue reading

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