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Kill Baby Kill! DVD

Posted on October 24, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Follow the bouncing ball The march of Eurothrillers onto American DVD continues with this Mario Bava classic, originally known as Operazione Paura. The opening of the film echoes Dracula, with a handsome young foreigner (Giacomo Rossi-Stuart) arriving by coach to … Continue reading →

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Drunken Master 2

Posted on October 18, 2000 by Brian Thomas

The master returns – and he’s drunk! Every time Jackie Chan has a new hit movie, it means we get to see one of his old classics imported to America for a theatrical release (and a couple more on video). … Continue reading →

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Dementia DVD

Posted on October 17, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Daughter of Horror John Parker was a rich playboy who had a dream to make a movie. He had it in his blood, as his father operated a large theater chain out of Seattle. His pedigree got him an office … Continue reading →

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Lost Souls

Posted on October 13, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Lost script Some spooky cinematography and a good cast are much wasted in this “new” New Line horror — which is reportedly not so new, having sat on the shelf awaiting release for more than a year. It finally came out … Continue reading →

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The Beyond on DVD

Posted on October 10, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Injury to Eibon This 1981 Lucio Fulci gorefest followed his success with Zombie, and can be seen as a companion feature to his City of the Living Dead (aka Gates of Hell), and perhaps even Dario Argento’s incomplete Three Mothers … Continue reading →

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The Body Beneath DVD

Posted on October 3, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Milligan’s island Drive-in horror films provided a thriving business for independent filmmakers in the 1960s. While Herschell Gordon Lewis pioneered the gore film on the beaches of Florida, and Larry Buchanan remade cheap AIP features even cheaper down in Texas, … Continue reading →

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Habit VHS

Posted on October 1, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Reality Bites Look around the average video store these days and you’ll see that the vampire movie is still alive, undead and well. The shelves are crowded with direct-to-tape bloodsuckers, all vying for the rental bucks of goth-bedecked Anne Rice … Continue reading →

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Organ DVD

Posted on September 26, 2000 by Brian Thomas

The Organ Grinders Numata (Kenjin Nasa), a tough cop, and his partner Tosaka are on the trail of a gang of human organ thieves that have been preying on runaways and homeless. When the gang picks up an unconscious man, … Continue reading →

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Gorgo DVD

Posted on September 21, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Wait til Mama comes home Director Eugene Lourie, working in the field created by Cooper and Schoedsack for King Kong, created the template for the modern giant monster movie in the 1950s, and then went on to become one of … Continue reading →

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The Girl Who Knew Too Much DVD

Posted on September 18, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Vintage Bava thriller It was supposed to be a romantic thriller ala Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes, but for director Mario Bava, that approach just wouldn’t do. He was just returning from his first break in years, six months off following … Continue reading →

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