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Nicolas Roeg’s "Don’t Look Now" on DVD

Tue, 6 May 2003 09:22:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - Don’t Look Now

1973, directed by Nicolas Roeg, released by Paramount

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I consider Don’t Look Now to be another excellent adaptation of the writing of Daphne Du Maurier. You may have previously seen...

Antonio Margheriti's "Castle of Blood" on DVD

Tue, 22 Oct 2002 11:39:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - Castle of Blood

1964, directed by Antonio Margheriti, released by Synapse

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You may have seen this film under numerous titles. Synapse has presented it under the US title Castle of Blood. Although La...

Hammer Studio's "To the Devil a Daughter" on DVD

Mon, 14 Oct 2002 16:51:15 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - To the Devil a Daughter

1976, directed by Peter Sykes, released by Anchor Bay

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Hammer Studios makes a last-ditch effort to keep the studio solvent. Financial backers are found, and a great cast is assembled. Does...

Dennis Donnelly's "The Toolbox Murders" on DVD

Wed, 9 Oct 2002 12:18:42 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - The Toolbox Murders

1977, directed by Dennis Donnelly, released by Blue Underground

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From the late 1970's comes this exploitation film directed by Dennis Donnelly, and produced by Tony DiDio. It is one of the many...

John Carpenter's "The Fog" on DVD

Thu, 5 Sep 2002 08:40:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - The Fog

1979, directed by John Carpenter, released by MGM

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This is John Carpenter's follow-up to the monstrously successful Halloween. With The Fog, Carpenter and Debra Hill have crafted a good...

Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs" on DVD

Tue, 13 Aug 2002 13:14:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - Straw Dogs

1971, directed by Sam Peckinpah, released by Anchor Bay

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Here we have a non-Western Sam Peckinpah movie - although it without doubt carries some Western elements. Straw Dogs is based on a novel by...

Pasquale Festa Campanile's "Hitch-Hike" on DVD

Mon, 5 Aug 2002 16:51:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - Hitch-Hike

1978, directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile, released by Anchor Bay

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This is my first experience with any work by Pasquale Festa Campanile - and from what I understand, this was a departure from the sex...

John Carpenter's "Assault on Precinct 13" on DVD

Tue, 30 Jul 2002 17:29:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - Assault on Precinct 13

1976, directed by John Carpenter, released by Image

Movie

I saw this film for the first time in the early 80's. I had seen Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980), Escape from New...

Dario Argento's "Opera" on DVD

Fri, 26 Jul 2002 10:12:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - Opera

1987, directed by Dario Argento, released by Anchor Bay

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Opera (a.k.a. Terror at the Opera) gets a Region 1 DVD release courtesy of Anchor Bay, which finally gives us Dario Argento's vision...

Michele Soavi's "Stagefright" on DVD

Tue, 23 Jul 2002 17:14:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - Stagefright

1987, directed by Michele Soavi, released by Anchor Bay

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Stagefright is also known as Bloody Bird, Aquarius and Deliria, among other names. It is the first feature film...

Stuart Gordon's "Dagon" on DVD

Wed, 17 Jul 2002 11:31:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - Dagon

2001, directed by Stuart Gordon, released by Lion's Gate

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The film Dagon is familiar territory for Stuart Gordon, Dennis Paoli, and Brian Yuzna - as it is another film based on the writings of H. P...

John Dahl's "Red Rock West" on DVD

Fri, 12 Jul 2002 11:13:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - Red Rock West

1992, directed by John Dahl, released by Columbia/Tristar

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This is film noir as co-written and directed by John Dahl (The Last Seduction, Joy Ride, Rounders). Dahl himself refers...

William Peter Blatty's "The Exorcist III" on DVD

Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:40:51 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - The Exorcist III

1990, directed by William Peter Blatty, released by Warner Brothers

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This movie came out 17 years after the first original. And it branches off in an entirely different direction from the first...

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's "Sleuth" on DVD

Tue, 25 Jun 2002 10:28:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - Sleuth

1972, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, released by Anchor Bay

Movie

We have a cat and mouse game here - but you try and figure out who is the cat and who is the mouse, as the roles change from scene to...

Hammer Studio's "The Mummy" on DVD

Tue, 25 Jun 2002 10:23:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - The Mummy (1959)

1959, directed by Terence Fisher, released by Warner Brothers

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A mummy movie without Brendan Fraser, or fancy CGI effects? Yes! This is Hammer Studio's take on the mummy mythos, and follows their...

John Frankenheimer's "Seconds" on DVD

Tue, 25 Jun 2002 10:22:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - Seconds

1966, directed by John Frankenheimer, released by Paramount

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Paramount finally (and thankfully) released this thriller on DVD earlier this year. Originally released in 1966, Seconds came within a...

Hammer Studio's "Scars of Dracula" on DVD

Mon, 24 Jun 2002 16:33:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - Scars of Dracula

1970, directed by Roy Ward Baker, released by Anchor Bay

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Another Hammer Dracula movie, but much better than The Satanic Rites of Dracula, see my review archived above. I used to watch all...

Hammer Studio's "The Hound of the Baskervilles" on DVD

Mon, 24 Jun 2002 16:31:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - The Hound of the Baskervilles

1959, directed by Terence Fisher, released by MGM

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I always liked the films of the Hammer studio - and when we get to see Peter Cushing acting alongside Christopher Lee, it is always...

Richard Rush's "The Stunt Man" on Limited Edition DVD

Mon, 24 Jun 2002 16:29:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - The Stunt Man

1980, directed by Richard Rush, released by Anchor Bay

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I first saw this movie in the early 80's. Watching it for the fourth time, and now on DVD, this movie certainly is a puzzle, wrapped in an...

Hammer Studio's "The Satanic Rites of Dracula" on DVD

Mon, 24 Jun 2002 16:27:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - The Satanic Rites of Dracula

1974, directed by Alan Gibson, released by Anchor Bay

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I used to watch all the Hammer Studio films when I was a kid - and my favorites were of the Dracula / vampire variety, especially...

Ruggero Deodato's "Cut and Run" on DVD

Mon, 24 Jun 2002 09:52:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - Cut and Run

1985, directed by Ruggero Deodato, released by Anchor Bay

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The director of the legendary Cannibal Holocaust makes a film that is a little bit of the aforementioned film, with equal parts...

Nello Rossati's "Django Strikes Again" on DVD

Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:31:13 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - Django Strikes Again

1987, directed by Ted Archer (aka Nello Rossati), released by Anchor Bay

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Over twenty years after the original film, Franco Nero finally returns to the role of Django.

The story:...

Sergio Corbucci's "Django" on DVD

Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:27:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - Django

1966, directed by Sergio Corbucci, released by Anchor Bay

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A very influential Spaghetti Western, nicely directed by the underrated Sergio Corbucci. Django is a visually compelling character, and the...

Lucio Fulci's "Four of the Apocalypse" on DVD

Thu, 20 Jun 2002 15:59:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rabigjb - Four of the Apocalypse

1975, directed by Lucio Fulci, released by Anchor Bay

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I like spaghetti westerns. I like Anchor Bay's catalog of movies. When I saw several Anchor Bay releases with the "Spaghetti Western...