21st Nov2015

‘She Killed in Ecstasy’ Blu-ray Review

by Phil Wheat

Severin Films make their return to the UK home video market with the Blu-ray release of two Jess Franco films in their library, She Killed in Ecstasy and Vampyros Lesbos – erotically charged Euro-horrors starring Franco fave Soledad Miranda which mark the pinnacle of Franco’s career. The former, a revenge thriller, is considered the best […]

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21st Nov2015

‘Pay the Ghost’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Jack Fulton, Lyriq Bent, Lauren Beatty, Stephen McHattie, Veronica Ferres | Written by Dan Kay | Directed by Uli Edel You can’t say Nicolas Cage rests on his laurels. After previously going all religious with Left Behind, the rapture-based movie from last year, he heads to the dark side of […]

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20th Nov2015

‘The Honeymoon Killers’ Blu-ray Review (Arrow Video)

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, Mary Jane Higby, Doris Roberts, Kip McArdle, Marilyn Chris, Dortha Duckworth, Barbara Cason, Ann Harris, Mary Breen | Written and Directed by Leonard Kastle Based on the notorious “Lonely Hearts” killers Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler) and Raymond Fernandez (Tony Lo Bionco) it tells the tale of two lovers who […]

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18th Nov2015

‘The Executioner Part II’ Blu-ray Review (Vinegar Syndrome)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Christopher Mitchum, Aldo Ray, Antoine John Mottet, Renee Harmon, Dan Bradley, Jim Dratfield, Sandra Sterling | Written by Renee Harmon | Directed by James Bryan For years I, and many others, believed that James Bryan’s The Executioner Part II was one of those “hilarious” movies – like Leonard Part 6 and Surf II – […]

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17th Nov2015

‘Requiescant’ Blu-ray Review (Arrow Video)

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Lou Castel, Mark Damon, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Barbara Frey, Rossana Martini, Mirella Maravidi, Franco Citti, Luisa Baratto, Ninetto Davoli, Nino Musco, Carlo Palmucci, Vittorio Duse | Written by Lucio Battistrada, Andrew Baxter | Directed by Carlo Lizzani Lou Castel takes the lead role in Requiescant, a young man raised to be a pacifist by […]

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16th Nov2015

Competition: Win horror ‘The Gallows’ on Blu-ray

by Phil Wheat

On 16th November 2015, The Gallows arrives onto Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. To celebrate, we have a copy on Blu-ray to giveaway. Twenty years after an accident caused the death of the lead actor during a high school play, students at the same small town school resurrect the failed […]

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16th Nov2015

‘Blastfighter’ Blu-ray Review (88 Films)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Michael Sopkiw, Valentina Forte, George Eastman, Stefano Mingardo, Ottaviano Dell’Acqua, Massimo Vanni, Elizabeth Forbes, Carl Savage, Michele Soavi, George Williams | Written by Luca De Rita, Massimo De Rita, Morando Morandini Jr., Dardano Sacchetti | Directed by Lamberto Bava Number four in 88 Films Italian Collection, Blastfighter is one of those movies that, at […]

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14th Nov2015

‘Zombi Holocaust’ Blu-ray Review (88 Films)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Ian McCulloch, Alexandra Delli Colli, Sherry Buchanan, Peter O’Neal, Donald O’Brien, Dakar, Walter Patriarca, Roberto Resta | Written by Fabrizio De Angelis, Romano Scandariato | Directed by Marino Girolami (aka Frank Martin) One of the bizarrest horror films to come out of Italy in the early 80s, Zombi Holocaust is – as the title […]

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13th Nov2015

‘The Goonies: 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition’ Blu-ray Review

by Paul Metcalf

There are few movies that tap into what it is to be a child, but The Goonies captures it perfectly. It may be adventurous and far-fetched, but that is the adventures we had when we were young. The Goonies: 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition blu-ray celebrates the undying love that people have for the movie that […]

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13th Nov2015

Competition: Win two Warner Bros. Blu-ray boxsets!

by Phil Wheat

On November 2nd, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) release the Johnny Depp: 4 Film Collection, two coming to Blu-ray for the first time, and the Harrison Ford: 5 Film Collection, three of which are also brand new to Blu-ray! To celebrate, we have Blu-ray copies to giveaway! The Johnny Depp 4 Film Collection sees the […]

12th Nov2015

Cannon’s Ninja Trilogy comes to UK from Eureka!

by Phil Wheat

Eureka Entertainment have announced they are to release The Ninja Trilogy, a trio of crazed martial-arts classics from the 80s starring Sho Kosugi, in a Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition in the UK on 18th January 2016. The wild world of Cannon Films rarely became more delirious or influential than this trio of rollocking, […]

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09th Nov2015

Competition: Win ‘Frank Sinatra: 3 Film Collection’ on Blu-ray

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate “The Chairman of the Board’s” centennial, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) release Frank Sinatra: 3 Film Collection DVD & Blu-ray on November 16th and we have a Blu-ray up for grabs! This collection includes newly re-mastered releases of Anchors Aweigh, On the Town and Robin and the 7 Hoods for the first time […]

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01st Nov2015

‘Tenderness of the Wolves’ Blu-ray Review (Arrow Video)

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Kurt Raab, Jeff Roden, Margit Carstensen, Ingrid Caven, Wolfgang Schenck, Brigitte Mira, Rainer Hauer, Barbara Bertram, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Heinrich Giskes, Friedrich Karl Praetorius | Written by Kurt Raab | Directed by Uli Lommel Normally films about serial killers focus on the creation of a monster, often focusing on the hero hunting them down and stopping […]

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01st Nov2015

Competition: Win ‘The Exorcist Anthology’ on Blu-ray

by Phil Wheat

On October 26th 2015, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) will release The Exorcist Anthology, the entire collection. To celebrate, we have a copy to giveaway! A true cinema landmark, the theological thriller is one of the top ten box-office performers of all time. The Exorcist took 10 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and won […]

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01st Nov2015

Competition: Win ‘Hannibal – The Complete Season 3’

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the release of Hannibal: The Complete Season 3 – on DVD and Blu-ray 19th October – we have a copy on Blu-ray to giveaway! Hannibal is TV at its most compelling – gory, shocking, stunningly shot, and with a cast to die for! Based on Thomas Harris’ best-selling books comes the third season […]

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28th Oct2015

Competition: Win 4 Bruce Lee classics on Blu-ray!

by Phil Wheat

When it comes to martial arts cinema, one name stands above all others – Bruce Lee! Not only one of cinema’s most phenomenally talented physical performers, he also possessed a star aura that transcended cult status to make Bruce Lee one the great icons of pop culture. Now, four of his greatest films are coming […]

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26th Oct2015

‘The Skull’ Blu-ray Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Patrick Wymark, Jill Bennett, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee, Peter Woodthorpe, Michael Gough, George Coulouris | Written by Milton Subotsky | Directed by Freddie Francis For fans of Hammer Horror films, Amicus was another studio that felt comfortably close to its style, yet just different enough to bring more diversity to your […]

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26th Oct2015

Severin Films to debut Franco Blu’s in the UK

by Phil Wheat

What are widely considered to be the finest works of late, great Euro-cult master Jess Franco’s labyrinthine career, his 1971 erotic horrors Vampyros Lesbos and She Killed in Ecstasy have long been sought after by cult cinema collectors. Now, for the first time ever in the UK, the fully restored, uncensored versions of both films […]

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25th Oct2015

‘Charlie Chan & the Curse of the Dragon Queen’ Blu-ray Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Peter Ustinov, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson, Richard Hatch, Brian Keith, Roddy McDowall, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rachel Roberts, Paul Ryan, David Hirokane | Written by Jerry Sherlock, Stan Burns, David Axlerod | Directed by Clive Donner In Hawaii, master sleuth Charlie Chan unmasks the Dragon Queen as a killer. Before she’s arrested, she places a curse […]

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23rd Oct2015

‘Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box’ Blu-ray Review (Arrow Video)

by Paul Metcalf

There have been many screen monsters who have become iconic to genre fans and in the 80s the likes of Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees ruled the roost. With the coming of Pinhead though things changed, even if he was never meant to be the star of Hellraiser… Arrow Video are releasing Hellraiser: The Scarlet […]

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21st Oct2015

‘Edgar Allan Poe’s Black Cats’ Blu-ray Review (Arrow Video)

by Paul Metcalf

When we think of classic Poe movies we tend to think back to the Roger Corman movies, though he wasn’t the only director to have adapted the writers work. Edgar Allan Poe’s Black Cats, from Arrow Video, brings together two adaptions of Poe’s classic tale, with some Italian flair. Featuring Lucio Fulci’s The Black Cat, […]

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19th Oct2015

‘Sting: Into the Light’ Review (WWE)

by Paul Metcalf

Other than The Undertaker there are few wrestlers as iconic as Sting. Even to this day he is the face of WCW and seen as one of its most loyal superstars. Now that he’s finally made his move into WWE, we can finally get his story in his own words in Sting: Into the Light. […]

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