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DVD Review�A Real Friend

no@spam.com (Peter Guti�rrez) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:40:46 EDT

A young girl’s retreat into a wonderfully ghoulish alter-Spain in this thought-provoking new release recalls both Pan’s Labyrinth and The Spirit of the Beehive…

1968: The Year That Changed Horror

no@spam.com (Peter Guti�rrez) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:22:19 EDT

1968 may have been a heartbreaking, disillusioning year marked by chaos, bloodshed, and pessimism. But for horror it was arguably the best year ever—perhaps for these very reasons...

DVD Reviews�More Noteworthy Recent Releases Chock Full O� Thrills and Chills

no@spam.com (Peter Guti�rrez) — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:09:51 EDT

Inside, Teeth, and the Van Bebber box set Visions of Hell. For horror fans, these titles are arguably all touchstones to seek out—unless, of course, you happen to shop at Wal-Mart…

DVD Reviews�This Spring�s Notable Horror and Thriller Releases

no@spam.com (Peter Guti�rrez) — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:29:08 EDT

European filmmakers seem to be ruling the season, with releases of titles by Xavier Gens, Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury, and important re-releases from all-time master Dario Argento. But American films are holding their own as well, tackling interesting psycho-social themes in ways that may surprise some genre enthusiasts…

DVD Review�Them

no@spam.com (Peter Guti�rrez) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:15:56 EDT

Despite its success in Europe, this inspired-by-real-events film had only a limited U.S. theatrical run in 2007. Well, here’s your chance to catch this—dare I say it?—instant classic…

DVD Review�Invisible Man

no@spam.com (Peter Guti�rrez) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:40:06 EST

Are you a fan of the great Universal monsters? How about of classic British espionage of the Danger Man/Secret Agent variety? Well, thanks to a new four-disc set that collects all the episodes of a fifty year old television series, you can now enjoy the best of both worlds…

DVD Review�Pierrot Le Fou

no@spam.com (Peter Guti�rrez) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:53:27 EST

Beautiful, often entrancing, and always challenging, Jean-Luc Godard’s unconventional 1965 crime thriller is quite possibly the brightest, most vibrantly colorful “noir” in film history…

DVD Review�Tragic Ceremony

no@spam.com (Peter Guti�rrez) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:40:24 EST

Is Tragic Ceremony the movie Mario Bava would have made if he’d adapted Scooby Doo for the big screen? Or does it more closely resemble some unholy collaboration between James Whale and Richard Kern? Such comparisons suggest, but only suggest, the tremendous appeal of this offbeat triumph of ‘70s Italian horror…

DVD Review�Ricco the Mean Machine

no@spam.com (Peter Guti�rrez) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:11:18 EST

Dark Sky Films’ eagerly-awaited release introduces a cult gore-gangster film to a new generation of fans of extreme cinema. But is its violence really as shocking in today’s world as it was 20 or 30 years ago? And could it be that the real reason to see this movie is that it’s actually quite good…?

Movie Review: The Orphanage

no@spam.com (Peter Guti�rrez) — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:33:39 EST

For an old-fashioned, but not old-styled, gothic ghost story, El Orfanato is a stunner: technically brilliant, inventive when it needs to be, and delivering cattle-prod-like jolts of fright throughout...