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DVD Reviews—More Noteworthy Recent Releases Chock Full O’ Thrills and Chills
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 05/26/2008
- Horror Films and Thrillers , European Films , North American Films
- Unrated
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
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 05/21/2008
- Horror Films and Thrillers , European Films , North American Films
- Unrated
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
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 03/21/2008
- European Films
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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
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 02/26/2008
- European Films
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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
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 02/21/2008
- European Films
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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
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 01/14/2008
- European Films
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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
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 01/12/2008
- European Films
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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
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 12/31/2007
- European Films
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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...
Hammer and the Glorious, Full-Flowering of Horror
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 10/20/2007
- European Films
- Unrated
The Hammer Story by Marcus Hearn and Alan Barnes celebrates the famed British studio, known to a generation of cinephiles for its stylish horror films...
Red Road: DVD Review
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 09/11/2007
- European Films
- Unrated
The Cannes-honored thriller is dark, masterful, and fearless for most of its running time; then it turns into something that’s… well, not a thriller.