Tag Archives: Arrow Video

Movies Till Dawn: My Fist/Your Face

*Indicates that the title is also available to rent or buy in streaming format on various digital platforms. “The Iron Prefect” (1977, Radiance Films) In pre-World War II Italy, the Fascist government sends its most unyielding public servant to break … Continue reading

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Movies Till Dawn: Freaky Deaky

“V/H/S/99” (2022, RLJE Films) Fifth entry in the found footage horror anthology franchise is set in 1999 (the tail end of the VHS era, it should be noted), which is echoed, somewhat opaquely at times, in the subject matter of … Continue reading

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Movies Till Dawn: Thrills and Chills ’23

“AmnesiA” (Cult Epics, 2001) Photographer Alex (Fedja van Huet) abandons his faltering career – too many visions of a past trauma interrupting the shoots – and joins his twin brother Aram (also van Huet) at their mother’s home, which appears … Continue reading

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Movies Till Dawn: B/W

“The Night of the Iguana” (1964, Warner Archives Collection) Sin and redemption (but mostly sin) in Puerto Vallarta, with Richard Burton as a defrocked priest leading American tours in Mexico and Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, and Sue Lyon as various … Continue reading

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Movies Till Dawn: Beyond Belief Part 2

“M3GAN” (Universal Home Video) Toy designer Allison Williams (who’s fast becoming a horror star) seeks to resolve a need for companionship in her niece (Cady McGraw), who is grieving the loss of her parents, and creates the titular robot friend, … Continue reading

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Movies Till Dawn: New and Vintage Action from Asia

“Millionaire’s Express” (1986, Arrow Video) Sammo Hung, a small-time criminal with oversized ambitions, hatches a scheme to revive his small town by derailing the titular train and forcing its wealthy passengers to spend money at his new hotel/brothel. This admittedly … Continue reading

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Movies Till Dawn: House of the Saturday Morning Strange

“House of Terrors” (1965, Mondo Macabro) In the wake of her husband’s mysterious death, Yuko Kusunoki inherits the titular manse, a gloomy country estate on a mountain side with a hunchbacked caretaker (Ko Nishimura) and spirits intent on doing harm … Continue reading

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Movies Till Dawn: Ghost Stories for Christmas

“Ghostwatch” (1992, 101 Films/MVD Visual) British mock-documentary (though nothing about it is funny in the least) tricked out as a live TV investigation of supernatural activity involving a mother and her two daughters plagued by a poltergeist whose scope of … Continue reading

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Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things

“Smile” (2022, Paramount Home Video) Burnt-out therapist Sosie (daughter of Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin) Bacon discovers that she is the latest target of a monstrous entity with a diabolical M.O.: it plagues its victims with terrifying hallucinations that drive them … Continue reading

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Movies Till Dawn: Mysteries of Life

“Incredible But True” (2022, Arrow Video) Middle-aged couple Alain Chabat and Lea Drucker discover that a bizarre and miraculous aspect of their new suburban home – a tunnel in the basement that sends users 12 hours ahead in time but … Continue reading

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