Tag Archives: Arrow Video

Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange Gets Crazy (Epic-Sized Edition)

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“Get Crazy” (1983, Kino Lorber) The stage crew of the Saturn Theater (played by the Wiltern in the midst of its 1980s renovation) works overtime to deliver a New Year’s Eve concert to a frenzied crowd while also contending with … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Fun Size Sour Shriekers (Halloween 2021)

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“Roh” (2019, Film Movement) The arrival of a strange little girl with a dire pronouncement sets in motion a chain of terrible events for a rural mother (Farah Ahmad) and her two children. Deceptively simple but deeply disturbing Malaysian supernatural … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Coffin Crisp Wafer Bar (Halloween 2021)

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“The Stand” (2021, CBS Home Video/Paramount Home Video) Miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s sprawling apocalypse novel for CBS All Access is a vast improvement over the 1994 TV version, but still struggles to present a coherent encapsulation of the story’s … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Peanut Butter Frankencup (Halloween 2021)

Posted on October 21, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“Yokai Monsters Collection” (1968-69/2005, Arrow Video) Trio of period supernatural fantasies from Daiei, home of Gamera and Majin, concerning Japan’s rich and bizarre tradition of ghosts and monsters, as well as a newer take from cult director Takashi Miike. The … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Chocolate Vampire Kisses (Halloween 2021 Edition)

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“Kolchak: The Night Stalker  (The Complete Series)” (1974-75, Kino Lorber) Having survived a vampire in Las Vegas and an undead strangler beneath the city of Seattle, reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin, still decades away from playing the Old Man from … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Men and Their Decisions

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“The Green Knight” (2021, Lionsgate Home Entertainment/A24) Retelling of the 14th century Arthurian poen with Dev Patel as a decidedly un-heroic (at first) Sir Gawain, who is reluctantly thrust into action by the supernatural Green Knight’s plan to claim his … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: SF & F

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“Black Widow” (2021, Marvel Studios) Setting aside the legal hullaballoo between Disney and star Scarlett Johansson, this long-gestating solo adventure for the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s perennial bridesmaid has a wealth of aesthetic high points but ultimately underserves the character. As … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Horror Business (Slaying in the Seventies)

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“Grizzly” (1976, Severin Films) “Jaws” in a nature park, essentially, with ranger Christopher George, helicopter pilot Andrew Prine, and scientist Richard Jaeckel battling “18 feet of gut-crunching, man-eating terror” (to the quote the one-sheet, featuring art by Neal Adams). William … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Horror Business (Cold War Creeps and Creatures)

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“The Giant Claw” (1957, Arrow Video) Jeff Morrow and a host of fellow ’50s sci-fi stalwarts (Mara Corday, Morris Ankrum) battle an enormous extraterrestrial bird that lays waste to the U.S.-Canadian border (played by Griffith Park) and later, the New … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Horror Business (Neon Demons)

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker” (1983, Code Red) Life for adopted teen Jimmy McNichol gets weird in a hurry after he’s offered a college basketball scholarship: the attentions of his aunt (the late, great Susan Tyrell) turn from overprotective to unsettlingly … Continue reading →

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