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Movies Till Dawn: Horror Business (Slaying in the Seventies)
“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
Movies Till Dawn: Chills in Springtime
“The Bloodhound” (2020, Arrow Video) “The Fall of the House of Usher,” transposed to Middle America, where Liam Aiken accepts an invitation from oddball friend Joe Adler (the 2017 “Twin Peaks”) to visit his lonely midcentury modern home, where Adler’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Kino Lorber, Mondo Macabro, Paramount Home Video, Severin Films
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Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange Must Die!
“The Beast Must Die” (1974, Severin Films) Wealthy hunter Calvin Lockhart invites a gaggle of Very Suspicious-Seeming individuals – among them Michael Gambon, Charles Gray and Peter Cushing – to his English manor home in order to determine which among … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Television
Tagged Kino Lorber, Mondo Macabro, RLJE Films, Severin Films, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange Stays Home
“RoboCop” (1987, Arrow Video) In a future that bears alarming similarities to our present (though pandemic-free, it should be noted), a mega-corporation enlists a criminal gang to take over Detroit for re-development while also manufacturing a robotic super-cop – created … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Kino Lorber, Mondo Macabro, Severin Films, shout factory, Shout Select
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Movies Till Dawn: Secret Rites of the Saturday Morning Strange
“The Peanut Butter Solution” (Severin Kids, 1985) A chance encounter with wo ghosts renders young Michael Mackay completely bald; the same said spirits attempt to rectify the situation with magical glop, comprised largely of peanut butter, which causes him to … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Mondo Macabro, Santa Rosa, Severin, Severin Kids, sherman oaks, Van Nuys, VInegar Syndrome
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Movies Till Dawn: Hell Comes to the Saturday Morning Strange
“House By the Cemetery” (Blue Underground, 1981) Despite constant admonitions from a young girl that only he can see, towheaded Bob (Giovanni Frezza) and his parents (Catriona MacColl and Paolo Malco) not only remain in the Creepy Old New England … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Underground, Mill Creek Entertainment, Mondo Macabro, shout factory, VInegar Syndrome
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Movies Till Dawn: #MonsterSquadGoals2
“Us” (2019, Universal Home Video) A middle-class family – mom Lupita Nyong’o, dad Winston Duke and two kids – is beset by what appear to be their mindless, murderous doubles, who seem to be a harbinger of a larger and … Continue reading
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Tagged Kino Lorber, Mondo Macabro, Severin Films, shout factory, Universal Home Video, VInegar Syndrome
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Movies Till Dawn: Short and Sweet and (Mostly) Brand New, Part 2
“Skate Kitchen” (2018, Magnolia Home Entertainment) Shy New York tomboy Rachelle Vinberg finds acceptance and confidence – and considerable drama – when she joins an all-female skateboard crew. Dramatic feature debut of Crystal Moselle (“The Wolfpack“) benefits greatly from her … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: The Other Side of Summer Edition
“Hot Summer Nights” (2018, Lionsgate) Lonely Timothee Chalamet finds distraction from the loss of his father in selling marijuana with small town demi-god Alex Roe and his bad-girl sister Maika Monroe (“It Follows”) on Cape Cod circa 1991. First time … Continue reading
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Tagged IFC, Lionsgate, Mondo Macabro, MVD, Warner Archives Collection
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