Tag Archives: Severin Films

Movies Till Dawn: Wholesome Holiday Entertainment

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“Prisoners of the Ghostland” (2021,RLJE Films) In a post-apocalypse Japan which has reassembled itself as a crazy-quilt hybrid of its feudal era and the American West, the cowboy-hatted leader (Bill Moseley) of a small town sends bank robber Nicolas Cage … 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: 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: Horror Business (Global Terror Network)

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Paul Gaita

Boilerplate: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this blog post. The opinions I share are my own.  “The Awakening” (2011, Cohen Media Group) Writer Rebecca Hall’s skepticism in regard to … 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 (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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Movies Till Dawn: Mid-July Global Mayhem

Posted on July 16, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“The Daimajin Trilogy” (1966, Arrow Video) Enjoyable blend of Japanese giant monster movie and historical action/drama, all issued in the same year by Daiei (the home of Gamera) and hinged on a similar plot: a massive statue of a warrior … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Everyday People

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“Ladybug Ladybug” (1964, Kino Lorber) Students and teachers at a small rural school react to a seemingly real warning about an imminent nuclear attack with anything but the orderly, civil response detailed in government training films, and fall prey to … Continue reading →

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