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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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Tagged Arrow Video, Cult Epics, Kino Lorber, Scorpion Releasing, Severin Films
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Movies Till Dawn: Beyond Belief Part 3
“Police Story 3: Supercop” (1992, 88 Films) Third entry in Jackie Chan’s long-running action-crime film series (which includes one spinoff and two reboots) is also one of its most entertaining thanks to the proliferation of eye-popping stunts and the addition … Continue reading
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Tagged 88 Films, Greenwich Entertainment, Kino Lorber, Severin Films, Unearthed Films
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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
Movies Till Dawn: Beyond Belief
“The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (1974, Dark Sky Films) Tobe Hooper’s landmark horror film has been imitated, duplicated, and sequelized multiple times, all of which (even Hooper’s own 1986 revisit) haven’t come close to the anarchic, nightmarish terror of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dark Sky Films, Kino Lorber, Lightyear Entertainment, MVD Visual, Scorpion Releasing, Severin Films, Synapse Films
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Movies Till Dawn: 1313 Cemetery Way (Halloween 2022, Part 3)
“Nope” (2022, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment) A huge, otherworldly object with an apparent appetite for flesh and blood draws together various desperate types, including a pair of siblings (Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer) stuck with their father’s failing horse ranch … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Severin Films, Synapse Films, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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Movies Till Dawn: Haunted Castle (Halloween 2022, Part 2)
“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (1931, Warner Archives Collection) Frustrated by a request by the father (Halliwell Hobbes) of his fiancée (Rose Hobart) to hold off on their wedding, kindly Victorian scientist Henry Jekyll (Fredric March) finds an outlet for … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Mondo Macabro, Severin Films, Synapse Films, Unearthed Films, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies till Dawn: Creepy
“Night Caller” (2022, 123 Go Films) Grisly supernatural thriller which channels the grimy vibe of ’70s and ’80s slasher/grindhouse fare while also finding room for writer-director Chad Ferrin‘s eclectic perspective. Susan Priver stars as a psychic working for a cut-rate … Continue reading
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Tagged 123 Go Films, IndiePix, RLJE Films, Severin Films, Synapse Films, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Cracked
“Straight to VHS” (2021, Indiepix) Willfully odd but often compelling documentary about an obscure 1988 Uruguayan film, “Act of Violence in a Young Journalist,” and its hold on filmmaker Emilio Silva Torres, who attempts to not only root out information … Continue reading
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Tagged Code Red, IndiePix, Kino Lorber, Mondo Macabro, Severin Films, The Film Detective
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Movies Till Dawn: Appealing to Base Instincts
“Jackass Forever” (2020, Paramount Home Video) Third and apparently final go-round with Johnny Knoxville and the original cast (minus Bam Margera and the late Ryan Dunn) of the comedy/stunt/endurance franchise, who gamely carry on the tradition of abusing themselves in … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: Violent
“Legendary Weapons of China” (1982, 88 Films) One of the more eclectic entries in the Shaw Brothers Studios catalog, this action-comedy from director Lau Kar-Lung (“Drunken Master II“) has exceptional fighting sequences – many anchored around the 18 titular weapons, … Continue reading
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Tagged 88 Films, Arrow Video, MVD Entertainment Group, Severin Films, Warner Archives Collection
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