Tag Archives: Severin Films

Movies Till Dawn: The World is a Monster (Halloween 2020 – The Final Chapter)

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“She Should’a Said No!”/”The Devil’s Sleep” (1949, Kino Lorber/Something Weird Video) The horrors of marijuana and diet pill addiction, as revealed by America’s fearless exploitation showmen. The top of the bill stars Lila Leeds, a minor actress who rose to … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The World is a Monster (Halloween 2020, Part 6)

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“The Dead Center” (2018, Arrow Video) Psychiatrist Shane Carruth and medical examiner Bill Feehely are pulled into the orbit of an apparent suicide victim (Jeremy Childs) who revives in the morgue with no memory of his death and the ability … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The World is a Monster (Halloween 2020, Part 5)

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Paul Gaita

First: “The Dead Ones” (2020, Artsploitation Films) opens on a harrowing note – a quartet of high schoolers are hunted down by gunmen dressed as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse – and from there, manages to head into even … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The World is a Monster (Halloween 2020, Part 4)

Posted on October 18, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“The Cold Light of Day”  (1989, Arrow Video) Grisly, low-budget dramatization of real-life crimes conducted by Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen, who gruesomely murdered at least 12 men and boys in London during the late ’70s and early ’80s. The … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The World is a Monster (Halloween 2020, Part 3)

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“The Deeper You Dig” (2019, Arrow Video) The deck is already stacked against loner Kurt (John Adams) – he’s accidentally killed teenager Echo (Zelda Adams), and despite many attempts, can’t seem to dispose of her body – when he discovers … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The World is a Monster (Halloween 2020, Part 2)

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“Spree” (2020, RLJE Films) No one is more surprised than desperate rideshare driver Joe Keery (“Stranger Things”) to discover that livestreaming the murders of his passengers can do wonders for his sagging social media account. Vicious and dark horror-satire takes … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The World is a Monster (Halloween 2020, Part 1)

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Season 1” (Showtime/Paramount/CBS, 2020) Detectives in Los Angeles circa 1938 discover that a malevolent supernatural entity from Mexican folklore may be responsible for not only a grisly murder, but also rising social and political unrest … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange Must Die!

Posted on September 5, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“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 →

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Movies Till Dawn: Things Are Scary All Over

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“The Hunt” (2020, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment) Conservatives – a mixed bag of middle America types, conspiracy nuts and one tough vet, played by Betty Gilpin – are hunted for sport by an elite cadre of wealthy liberals before turning … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Scream, Saturday Morning Strange, Scream!

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“Marihuana/Narcotic” (1936/1933, Kino Lorber/Something Weird Video) Fake News as Your Grandparents Saw It: a double bill of rabid anti-drug films from notorious exploitation filmmaker Dwain Esper, which detail how pot and opium fueled a descent from middle-class contentment to eventual … Continue reading →

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