Tag Archives: Synapse Films

Movies Till Dawn: All Points on the Map

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Paul Gaita

*indicates that this title is also available to rent, purchase from, or stream on various platforms. “Black Circle” (2018, Synapse Films*) A self-help record from the 1970s which promises to reduce the negative elements in the listener’s life proves accurate … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Beyond Belief

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Paul Gaita

“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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Movies Till Dawn: House of the Saturday Morning Strange

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Paul Gaita

“House of Terrors” (1965, Mondo Macabro) In the wake of her husband’s mysterious death, Yuko Kusunoki inherits the titular manse, a gloomy country estate on a mountain side with a hunchbacked caretaker (Ko Nishimura) and spirits intent on doing harm … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Superstition Mountain (Halloween 2022, Part 4)

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Paul Gaita

Upgrade Dept.: Universal Home Video has released the second volume of its “Classic Monsters Icons of Horror Collection,” featuring several of its legendary creature features in new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray editions. Compiled on the set: James Whale’s “The Bride … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: 1313 Cemetery Way (Halloween 2022, Part 3)

Posted on October 22, 2022 by Paul Gaita

“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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Movies Till Dawn: Haunted Castle (Halloween 2022, Part 2)

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Paul Gaita

“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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Movies till Dawn: Creepy

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Paul Gaita

“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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