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Movies Till Dawn: House of Seven Corpses

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Paul Gaita

* indicates that this title is also available to rent, stream, or purchase on various platforms. Please note that streaming options may differ from these home video presentations in terms of visuals, supplemental features, etc. “The Wait” * (2023, Film … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Conflict Resolution 101

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Paul Gaita

* denotes that this title is also available for rent, purchase, or streaming from various online platforms. Please note that streaming options may differ from these home video presentations. “Tokyo Pop” * (1988, Kino Lorber) Believing the industry hype that … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Paul Gaita

“Smile” (2022, Paramount Home Video) Burnt-out therapist Sosie (daughter of Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin) Bacon discovers that she is the latest target of a monstrous entity with a diabolical M.O.: it plagues its victims with terrifying hallucinations that drive them … 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: A Deeper Shade of Black and White

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Paul Gaita

“The Killing” (1956, Kino Lorber) Stanley Kubrick documents the rise and fall of a crew of hardluck thieves who watch their carefully planned robbery of a race track (Bay Meadows in San Mateo) fall to pieces thanks to greed, lust, … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: People Who Hit People

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Paul Gaita

“King Boxer” (1972, Arrow Video) Possessed of a steely gaze but only limited fighting skills, a martial arts student (Indonesian actor Lo Lieh) sets out on a journey of self-improvement and becomes embroiled in a battle royale between warring dojos. … 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: Almost Weirder Than Now

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“VFW” (2019, Image Entertainment) A gaggle of soused, AARP-age vets hold the line at the titular watering hole when a druglord and his zombified army lay siege to the joint in an attempt to retrieve stolen stash. Joe Begos‘ ultra-violent … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange Strikes Again

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“Zachariah” (1971, Kino Lorber) Cowboy naifs John Rubenstein and Don Johnson vie to be the most fearsome gunfighter in an Old West where rock groups and gurus share space with sagebrush and six-guns. Enthusiastically freaky “electric” Western, based loosely on … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Watch It! This Weekend (Kung Fu Finger Book Edition)

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Paul Gaita

“Super Fly” (1972, Warner Archive Collection) Youngblood Priest (Ron O’Neal) sees only a dead end in the Harlem cocaine trade, and conceives a retirement plan involving the sale of 30 kilos for a cool million; however, the cops, fellow dealers … Continue reading →

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