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Movies Till Dawn: Secret Rites of the Saturday Morning Strange
“The Peanut Butter Solution” (Severin Kids, 1985) A chance encounter with wo ghosts renders young Michael Mackay completely bald; the same said spirits attempt to rectify the situation with magical glop, comprised largely of peanut butter, which causes him to … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Mondo Macabro, Santa Rosa, Severin, Severin Kids, sherman oaks, Van Nuys, VInegar Syndrome
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Movies Till Dawn: Hell Comes to the Saturday Morning Strange
“House By the Cemetery” (Blue Underground, 1981) Despite constant admonitions from a young girl that only he can see, towheaded Bob (Giovanni Frezza) and his parents (Catriona MacColl and Paolo Malco) not only remain in the Creepy Old New England … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: Dr. Caligari’s Cabinet of Horrors (Halloween 2019, Part 2)
“Anna and the Apocalypse” (2018, Cinedigm) High schooler Ella Hunt discovers that the only thing worse than unrequited romance or stubborn parents is a zombie outbreak. Director John McPhail‘s mix of living dead horror and teen musical never quite gels … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Cinedigm, IndiePix, Severin Films, shout factory, VInegar Syndrome
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Movies Till Dawn: A Slew of Saturday Morning Strange
“Boom!” (1968, Shout! Select) Wealthy, pill-popping Sissy Goforth (Elizabeth Taylor) is interrupted in her task of writing her memoirs at her sprawling Italian villa by Christopher Flanders (Richard Burton), a struggling poet/artist who may or may not also be the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Severin Films, shout factory, VInegar Syndrome, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: The Tough Ones, Part II
“The Harder They Come” (1973, Shout! Select) Jimmy Cliff turns outlaw and self-styled folk hero when his dreams of becoming a reggae singer are met with corruption from the Kingston music industry and brutality at the hands of the police. … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: Under the Radar 3 (Even More Rarely Seen, Forgotten or Hard to Find)
“High Life” (2018, Lionsgate Home Entertainment) A spaceship heads for a black hole, while on board, its crew of convicted criminals – including Robert Pattinson – are subjected to reproduction experiments by glam mad scientist Juliette Binoche. That’s a linear … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: Under the Radar 2 (More Rarely Seen, Forgotten or Hard to Find)
“Putney Swope” (1969, Vinegar Syndrome) A black advertising executive (Arnold Johnson) remakes his company into a counterculture engine (“Truth and Soul, Inc.”) that skewers social and political hypocrisy with its no-holds-barred commercials. Satire from Robert Downey, Jr’s father, Robert Sr., … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: #MonsterSquadGoals3
“Mothra” (1961, Mill Creek Entertainment) First screen appearance of Toho Studios’ god-monster Mothra, which descends on Japan to rescue the tiny twins (Emi and Yumi Ito, a.k.a. pop duo The Peanuts) that serve as its ladies-in-waiting from greedy businessman Jerry … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Hammer Films, Mill Creek, Severin Films, shout factory, Toho, VInegar Syndrome
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Movies Till Dawn: All Night Crime Wave 2019
“Phantom Lady” (1944, Arrow Video) Fresh from a squabble with his wife, Alan Curtis invites an anonymous woman (Fay Helm) to see a Latin jazz band (fronted by Carmen Miranda‘s sister, Aurora). When he returns home, he finds his wife … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Mill Creek Entertainment, shout factory, VInegar Syndrome
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Movies Till Dawn: #MonsterSquadGoals2
“Us” (2019, Universal Home Video) A middle-class family – mom Lupita Nyong’o, dad Winston Duke and two kids – is beset by what appear to be their mindless, murderous doubles, who seem to be a harbinger of a larger and … Continue reading
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Tagged Kino Lorber, Mondo Macabro, Severin Films, shout factory, Universal Home Video, VInegar Syndrome
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