Tag Archives: Warner Archives Collection

Movies Till Dawn: Super ’70s Showcase (Rumble-Rama-Roundtree Edition)

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“Earthquake” (1974, Shout Select) The Big One – an earthquake measuring 9.9 on the Richter Scale – finally hits Los Angeles, unleashing catastrophic destruction upon the city and an all-star cast. Delirious disaster fetish fantasy from director Mark Robson and … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: #MonsterSquadGoals

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires” (1974, Shout! Factory) Professor Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) joins a family of Chinese martial artists in their fight against a vampire cult led by his old nemesis, Count Dracula. Hammer Films capped their … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The Wide World of Thrills and Chills Edition

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“Princess Mononoke Collector’s Edition” (1997, Shout! Factory/GKIDS) A tribal prince in feudal Japan is inflicted with a curse after an attack by a woodland god corrupted by an iron ball in its body. To lift the curse, he travels to … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: TV Archaeology/Laughing Matters

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“Man from Atlantis” (1977, Warner Archives Collection) Given the current appetite for all things superheroic, Warner Archives is wise to release a Blu-ray edition of this feature-length pilot for the short-lived 1977 television series starring Patrick Duffy as the titular, … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: They’re Coming to Get You!

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“The Giant Behemoth” (1959, Warner Archives Collection) Atomic tests once again rouse an enormous monster, this time a dinosaur with the ability to project both electricity and radiation, which it uses to lay waste to London. Enjoyable American-British monster rampage … Continue reading →

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Movies Til Dawn: Silents, Please

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“Der Hund von Baskerville” (1914/1929, Flicker Alley) Two silent takes on the Sherlock Holmes adventure “The Hound of the Baskervilles” by Austrian writer-producer-director Richard Oswald, a largely unsung figure in German Expressionist film. Both versions bear only passing resemblances to … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Thrills and Chills

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“Double Dragon (Special Collector’s Edition)” (1994, MVD Rewind Collection) In a post-apocalyptic, partially submerged Los Angeles, brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee (future Iron Chef America Chairman Mark Dascascos and Scott Wolf) must keep one half of a magical medallion out … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“Suburbia” (1984, Shout! Factory) How to Make a Punk: Bill Coyne (RIP) flees his abusive mom and finds something like a new family – as well as more trouble – among the forgotten kids living in an abandoned Los Angeles … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Old Fears for the New Year

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“Zombie” (1979, Blue Underground) Voodoo rites on a Caribbean island cause the dead to rise from their graves and consume the living. Jaw-dropping (and in its most ghastly scene, eye-popping) special effects by Giannetto de Rossi are the most memorable … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: High Tension for the Holidays 2018

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Paul Gaita

“Await Further Instructions” (2018, Dark Sky Films) Fractious British family discovers that their tense holiday celebration has become more unpleasant due to an unseen force that issues increasingly violent demands through their television set. An appropriately nasty parable for nasty, … Continue reading →

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