Blu-Ray and DVD
The Cleaning Lady is Unsettling From Start to Finish
To an outsider looking in, Alice seems to have it all: She’s beautiful, has a fancy apartment, a booming career and a loving boyfriend. The catch? He’s married to someone else. Between att...
Blue Velvet Reveals It’s Still a Strange World [Blu-ray Review]
Criterion has demonstrated once again their appreciation for the devoted film lover. The picture quality in this special edition Blu-ray of David Lynch’s 1986 feature Blue Velvet looks beautifu...
The Prodigy Disappoints in Spite of a Promising Premise [Review]
Horror creators have a challenge balancing realism and respecting their audience. A vampire could come out of the closet behind me and sink its fangs into my neck now. As a skeptic, I would be hard-pr...
The Hole in the Ground isn’t the Only Hole in this Dull, Lackluster Irish Horror Movie [DVD Review]
Irish horror has a reputation for being kind of…rubbish, in spite of its insane popularity stateside, which continues to confound those of us on this side of the pond. From Shrooms to An Irish E...
The Hitcher (2007) Fails to Recapture the Magic of its Predecessor [Retrospective]
In The Hitcher (2007), a young couple sets out on a road trip. When they make the ill-fated decision not to pick up a hitchhiker, they make an enemy for life. When the couple happens upon th...
Mega Time Squad Has Mega Pacing Problems
Mega Time Squad follows John (Anton Tennet) as he attempts to pull of the perfect crime with the assistance of an ancient, Chinese artifact and several alternate versions of himself. Unfortunatel...
The Possession of Hannah Grace Doesn’t Possess Its Viewers [Blu-Ray Review]
Most possession flicks end with the exorcism: a mostly triumphant banishing of the thing that’s been bumping in the night and swaying innocent girls away from Puritanical gender norms. (Are the...
Haunted Hospital (Heilstätten) Needs the Infirmary [Blu-Ray Review]
Originality is overrated. The best stories are the ones that execute well. Wes Craven’s classic Scream is a pastiche. With the exception of the Billy/Stu reveal at the end, it borrows every blo...
Suspiria (2018) casts a Powerful but Polarizing Spell [Blu-ray Review]
Suspiria begins in a divided 1977 Berlin, Germany. The film opens with dance student Patricia Hingle (Chloe Grace Moretz) as she is succumbing to madness. Meanwhile, an American dancer named Susie Ban...