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• #2,860. Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989) - Kino Lorber...

  

  Soft music plays as the film’s opening credits, elegant and ornate, flash against a red velvet backdrop. It feels like the start of a soap opera. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,859. The Quest (1986) - Kino Lorber Releases

  

  Also released as Frog Dreaming, 1986’s The Quest gets off to an exciting start. A drunken Neville (Peter Cummins) is fishing in a small pond. There is no... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,858. Iceman (1984) - Kino Lorber Releases

  

  The opening scenes of Fred Schepisi’s Iceman feel as if they were lifted from John Carpenter’s The Thing. Something has been found in the ice, and is flown be... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,857. Crossed Swords (1977) - Kino Lorber Releases

  

  “I will set down a tale…it may be history, it may be only a legend, a tradition.It may have happened. It may not have happened. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,856. Killdozer (1974) - Kino Lorber Releases

  

  We open in outer space. A meteor has drifted from its orbit and plummets towards earth, eventually crashing onto the beach of a remote island. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,855. The Brink's Job (1978) - Kino Lorber Releases

  

  During the first ten minutes of William Friedkin’s 1978 film The Brink’s Job, we tag along with Boston safecracker Tony Pino (Peter Falk) and his crew: Sandy... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,854. Hell Night (1981)

  

  The opening scene of 1981’s Hell Night could have been lifted straight out of Animal House; a wild party, ushering in the start of an annual Halloween... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,853. Peeping Tom (1960)

  

  Before I launch into my review of Peeping Tom, I want to take a moment to discuss proto-slashers. In a nutshell, proto-slashers are movies that predate the... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,852. Dr. Giggles (1992)

  

  Our town has a doctorAnd his name is RendellStay away from his house,He’s a doctor from hellChopped up his patientsEvery last oneAnd cut out their heartsPurely... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,851. Ice Cream Man (1995)

  

  Low-budget schlock with an a-list cast is just one of the many facets that make up director Norman Apstein’s 1995 horror / comedy Ice Cream Man, an... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,850. Puppet Master Vs. Demonic Toys (2004)

  

  It seemed a natural pairing: the Toulon puppets from Puppet Master against the crude, abrasive toys of Demonic Toys, and while director Ted Nicolaou’s mash-up i... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,849. The Invisible Man Appears (1949)

  

  Produced by Japan’s Daiei Film studio, 1949’s The Invisible Man Appears follows in the footsteps of Universal’s 1933 film The Invisible Man, relating the same... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,848. A Ghost Waits (2020)

  

  Directed by Adam Stovall (who also co-wrote the screenplay), A Ghost Waits is a low-budget film that works as both horror (its story of a haunted house results... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,847. The Fan (1981)

  

  Despite being its top-billed star, Lauren Bacall wasn’t too keen on 1981’s The Fan. “The Fan was much more graphic and violent than when I read the script”,... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,846. Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)

  

  Released eight years after the original Children of the Corn, Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice takes us back to Gatlin, Nebraska, which, as the movi... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,845. Benny Loves You (2019)

  

  In an early scene from writer / director Karl Holt’s Benny Loves You, the lead character Jack (played by Holt himself), who still lives at home, is celebrating... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,844. Edge of the Axe (1988)

  

  Director José Ramón Larraz (here credited as Joseph Braunstein) gets his 1988 horror film Edge of the Axe, a Spanish / U.S. co-production, off to a quick start. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,843. Mountain of the Cannibal God (1978)

  

  With 1978’s Mountain of the Cannibal God, director Sergio Martino dipped his toes into the Cannibal subgenre, which was growing in popularity at the time.Truth... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,842. The New Kids (1985)

  

  Sean S. Cunningham, producer of 1972’s The Last House on the Left and director of 1980’s Friday the 13th, stepped behind the camera once again for 1985’s The Ne... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,841. The Vigil (2019)

  

  “For thousands of years, religious Jews have practiced the ritual of ‘The Vigil’. When a member of the community dies, the body is watched around-the-clock in... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES