by Dave Bradley | Dec 23, 2019 | DVDs, Reviews
Shock/Cinema Cult, Rated M, 80 minutes. (Flashback DVD Review) The original 1956 grandpappy of the ‘pod people’ sci-fi/horror subgenre, this beloved, film-noir-esque cult classic was directed by Don Siegel (before his collaborations with Clint Eastwood including Dirty... 
by Dave Bradley | Dec 23, 2019 | DVDs, Reviews
Shock/Cinema Cult, Rated M, 89 minutes. (Flashback DVD Review) This love-letter to the Golden Age of Universal Monsters wasn’t a hit when released in 1987 but has become quite a cult pic, and despite its dated, awesomely-‘80s look, there’s still much here to enjoy,... 
by Dave Bradley | Dec 23, 2019 | DVDs, Reviews
Shock/Cinema Cult, Rated M, 125 minutes. (Flashback DVD Review) Roman Polanski co-wrote, directed and starred in (despite oddly receiving no credit for the latter) this 1976 filming of Roland Topor’s novel after his Chinatown but before Tess and him becoming an... 
by Dave Bradley | Nov 14, 2019 | DVDs, Reviews
Defiant Screen Entertainment, Rated MA. Prolific Canadian genre-specialising co-directors, co-writers, co-producers and co-stars Jen and Sylvia Soska (a.k.a. ‘The Soska Sisters’ and ‘The Twisted Twins’) have made a selection of infamous shorts (Dead Hooker In A Trunk,... 
by Dave Bradley | Sep 8, 2019 | DVDs, Reviews
Defiant Screen Entertainment, Rated MA A glut of movies were produced and released leading up to this year’s 50th Anniversary of the Tate/LaBianca murders by the ‘Manson Family’ (if not the now-late Charles Manson himself), from the sublime (Quentin Tarantino’s Once... 
by Dave Bradley | Sep 3, 2019 | DVDs, Reviews
Shock/Cinema Cult, Rated PG A big flop on first release back in 1971 and hard-to-see since, this dated-looking but often enjoyable comedy is notable for pairing the picky Joanne Woodward and George C. Scott (shortly after being awarded – and declining – the Oscar for... 
