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Hercules in the Haunted World Blu-ray Review
Before giallo, before Eurocrime, before Italian horror, before even spaghetti westerns, there were peplum. Sometimes referred to as “sword..
Gabe Powers
Oct 8, 2019


Nikkatsu Diamond Guys Vol 1 Blu-ray Review (originally published 2016)
Voice without a Shadow is directed by Seijun Suzuki, who very well may be the most well-known Japanese filmmaker that didn’t make a name for
Gabe Powers
Oct 7, 2019


Massacre Gun & Retaliation Blu-ray Reviews (originally published 2015)
Massacre Gun was Nikkastu favorite Yasuharu Hasebe’s third film as director, an important early entry in the studio’s late ‘60s yakuza canon
Gabe Powers
Oct 7, 2019


Batman: The Complete Animated Series Blu-ray Review/Comparison (originally published 2018)
These days, television animation is aimed at adults as often as it is children, but, not too long ago, it was seen as strictly kid’s...
Gabe Powers
Oct 4, 2019


Suicide Squad Blu-ray Review (originally published 2016)
Following the creative disappointments that were Zach Snyder’s boring Man of Steel (2013) and sloppy Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice...
Gabe Powers
Oct 4, 2019


Batman: The Killing Joke Blu-ray Review (originally published 2016)
Given that Sam Liu’s DC Animated Universe (DCAU) adaptation of Alan Moore & Brian Bolland’s Batman: The Killing Joke (originally published..
Gabe Powers
Oct 3, 2019


Erik the Conqueror Blu-ray Review (originally published 2017)
Released towards the middle of the peplum (or sword & sandal) cycle, when Italian filmmakers were aping big-budget Hollywood Biblical epics
Gabe Powers
Oct 2, 2019


Absolution Blu-ray Review (originally published 2016)
Anthony Page’s Absolution (the 1978 movie, not to be confused with the 2015 Steven Seagal movie) explores the rules of the priesthood and...
Gabe Powers
Oct 1, 2019


The Unholy Blu-ray Review (originally published 2017)
Camilo Vila’s The Unholy (1988) is one of those late ‘80s horror movies that everyone seems to have rented at some point, but no one seems..
Gabe Powers
Oct 1, 2019


Unholy Four Blu-ray Review (originally published 2017)
By the late ‘60s/early ‘70s, many spaghetti western filmmakers were low on cash and stuck in a rut, shooting the same action scenes on the..
Gabe Powers
Sep 30, 2019
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