The Telephone Book (1971, Blu-ray Review)

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thetelephonebookBLURAYDirector: Nelson Lyon

Cast: Sarah Kennedy, Norman Rose

Vinegar Syndrome / All Region / Unrated / 1.85:1 Widescreen (B&W) / English Mono / 87 minutes

Disk Extras: Audio Commentary / Trailers / Radio Spots / Image Gallery

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Have you ever had the experience of pushing play on a movie you have never heard of and being arrested from the first frame that you see the lead actor or actress? It has only happened one other time for the that I can remember; Christina Lindberg in Thriller: A Cruel Picture. Now it has happened again; bouncy blonde actress Sarah Kennedy with her huge, loose curls, innocent doe eyes, infectious smile and bubbly, positively energetic personality forces you to fall for her immediately. Her magnetic attraction radiates through the screen as she delivers her free-spirited lines in her tiny baby doll voice. I seriously didn’t want to stop looking at her and I still want to give her a big “special” hug. Continue reading →

Gory Hammer film “Hands of the Ripper” coming to Blu-ray

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handsoftheripperBLURAYSynapse Films is adding to their Blu-ray Hammer Horror Collection—along with the fantastic Twins of Evil and Vampire Circus—with the much more violent and gory Hands of the Ripper by director Peter Sasdy who also did the Hammer classics Taste the Blood of Dracula and Countess Dracula. Sasdy also did three episodes of “Hammer House of Horror” television show (which was also released by Synapse last year); “Visitor from the Grave”, “Rude Awakening” and “The Thirteenth Reunion”. Now on July 9th Hands of the Ripper will be released completely restored and uncut for the first time on high-definition region A Blu-ray!

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Sinister (2012, DVD Review)

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sinisterDVDDirector: Scott Derrickson

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Michael Hall D’Addario, Clare Foley, Fred Dalton Thompson, James Ransone, Rob Riley, Tavis Smiley, Janet Zappala, Victoria Leigh, Cameron Ocasio, Ethan Haberfield, Daniel Kotch, Blake Mizrahi, Nicholas King

Summit Entertainment / NTSC Region 1 / Rated R / 2.40:1 Widescreen / English and Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 / 110 Minutes

DVD Extras:  Audio Commentary with Director Scott Derrickson, Audio Commentary with Writers Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill, True Crime Authors, Living in a House of Death, Deleted Scenes (with optional audio commentary with Scott Derrickson), Theatrical Trailer

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As one of the biggest theatrical horror releases of 2012, Sinister was one of the few movies that I actually wanted to see in the theatre but didn’t get around to. I kept up with all the reviews, good and bad, as they poured into genre news websites, and I was actually surprised at the abundance of positive feedback that this mainstream horror film was getting. But after having a few of my fellow horror-crazed friends warn me that it was pretty disappointing, I decided I’d finally check it out and decide for myself. Continue reading →