September 16, 2006

THE X FROM OUTER SPACE (1967) Kaiju of the week

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THE X FROM OUTER SPACE (Japan, 1967, Uchu daikaiju Girara) "Guilala is heading straight for Tokyo!" If you’ve ever heard of a mons...
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September 13, 2006

THE DRIFTING CLASSROOM (1987) The manga's miserable movie adaption

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THE DRIFTING CLASSROOM (Japan, 1987, Hyoryu kyoshitsu) NTSC VHS (from Emotion Video) As for you Troy Donahue... I was looking forward to thi...
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VAMPIRE DOLL (1970) an effective Japanese chiller

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VAMPIRE DOLL (Japan, 1970, Yureiyashiki no Kyofu: Chi O Suu Ningyoo) a.k.a. LEGACY OF DRACULA, BLOODSUCKING DOLL Region 2 PAL DVD (from Arts...
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MARINE BOY (1969) - UK TV's first anime

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  MARINE BOY (1966, Japan, TV) (1969, UK version, TV)   (UPDATED June 20th, 2013 - Season 1 DVD boxset news) In the 1960s, whil...
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September 10, 2006

New MAGIC ROUNDABOUT collectibles

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While the DVDs for either the TV series or the movie are still nowhere on the horizon ( see this article for details ), there is at least a ...

YOU CAN'T STOP THE MURDERS (2003) Aussie black comedy

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YOU CANT STOP THE MURDERS (2003, Australia) Region 4 PAL DVD (from Buena Vista) The best ever line-dancing murder-mystery A dead biker, a de...
September 08, 2006

JU-ON: THE GRUDGE (Japan, 2003) the curse continues

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JU-ON: THE GRUDGE (2003, Japan) Region 2 PAL DVD Special Collector's Edition (from Premier Asia) This DVD cover (above) is easily ...
September 03, 2006

NEGADON - THE MONSTER FROM MARS (2005) out on DVD

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NEGADON - THE MONSTER FROM MARS (Japan, 2005, Wakusei Daikaiju Negadon) Region 1 US DVD (from Central Park Media) A beautiful short film, to...
August 30, 2006

LADY VAMPIRE (1959) Confused Japanese vampire

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LADY VAMPIRE (1959, Japan, Onna-Kyuketsuki) The lady is a vamp! Who told us that Japanese movies were sexier and gorier than Hammer films? H...

THE HOST (2006) film of the year, from Korea

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THE HOST (South Korea, aka Gwoemul) The Host with the most (box-office takings in Korea) From the very first Host posters, I’ve been wanting...
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August 28, 2006

JU-ON THE CURSE 1 and 2 (2000) The first Grudge movies

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JU-ON: THE CURSE JU-ON: THE CURSE 2 (Japan, 2000) I can't resist revisiting the Ju-on series, and it seems to grow a little each time...
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August 27, 2006

JAWS 2 (1978) A sequel too far?

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JAWS 2 (1978) Region 1 NTSC DVD (Universal) How do you follow that? THE SEVENTIES When I first saw Jaws 2 in the summer of '78, I thou...
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August 19, 2006

SEVEN SAMURAI (1954) Akira Kurosawa's classic

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SEVEN SAMURAI (1954, Shichinin no samurai) PAL Region 2 DVD (from the BFI) I’ll not do extensive reviews on classic movies like this (and re...

THREE: EXTREMES (2004) a trilogy of terror, blood and art

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THREE: EXTREMES Again, much has been said about this instant classic already, but after seeing so many insipid Asian ‘horror’ films lately, ...
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