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PSYCHO (1998) Blu-ray review
Psycho (1998) d. Van Sant, Gus (USA) (104 min) Having embezzled a large sum of money from the bank where she works, Marion Crane (Anne Heche) takes refuge at a motel operated by Norman Bates (Vince...
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Fool's Views (3/1 – 3/15)
I'll take that one and that one and that one....Greetings, greetings, greetings! The lingering Chicago winter led to a variety of Views, enhanced by a free month of Netflix streaming (I canceled it...
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THE MANITOU (1978) Blu-ray review
The Manitou (1978) d. William Girdler (USA) (85 min) What medical experts originally believe to be a tumor on the neck of patient Karen Tandy (Susan Strasberg) proves to be a fetus growing at an...
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THE FURY (1978) movie review
The Fury (1978) d. Brian De Palma (USA) (118 min) Though on the surface, De Palma could be accused of returning to the telekinetic well a little soon following his smash hit Carrie, John Farris’...
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US (2019) movie review
Us (2019) d. Jordan Peele (USA) (116 min) “A family's serene beach vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgangers appear and begin to terrorize them.” That’s the high concept behind...
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Fool's Views (3/16 – 3/31)
Sunscreen and proper eye protection is important year-round....Spring has sprung! For the back half of March, we came out like a lion, logging triple features of Brian De Palma AND Richard Fleischer,...
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MASTER OF DARK SHADOWS (2019) Blu-ray review
Master of Dark Shadows (2019) d. David Gregory (US) (87 min) In 1966, a phenomenon was launched when Dark Shadows debuted on ABC-TV as a daily Gothic suspense series. Airing in the late afternoon, the...
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SUPERSTITION (1982) Blu-ray review
Superstition (1982) d. James Roberson (USA) (85 min) The old mansion by Black Lake, owned by the local parish, is rumored to be haunted by a witch drowned there in 1692. When an alcoholic minister...
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TERRA FORMARS (2016) Blu-ray review
Terra Formars (2016) d. Takashi Miike (Japan) (98 min) 20 years after the 1999 triple-threat of Audition, Dead or Alive, and Ley Lines (the final installment in the Black Society Trilogy), Miike shows...
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NIGHT OF THE LEPUS (1972) Blu-ray review
Night of the Lepus (1972) d. William F. Claxton (USA) (88 min) A hormone intended to alter the breeding cycle of rabbits overrunning Arizona ranchlands instead turns them into flesh-eating, 150-pound...
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EATEN ALIVE (1976) Blu-ray review
Eaten Alive (aka Death Trap) (1976) d. Tobe Hooper (USA) (91 min) Deep in the Louisiana bayou sits the ramshackle Starlight Hotel, destination of choice for those who like to check in but not check...
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TARANTULA (1955) Blu-ray review
Tarantula (1955) d. Jack Arnold (USA) (81 min) A plan to feed the world by using a growth formula on plants and animals instead creates terror beyond imagining when a lab accident releases a spider of...
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THE BRAIN (1988) Blu-ray review
The Brain (1988) d. Ed Hunt (Canada) (94 min) Dr. Anthony Blakely (David Gale), head of the Psychological Research Institute, is the host of the hottest new local TV program, the ironically named...
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Fun Little Facebook Horror Thingie
Good morning! As some of you might already know, I removed myself from social media (well, really just Facebook since I was never on Instagram or Twitter or Pinterest or whatever else is out there) at...
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VAMPYRES (1974) Blu-ray review
Vampyres (1974) d. Jose Ramon Larraz (UK/Spain) (88 min) At a time when throwing extensive vampiric nudity on screen would have been enough, Larraz (and his wife Diane Daubeney, who lent her name to...
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DRESSED TO KILL (1980) Blu-ray review
Dressed to Kill (1980) d. Brian De Palma (105 min) Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) is frustrated in her marriage, but as she is devoted to her son Peter (Keith Gordon), she is reluctant to consider...
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Fool's Views (4/1 – 4/15)
We are experiencing technical difficulties. Your regularly scheduled programming will resume shortly....Howdy, folks! Due to a busy schedule of self-defense workshops with IMPACT Chicago (and...
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ROGUE (2007) DVD review
Rogue (2007) d. McLean, Greg (Australia) (99 min) As a follow-up to his unvarnished, viscerally effective serial killer flick Wolf Creek, writer/director McLean continues to thwart the Australian...
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STRANGE BLOOD hits bookstores this week!
Hey kids! I penned an essay on The Reflecting Skin for this compendium celebration of offbeat bloodsuckers, along with several other cool cats like Hidden Horror contributors Jon Kitley (Night of the...
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THE MAZE (1953) Blu-ray review
The Maze (1953) d. William Cameron Menzies (USA) (80 min) Adapted from the novel by Maurice Sandoz by Dan Ullman (who usually trafficked in large and small screen Westerns), this highly original, if...
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