Tag Archives: 50’s

The Meaningless Obligatory Midnight Only End of the Year Award List of Blu-rays Released in 2018

Happiest Retro Film Discoveries of 2018 Dragon Inn (King Hu, 1967) – Criterion Collection King Hu, who would later direct A Touch of Zen (1971), delivers a wuxia with physics-defying swordplay and virtually nonstop action, dispensing with any necessary exposition … Continue reading

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Double Feature: Terror is a Man (1959)/Brides of Blood (1968)

Severin Films’ new Blu-ray set The Blood Island Collection (initially available as a limited edition box set; 3 of the 4 films are also for sale individually) brings together the full series of notorious horror films set on the titular … Continue reading

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24 Hours of Halloween – 2018 Edition

It’s become my annual tradition to recommend 24 hours’ worth of horror films for your Halloween viewing – understanding, of course, that you can just pick what seems interesting to you and not actually indulge in the full 24 hours … Continue reading

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