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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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In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

In the Mouth of Madness (1994) was the first John Carpenter horror film I saw in the theater on its initial release. I had seen a few other Carpenter films on the big screen – Starman (1984) and Memoirs of … Continue reading

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24 Hours of Horror for Halloween

Looking for Halloween (or Halloween-weekend) viewing recommendations? Here’s another proposed 24 hour marathon from Midnight Only, one to fit the season. Of course, rather than indulge in the whole exhaustive thing, you can simply take a film or two that … Continue reading

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