The Houses of Doom: Lenzi’s ‘THE HOUSE OF LOST SOULS’ and ‘THE HOUSE OF WITCHCRAFT’ – Blu-ray Reviews

More standalone Blu-ray releases of The Houses of Doom set, this time it’s a fun, crazy, two-fer from Italian schlockmeister Umberto Lenzi (Nightmare City)! Originally slated for European television, these long lost films are finally seeing the light of day courtesy of Cauldron Films. The House of Lost Souls Synopsis …

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The Last Of The OG Films In High Def: ‘JASON GOES TO HELL’ and ‘JASON X’ Arrow Video 4K Review

Ah! Remember the good old days, when the Friday the 13th franchise was in creative (and I’m using that term loosely) limbo? Paramount had the rights to the name and the fictional location, but New Line had aquired the name, so they, naturally, attempted to cash in on name only …

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Interview With David Midell, Director Of ‘The Ritual’

David Midell’s (cowritten by Enrico Natale) new film, The Ritual, is based on a true story. Starring Al Pacino (Scarface) and Dan Stevens (Abigail), along with Ashely Greene (Twilight) and Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond), the film tells the true-life tale of Emma Schmidt (played by Abigail Cowen) and the …

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Topical and Heart Wrenching: ‘TATAMI’ (2025) – Review

Timing is everything for a film release, especially when it comes to finding an audience. The timing for a film like Tatami, with it’s themes of politics, oppression, and foreign relations, set in the microcosm of an international sports competition, couldn’t be more perfect. Synopsis “Leila, an Iranian judo athlete …

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‘GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH’ (1990) – A Sequel That Mocks The Idea Of Sequels

Gremlins 2: The New Batch isn’t just a follow-up to Joe Dante’s 1984 horror-comedy, Gremlins. It’s a cinematic prank, a meta-spectacle that turns its back on the original’s relatively darker edge in favor of even more chaos, satire, and total self-awareness. Gremlins 2: The New Batch: A Cartoon in a …

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