Articles by Lucas Henkel
The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue
It is not every day that you come across a zombie movie predating Dawn Of The Dead. It’s also most certainly not every day that you’ll stumble across a zombie movie that seems to be arguably considered an elevation of the genre within that specific [...]
The Toolbox Murders
It was the break-out success of Tobe Hooper’s 1974 low-budget picture The Texas Chainsaw Massacre that helped form the horror genre as we know it today. That may seem like a slightly pompous blanket statement to take at face value, but I do want to [...]
Forgotten Gialli: Volume 4
Vinegar Syndrome’s “Forgotten Gialli” box sets have been one of my giallo guilty pleasures for the past few years. I would constantly keep my eyes out for a potentially new set to be announced, eager to get my hands on it. And late as I may be to [...]
Who Saw Her Die?
For some time now, I’ve been pining to see a decent giallo film to get re-released. Now, I don’t mean something absurdly sleazy like Strip Nude For Your Killer (Nude per l’assassino) nor something so cheesily over-the-top like The Iguana with [...]
Alice, Sweet Alice
Arrow Video appears to have a strong knack for digging up obscure films that I have never heard of up until the day I read about them in a post teasing the company’s upcoming catalog. Today’s review is for one such film: “Alice, Sweet [...]
The New York Ripper
If you’re a fan of Italo-horror, then there is no doubt that you may have heard of the name Lucio Fulci. Heeded by many as the “Italian Godfather of Gore”, the man was known for creating some of the most controversial “video-nasties” out there [...]
The Fifth Cord
Among the number of movies that begged to be reviewed here on DVD Review in recent months, as an avid Italo-horror fan, there’s been one title in particular that I’ve had my eye on for a while. Way back in February, Arrow Video has produced a brand [...]
Logan Lucky
Steven Soderbergh is a truly intriguing director, in part because the gamut of his works spans everything from comedies to political documentaries, with literally anything in between. Few directors manage to successfully walk the line that Soderbergh [...]