Reviews

The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire

March 14, 2001 // 0 Comments

If you have small children running amok in your household then you’re no doubt familiar with this particular kind of movie. You know, the DVDs that never seems to leave the player and that you’re forced to watch at least once a day for four months [...]

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Volume 4

March 14, 2001 // 0 Comments

The show with the famous silhouette and great theme comes to DVD from Universal in "Alfred Hitchcock Presents Volume 4, " a collection of five half-hour episodes on one disc. An addition to the "Alfred Hitchcock Collection, " the disc [...]

Saboteur

March 13, 2001 // 0 Comments

As part of the massive "Alfred Hitchcock Collection, " Universal Home Video brings to DVD the very first film of the little round director’s that the studio produced, "Saboteur." Made in 1942 and set during the Second World War, the [...]

Hysterical

March 12, 2001 // 0 Comments

Long before ’Scary Movie’ set box-office records, the early 1980s saw an influx of horror spoofs, such as ’Student Bodies’ (1981) and ’Pandemonium’ (1982). A latecomer to this trend was ’Hysterical’, which starred The Hudson Brothers [...]

The Dead Are Alive

March 12, 2001 // 0 Comments

Fans of EuroHorror have another reason to celebrate, as a new company, Eurovista Digital Entertainment, has thrown their hat into the DVD ring. Their newest offering is Armando Crispino’s 1972 film, ’The Dead Are Alive’. Allow me to go ahead and [...]

Dragon Inn

March 12, 2001 // 0 Comments

The name Tsui Hark in combination with Ching Siu-Tung brightens up every Hong Kong film fan’s face immediately. The two have been responsible for some of the most influential and breathtaking period films the genre has to offer. Their 1992 collaboration [...]

Maximum Overdrive

March 9, 2001 // 0 Comments

I’ll bet that it looked good on paper. Come to think of it, it did look good on paper. Stephen King’s short story ’Trucks’ from his ’Night Shift’ collection, was a creepy and nihilistic little tale concerning machines revolting against their [...]

Rope

March 9, 2001 // 0 Comments

Released in 1948, Alfred Hitchcock’s ’Rope’ was something of a critical and commercial flop and is viewed to this day as being little more than a forgettable ’gimmick’ film. But, in my mind, ’Rope’ has always stood out as one of the great [...]

Farscape Vol. 2

March 8, 2001 // 0 Comments

Just like in their previous ’Farscape’ release, ADV Films is once again delivering two episodes of the SciFi Channel TV series in a well-rounded package that will certainly satisfy fans of this acclaimed series. ADV Films is presenting the two [...]

Family Plot

March 8, 2001 // 0 Comments

’Family Plot’ marks the end of one of the greatest film careers of all time. As Alfred Hitchcock’s 54th, and final, movie, the film serves as something of a fond farewell by the director and marks a return to the more lighthearted suspense thrillers [...]
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