Donald Pleasance
Escape from New York: Collector’s Edition
Kurt Russell and director John Carpenter have made a good number of films together, but in fans’ minds, their first concerted effort, “Escape From New York,” appears to be the most fervently adored one. The reason is quite simple, I guess. The film [...]
“Escape From New York” get the Shout! Special Edition treatment
Fans of John Carpenter’s films had plenty to celebrate with Shout! Factory paying special attention to many of the director’s films. Fortunately for fans, the next turn will be Escape From New York, one of the filmmakers most successful and acclaimed [...]
Prince Of Darkness
John Carpenter is getting a lot of love lately with new releases of his most iconic movies on Blu-Ray, ranging from "Halloween, " "They Live" and "The Fog" all the way to this latest outing, "Prince of Darkness," [...]
Halloween: 35th Anniversary Edition
35 years after its initial debut, "Halloween" is still one of the most impressive horror films that never seems to lose its appeal, and is widely considered John Carpenter's best film to date – although I have to admit that I [...]
Halloween 5
During the heydays of horror film sequelitis that permeated Hollywood during the 80s, the "Halloween" franchise, along with others, was continuously tampered with and received one sequel after the next, sadly of wildly varying quality. Anchor [...]
Halloween 4
With Halloween fast approaching once again, Anchor Bay seems to remember that they once were the champion of horror movies during the DVD heydays – a period in the studio's existence that is sorely missed by genre fans. As they opened their [...]
Columbo: The Complete Third Season
Once again the bumbling LAPD detective is back at it again as Universal Home Entertainment is releasing ’Columbo: The Complete Third Season.’ This season includes some of my favorite episodes of the show, most notably ’Any Old Port In A Storm’ [...]
Escape From New York
Kurt Russell and director John Carpenter have made a few films together but in fans’ minds, their first concerted effort, "Escape From New York," appears to be the most fervently adored one. The reason is quite simple, I guess. The film has [...]