Klaus Kinski Archives - DVD Review & High Definition

Blue Underground releases “Venom” in February

December 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

Blue Underground has added the 1982 cult thriller Venom to its line-up, scheduling a brand new Blu-Ray version of the movie for February. It was supposed to be the perfect crime: the sexy maid (Susan George), a psychotic chauffeur (Oliver Reed) and an [...]

Fitzcarraldo

December 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

The love for opera, determination and a degree of obsession is what defines Shout! Factory’s latest release, “Fitzcarraldo”. As much as these elements determine the film’s main character, they also manifest themselves in the film’s creator, [...]

“Fitzcarraldo” comes to Blu-Ray in January

October 14, 2014 // 0 Comments

Werner Herzog’s magnetic movie Fitzcarraldo will make it to Blu-Ray for the first time in January, courtesy of the good folks at Shout! Factory. Iquitos is a town isolated in the middle of the jungle in Peru. At the turn of the century, one resident of [...]

Venus In Furs

March 30, 2005 // 0 Comments

I’ve never been a fan of Jess Franco’s work at all. To me he has always been a hack with a camera and an utterly adolescent sex drive. Most of his films make no sense and serve only to string up a series of nude scenes – some shocking for their [...]

Circus Of Fear

September 22, 2003 // 0 Comments

Blue Underground has dug up another great European film, this time the 1966 "Circus Of Fear" that is part of their "Christopher Lee Collection." Since the other films in the collection are Jess Franco films, and Franco’s ineptitude [...]

Cobra Verde

September 27, 2000 // 0 Comments

"Cobra Verde" is based on Bruce Chatwin’s novel "The Viceroy of Ouida, " which recounts the life of Francisco Manoel da Silva who rose from humble beginnings as a Brazilian farmer to become the master of all slave trading on [...]

My Best Fiend

August 29, 2000 // 0 Comments

The relationship between filmmaker Werner Herzog and German character actor Klaus Kinski has always been a very special one. During Herzog’s childhood, the extroverted actor used to live in the same house with him, leaving remarkable memories in the [...]

Fruits Of Passion

June 26, 2000 // 0 Comments

Here’s a film that’s a little different from Anchor Bay’s usual fare of obscure horror and action films. Klaus Kinski stars as Sir Stephen in ’Fruits of Passion’, which is also known as ’The Story of O Continued’. The film concerns O [...]

Werner Herzog: The Real Fitzcarraldo

November 1, 1999 // 0 Comments

Werner Herzog is one of the few directors who truly inflect themselves in their work. Instead of visually interpreting someone else’s work, Herzog decided early on in his career as a filmmaker that it was important for him to have full control over [...]

Fitzcarraldo

November 1, 1999 // 0 Comments

The love for opera, determination and a degree of obsession is what defines Anchor Bay’s latest release, "Fitzcarraldo". As much as these elements determine the film’s main character, they also manifest themselves in the film’s creator, [...]