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Among these, Riccardo Freda (I vampiri, The Horrible Dr. Hichock)'s Double Face was marketed in West Germany as an Edgar Wallace 'krimi', while in Italy it was sold as a giallo in the tradition of Mario Bava's Blood and Black Lace, combining elements from both genres for a unique and unforgettable viewing experience. When wealthy businessman John Alexander (the legendary Klaus Kinski, giving an atypically restrained performance)'s unfaithful wife Helen (Margaret Lee, Circus of Fear) dies in a car crash, it initially looks like a freak accident. However, the plot thickens when evidence arises suggesting that the car was tampered with prior to the crash. And John's entire perception of reality is thrown into doubt when he discovers a recently-shot pornographic movie which appears to feature Helen - suggesting that she is in fact alive and playing an elaborate mind game on him... Psychological, psychedelic, and at times just plain psychotic, Double Face stands as one of the most engaging and enjoyable films in Freda's lengthy and diverse career - a densely-plotted, visually-stunning giallo that evokes much of the same ambience of paranoia and decadence as such classics of the genre as One on Top of the Other and A Lizard in a Woman's Skin. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS • Brand new 2K restoration of the full-length Italian version of the film from the original 35mm camera negative • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation • Uncompressed mono 1.0 LPCM audio • Original English and Italian soundtracks, titles and credits • Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack • New audio commentary by author and critic Tim Lucas • New video interview with composer Nora Orlandi • The Many Faces of Nora Orlandi, a new appreciation of the varied career of the film’s composer by musician and soundtrack collector Lovely Jon • The Terrifying Dr. Freda, a new video essay on Riccardo Freda’s gialli by author and critic Amy Simmons • Extensive image gallery from the collection of Christian Ostermeier, including the original German pressbook and lobby cards, and the complete Italian cineromanzo adaptation • Original Italian and English theatrical trailers • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys Arrow Video – https://www.arrowvideo.com/ “Double Face” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/double-face-blu-ray "Hi-Death" DVD Review (Wild Eye Releasing) Terror Comes Into Focus. From the makers of "Hi-8", five all-new tales for the digital age. When two young women take the "Terror Tour" through the underbelly of Hollywood, they are led into a bizarre world of unspeakable horror, unraveling twisted and terrifying tales from the minds of both up and coming and seasoned independent horror directors. Wild Eye Releasing – http://www.wildeyereleasing.com/ “Hi-Death” DVD – https://mvdshop.com/products/hi-death-dvd "High School High" and "Mo' Money" Blu-Ray Review (Mill Creek Entertainment) SYNOPSIS Nineties Comedy Double Feature MO’ MONEY You can never be too rich…or too funny! Comedian Damon Wayans (TV's In Living Color, The Last Boy Scout) brings his rogue's gallery of outrageous characters to this action-filled comedy about a con artist who tries to go straight, but keeps getting pulled in the wrong direction. “Damon Wayans and his younger brother Marlon make a terrific comedy team!” – Variety HIGH SCHOOL HIGH There's a new teacha’ in the hood! Jon Lovitz and Tia Carrere are dedicated educators facing some dangerously strange minds in this outrageous comedy from the creators of The Naked Gun. With wicked aim, High School High skewers feel-good movies like Dangerous Minds and Stand and Deliver to create a wild new brand of urban comedy that's laced with hilarious gags and slapstick! “... a rapid-fire gag machine.” – Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle Starring: Mo' Money - Damon Wayans (TV's My Wife and Kids) Stacey Dash (Clueless) Joe Santos (The Last Boy Scout) High School High - John Lovitz ( A League of Their Own) Tia Carrere (Wayne's World) Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) Mill Creek Entertainment – https://www.millcreekent.com/ “Mo’ Money” and “High School High” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/Mo-Money-High-School-Feature/dp/B07NR8KR7R/ "Nightbeast" Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Review (Vinegar Syndrome) Details This special limited edition embossed slipcover (designed by Earl Kessler Jr.) is limited to 3,000 units and is only available here at VinegarSyndrome.com! Limit 1 per customer. Amidst a dazzling meteor shower, the Nightbeast lands near a small East Coast town, armed with his vaporizing ray gun and a goal of killing everyone who crosses his path. As area residents are blasted to smithereens, the local sheriff and an ever dwindling group of survivors become determined to figure out a way to defeat this fearsome alien before their entire community is wiped out. A dazzling display of lo-fi ambition from Baltimore based cult filmmaker and underrated auteur, Don Dohler (Alien Factor, Fiend), NIGHTBEAST immediately plunges the viewer into a frenzy of wildly colorful and stunning animation techniques, homemade gore effects, and awkward sexual encounters. Made for a scant $14,000 and featuring a soundtrack partially composed by a then teenage J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, Star Wars Episode VIII), Vinegar Syndrome proudly brings this regional sci-fi/horror classic to Blu-ray in a brand new 2k restoration of its 16mm camera original! Directed by: Don Dohler Starring: Tom Griffith, Jamie Zemarel, Karin Kardian, George Stover, Don Leifert 1982 / 81 min / 1.33:1 • Region Free Blu-ray/DVD combo • Newly scanned & restored in 2k from its 16mm camera original • Audio commentary with writer/director Don Dohler & actor George Stover • “An Electric Performance" - an interview with actor Jamie Zemarel • “Crashing the Set" - an interview with visual fx artist John Ellis • “Shooting the Nightbeast" - an interview with cinematographer Richard Geiwitz • “Nightbeast Returns” - archival interviews with the cast and crew • Outtakes & Bloopers • Visual FX gallery • Original theatrical trailer • Reversible cover artwork • English SDH subtitles Vinegar Syndrome – https://vinegarsyndrome.com/ “Nightbeast” Blu-Ray/DVD Combo – https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/vinegar-syndrome/products/nightbeast Patreon Pick "JFK" Streaming Review (VUDU) THE STORY THAT WON’T GO AWAY. 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None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession. “Owning Mahowny” DVD – https://www.amazon.com/Owning-Mahowny-Maury-Chaykin/dp/B0000BXMZ8 The Weekly Western "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" Blu-Ray Review  TWO GREAT STARS TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME! A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed. “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/Man-Shot-Liberty-Valance-Blu-ray/dp/B074GV3RTN/ Hammer Time 7 "The Curse of the Werewolf" Blu-Ray Review HALF-MAN... HALF-WOLF... COMPELLED BY THE HIDEOUS CURSE OF HIS EVIL BIRTH TO DESTROY - EVEN THOSE WHO LOVED HIM! Conceived by the rape of a mute servant girl by a demented beggar, an infant is raised by a wealthy but kindly bachelor-gentleman and his woman servant who learn, years later, that he is a werewolf, a demon-possessed being whose only chance for normalcy will be, as a young man, to find a woman who will love him for himself, which will effect his release from this curse. “Hammer Horror Collection” Blu-Ray Set – https://www.amazon.com/Hammer-Horror-8-Film-Collection-Blu-ray/dp/B01I048O8W/ Ask a Question/Answer a Question What is the last 5 out of 5 movie you have seen? Podcast Version https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/podbean-70/shut-up-brandon-podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shut-up-brandon-podcast/id988229934? https://shutupbrandon.podbean.com/e/mrparka-s-weekly-reviews-episode-111-audio-version/ UpdateBlu-Ray 1. Castle in the Sky 2. The Color of Money 3. The Final Stab 4. The Mafu Cage 5. The Last Seduction 6. The Coast Guard 7. Mauvais Sang 8. Army of Crime 9. The Orchard End Murder 10. Schoolgirl Hitchhikers 11. Space Raiders 12. City On Fire 13. Knives of the Avenger 14. Dream Home 15. Peeping Tom 16. Martyrs 17. Love 18. Climax DVD 19. Shady Saint John The Triggers Compilation Film NotesDouble Face – 1969 – Riccardo Freda
Hi-Death – 2018 – Anthony Catanese/Amanda Payton/Tim Ritter/Todd Sheets/Brad Sykes High School High – 1996 – Hart Bochner Mo’ Money – 1992 – Peter MacDonald Nightbeast – 1982 – Don Dohler JFK – 1991 – Oliver Stone Owning Mahowny – 2003 – Richard Kwietniowski The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – 1962 – John Ford The Curse of the Werewolf – 1961 – Terence Fisher
4 Comments
James Grimmer
6/28/2019 12:44:06 am
The last five star movie I watched was Deep Cover. I thought Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum were great in it, and I found it to be enthralling overall.
Nick Mua
6/28/2019 03:44:49 pm
5 out of 5
Søren Valentin Prang aka Dr. Snuff
6/29/2019 11:44:45 am
It rarely happens that i watch a movie i would call a classic or a 5 out of 5 movie. They only come by once or twice a year. I guess it comes down to the personal criterias for rating a movie… Also a movie can be a classic without having scored the highest grade in my book. That is if the movie has some historical importance or something like that. A good example would be Psycho by Hitchcock. Personally i would not rate Psycho as being a 5 out of 5 movie, but i would still regard it as a classic because of its historical importance. So in my book there is a clear distinction between getting the highest score and then being a classic. Anyway the last 5 out of 5 movie i watched was a local Danish movie called Danmarks sønner (Sons of Denmark; Directed by Ulaa Salim, 2019). The movie manage to capture the current state of both the political situation in Denmark and Danish society as a whole. Essentially the movie plays out as a ``what if scenario´´ where everything goes as wrong, as one could possibly imagine. I went to watch it in the cinema with a friend and after the movie was over no one left their seats. Everyone just kept setting in their seats, quietly, trying to process what they just had seen. You could virtually hear a needle drop. It says a lot about the impact the movie made both on me and the rest of the audience because i have never experienced that before. The story is so well constructed with a neat plot twist, the acting is top notch, the camera work/editing is efficient and the climax is mind blowing. And of course the movie has sparked some debates and controversies… But the funny thing is that even though i hold the movie in high esteem. I am not sure i would regard it as a classic in Danish cinema. Simply because i am afraid it would feel extremely outdated 5 years from now because the society would have changed and therefore unable to relate to the movie. That is also the reason why i would not recommend it to people from outside Denmark. They would not be able to understand the context of the movie, in that way you can call it a very ``Culture specific´´ movie. Anyway i hope that the movie will get some recognition by winning some awards and maybe be the Danish contribution as best foreign film in next years Oscar show. Thank you for reading my extremely long post;)
Søren Valentin Prang aka Dr. Snuff
6/29/2019 03:03:25 pm
I forgot to ask you about Jackass both the series and the movies. Did you ever watch it and if you did, did you like it? Leave a Reply. |
