 Links www.youtube.com/mrparka https://www.instagram.com/mrparka/ https://twitter.com/mrparka00 http://www.screamingtoilet.com/dvd--blu-ray https://www.facebook.com/screamingpotty/ https://www.facebook.com/mrparka http://shutupbrandon.podbean.com/ https://www.facebook.com/screamingpotty/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shut-up-brandon-podcast/id988229934?mt=2 https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/podbean-70/shut-up-brandon-podcast https://letterboxd.com/mrparka/ https://www.patreon.com/mrparka Time Stamps Corrections– 0:12 “The Black Cat” Review – 0:35 “Daughters of Darkness” Review with Jeremy – 9:33 “Hyde’s Secret Nightmare” Review – 26:06 “City of Vampires” Review – 33:06 “Lake Michigan Monster” Review – 38:56 “Welcome to the Circle” Review – 43:29 “The Dead Ones” Review – 48:50 “The Cleansing Hour” Review– 52:38 “Host”– 56:13 “#Alive” Review- 1:00:25 Patreon Pick “Laurin” Review – 1:05:15 Survive 2005 ”Strange Circus” Review – 1:09:40 Blindspot “The Tenant” Review with Jeremy – 1:16:11 Questions/Answers/ Question of the Week “What do you consider a zombie film?” – 1:36:34/1:40:30/1:54:06 Update/Patreon Picks – 1:54:47/1:56:22 22 Shots of Moodz and Horror – https://www.22shotsofmoodzandhorror.com/ Preorder for RIP – Rest in Pieces Blu-Ray – https://grindhousevideo.com/products/rip-rest-in-pieces-blu-ray?_pos=2&_sid=2349f7e36&_ss=r Puppet Monster Massacre Remake - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shsptour/the-puppet-monster-massacre-a-puppet-horror-comedy-feature?ref=project_facebook&fbclid=IwAR2_sZqurBDJQF9Jd0a_VWE6bUMhB8amUhznGC7syY3W8F9uUKevqhVCSak Video Reviews"The Black Cat" Blu-Ray Review (Severin Films) From Luigi Cozzi – the writer/director of STARCRASH, CONTAMINATION and PAGANINI HORROR – comes the over-the-top meta-shocker about a production company filming a new sequel to one of ‘70s Italian horror’s best-known classics and the resurrected supernatural demon that may destroy them all. Caroline Munro (MANIAC), Brett Halsey (THE DEVIL’S HONEY), Florence Guérin (BLACK VENUS) and Urbano Barberini (OPERA) star in this long-unseen fan favorite – originally released in Italy as DEMONS 6 – now transferred in 2k from pristine vault elements for the first time ever. Special Features: Cat On The Brain – Interview with Director/Co-Writer Luigi Cozzi and Actress Caroline Munro Trailer Severin Films – https://severin-films.com/ “The Black Cat” Blu-Ray – https://severin-films.com/product-tag/the-black-cat/ "Daughters of Darkness" 4K Review (Blue Underground) 50th Anniversary Limited Edition! New 4K Restoration! International screen icon Delphine Seyrig (LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD) stars as Elizabeth Bathory, an ageless Countess with a beautiful young 'companion' (Goth goddess Andrea Rau) and a legendary legacy of perversion. But when the two women seduce a troubled newlywed couple (Canadian beauty Danielle Ouimet and John Karlen of DARK SHADOWS and CAGNEY & LACEY), they unleash a frenzy of sudden violence and depraved desire that shocked both art house audiences and grindhouse crowds worldwide. Co-written and directed by Harry Kumel, DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS remains one of the most exquisitely mesmerizing adult horror films ever made. Blue Underground is now proud to present the uncensored Director's Cut of this classic psychosexual shocker in a gorgeous restoration, scanned in 4K 16-bit from its long-lost original 35mm camera negative, with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix, packed with revealing Extras! Bonus Materials Ultra HD Blu-ray (2160p) and HD Blu-ray (1080p) Widescreen 1.66:1 feature presentations Audio: Dolby Atmos (English); 5.1 DTS-HD (English); 1.0 DTS-HD (English, French) Subtitles: English SDH, Francais, Espanol, English for French Audio Audio Commentary #1 with Co-Writer/Director Harry Kumel Audio Commentary #2 with Star John Karlen and Journalist David Del Valle NEW! Audio Commentary #3 with Kat Ellinger, Author of Devil's Advocates: Daughters of Darkness Locations of Darkness - Interviews with Co-Writer/Director Harry Kumel and Co-Writer/Co-Producer Pierre Drouot Playing the Victim - Interview with Star Danielle Ouimet Daughter of Darkness - Interview with Star Andrea Rau Theatrical Trailers Radio Spots Alternate U.S. Main Titles Poster & Still Gallery BONUS! DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD by Francois de Roubaix BONUS! Collectible Booklet with new essay by Michael Gingold Blue Underground – https://blueunderground.dreamhosters.com/ “Daughters of Darkness” 4K – https://mvdshop.com/products/daughters-of-darkness-3-disc-ltd-ed-4k-uhd-blu-ray-4k-ultra-hd "Hyde's Secret Nightmare" Blu-Ray Review (Darkside Releasing) A scientist who suffers from impotence explores unusual methods, including experimenting on corpses and on himself. An homage in equal parts to "Frankenstein", "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", and the erotic films of late Italian horror auteur Joe D'Amato, Hyde's Secret Nightmare is itself a wild erotic horror film from the highly prolific Italian producer/director Domiziano Cristopharo. The story colourfully strobes through a cinematic landscape of obsession, paranoia, phobia, perversion, and transgression, as Henry, a scientist, attempts to create a cure for his own impotence, and in doing so enlists the help of his assistant Hans and a necrophiliac gravedigger Abdul to illegally retrieve several corpses for his over-the-top experiments. After testing the experimental serum on himself, the mad doctor finds himself possessing the body of a woman, Eva Hyde (Roberta Gemma), who becomes engulfed in a world of dark eroticism where sex seems the only way to attain a state of well-being. Bonus Materials New Director's Cut Special Edition Deleted Scenes (30 min. of never before seen footage) DarkSide Releasing – https://darksidereleasing.com/ “Hyde’s Secret Nightmare” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/hydes-secret-nightmare-blu-ray "City of the Vampires" DVD Review (Sub Rosa Studios) As Sam Helling walks through the city of death, he shall fear no evil! A Retro Release! A wrong turn and Sam Helling found himself lost in the city of Braddock. There he faced a terror so unspeakable that he left his own girlfriend Christine behind, trapped within its clutches. One month later, and Sam is on the edge and suicidal. It took just one night and one bad decision to destroy his entire life. Now, with nothing to lose, he is going back. His plan - retrace his steps and search for clues to Christine's fate. Along the way he will learn who is friend and who is foe, and receive help from an unlikely source. He will be chased through the streets, the residents unwilling to help, and fall within the vampire's deadly lair itself. And in the end, he will have to face his own fears and disbelief if he is to unlock the mystery of the dead city, and learn what really happened to Christine on that terrible night... And once he finds her, ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE! Bonus Materials Commentary track SRS Trailers Original Trailer Sub Rosa Studios – http://srscinema.com/home/?page_id=190 “City of the Vampires” DVD – https://mvdshop.com/products/city-of-the-vampires-dvd "Lake Michigan Monster" Blu-Ray Review (Arrow Video) This Cult Classic that combines H.P. Lovecraft with early Sam Raimi and Mystery Science Theater 3000 in one movie! All aboard! The combined spirits of H.P. Lovecraft, early Sam Raimi and Mystery Science Theater 3000 inhabit this action-packed tale of nautical derring-do and monster mayhem - winner of the Audience Award for Best International Feature at the 2019 Fantasia Film Festival. On the shores of Lake Michigan, the eccentric Captain Seafield (Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, who also writes and directs) enlists a colourful crew of misfits in a bid to slay the hellish sea monster that prowls the murky depths. But as Seafield's obsession with exacting revenge on the creature that killed his father threatens to consume him, can weapons expert Sean Shaughnessy (Erick West), sonar whiz Nedge Pepsi (Beulah Peters) and former N.A.V.Y. - Nautical Athletes and Adventure Yunit - officer Dick Flynn (Daniel Long) hold the show together? Shot in gloriously retro black and white on a shoestring budget, with most of the cast also performing multiple roles behind the camera, Lake Michigan Monster is an inventive, irreverent and riotously entertaining ode to the classic monster movies of yesteryear: an absurdist urban legend guaranteed to appeal to the big kid in all of us. Bonus Materials High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentation Original lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo soundtracks Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Two cast and crew audio commentaries featuring writer/director/actor Ryland Tews and actors Daniel Long, Beulah Peters, Erick West and editor Mike Cheslik – one sober, one drunk! Critics’ audio commentary with Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Emma Westwood Effects Breakdown comparison of the film’s underwater sequence, including storyboards and pre-composited footage Dear Old Captain Seafield – the Captain Seafield theme song, performed by the Seafield Monster Sextet Interview in a Cabin – interview with Ryland Tews and Daniel Long at the Fantasia International Film Festival Interview in a Bar – interviews with the cast and crew at the Beloit International Film Festival Interview by a Fire – interview with Mike Cheslik on Mark Borchardt’s Cinema Fireside radio show The first season and pilot episode of L.I.P.S., Ryland Tews and Mike Cheslik’s hybrid animation/live action sci-fi comedy web series Theatrical trailer Behind the scenes photos Reversible sleeve featuring original artwork by Jade Watring and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Barry Forshaw Arrow Video – https://www.arrowvideo.com/ “Lake Michigan Monster” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/lake-michigan-monster-blu-ray "Welcome to the Circle" Blu-Ray Review (Artsploitation Films) Description One of the most aggressively bizarre films in recent memory, “Welcome to the Circle” is a genuinely nightmarish, creepy, trippy, almost Lynchian Canadian "horror" film about a sinister mind control cult and the survivors who are trying to escape its clutches. A camping misadventure forces a young girl and her father into the realm of a demon-worshiping cult known as The Circle, a New Age-ish commune living in cabins in the woods and headed by an L. Ron Hubbard-like zealot. As the pair become trapped in The Circle’s increasingly frightening sphere of indoctrination, a case-hardened professional cult deprogrammer and his two clients attempt to kidnap/reclaim one of group’s members. Grizzly rituals are soon revealed to be part of a terrifying, surreal, alternate reality that has been constructed by the cult’s mysterious, isolated leader. Escape is the only objective, but all of them are trapped in The Circle. “Welcome to the Circle” stars Heather Doerksen (“Pacific Rim”), Matthew MacCaull (“Tomorrowland”, “Star Trek Beyond”) and Taylor Dianne Robinson (“Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn”). It was written and directed by David Fowler (writer of “Born in China” and several nature documentaries). Artsploitation Films – https://www.artsploitationfilms.com/ “Welcome to the Circle” Blu-Ray – https://www.artsploitationfilms.com/film/welcome-to-the-circle/ "The Dead Ones" Blu-Ray Review (Artsploitation Films) For four outcast teens, summer detention means being assigned to clean their high school after a horrific incident. But they are not alone; a macabre gang wearing guises of The Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse - Famine, Pestilence, War and Death - has locked them inside and is hunting them through the school's ravaged hallways. As the four students battle to survive, each must confront the supernatural echoes of past traumas they have struggled to forget - and may be condemned to relive. Artsploitation Films – https://www.artsploitationfilms.com/ “The Dead Ones” Blu-Ray – https://www.artsploitationfilms.com/film/the-dead-ones/ "The Cleansing Hour" Streaming Review (Shudder) Max and Drew are millennial entrepreneurs who’ve made themselves famous with a webcast they created called “The Cleansing Hour,” which streams LIVE EXORCISMS. The catch? Each exorcism is elaborately staged. Until today, when Drew’s fiance, today’s actress in the chair, turns out to actually be possessed! Will Max and Drew be forced to tell their 20 million viewers? Or are they the pawns in a greater demonic conspiracy? A SHUDDER ORIGINAL. “The Cleansing Hour” Shudder – https://www.shudder.com/movies/watch/the-cleansing-hour/405e993c1ce4818e "Host" Streaming Review (Shudder) Six friends get together during lockdown for their weekly zoom call. It's Haley’s turn to organise an activity and instead of a quiz, she’s arranged for a Medium to conduct a séance. Bored and feeling mischievous, Jemma decides to have some fun and invents a story about a boy in her school who hanged himself. However, her prank gives license for a demonic presence to cross over, taking on the guise of the boy in Jemma’s made-up story. The friends begin noticing strange occurrences in their homes as the evil presence begins to make itself known, and they soon realise that they might not survive the night. A SHUDDER ORIGINAL. “Host” Shudder - https://www.shudder.com/movies/watch/host/b89c77f392b1c5e8 "#Alive" Streaming Review (Netflix) As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out. “#Alive” Netflix – https://www.netflix.com/title/81240831 Patreon Pick "Laurin" Review Children have been disappearing under mysterious circumstances in a 19th century German village. A young girl soon becomes haunted by disturbing visions of the missing kids. “Laurin” Import Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Brigitte-Karner/dp/B07T1J6KP8/ Survive 2005 "Strange Circus" Review The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear. “Strange Circus” DVD – https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Circus-Issei-Ishida-Miyazaki/dp/B000MMLP9G/ Blindspot Episode 26 "The Tenant" Blu-Ray Review (Scream Factory) An apartment with an unhappy past sets the stage for filmmaker Roman Polanski's riveting psychological suspense thriller, The Tenant. Polanski stars as Trelkovsky, a quiet, timid file clerk increasingly overshadowed with dread and fear after he moves into his new apartment. Adding to his paranoia are the building's other occupants, who do nothing to alleviate his growing obsession with the untimely, tragic fate of the apartment's previous tenant. Is Trelkovsky's dread truly justified – or is it simply the result of his seemingly disintegrating mental state? A brilliant international cast – Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet, Bernard Fresson and Shelley Winters – and Polanski's own penchant for delivering unprecedented suspense (Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown) make The Tenant a haunting, riveting film classic! Bonus Features Includes English And French Audio Tracks NEW Apartment To Let – An Interview With Co-Writer/Director And Star Roman Polanski NEW The Invisible Performer – An Interview With Assistant Cameraman François Catonné (In French With English Subtitles) NEW Keeping Continuity – An Interview With Script Supervisor Sylvette Baudrot (In French With English Subtitles) NEW A Visit To The Locations Of The Tenant NEW Audio Commentary With Film Historians Troy Howarth And Nathaniel Thompson NEW The Tenant: An Audio Essay By Samm Deighan Audio Interview With Writer Roland Topor By Journalist Frédéric Levy (1980) (In French With English Subtitles) Audio Interview With Screenwriter Gérard Brach By Journalist Frédéric Levy (1986) (In French With English Subtitles) Theatrical Trailer Shout! Factory – https://www.shoutfactory.com/ “The Tenant” Blu-Ray – https://www.shoutfactory.com/product/the-tenant?product_id=7402 Ask a Question/Answer a QuestionWhat do you consider a zombie movie? Does it have to follow certain rules? Different subgenres within the zombie genre? 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-182-audio-version/ UpdateBlu-Ray
Film NotesThe Black Cat – 1989 – Luigi Cozzi
Daughters of Darkness – 1971 – Harry Kümel Hyde’s Secret Nightmare – 2012 – Domiziano Cristopharo City of the Vampire – 1993 – Ron Bonk Lake Michigan Monster – 2018 – Ryland Brickson Cole Tews Welcome to the Circle – 2020 – David H. Fowler The Dead Ones – 2020 – Jeremy Kasten The Cleansing Hour – 2019 – Damien LeVeck Host – 2020 – Rob Savage #Alive – 2020 – Il Cho Laurin – 1989 – Robert Sigl Strange Circus – 2005 – Sion Sono The Tenant – 1976 – Roman Polanski
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