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Norm “Dirty Work” Review – 0:12 “Midnight” Review – 11:17 “A Day of Judgment” Review– 17:37 “The Fourth Victim” Review– 22:24 “Threshold” Review – 26:07 “Ten Minutes to Midnight” Review – 30:07 “Malignant” Review – 33:46 “The Thing” 4K Review – 42:31 Patreon Pick “Tightrope” Review – 59:40 The Weekly Western “The Quick and the Dead” Review– 1:04:39 1970 “The Brutes” Review – 1:12:48 1970 “The Psycho Lover” Review– 1:18:23 1970 “Night of the Witches” Review – 1:22:10 1970 “Horror of Frankenstein” Review – 1:24:33 Blindspot “The Crow” Review with Jeremy – 1:28:36 Questions/Answers/ Question of the Week? “Best ensemble cast?” – 1:46:46 Update – 1:54:05 22 Shots of Moodz and Horror – https://www.22shotsofmoodzandhorror.com/ Podcast Under the Stairs – https://tputscast.com/podcast Video Reviews"Dirty Work" Blu-Ray Review (Olive Films) ![]() REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED DIRTY. Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam’s father needs to get a heart transplant. The dirty duo brings down a movie theater manager and hires hookers to pose as dead bodies during a live TV ad. When a wealthy developer hires the guys to trash a building (so that he can have it condemned), problems arise and a feud ensues. “Dirty Work” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Work-Blu-ray-Norm-MacDonald/dp/B013C6OXGU/ "Midnight" Blu-Ray Review (Severin) ![]() when the clock strikes death. A decade after co-writing NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, writer/director John Russo gathered members of George Romero's Pittsburgh crews to film a new shocker fueled by equal parts grisly grindhouse jolts and '80s satanic panic: Fleeing her pervy alcoholic stepfather (Lawrence Tierney of RESERVOIR DOGS infamy), a hitchhiking teen (Melanie Verlin) is abducted by a family of crazed homicidal rednecks for an ordeal of graphic butchery, shag carpet and devil worship. John Amplas (MARTIN) co-stars in this "greasy, grimy guilty pleasure" (DVD Talk) featuring gore effects by Tom Savini and executive produced by Sam Sherman (DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN) - released in some US markets as BACKWOODS MASSACRE and seized in the UK as a Section 3 'Video Nasty' - now scanned in 4K from the negative of the long-rumored uncut version with all-new Special Features. Bonus Materials Interview with Writer / Director John A. Russo Interview with Producer Samuel M. Sherman Interview with Actor John Amplas Interview with SFX Artist Tom Savini Trailer Severin Films – https://severin-films.com/ “Midnight” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/midnight-blu-ray "A Day of Judgment" Blu-Ray Review (Severin) ![]() The night HE came to collect his own From Earl Owensby Studios - the South's biggest producer/distributor of '70s/'80s regional horror and exploitation hits - comes what may be the most obscure and bizarre slasher movie of the entire godless genre: In a 1930s small town rife with lust, corruption and sin, a mysterious figure wielding a scythe arrives to cut an unholy swath of murder, madness and moralizing that may lead straight to Hell. William T. Hicks (DEATH SCREAMS), Brownlee Davis (WOLFMAN), Jerry Rushing (FINAL EXAM) and Harris Bloodworth star in this "early '80s oddity worth seeing as something very different" (The Slasher Report) produced by Earl Owensby (TALES OF THE THIRD DIMENSION) and Worth Keeter (L.A. BOUNTY), now scanned in 2K from the IP for the first time ever. Bonus Materials The Atheist's Sins - Interview With Author Of NIGHTMARE USA Stephen Thrower Tales Of Judgment - Interview With Filmmaker Worth Keeter And Writer Thom McIntyre Severin Films – https://severin-films.com/ “A Day of Judgement” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/a-day-of-judgment-blu-ray "The Fourth Victim" Blu-Ray Review (Severin) ![]() ADAPTED FROM THE HITCHCOCK MYSTERY MAGAZINE! In this rarely-seen but always-surprising giallo - made between A QUIET PLACE TO KILL and KNIFE OF ICE - Golden Globe® winning/Academy Award® nominated Hollywood exile Carroll Baker (BABY DOLL, SOMETHING WILD) stars as the new bride of a wealthy British playboy (Oscar® nominee Michael Craig of THE ANGRY SILENCE and MYSTERIOUS ISLAND) whose three previous wives met with suspiciously accidental deaths. Marina Malfatti (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK) co-stars in this 1971 Italian/Spanish co-production directed by Eugenio Martín (HORROR EXPRESS) and co-written by Santiago Moncada (HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON) with a score by Piero Umiliani (FIVE DOLLS FOR AN AUGUST MOON) - also known as DEATH AT THE DEEP END OF THE SWIMMING POOL and THE LAST MRS. ANDERSON - now scanned in 2K from the original negative. Bonus Materials Eugenio Martín, Auteur – Interview With Eugenio Martín Biographer Carlos Aguilar Deleted Scene Trailer Sales Points Severin Films – https://severin-films.com/ “The Fourth Victim” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/the-fourth-victim-blu-ray "Threshold" Blu-Ray Review (Arrow Video)![]() A curse tests the bonds of blood on a cross country road trip that will ravage their souls if the spell can't be broken When a phone call from out of the blue brings Leo (Joey Millin) back into contact with his sister, Virginia (Madison West), long estranged from her family due to years of drug abuse, he arrives to find her alone in a bare apartment in the midst of an apparent overdose. After the convulsions and nausea subside, Virginia insists to Leo that she has been clean for 8 months due to the help of a mysterious group. She confides to her cynical brother that her edginess and paranoia actually stem from a sinister ritual conducted by the group that took her in at her lowest and eventually revealed themselves to be a cult. This curse bound her emotions and physical sensations to a man she has never met before. With his marriage on the rocks, Leo has his own demons to face. Nonetheless, he is reluctantly persuaded by Virginia to embark on a cross-country road trip to track down this shadowy stranger under the caveat that if he's nowhere to be found and it's all in her head, she'll go to rehab. However, as their date with destiny draws nearer, Leo begins to suspect his sister's tall tale might have some substance. Threshold, the second feature from co-directors Powell Robinson and Patrick R Young, following their debut Bastard (2015), was improvised and shot on two iPhones over the course of a 12-day road trip with a crew of just three. The result is an inventive and compelling psychological thriller with hints of the supernatural that recalls such indie cult classics as Ben Wheatley's Kill List (2011) and Justin Benson And Aaron Moorhead's Resolution (2013). Bonus Materials High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Brand new audio commentary with directors Powell Robinson & Patrick R. Young, producer Lauren Bates and lead actors Joey Millin and Madison West Brand new audio commentary with directors Powell Robinson & Patrick R Young, and editor William Ford-Conway Crossing the Threshold, a feature-length documentary on the making of Threshold Elevating iPhone Footage: Color Correction Breakdown Something from Nothing: Indie Genre Director Roundtable moderated by Scott Weinberg with directors Powell Robinson & Patrick R Young (Threshold), Brandon Espy (We Follow You), James Byrkit (Coherence), Zach Donohue (The Den) and Elle Callahan (Witch Hunt) The Power of Indie Horror - Acting for Unconventional Film roundtable discussion moderated by Zena Dixon with the actors Madison West and Joey Millin (Threshold), Kelsey Griswold (Followed), Gabrielle Walsh and Ryan Shoos The Sounds of Threshold original soundtrack Threshold original outline script Trailer and original teaser Image gallery Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Coffee and Cigarettes FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Anton Bitel Arrow Video – https://arrowfilms.com/ “Threshold” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/threshold-blu-ray "Ten Minutes to Midnight" Blu-Ray Review ![]() She's mad as hell and she's not going to take it anymore Caroline Williams returns to the DJ booth for the first time since her star-making turn in 1986's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as veteran punk rock disc jockey Amy Marlowe, bitten by a rabid bat on the eve of her final broadcast. When a raging storm traps Amy, her mysterious replacement (Nicole Kang, Batwoman) and the uneasy staff inside their small-town radio station, reality begins to fracture as they move further and further into the graveyard shift. Is it rabies? Or something far more sinister? Bonus Materials Behind The Scenes: Take One Audio Commentary: Erik & Carson Bloomquist + Caroline Williams Caroline Williams Featurettes: Immortality, Love Story, Memory Play Interviews: CTV, Grimmfest Intros: Grimmoire Academy, Popcorn Frights Festival Teaser “Ten Minutes to Midnight” Blu-Ray – https://mvdshop.com/products/ten-minutes-to-midnight-blu-ray "Malignant" Streaming Review (HBO Max) ![]() A NEW VISION OF TERROR. Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities. “Malignant” HBO Max – https://www.hbomax.com/malignant "The Thing" 4K Review ![]() MAN IS THE WARMEST PLACE TO HIDE. In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot and the camp doctor lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one. “The Thing” 4K – https://www.amazon.com/Thing-Blu-ray-Kurt-Russell/dp/B098Z28MSY/ Patreon Pick "Tightrope" Blu-Ray Review ![]() A COP ON THE EDGE. Wes Block is a detective who’s put on the case of a serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women, which he rapes and murders. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened. “Tightrope” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/Tightrope-Blu-ray-Region-Free/dp/B00JJ2Q2NY The Weekly Western "The Quick and the Dead" 4K Review ![]() THINK YOU ARE QUICK ENOUGH? A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman. “The Quick and the Dead” 4K – https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Dead-Blu-ray-Gene-Hackman/dp/B07CXGS4FT/ 1970 "The Brutes" Review![]() TWO MEN, ONE GIRL, A FATEFUL LONG NIGHT On the edge of a big city on a go-kart track, Mike and Werner meet Alice and her friends. They like the girl. Mike manages to separate Alice from her group and get into the car with Werner. It had been decided to go to a lake with the others to take a bath at night. Too late Alice realizes that Mike and Werner did not drive to the agreed lake, but to a lonely gravel pit. The friends will not come anymore. And she realizes the intentions of her companions. “The Brutes” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/Brutes-M%C3%83%C2%A4dchen-Gewalt-Blu-Ray-Germany/dp/B01M65ZFVA/ 1970 "The Psycho Lover" Review![]() A SHOCKING STORY… A MORE SHOCKING ENDING! A psychiatrist plots to murder his wife, but with a new twist: he will brainwash a patient he is treating into committing the crime. “The Psycho Lover” DVD – https://www.amazon.com/Psycho-Lover-Heat-Madness/dp/B00008975K/ 1970 "Night of the Witches" Review![]() THEY’LL LEAVE YOU SIX FEET UNDER! A lecherous thief posing as a preacher is wandering in northern coastal Mexico. After stealing a car and evading police, he stumbles on a small coven of mysterious witches living in a seaside mansion. The preacher attempts to extort money from the witches, not knowing how dangerous they really are. “Night of the Witches” – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066145/ 1970 "Horror of Frankenstein" Blu-Ray Review (Scream Factory) ![]() The dead shall rise again! "Horror Of Frankenstein remains a solid, often surprising film that is perfect for horror fans who can appreciate a few sly laughs being mixed in with the usual chills." – AllMovie.com Young Victor Frankenstein returns from medical school with a depraved taste for beautiful women and fiendish experiments. When he runs out of fresh body parts for his research, he turns to murder to complete his gruesome creation. Now, his monster (David Prowse, the Star Wars films) has unleashed its own horrifying killing spree. The true horrors of Dr. Frankenstein have only just begun ... Bonus Features Presented In Two Aspect Ratios – 1.66:1 And 1.85:1 NEW Audio Commentary By Film Historian Bruce G. Hallenbeck NEW Interview With Assistant Director Nicholas Granby NEW Veronica Carlson: A Portrait Of Hammer – An Interview With The Actress NEW Jimmy Sangster: An Exclusive Interview – An Interview With The Producer/Director Gallows Humor: Inside The Horror Of Frankenstein Audio Commentary With Producer/Director Jimmy Sangster And Hammer Films Historian Marcus Hearn Frankenstein, Dracula, And Me: A Conversation With Veronica Carlson Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery “Horror of Frankenstein” Blu-Ray – https://www.shoutfactory.com/product/horror-of-frankenstein?product_id=7136 Blindspot "The Crow" Blu-Ray Review![]() BELIEVE IN ANGELS. Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven – watched over by a hypnotic crow – returns from the grave to exact revenge. “The Crow” Blu-Ray – https://www.amazon.com/Crow-Blu-ray-Digital-Brandon-Lee/dp/B08F6DJ617 Podcast Version![]() https://www.stitcher.com/show/shut-up-brandon-podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shut-up-brandon-podcast/id988229934 https://shutupbrandon.podbean.com/e/mrparka-s-weekly-reviews-episode-228-audio-version/ Question of the WeekBest ensemble cast? UpdateBlu-Ray
Film NotesDirty Work – 1998 – Bob Saget
Midnight – 1982 – John A. Russo A Day of Judgement – 1981 – Christopher Reynolds The Fourth Victim – 1971 – Eugenio Martín Threshold – 2020 – Patrick Robert Young/ Powell Robinson Ten Minutes to Midnight – 2020 – Erik Bloomquist Malignant – 2021 – James Wan The Thing – 1982 – John Carpenter Tightrope – 1984 – Richard Tuggle The Quick and the Dead – 1995 – Sam Raimi The Brutes – 1970 – Roger Fritz The Psycho Lover – 1970 – Robert Vincent O’Neill Night of the Witches – 1970 – Keith Larsen Horror of Frankenstein – 1970 – Jimmy Sangster The Crow – 1994 – Alex Proyas
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