Blumhouse’s The Black Phone is a supernatural coming-of-age horror film from Sinister director, Scott Derrickson, reuniting once more with Ethan Hawke. Just two months after it’s run in cinemas, fans can now unpack a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray, available through KICKS Australia. Set in North Denver, 1978, 13-year-old Finney (Mason Thames) is snatched off the streets […]
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Saturday afternoons as a child were often spent in Robert E. Howard’s Hyborian Age, through Conan the Barbarian, its lesser sequel, Conan the Destroyer and the illegitimate third instalment, Red Sonja; all of which were on constant rewind. Now the female-centric fantasy/adventure has returned after a dazzling 4K restoration by StudioCanal, available now on DVD,
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South Park satirized it and the internet mocked it, – the ‘Emo’ boom of the early 2000s, a sub-culture that found a kindred spirit in the form of Ginger Snaps. Three movies about two sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, who become entangled with lycanthropy, better known as werewolves; a vessel for teenage angst and an outsider
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We often regard the eternal question as ‘What is the meaning of life?’ or ‘Are we alone in the universe?’, but it’s actually ‘Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?” I have my own theory that it’s somewhere in Greenwich Village, but truth be told, Sesame Street exists in
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When Imprint dropped hints for their August batch, I was almost certain we were about to be treated to the Vincent Price classic, The Last Man on Earth, but the local label did one better with the “last people on earth”, all of whom are coincidentally residing in Melbourne. Stanley Kramer’s big screen production of
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Imprint Films released The Naked Jungle in December last year, which has since sold out and was one of two films Charlton Heston made in 1954, the second being, Secret of the Incas, available now from the boutique label as of August 31st. Five years before he became bigger than Ben-Hur, Heston portrayed would-be adventurer,
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Signal One Entertainment are making a steady comeback that feels controlled and calculated, especially with their latest and highly anticipated release, Red Rock West, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK, which is a step forward for a movie that’s struggled to be seen since its release almost thirty years ago. Nicolas Cage
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Contrary to what the title suggests, Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead, is not a morbid advertisement for the ‘Mile-High City’, but rather a slick crime/drama made in post-Pulp Fiction Hollywood that’s currently available on Blu-ray from the boutique label, Imprint Films, title number 144. Andy Garcia stars as Jimmy the Saint, an
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Much like the members of Derry’s own ‘Losers Club’, I had my first counter with Pennywise the Dancing Clown at around 12. I remember a classmate telling me about a movie in which a clown is seen gnawing on a child’s torn-off arm, beneath the street, down in a dark and murky sewer. No scene
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Boris Karloff was the Danny Trejo of his time, appearing in several movies per year, and ending his career with over 200 credits to his legendary name. While some have been lost to time, more and more of his more obscure work continue to re-emerge thanks in particular to Eureka Entertainment, who bring yet another
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