America’s olden independent label, VCI Entertainment has a real knack for bringing obscurities into the mainstream sphere, from Hollywood’s golden age to Mexican horror classics, often via stunning restorations.
As fate would have it, my exploration of classic Mexican cinema continued the same day as my favourite Mexican restaurant, Arriba Cantina, re-opened after two long burrito-deprived years. After narrowly avoiding a food coma, I pressed play on this “Mexican Horror Classic Double Feature” comprising of Ladron De Cadaveres (aka the Body Snatcher) and El […]
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Quite the literal title, but every word piques my interest, ‘70s Horror’ especially: Bloody 70s Horror Double Feature, available on Blu-ray & DVD from VCI Entertainment, presents two Mexican cult movies, Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary and Blood Feast, both of which live up to their name. Contrary to the folklore legend of the same name,
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My introduction to Paul Muni came back in May 2021 when a local label unleashed Scarface on Blu-ray and it so happened that later in the year, VCI Entertainment release the more mellow, Angel on My Shoulder, which I’m only now getting to. Muni plays low-down dirty crook, Eddie Kagle, who, shortly after graduating from
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Embittered by the seemingly endless rain, a couple of Creedence’s songs have been getting more plays in my head than Spotify, so I decided to embrace this lingering deluge that has plagued the spring months by watching the pre-code classic, Rain, starring a young Joan Crawford. Generously supplied by VCI Entertainment, who have put together
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VCI Entertainment has been releasing various Mexican classics over the past two years, mostly titles horror titles, but among the most prominent dramas is A Family Like Many Others (originally titled, Una Familia de Tantas), currently available on Blu-ray for the very for time. Set within an affluent Mexican household, this seemingly wholesome story takes
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Mexican wrestling is held in high regard to this very day, with the mystique of the nation’s many luchadores protected at all costs. One of the most famous and iconic among these masked athletes was, Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, widely known as El Santo (The Saint); who like many of his peers, branched out into film.
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Horror movies have taught us that a sudden wind signifies approaching danger or rather something sinister. Its ominous howl piercing the air invoking fear and apprehension, but in this gothic Mexican classic Even the Wind is Afraid; an aptly named title that’s been revitalised on Blu-ray by VCI Entertainment as part of their Classics of
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VCI Entertainment’s relatively new line, Classics of Mexican Cinema, has grown significantly over the past twelve months with a batch of varied genres, ranging from family drama to superhero capers. Their most popular title, which has been subject to all but numerous praise within online film communities is The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales, a darkly-comedic
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While the surname is similar, I wouldn’t say Dirk Bogarde is the UK’s answer to Humphrey Bogart. Unlike the rough exterior of ‘Bogie’, not to mention his unique manner of speaking, Derek Niven van den Bogaerde, is a clean-cut gentleman who speaks the Queen’s English flawlessly. Whether he’s playing a hardened criminal or a reform
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VCI Entertainment, the oldest independent distributor of film and television in the United States released Universal’s 137th and last film serial, The Mysterious Mr. M, on Blu-ray last November. It’s an intriguing pre-television format that practically invented the cliff-hanger ending before The Italian Job did it literally. Divided into 13 chapters that come in at
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