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.
I return to reviewing cult cinema thanks once again to Cinemassacre’s James Rolfe, who first made me aware of Mexico’s very own Christmas fable Santa Claus way back in 2008. Now that I have a platform of my own, I can now give you my thoughts on this holiday wonderment, which is available via a […]
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It’s been almost a year since I sampled VCI Entertainment’s catalogue of Dirk Bogarde classics. Now I have the pleasure of once again of reviewing a title starring the distinguished British actor; the highbrow war-drama King and Country. Set in the muddy trenches at Passchendaele on Western Front during the First World War, an officer
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Made literally off the back of Universal’s Frankenstein and Dracula, utilising free-standing sets on the studio’s backlot, brothers Victor and Harold Halperin, created the first feature-length zombie film, White Zombie, in just 11 days. Now the long-admired independent horror classic has a home on Blu-ray thanks to America’s oldest independent label VCI Entertainment. Set down
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What would horror movies be without spiders? Whether they’re dangling somewhere in the background or terrorising the hero, those eight-legged freaks never fail in setting the mood. VCI Entertainment stir up our arachnophobia with the drive-in classic Kiss of the Tarantula, released on Blu-ray and DVD earlier this year, in a complete duel format edition.
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VCI Entertainment pride themselves on being a boutique label filled with hidden gems, such as their very polished 2016 release of Lalo Benedek’s (The Wild One) The Night Visitor, on Blu-ray for the first time. Obscure to say the least, this unique Swedish psychological thriller stars Max von Sydow as insane asylum prisoner named Salem,
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Closing out 2018 in style, VCI Entertainment released Mario Bava’s giallo triumph Blood and Black Lace on Blu-ray in a complete 2-disc set fitted with numerous extras for hard-core fans. Translated as Six Women for the Murderer from its original Italian title of Sei donne per l’assassino, the foreign mystery-horror follows murder in a scandalous
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VCI Entertainment stock a large selection of classic British cinema, including a considerable portion of celebrated English actor Sir Dirk Bogarde’s filmography. I recently had the opportunity to check out the label’s double feature Blu-ray release of two such titles, Campbell’s Kingdom and Agent 8 ¾ (Hot Enough for June) from director and long-time Bogarde
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Vengeful spirits have come in many forms on the big screen, but a prohibition era gangster would definitely be among the rare. Curtis Harrington (Night Tide) gives audiences one such scenario in Ruby, where a criminal spectre comes calling on his old girlfriend Ruby Clair and his former associates who violently gunned him down sixteen
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From a festive-themed community dance to a climactic scene within a lush pumpkin patch, Dark Night of the Scarecrow certainly has an appetising Halloween flavour. Despite not knowing of the appealing trait, I couldn’t help but wish I was watching the popular TV movie on October 31st. Produced by CBS Fox on the back of
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Completely restored, uncut and presented in glorious widescreen, What the Peeper Saw is an intriguing horrific thriller about a young woman named Elise who suspects her seemingly innocent step-son of murdering his real mother, and now fears she may be next. Having recently seen the trailer presented on Umbrella Entertainment’s lasted volume of Drive-In Delirium,
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