I cross my fingers each month hoping for some obscure 70s classics from Eureka Entertainment and this month they delivered with not one, but two Native American themed titles as a ‘Horror Double Feature’ Blu-ray release of Nightwing and Shadow of the Hawk; two films that revolve around tribal traditions, spiritual practices and the natural […]
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I remember catching the middle third of Pulse on TV during the mid-90s. It was the midday movie, oddly. Joey Lawrence’s sitcom Brotherly Love was airing at the time, so I guess the network was capitalising on his popularity, even though he was only 12-years-old in the film. Although, my cousin who was babysitting me
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I first saw The Don is Dead a couple of years ago, after coming across an old copy at a vintage market. Now this violent gangster classic, that’s for many years existed somewhat in the shadow of The Godfather has re-emerged, this time on Blu-ray in the UK from Eureka Entertainment. When the son of
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Lon Chaney Jr. passed away at age 67 in 1973; relatively pre-mature compared to the many stars who continue to work into their 90s nowadays, the late Christopher Plummer being a prime example. However, Chaney worked the camera enough for two lifetimes and was a fixture at Universal Pictures during the 1940s. Between scaring movie-goers
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Wuxia, meaning ‘martial heroes’, is a genre of Chinese fiction the revolves around adventures set in ancient times. Capitalized by the film industry, you’re likely familiar with the style even if you haven’t seen one of the many titles that were most prevalent during the 80s and 90s. The Bride with White Hair gave me
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At the height of “Freddy Mania”, actor Robert England capitalised on his widespread fame among the mainstream horror scene by trying his hand at directing. Offer a unique premise, 976-EVIL, is a late-night fantasy-horror centred around satanic “horror-scope” hotline, which when dialled, has a very transformative effect on the curious callers. Now the land-line classic
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Out now on Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment for the first time in the UK, This Gun for Hire, is a thrilling film-noir that marked the big-screen debut of Alan Ladd; in a role that immortalised the actor for a generation of filmgoers. When assassin Philip Raven (Ladd) is paid in marked bills by a shady
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I had seen ten out of the twenty-seven features directed by six-time Oscar winner, Billy Wilder; his third film, Five Graves to Cairo brings my total to eleven. Out now on Blu-ray in the UK from Eureka Entertainment, this war-time classic follows a British soldier stuck in a remote hotel in Egypt who comes to
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If you’ve seen one vampire film you’ve seen them all, right? Well, it may often feel that way, but if you look to Hong Kong cinema you’ll find the relentless horror-comedy Mr. Vampire; which has caught wind from the breath of movie-goers, coming to Blu-ray on July 20th from Eureka Entertainment. An influential classic to
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Burt Lancaster cut his teeth as an actor while making his screen debut in Robert Siodmak’s noir classic The Killers in 1946. As a result of this successful collaboration, the pair reunited for the relatively lesser-known, Criss Cross, which is now available in the UK on Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment under the label’s “Masters of
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