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Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein
Yet another movie we dearly love, remastered in glowing 4K -- a show that's so much fun, who would want to poke…
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In the Mouth of Madness
Director John Carpenter applies himself to this solid attempt to (finally) nail down the H.P. Lovecraft ethos on film. The project and…
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The Master of Ballantrae
Errol Flynn is back in harness as an 18th century Scottish patriot who survives the Battle of Culloden only to fall in…
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Hell’s Angels
A 4K remaster puts a high polish on Howard Hughes' WW1 air war epic -- an enormous personal project that allowed the…
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The Racket
The irreplaceable WAC brings forth another sterling HD remaster of a vintage crime thriller. Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan go head-to-head in…
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Dead of Night
One of the creepiest and most elegant fright films ever made gets a much needed audiovisual overhaul in 4K: Ealing Studios assembles…
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Intruder in the Dust
Don't congratulate Hollywood too quickly -- would this honest and accurate story of American racism have been filmed if the author of…
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Alraune + The Student of Prague
Macabre fantasy! Diving into these 100 year-old silent films is like being back in film school again, excited by 'new' film ideas.…
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The Cat and the Canary
Beware of hidden panels above your bed! The best of the silent 'old dark house' thrillers comes to 4K in a new…
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Wicked Games
Gaumont's restoration brings back a trio of French-language thrillers by the under-appreciated actor-director Robert Hossein. Two are Euro-noir takes on steamy pulp…
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I Died a Thousand Times
This remake of a gangster classic barely 15 years old adds CinemaScope, Warnercolor and a selection of method-y actors -- and it…
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
Nominated for 9 Academy Awards, Paramount's blockbuster adaptation of the 'hot' Ernest Hemingway novel was given a grand Road Show release, then…
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Altered States
Science fiction goes psychedelic, with an audiovisual light show that far outstrips 1960s efforts with oil smears and surreal imagery. Maverick director…
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The Beast of the City
Is this the most violent crime film of the pre-Code era? It takes an extreme Law 'n' Order position, one that downplays…
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The Curse of Frankenstein
Whoa -- this Halloween, horror fans are up to their severed necks in fancy restorations of Hammer's first Gothic horror film, the…
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The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Hammer special editions are the craze in 2025, and another fine disc label gets in on the action with a vintage title…
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Outland
Peter Hyams both wrote and directed this lavish 'space hardware' movie, set in an off-world mining colony of the future. The show…
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Malpertuis
In a strange house, strange people await a new spiritual life ... or will it be a new imprisonment? Orson Welles' Cassavius…
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Flow
A philosophical animated film about animals in peril? This thoughtfully conceived, beautifully-crafted winner for Best Animated Film gives us something new in…
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The Amazing Mr. X
It's part film noir, part haunted house movie and a 100% atmospheric triumph for director Bernard Vorhaus and cameraman John Alton. Eagle-Lion's…
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Eyes without a Face
It was the impossible, intolerable taboo horror of its day ... does it still shock as it once did, or are audiences…
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Ms .45
An 'almost' icon and a vivid memory from the New York cinema front of the early '80s, Zoë Tamerlis graced exploitation screens…
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The Strange Woman
The independent-minded Hedy Lamarr put this 'Americana noir' into motion with director Edgar G. Ulmer and excellent talent on both sides of…
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The Hard Way
Underdog Warners actress Ida Lupino could hold her head high, turning out pictures like this -- a Bette Davis reject that proved…
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Nate and Hayes
This New Zealand pirate adventure had bad luck theatrically, but we welcomed its old-fashioned thrills when it appeared on cable TV. It…
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The Cinema of Powell & Pressburger Collection One
This impressive import collection of 'Archers' pictures is just one classic after another, including three of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's Technicolor…