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Blood on the Moon
Robert Mitchum intercedes in a range war in this ‘A’ western, and he’s got the pro team of director Robert Wise and cameraman Nicholas Musuraca on his side. All but one action scene plays out at night, which is why this is sometimes called a Noir Western. The dark visuals fit that mold but the…
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Queen of Blood
Curtis Harrington took an assignment nobody else would and fashioned a gem of low-budget Sci-Fi. A Russian space epic provides expensive-looking special effects scenes for a new horror show about a deadly alien rescued from a crash landing on Mars. The extras include excellent interviews with Roger Corman and effects specialist / historian Robert Skotak….
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Blood and Black Lace
Mario Bava turns from spooky gothic tales to a relentlessly violent murder spree in the glossy world of high fashion. The large cast gives us a fistful of prime suspects, while the main draw is Bava’s powerful direction and razor-keen images — and in this excellent transfer, the colors can only be described as hallucinatory….
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Revenge of the Blood Beast
Revenge of the Blood Beast Blu-ray Rarovideo 1966 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 79 min. / Il lago di Satana, La sorella di Satana, The She-Beast / Street Date January 17, 2017 / 29.95 Starring: Barbara Steele, John Karlsen, Ian Ogilvy, Mel Welles, Lucretia Love Cinematography: Gioacchino Gengarelli Film Editor: Nira Omri Original…
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Blood Alley
Now a successful producer, John Wayne tries a big budget action picture with an anti-Communist theme. It’s The Alamo on a ferryboat, set in the far East where the locals are a hungerin’ for Freedom. Wayne is an apolitical adventurer who just feels like savin’ Chinese and kissin’ Lauren Bacall. Ace director William Wellman holds it…
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In Cold Blood
More than one feature film looks at the making of this picture, focusing on its author, Truman Capote. Criterion’s disc returns the discussion to Richard Brooks, the director that dared adapt an unfilmable novel of lurid, unthinkable crime on the Kansas prairie. It’s also a last gasp of artistic B&W cinematography from Hollywood, thanks to the indelible images…
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A Coffin for the Sheriff & Blood at Sundown
Guest reviewer Lee Broughton returns with more vintage Spaghetti Westerns. Prolific Italo western star Anthony Steffen shoots first in Alberto Cardone’s gothic vengeance drama Blood at Sundown, and plays the revenge game straight up in Mario Caiano’s A Coffin for the Sheriff. The double bill disc also features appearances by genre stalwarts Gianni Garko, Erika…
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The Blood Beast Terror
The Blood Beast Terror Blu-ray Kino Lorber 1968 / 1.85: 1 / 88 Min. Starring Peter Cushing, Wanda Ventham, Robert Flemyng Written by Peter Bryan Directed by Vernon Sewell A serene British countryside is rocked by a series of brutal murders with a common thread; each victim has been mutilated and drained of their blood. All…
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Blood Simple
Neo-noir got a major boost with this splendid first outing for the Coen Brothers, who planned to produce something commercially viable but broke through with a new style in fashionable genre mayhem. A fantastic cast helps, including the auspicious debut of the great Frances McDormand. Blood Simple Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 834 1984 / Color…
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A Bucket of Blood
Roger Corman’s ‘sick sick sick!’ horror comedy is still a delight, and Olive’s Signature edition accompanies it with some excellent Elijah Drenner extras, including a video interview with the beloved star Dick Miller. Walter Paisley is the patron saint of underachieving artists everywhere, and this special edition has director Corman and writer Charles B. Griffith…
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