Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981) Dir. Shinji Somai The 1980s weren’t exactly a golden era for Japanese cinema. The masters that put the country on the global stage had either passed away or were in the twilight of their careers, offering the world their final works. Instead, the 1980s […]
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The Pyjama Girl Case (1978) The Giallo that was changed by the sands of time (Review)
Dementer + Jug Face (2019/2013) A Pair of Outsider Horrors (Review)
With this double-disc set, Arrow have put together a nice showcase of Chad Crawford Kinkle’s two features, Dementer (2019) and Jug Face (2013). Both show off Kinkle’s range with the former mixing docu-drama with occult horror, while the latter is a straight-up folk horror set in the American South. He shows clear talent in terms of sound design and […]
Death Screams (1982) and the essential innocence of early slashers (Review)
Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968) Scooby Doo for Adults! (Review)
Children of the Corn (1984 -1995) The also-ran horror franchise that keeps on motoring (Review)
Cat O Nine Tails (1971) Dario Argento’s Grizzly Americanised Giallo (Review)
Vengeance Trails (1966-70) Four Classic Westerns (Review)
Daimajin Trilogy (1966) A forgotten kaiju trilogy with a unique shintoist spin (Review)
There are two telling facts that need establishing first and foremost when discussing Arrow Video’s new release of the Daimajin trilogy. The studio landscape for the monster movie was divided between Toho and Daiei. Toho had the spoils with Godzilla and Mothra, whereas Daiei had Gamera and the Daimajin. Secondly, […]