J-Horror Rising
J-Horror Rising, a curated collection from the late ’90s and early 2000s, spotlights three lesser-known gems from the influential J-Horror movement. Phil Bailey reviews Carved: The Slit Mouthed Woman, St. John’s Wort, and Inugami.
J-Horror Rising, a curated collection from the late ’90s and early 2000s, spotlights three lesser-known gems from the influential J-Horror movement. Phil Bailey reviews Carved: The Slit Mouthed Woman, St. John’s Wort, and Inugami.
Radiance Films resurrects a trio of ghostly mid-century Japanese films for their Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories Blu-ray box set.
The granddaddy of old dark house mysteries, The Bat (1926) creeps onto Blu-ray from Undercrank Productions.
The Shadow Boxing, a neglected part of the Chinese Hopping Vampire cycle, returns on a spooky Blu-ray from 88 Films.
Jason Vorhees is back in 2009’s soft reboot of Friday the 13th, and it is time for a re-evaluation of the most recent film in the long running franchise.
Marvelous martial arts masterpiece To Kill a Mastermind is finally released from the Shaw Brothers’ vault.
Sejin Suzuki’s unorthodox Yakuza film, Tattooed Life (1965) makes its Blu-ray debut from Radiance Films.
Cult classic cannibal shockers The Woman and its prequel, Offspring, let the gore flow on 4K UHD in a new set from Arrow Video.
Undercrank Productions unveils the previously lost silent feature The Craving, directed by and starring Francis Ford.
Fists and bullets fly in the third installment of the In the Line of Duty series, the Hong Kong action film that launched the career of Cynthia Khan.
When there is an assassination attempt via bazooka in the first 15 minutes, you know what kind of movie it is. Phil Bailey reviews the international martial arts action caper The Double Crossers (1976), newly re-released on Blu-ray.
After a decade in prison, a Yakuza boss struggles to make his way in a very different Japan. Phil Bailey reviews Koji Tsuruta’s Yakuza classic Sympathy for the Underdog, now on Blu-ray.
One of the last of the classic wuxia swordplay films stands as a fitting coda to the grand period of the genre. Phil Bailey reviews a new Blu-ray release of the 1975 film The Valiant Ones.
The final two films in the bonkers Hong Kong action comedy series The Inspector Wears Skirts hit Blu-ray from 88 Films.
A pair of early “girls with guns” action films from superstars Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock have arrived from 88 Films.
A pair of Tinto Brass films from the ’90s reminds viewers we weren’t always so uptight. Phil Bailey gets erotic with All Ladies Do It and Frivolous Lola from the esteemed Italian director.
Anthony Mann’s gorgeous monochrome western, The Tin Star, may have been shot in black and white, but its themes are never that easily defined.
Frank Henenlotter’s gory grindhouse classic Basket Case looks as grimy as the streets of Times Square, and that is one of the film’s greatest assets. Arrow Video gives this unlikely candidate a welcome fresh release.
A lady Tarzan and her gorilla have a rough time adapting to high society in Lorraine of the Lions (1925), one of four silent films on Accidentally Preserved: Volume 5, unleashed by Ben Model and Undercrank Productions, with musical scores by Jon C. Mirsalis.
Christopher Lee presides over sex and torture in Jess Franco’s exploitation gem, Night of the Blood Monster now in 4K!
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.