Category: "Horror"
I Still See You Blu-Ray Review
By Paul Rudoff on Jan. 12, 2019 at 5:26 PM in Home Video, Horror
I Still See You (2018) is based on the novel Break My Heart 1,000 Times by author Daniel Waters. Is is any good? Read on to find out... more »
Happy Birthday To Me Blu-Ray Review (Retro VHS Look Series)
By Paul Rudoff on Jan. 11, 2019 at 10:37 PM in Home Video, Horror
Happy Birthday To Me arrives on Blu-ray as part of Mill Creek Entertainment's Retro VHS Look Series, part of a growing trend of physical media releases with packaging designed to look like the VHS videocassettes of the 1980s and 1990s. I have reviewed… more »
The Meg Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack Review
By Paul Rudoff on Nov. 13, 2018 at 12:00 PM in Home Video, Horror
First there was Jaws. Then there was Deep Blue Sea. Now The Meg gives you a new reason to stay out of the water. Is The Meg a good movie? Read on to find out... more »
Maximum Overdrive Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #17)
By Paul Rudoff on Nov. 10, 2018 at 12:00 PM in Home Video, Horror
Maximum Overdrive arrives on Blu-ray as the 17th entry in Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series, "a line of classic genre films newly remastered and with a wealth of supplementary features." I have reviewed several other titles in the series. more »
Ash Vs. Evil Dead The Complete Collection Blu-Ray Review
By Paul Rudoff on Nov. 6, 2018 at 6:13 PM in Home Video, Horror
Ash Vs. Evil Dead is the 30-episode follow-up to the classic movie series, comprised of The Evil Dead, The Evil Dead II, and Army of Darkness. How does it compare? Read on to find out... more »
Down A Dark Hall Blu-Ray Review
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 13, 2018 at 11:30 PM in Home Video, Horror
Down A Dark Hall (2018) is based on the novel of the same name by author Lois Duncan, who also wrote the novel upon which I Know What You Did Last Summer was based. Is this new movie as good as that one was? Read on to find out... more »
The First Purge Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack Review
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 9, 2018 at 11:30 PM in Home Video, Horror
The First Purge is the fourth film in the popular franchise that dates back to 2013. In preparation for this review, I was able to watch the first two movies - The Purge (2013) and The Purge: Anarchy (2014) - but I was not able to watch the third film,… more »
H.P. Lovecraft's Dagon Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #16)
By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 27, 2018 at 2:29 PM in Home Video, Horror
H.P. Lovecraft's Dagon arrives on Blu-ray as the 16th entry in Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series, "a line of classic genre films newly remastered and with a wealth of supplementary features." I have reviewed several other titles in the series. more »
Beyond Re-Animator Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #15)
By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 26, 2018 at 11:30 PM in Home Video, Horror
H.P. Lovecraft's Beyond Re-Animator arrives on Blu-ray as the 15th entry in Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series, "a line of classic genre films newly remastered and with a wealth of supplementary features." I have reviewed several other titles… more »
Tremors: A Cold Day In Hell Blu-ray + DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Apr. 25, 2018 at 11:30 PM in Home Video, Horror
Tremors: A Cold Day In Hell, which comes out this Tuesday, May 1st, is the sixth film in a series that has spanned nearly 30 years! It all started back in 1990 with the original Tremors, starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, and Michael Gross (not to be… more »
Day of the Dead: Bloodline Blu-Ray Review
By Paul Rudoff on Feb. 13, 2018 at 10:44 PM in Home Video, Horror
It all started back in 1968 with George A. Romero's original Night of the Living Dead (just released by the Criterion Collection). While it didn't create the "zombie", it did create the genre as we know it. There would be no "The Walking Dead" were it… more »
Hellraiser: Judgment Blu-Ray Review
By Paul Rudoff on Feb. 12, 2018 at 4:15 PM in Home Video, Horror
The Hellraiser franchise has been one of the longest-running in the horror genre. To date there are 10 films in the series: Hellraiser (1987), Hellbound (1988), Hell on Earth (1992), Bloodline (1996), Inferno (2000), Hellseeker (2002), Hellworld (2005),… more »
Class of 1999 Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #14)
By Paul Rudoff on Feb. 8, 2018 at 5:36 PM in Home Video, Horror
Class of 1999 arrives on Blu-ray as the 14th entry in Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series, "a line of classic genre films newly remastered and with a wealth of supplementary features." I have reviewed several other titles in the series. more »
Gothic Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #13)
By Paul Rudoff on Feb. 6, 2018 at 11:41 PM in Home Video, Horror
Gothic arrives on Blu-ray as the 13th entry in Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series, "a line of classic genre films newly remastered and with a wealth of supplementary features." I have reviewed several other titles in the series. more »
C.H.U.D. II: Bud The CHUD Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #5)
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 24, 2017 at 11:30 PM in Home Video, Horror
(Since Halloween is fast approaching, this seemed like the best time to revisit some of my past horror movie reviews. I'm revising and reposting a few of them, such as this one.) C.H.U.D. II: Bud The CHUD arrives on Blu-ray as the fifth entry (they are… more »
C.H.U.D. Blu-Ray Review (Arrow Films)
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 22, 2017 at 11:30 PM in Home Video, Horror
(Since Halloween is fast approaching, this seemed like the best time to revisit some of my past horror movie reviews. I'm revising and reposting a few of them, such as this one.) John Heard and Daniel Stern star in that perennial holiday classic,… more »
Creepshow 2 Blu-Ray Review (Arrow Films)
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 21, 2017 at 8:52 PM in Home Video, Horror
(Since Halloween is fast approaching, this seemed like the best time to revisit some of my past horror movie reviews. I'm revising and reposting a few of them, such as this one.) Back in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, horror anthology films and television… more »
Return Of The Living Dead 3 Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #4)
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 18, 2017 at 11:30 PM in Home Video, Horror
(Since Halloween is fast approaching, this seemed like the best time to revisit some of my past horror movie reviews. I'm revising and reposting a few of them, such as this one.) Vestron, Vidmark/Trimark, Live, Artisan, Media, New World, Goodtimes... If… more »
Dexter: The First Season DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Apr. 8, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Home Video, Horror
This review was originally written on April 8, 2008 Great Show, Poor DVDs, Advertised Content Hidden Online For PC Users Only Showtime really messed up the bonus material on the Dexter: The First Season DVD set. A bunch of the material is available as… more »
Tales From The Crypt - The Complete First & Second Seasons DVDs Review
By Paul Rudoff on Sep. 6, 2005 at 1:00 PM in Home Video, Horror
This review was originally written on September 6, 2005 (updated February 14, 2007) Bad Security Sticker Placement, Incomplete Episodes I've been eagerly waiting for Tales From The Crypt to come to DVD in season sets. Unfortunately, there were a few bad… more »
The Hitchhiker Canadian First Season DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Dec. 17, 2004 at 12:00 PM in Home Video, Horror
This review was originally written on December 17, 2004 Sets A World Record For Amount Of Compression Artifacts I have a lot to tell you in this review. Let's start briefly with why I bought this set, which was only released in Canada. I own one of the… more »
The Hitchhiker Vol. 1-4 VHS Review
By Paul Rudoff on Aug. 15, 2004 at 12:00 PM in Home Video, Horror
This review was originally written on August 15, 2004 Episode Titles, Descriptions, Casts, and Notes The Hitchhiker was a Twilight Zone-esque show that aired on HBO in the early 1980s. It was somewhat of a precursor to HBO's later Tales from the Crypt… more »