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RIP: Carolyn Zeifman Cronenberg (1950-2017)
David Cronenberg's wife Carolyn Zeifman has died at the age of 66, due to an undisclosed illness. She was a production assistant on RABID and contributed to the editing of both RABID and FAST COMPANY...
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Fresh As Ever: MARRIED TO THE MOB
Not sure how or why I missed it all these years, but finally caught up with Jonathan Demme's MARRIED TO THE MOB (1988) last night and loved it. I tend to think of the 1980s as a period of uncomfortable...
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RIP Elsa Martinelli, Queen of Continental Op
If you don't know what I mean by "Continental Op," it's time to learn - which you can do by reading my article on this genre of films in VIDEO WATCHDOG 168, which is still available in print from our...
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Review: THE HAPPY ENDING (1969)
John Forsythe and Jean Simmons in Richard Brooks' THE HAPPY ENDING.I'd never heard of the film before, but I was sufficiently intrigued by the pedigree of THE HAPPY ENDING (1969) to watch: Jean...
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RIP George A. Romero (1940-2017)
Romero on the set of DAY OF THE DEAD, 1985.Today, the life of writer-director George A. (for Andrew) Romero was claimed by his own most abiding subject - death - at the age of 77. The cause was lung...
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SPOTLIGHT ON A MURDERER reviewed
Marianne Koch in dire threat of asphyxiation in SPOTLIGHT ON A MURDERER.SPOTLIGHT ON A MURDERERPleins feux sur l'assassin1961, Arrow Academy, 1:37:1, 92m (BD/DVD 2 disc set)Georges Franju's rarely...
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AFTER THE FOX reviewed
Peter Sellers as film director Federico Fabrizi in AFTER THE FOX.AFTER THE FOXCaccia alla volpe1966, Kino Lorber, 2.35:1, 103m (BD Region A)I suppose I could blame the fox hunting sequence in 1965's...
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Franco's DIE NACHT DER OFFENEN SÄRGE reviewed
DIE NACHT DER OFFENEN SÄRGE"The Night of the Open Coffins"Drácula contra Frankenstein / Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein / The Screaming Dead1971, Colosseo-Film (Germany), 2.35:1, 82m (BD-A)Though...
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BEYOND THE DOOR reviewed
BEYOND THE DOORChi sei? / "Who Goes There?"1974, Code Red, 1.85:1, BD-A, 108mI had the unforgettable good fortune to see Ovidio Assonitis' BEYOND THE DOOR in its first release, in a multiplex that was...
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THE FABULOUS BARON MUNCHAUSEN (BARON PRÁŠIL) reviewed
THE FABULOUS BARON MUNCHAUSEN(BARON PRÁŠIL)1961, Second Run (UK), 1.37:1, BD-ABC, 85m (163m of supplements) To watch a Karel Zeman film is to feel that all other filmmakers are impeded, that they were...
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Catching Up With Your Friendly Neighborhood Blogger
It has been awhile since I've posted anything like an autobiographical blog entry, and many of you have kindly encouraged me to keep you posted on my current activities since we don't have the Kennel...
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First Look: Kino Lorber's THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Kino Lorber Studio Classics is set to release their 50th Anniversary Blu-ray edition of Sergio Leone's THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1967) one week from tomorrow, on August 15. I had the good fortune...
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Sarno's RED ROSES OF PASSION An Overlooked Gem
Patricia McNair is up to some suburban witchcraft in Joe Sarno's RED ROSES OF PASSION.You may have had the same feeling, but sometimes I see a film that so impresses me I'm reluctant to go back and...
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The Bava Book at 10
Free Pass through August 31!Now with more extras! Click book to access.It's hard to believe, but today marks the 10th Anniversary of the arrival of printed copies of MARIO BAVA ALL THE COLORS OF THE...
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One For the Grandkids: TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN
"I should follow YOU?"- Miles Davis, to a fan expressing his wish that he go back to playing balladsAt the end of Episode 16 of Showtime's TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, we saw Audrey Horne (Sherilyn Fenn)...
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RIP Basil Gogos (1929-2017)
I swear to you, one of my first thoughts upon awakening yesterday morning was of the first time I met Basil Gogos. It was October 1994 and I was at the Chiller Theater convention in Secaucus, NJ,...
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What Am I Going To Watch Tonight?
Those of us who share the over-acquisitive home video gene are almost certain to share another problem: the never-ending challenge of deciding what to watch. One of the great pleasures of owning a...
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Something Weird Video's BACKWOODS DOUBLE FEATURE Reviewed
Welcome to Something Weird Video Week here on Video WatchBlog! Since the passing of SWV founder Mike Vraney in January 2014, the company responsible for finding, restoring and releasing literally...
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Joe Sarno's THE WALL OF FLESH reviewed
THE WALL OF FLESH1968, Something Weird Video88 minutes$10 DVD-R, $9.99 downloadThe last of three features filmed back-to-back in the New York City loft apartment of Morris Kaplan (the others were ALL...
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