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Daniela, questa sei tu?
Might I have discovered an overlooked final screen appearance of Italian actress Daniela Rocca (DIVORCE ITALIAN STYLE, CALTIKI THE IMMORTAL MONSTER, ESTHER AND THE KING, THE GIANT OF MARATHON)?This...
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THE AVENGERS THE COMPLETE SERIES 4 Blu-ray reviewed
A strong case could be made that everything for which ABC Television's THE AVENGERS is best remembered can be found in its fourth season, filmed in 1965 and aired in 1965-66. This was the first season...
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Rondo Award Nominations for 2014 Announced - Vote NOW!
This morning, David Colton announced the nominees for the 2014 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Film Awards, which will be presented at Wonderfest in Louisville, Kentucky, on the last Saturday evening in...
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FIRST LOOK: VIDEO WATCHDOG 178
Our first issue in more than half a year! It's at the printer now and should start mailing to subscribers a week from next Monday. The digital edition will premiere two weeks later, once the hard...
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RIP Ib J. Melchior (1917-2015)
A name to conjure with! Ib J. Melchior was the writer-director of THE ANGRY RED PLANET and THE TIME TRAVELERS, screenwriter of JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET, REPTILICUS, ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS and...
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RIP Ivo Garrani (1924-2015)
RIP Italian actor Ivo Garrani, who has passed away in his sleep on March 25 at the age of 91. Garrani was best remembered for playing Prince Vajda (the father of Barbara Steele's character) in Mario...
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A Morning With Jess
I went to bed earlier than usual and awoke much earlier than usual. The angle of the sunlight in all the rooms of the house feels alien to me; it was much too direct behind my computer screen and I had...
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First Look: VIDEO WATCHDOG 179
Overworked as we are, it's hard to believe that Donna and I have now been publishing VIDEO WATCHDOG for 25 years - but next month, when this issue hits newsstands, will indeed mark the occasion of our...
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Backstage and Onstage: Souvenirs of Vincent Price
As I've mentioned here before, I once had the great pleasure of meeting and interviewing Vincent Price at Dayton's Memorial Hall, when he was up there preparing to star in a Kenley Players production...
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Franco's LABIOS ROJOS Available At Last
Ana Castor invents the Batusi in Jess Franco's LABIOS ROJOS.Last night I watched Jess Franco's LABIOS ROJOS (1960) - his second feature, which (until this new, surprise Spanish DVD release from Impacto...
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VIDEO WATCHDOG's 25th Anniversary Sale - On Now!
Okay, VIDEO WATCHDOG readers, listen up!Yesterday we mailed out VIDEO WATCHDOG #179, our 25th Anniversary issue. Today, we're following through by launching OUR BIGGEST SALE EVER!Donna is presently...
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Zulawski's L'IMPORTANT C'EST D'AIMER on Import Blu-ray
I recently learned, while cruising Amazon, that Andrzej Zulawski's THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO LOVE - one of my favorite movies - was available on Blu-ray as a German import under the title NACHTBLENDE....
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RIP Sir Christopher Lee (1922-2015)
The finale of Hammer's DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE (1968).The news of Christopher Lee's passing last Sunday, of accumulative respiratory problems and heart failure, at the age of 93 summons forth...
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Soskas Behind Bars: VENDETTA
Being, as you know, one of their foremost fans, I stayed up late last night to catch VENDETTA, the new film by AMERICAN MARY's Jen & Sylvia Soska, as soon as it premiered on VOD (Hulu Plus, in my...
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Cry For Gwangi
Has any movie monster died in greater agony than Gwangi, going up in flames in an ornate Mexican cathedral? This morning I watched the end of THE VALLEY OF GWANGI in HD on Warner Archive and the entire...
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Free Christopher Lee
In memory of Sir Christopher Lee, Donna and I have decided to offer everyone a free peek at two of our archival digital editions featuring this iconic star: VIDEO WATCHDOG issues 23 (reporting on the...
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The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave: Joe Dante's BURYING THE EX
Joe Dante's BURYING THE EX, based on an original screenplay by Alan Trezza, is opening in select theaters across America today and also premiering on VOD. Whereas most Opening Day VOD slots are tagged...
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Hope For the Lonely, from THE MONKEY'S UNCLE (1963)
Sometimes if you wish for something hard enough...... it just might come true!"Ladies, please! There is plenty of me to go around!"
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The QUATERMASS Rejuvenation
As with all frame grabs, click to enlarge.On July 27, Network Distributing in the UK will release Nigel Kneale's 1979 mini-series QUATERMASS as well as its condensed theatrical version THE QUATERMASS...
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