From the five stories housed inside Borowczyk’s Immoral Tales, stories that feature incest and bestiality, of course he chose the most graphic and potentially upsetting to turn into a feature length film. But from there is able to create something more layered and more mesmerizing
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Blu-Review: Immoral Tales (Walerian Borowczyk, 1973) – Arrow Video
Four or five tales of debauchery depending on your ability to use a Blu-ray player's remote control.
Read MoreBlu-Review: Cruel Story of Youth (Nagisa Oshima, 1960) – Masters of Cinema
Oshima's debut film is given the Masters of Cinema treatment.
Read MoreBlu-Review: The Little House (Yoji Yamada, 2014) – Twilight Time
Twilight Time give a stateside chance for another Yamada film, this time not one as established as Twilight Samurai.
Read MoreBlu-Review: La Grande Bouffe (Marco Ferreri, 1973) – Arrow Video
Salo and Leaving Las Vegas comes to mind but this film is a beast of its own as these men set out to do what they came there to do, having trucks filled with meats, vegetables, and other essential ingredients unloaded off at the property where every room is an exercise in consumerism of a grotesque exaggeration that only these bourgeois could afford.
Read MoreBlu-Review: Tokyo Tribe (Sion Sono, 2014) – Eureka!
Sono has made his Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Tokyo Tribe is colorful, its vibe informed by the music that constantly runs through its veins. The story information delivered through largely non-stop rap.
Read MoreBlu-Review: Cemetery Without Crosses (Robert Hossein, 1969) – Arrow Video
A spaghetti western that uses silence just as much as its rousing score.
Read MoreDVD-Review: Little Miss Innocence/Teenage Seductress – Vinegar Syndrome
As part of their Drive-In Collection, Vinegar Syndrome releases two extremely enjoyable films from director Chris Warfield.
Read MoreBlu-Review: The Happiness of the Katakuris (Takashi Miike, 2001) – Arrow Video
Arrow Video release the definitive edition of Miike's musical classic. And they don't forget to give props to The Quiet Family too.
Read MoreBlu-Review: Contamination (Luigo Cozzi, 1980) – Arrow Video
What if our penchant for skepticism and rational thinking is what allows an alien invasion to begin its preparations right here on Earth? That's what this highly entertaining video nasty posits.
Read MoreBlu-Review: Island of Death (Nico Mastorakis, 1976) – Arrow Video
When you hear a film has been influenced by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre you most likely will figure that the film will at least have something shocking in it. As to what those shocking things might be you would never in a million years think of the crazy shit that goes down in this Greek “video nasty” Island of Death.
Read MoreBlu-Review: Gun Woman (Kurando Mitsutake, 2014) – Scream Factory
Asami is an actress who always seems to give her all in whatever role she is in. I, like most people, were introduced to Asami through The Machine Girl (2008) where, despite not playing the titular character, was one of the most memorable aspects of the film.
Read MoreBlu-Review: Retaliation (Yasuharu Hasebe, 1968) – Arrow Video
The second film in Arrow Video’s recent double helping of Yasuharu Hasebe, Retaliation was released a year after Massacre Gun and also features a supporting Jo Shishido. Arrow's extra make this release a useful resource for Japanese film buffs.
Read MoreBlu-Review: Massacre Gun (Yasuharu Hasebe, 1967) – Arrow Video
1967 was a great year for Jo Shishido. It saw the release of not only what he says to be his favorite film of his, A Colt is My Passport, but also what he will probably be known for, Branded to Kill. Arrow Video, still in the first months of breaking into the North American market, has released another 1967 film starring Shishido.
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