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DVD: Keep on Keepin’ On (2014)

DVD: Keep on Keepin’ On (2014)

February 2, 2015 | By

After travelling to the U.S. to be mentored by renowned jazz trumpet player Clark Terry, Australian drummer Alan Hicks was soon offered a prime spot in the jazz icon’s band, touring across Europe for four years before Terry’s next student, pianist Justin Kauflin, caught the drummer’s attention…

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Schlesinger, Raimi, and Kinski go Boo!

Schlesinger, Raimi, and Kinski go Boo!

January 29, 2015 | By

Reviews of three 1980s shockers of varying quality: John Schlesinger’s deliciously trashy occult thriller The Believers (Twilight Time), Sam Raimi draws blood in Josh Becker’s Thou Shalt Not Kill… Except (Synapse Films), and Klaus Kinski reprises Nosferatu in Vampire in Venice (One 7 Movies).

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BR: Believers, The (1987)

BR: Believers, The (1987)

January 29, 2015 | By

John Schlesinger (Marathon Man, Pacific Heights) directed this occult thriller that’s perhaps best-remembered by fans for a giant zit that emits spiders from Helen Shaver’s face…

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BR: Thou Shalt Not Kill… Except / Stryker’s War (1985)

BR: Thou Shalt Not Kill… Except / Stryker’s War (1985)

January 29, 2015 | By

Originally called Stryker’s War, Josh Becker’s film was given a weird new title by original handler Irwin Shapiro which mandated the change if Becker & Co. wanted their film to earn some exposure and make back a little green…

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DVD: Vampire in Venice / Prince of the Night (1988)

DVD: Vampire in Venice / Prince of the Night (1988)

January 29, 2015 | By

Begun as an attempt by producer Augusto Caminito to craft a sequel to Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu (1979), Klaus Kinski’s second-last feature film is inexplicably given a faux title by One 7 Movies – a wholly unnecessary move, given the infamy of this cinematic mess…

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