Tag: Richard Stanley

Richard Stanley on Blu: Lost Soul (2014) + Hardware (1990)

Richard Stanley on Blu: Lost Soul (2014) + Hardware (1990)

August 19, 2015 | By

Reviews of David Gregory’s superb making-of documentary Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau (2014) + Stanley’s feature film debut Hardware (1990), both from Severin.

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BR: Lost Soul – The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)

BR: Lost Soul – The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)

August 19, 2015 | By

After switching from directing music videos to feature films with his punk, post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller Hardware (1990), Richard Stanley would follow-up with Dust Devil (1992), and what was supposed to be his Hollywood debut, The Island of Dr. Moreau, a revisionist version of H.G. Wells’ novel…

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BR: Hardware (1990)

BR: Hardware (1990)

August 19, 2015 | By

There’s no denying Richard Stanley’s Hardware draws from the Terminator franchise, and rode on the wave of post-apocalyptic thrillers where the world has gone to Hell and those who survive do so under a blanket of grime, but Stanley’s economical tale of a revived killer robot rampaging through a spacious apartment has a decidedly Orwellian atmosphere…

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