Road Rash Reviews

The Man Who Laughs (Masters of Cinema) Blu-ray [2020] Review ****-

Cert PG | 110 mins | 1928

4 Star
The Afflicted, The Cursed and Love.
Dicrector Paul Leni (Sleeping Beauty, Waxworks, The Cat and the Canary) takes Victor Hugo‘s  (Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) 1869 novel of the same name and creates a film that is not a horror, but you can’t get closer to one than this macabre love story. The Man Who Laughs (1928 film) has…more

Gamera: The Complete Collection Limited Edition [Blu-ray] Review *****

Cert 15 | 1174 mins | 1965 - 2006

5 Star
The Kaiju of all Box Sets.
Arrow Video have outdone themselves with this monster box set. Who would have thought back in November 1965 when director Noriaki Yuasa (Attack of the Monsters, Ultraman 80 (TV Series), Kosupure senshi Cutie Knight) and produced and distributed by the groundbreaking Daiei Film (Rashomon, Gate of Hell, Ugetsu) released Gamera, the Giant Monster that…more

Five Graves to Cairo [Blu-ray] Review *****

Cert PG | 96 mins | 1943

5 Star
Melodrama at its Best.
#237 in the Masters of Cinema range brings us another Billy Wilder (Witness For The Prosecution, The Apartment, A Foreign Affair, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes) classic wartime thriller, this time a film from his early career, and you can see the makings of a great director from all the varied scenes in this film.…more

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure [Blu-ray] [2020] *****

Cert PG | 90 mins | 1989

5 Star
Time not to Fail

The iconic farewell to the 1980’s comes to Blu-ray and 4K UHD with Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Stephen Herek started his directorship with the comedy/horror/sci-fi hit Critters, then he followed it up with Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, and he made a name for himself during the 1990’s with The Mighty Ducks, The Three Musketeers,…more

The Woman In Black Review ****-

Cert 15 | 100 mins | 1989

4 star genuinely scary British horror/mystery.
The Woman In Black is a made for T.V. film first shown in the UK on Christmas Eve 1989. It is based on the 1983 novel of the same name written by Susan Hill (The Mist In the Mirror, I’m the King of the Castle) and directed by the great Herbert Wise (I Claudius, The…more

The Game (1997) Limited Edition [Blu-ray] Review *****

Cert 15 | 129 mins | 1997

5 Star
Trust No One!
David Fincher is well known for films such as Panic Room, Gone Girl, Seven, Zodiac and The Social Network, but most famously for being a video-short maker who was brought in to direct the successful film franchise with Alien³. With ‘The Game’ he hit the bullseye with this drama, mystery, thriller, that has you on the edge of…more

Bela Lugosi in Edgar Allan Poe Trilogy Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert 15 | 189 mins | 1932, 1934, 1935

4 star excellent presentation of three absolute horror classics.
This trio of Pre-Code horror films starring Bela Lugosi (Dracula, The Ape Man) are brought to Blu-ray for the first time in the as part of the Eureka! Masters of Cinema series #233-235. All three have been beautifully restored in High Definition Blu-ray (1080p). They are based on the stories of Edgar…more

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