Review: Wired Shut
DVD & Digital: Wired Shut (2021) Reed Rodney (Blake Stadel) is a famous author whose latest novel is not getting good reviews. His life is in a mess thanks to alcohol abuse and an accident which has currently left him with his jaw wired shut and drinking liquids to sustain himself. Recovering alone at home, […]
Review: Sweetie, You Won’t Believe It
Premiered at Frightfest last weekend and due for a digital release in 2022, Sweetie, You Won’t Believe It is my favourite thing to come out of Kazakhstan since Borat left there to visit America.Director/co-writer Yernar Nurgaliyev keeps events happening with a kinetic visual flair that is always entertaining and didn’t once make me glance at the […]
Review: Dune Ltd Ed UHD
Blu-ray: Dune (1984)Where do you begin with an iconic marmitian (as in marmite – as in you hate it or love it) film such as Dune?Those who love it know the story, the haters don’t care (much like Mr 60MW thinking Lord of the Rings is a bunch of men walking across fields for 9 […]
Review: Corruption
Blu-ray: Corruption (1968) A Peter Cushing film that I’ve never watched before! A Peter Cushing with him snogging!! A Peter Cushing film where he murders a prostitute by slashing her throat with a knife…and then rubs his hands over her bloody bare breasts!!! The gentleman of horror as I’ve never seen him before! Also known as […]
Review: The Brotherhood of Satan
Blu-ray: The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)Beginning with a scene in which a group of children watch a toy tank destroy a car and all inside it…really! We are then shown recently widowed Ben (Charles Bateman), his daughter K.T. (Geri Reischl) and his girlfriend Nicky (Ahna Capri) on a road trip across South West America, who then […]
Review: Jagged Edge
Blu-ray: Jagged Edge (1985)Back in the late 80s – early 90s Joe Eszterhas was king of the ‘sex-thriller’, anything he wrote turned to gold, mainly because you were guaranteed some schmaltzy American tits and slashing. Jagged Edge is one of his earlier works, so is more or less Eszterhas ‘lite’, a sort of 80s Noir without […]
Review: The Toll
Cinema & Digital: The Toll (2021)Set on the Pembrokeshire border, an unnamed toll booth operator (Michael Smiley) quietly passes his time reading books while taking the occasional 40p toll charge from the few cars that pass through.His peace is interrupted one day when a shotgun is pushed through the toll booth window and 3 girls […]
Review: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Blu-ray: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)Once again a Powerhouse Films release arrives here at 60MW Towers with an amazing cast starring in a film that I’ve never heard of. Have YOU watched, or even heard of The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings before?Well if you have, you’ll be very […]
Review: The Cat O’ Nine Tails Ltd Ed UHD
Franco Arnò (Karl Malden) is a retired blind journalist who lives with his niece and makes a living from writing crossword puzzles. While taking a walk one evening, he overhears a suspicious conversation between 2 men who are sat in a car parked outside a scientific medical institution where genetic experiments are taking place. When […]
Review: Blind Beast
Blu-ray: Blind Beast (1969) Adapted from a short story by Rampo Edogawa, Blind Beast is a Japanese erotic horror story that delves ever deeper into the human psyche, culminating in a finale that will linger long in your memory. Aki (Mako Midori) is an artists model who is kidnapped by blind sculptor Michio (Eiji Funakoshi) […]