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Blu-ray review | Black Sabbath | Boris Karloff’s 1960s trilogy of terror gets the Arrow Video treatment

THE STORY Boris Karloff plays master of ceremonies in 1963′s Black Sabbath, an Italian trilogy of terror from director Mario Bava (Black Sunday, Lisa and the Devil). The Telephone, set in the 1960s, is a giallo-inspired story in which a … Continue reading

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Pete’s Peek | Revisiting Wes Craven’s American gothic chiller Deadly Blessing on Blu-ray

THE STORY In this 1981 American rural gothic chiller from director Wes Craven, Maren Jensen (Athena in TV’s original Battlestar Galactica) plays Martha, the wife of a farmer who is found crushed to death by his tractor. When she refuses … Continue reading

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Pete’s Peek | Take a Blu-ray trip through Mario Bava’s 1970s waking dream Lisa and the Devil

THE STORY After getting lost in the labyrinthine streets of Toledo, German tourist Lisa (Elke Sommer) takes refuge in the crumbling mansion of a blind countess (Alida Valli), whose butler (Telly Savalas) could be the devil incarnate and whose son … Continue reading

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Pete’s Peek | Mario Bava’s gothic chiller Black Sunday rises again on Blu-ray and DVD

From the godfather of Italian horror, Mario Bava, comes a deliciously horrific new Blu-ray and DVD release of the seminal 1960 gothic chiller Black Sunday. THE STORY In 17th-century Moldavia, princess Asa (Barbara Steele) is sentenced to a cruel death … Continue reading

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Pete’s Peek | Unleash your inner gunslinger as the Spaghetti Western hero Django rises again on Blu-ray

With Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained blazing its way in UK cinemas, the film that gave it its name and one of the many sequels are heading for a perfectly-timed Blu-ray and DVD re-release. Django is a violent stylish 1966 Spaghetti … Continue reading

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Who won the cult Spaghetti Western – Django, Prepare a Coffin – on DVD?

Terence Hill’s Django is out for revenge in this classic Spaghetti Western sequel from 1968 which sees the gunslinger freeing a group of men from his hangman’s noose in a plot to bring down the man responsible for his wife’s … Continue reading

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Pete’s Peek | Lucio Fulci’s gore-tastic shocker Zombie Flesh-Eaters gets a Blu-ray resurrection

With its lurid title and promises of putrefied corpses coming back to life with worms oozing out of eye sockets, this was one Romero rip-off that was a must-see during the video nasty 1980s. But to see Lucio Fulci‘s Zombie … Continue reading

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Win the Zombie Flesh-Eaters Limited Edition Blu-ray Steelbook

Lucio Fulci’s 1979 horror masterpiece Zombie Flesh-Eaters rises again on Blu-ray, DVD and Limited Edition Blu-ray Steelbook on Monday 3 December following a brand new HD restoration from Arrow Films. Censored over its high gore content during the video nasty … Continue reading

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Pete’s Peek | Bullets, blood and babes – the 1970s Euro thriller Super Bitch on DVD

The story This 1970s crime thriller revolves around a high-class London escort agency that acts as a cover for a drug smuggling ring. Ivan Rassimov plays the duplicitous undercover cop Insp. Cliff, who falls for Stephanie Beacham’s call girl while … Continue reading

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Pete’s Peek | A triple dose of VHS terrors from the Troma archives get remastered for a new era?

Back in the late 1980s, the bargain-bin schlock of US indie movie outfit Troma was a staple of my VHS viewing pleasure. Boasting lurid titles like The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke ‘Em High and Surf Nazis Must Die, and … Continue reading

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