Monthly Archives: June 2013

The Manson Family (Jim Van Bebber, 2003)

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Budd Wilkins

“One of the strongest (and strangest) true-crime films to come along since Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Jim Van Bebber’s The Manson Family gets a rock-solid Blu-ray upgrade, as well as some killer new extras, from Severin.” Read my … Continue reading →

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Things to Come (William Cameron Menzies, 1936)

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Budd Wilkins

“Declamatory dialectics and dazzling visuals in about equal measures, Things to Come makes its high-definition home video debut in a crisply clean Blu-ray transfer, together with an excellent batch of explanatory supplements, from the Criterion Collection.” Read my review of … Continue reading →

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Scum (Alan Clarke, 1979)

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Budd Wilkins

“One of director Alan Clarke’s most uncompromising docudramas, Scum rises to the top with a sterling new Blu-ray transfer that’s been freshly struck from original elements, as well as an impressive array of supplemental materials, from Kino Lorber.” Read the … Continue reading →

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Shoot First, Die Later (Fernando Di Leo, 1974)

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Budd Wilkins

“One of the great, bleak European crime films of the 1970s, Shoot First, Die Later gets a suitably high-caliber Blu-ray transfer and a full clip of informative supplements from Raro Video.” Read my full review of this Eurocrime masterwork, out … Continue reading →

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Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (Brian Clemens, 1974)

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Budd Wilkins

“By the early 1970s, Hammer Film Productions’ flagship Dracula and Frankenstein franchises were suffering from a severe case of enervation—a certain bloodlessness, if you will. One tack taken by Hammer was to open up production facilities to non-studio talent with … Continue reading →

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