The Compilation:

There is nothing quite like an 80's horror flick. The decade was agolden age for films that were created to scare and horrify viewers,with creative filmmakers pushing the boundaries of the genre. Fromslasher flicks finding new and disturbing ways of killing thevictims to monster movies coming up with imaginative and shockingcreatures to grossout films that were daring you to look away it wasa great era for the horror fiend. For those who appreciate thatspecial time, Garagehouse Pictures has put out an amazingcollection: Trailer Trauma 3: 80s Horror-Thon. After establishingtheir credentials as a company that really knows how to put out acompilation collection with TrailerTrauma and Read the entire review

The Satanist:
Back in the '60s, certain auteurs brought stylish black-and-white photography to the world of cinematic sleaze. This often resulted in hour-long films that looked fantastic, with the sole purpose of showing topless women in compromising situations. Zoltan G. Spencer (Terror At Orgy Castle, aka Spencer Grilly) is one such director. The fine folks at Garagehouse Pictures present The Satanist, lost for 46 years, and now ready to be found by reprobates old and new, in this shimmering Blu-ray edition.

Let's not pretend such movies have much to say, though Satanist does labor mightily to deliver a plot. In it, a Nervous Norvus-type writer moves to the country with his wife, for a 'rest cure'. Man, I miss the days of the 'rest cure'. Who does that anymore? At any rate, the couple didn't reckon on a small group of Satanists who want only to sex it up and get boned...Read the entire review

When something on the drive-in circuit is a smash hit, you've gotta move fast with a sequel; if you don't ride the wave of your own success, someone else sure will. That's why something like Scream, Blacula, Scream was splashed across drive-in screens ten short months after the original. While the other cult cinema trailer comp series on Blu-ray have stalled, Garagehouse Pictures has Trailer Trauma 2: Drive-In Monsterama on store shelves four months after releasing their first volume. ...and unlike Scream, Blacula, Scream, this followup gets it right. Let's take a minute and recap the rules of a good sequel.

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]]> Blu-ray https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/70421 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:38:59 UTC Highly Recommended

"The making of a great trailer compilation, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer to grab attention."

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The Movie:

As a fan of genre and cult cinema, the story behind this new Blu-ray release of the martial arts comedy Ninja Busters warms my heart. Completed in 1984, the film was never officially released because the distributing studio went under. All prints were presumed destroyed. Recently, a single 35mm print was discovered by the genre-focused curators at Exhumed Films, who screened it at their eX-Fest film festival. The audience loved it so much that Ninja Busters was given a 4K digital scan, and is now available to the general public for the first time ever, thanks to the newly minted Garagehouse Pictures home video label.

That story is so cool that I just wish I enjoyed the movie more. Boasting an absurd premise, stiff line readi...Read the entire review