A woman defends her daughter and her neighbors from a trio of supersoldiers in Adam Wingard’s entertaining but slightly lacking grindhouse throwback, Onslaught.
Author Archives: Bob Foster
TAG [1982] [Synapse Films Blu-ray]
A college campus dart gun game gets deadly when one student takes it too far in Nick Castle’s 1982 comedy-action-noir-horror (yeah a lot but it works) TAG: The Assassination Game. Now on Blu-ray from Synapse.
Mutant: Genesis [2024] [Sci-Fi September]
Soldiers and a scientist’s daughter try to take down an AI in 2024’s truly awful MUTANT: GENESIS, now on disc from Cleopatra.
The Hot Spot [1990] [Radiance Films 4k UHD & Blu-ray LE]
A low-level criminal sets up shop in a rural Texas town during a heat wave in Dennis Hopper’s 1990 erotic thriller/neo-noir The Hot Spot, now on 4k from Radiance Films.
Shogun’s Ninja [1980] [Arrow Video Blu-Ray LE] [Asian Cinema August]
A young man trains for revenge against a murderous shogun in Norifumi Suzuki’s entertaining but convoluted ninja film mishmash, Shogun’s Ninja. The 1980 film is now on Blu-ray from Arrow Video.
Troy [2004] [Arrow Video 4kUHD & Blu-ray LE]
The story of the Trojan War is given the epic treatment by Wolfgang Petersen in TROY. Both cuts of the 2004 film are presented in 4k UHD & Blu-ray by Arrow Video.
Penny Lane is Dead [2026] [Female Filmmaker Friday]
A girl’s trip goes horribly wrong when a gang of criminals shows up in Mia Kate Russell’s Ozploitation throwback PENNY LANE IS DEAD, now on Shudder.