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Blu-ray review: An Americam Werewolf in London [1981]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 97 mins  – 1981 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1
 
We’ve all seen Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, but do you know what film was the inspiration for that historical video? If you’re a fan of horror films you know that […]

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Blu-ray review: The Last House on the Left [2009]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 114 mins  – 2009 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 1.85: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 – Digital Copy
 
When the original Last House on the Left was released in 1972, it was shocking for the times, displaying a graphic rape scene, extreme violence and glorifying revenge. […]

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Blu-ray review: The Unborn [2009]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 89 mins  – 2009 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.40: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1
 
There are bad horror films, and then there are really bad horror films. Depending on your taste, The Unborn will fall in either one of those two spots, because unless you’ve […]

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Blu-ray review: Mirrors [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
Fox Home Entertainment– 111 minutes – 2008 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.40:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio – Digital Copy

 
Hollywood tosses out plenty of horror-thrillers every year, some good and plenty of them bad. In the case of the movie Mirrors, here’s a one that should be placed in the […]

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Blu-ray review: Amusement [2009]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
Warner Home Video – 85 minutes – 2009 – Rated R– 1080p Widescreen 2.4:1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Audio Mix – Digital Copy

 
 
Who says Hollywood executives aren’t smart? Take the film Amusement as a perfect example, because this was supposed to be a major theatrical release, until one of the suits actually […]

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Blu-ray Review: Halloween [2007]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
Weinstein Company – 121 minutes – 2007 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.40:1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Audio

The original 1978 Halloween has become the ultimate trick or treat flick mainly because if its title, and it was one of the first films to define the slasher genre. There have been plenty of […]

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Blu-ray Review: The Happening [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
Fox Home Entertainment – 90 minutes – 2008 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio

 Director M. Night Shyamalan was on top of the world when he did The Sixth Sense back in 1999, but almost a decade later he has had his hits, such as […]

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Blu-ray Review: Carrie [1976]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
MGM Home Entertainment – 98 minutes – 1976 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio

Someone once said, “Carrie had a better time at her prom than I did.” Well if you call having pig blood poured all over you and killing the entire student […]

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Blu-ray Review: The Amityville Horror [1979]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
MGM Home Entertainment – 119 minutes – 1979 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio

Movies centering on haunted houses have been around since the silent era, because being afraid in your own home is everyone’s worst fear. What makes the 1979 film The Amityville […]

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