Author: Christopher Zabel
Christopher Zabel has moderated the AVSForum's Blu-ray Picture Quality Tiers for the last decade. A videophile with a real passion for classic genre films and quality filmmaking, favorite films include Fight Club and 2001: A Space Odyssey. A believer in physical media, his ever-growing movie collection is beginning to threaten the space-time continuum with its gravity well.
The latest Puppet Master movie, Blade: The Iron Cross, is only for the Full Moon faithful, a cheap b-movie made with no budget and little talent.
Irreverent and funny satire about college life, Accepted features future stars Blake Lively and Jonah Hill.
Dodgers legend Vin Scully narrates this solid 2020 World Series documentary that saw the Dodgers win in six, recapping the pivotal moments of each game.
The second volume from Warner Archive collects 21 more hilarious cartoon shorts from animation genius Tex Avery's MGM catalog with so-so transfers.
Disturbing "mind" horror from David Cronenberg's son Brandon, Possessor explores identity issues with graphic violence and a sci-fi twist.
An intricate criminal thriller from Korea, Beasts Clawing at Straws is crafted with an intelligent script and memorable characters.
A raw, nasty thriller from Russia, Sleepless Beauty explores the devastating effects of sleep deprivation with vivid terror.
The star-studded western serial Riders of Death Valley starts out a little slowly but finishes with a flurry of action and cowboy grit.
Meir Zarchi finally follows up his disturbing grindhouse classic decades later with the disastrously poor I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu that fails on multiple levels.
Meir Zarchi's shocking I Spit on Your Grave has an undeniable power despite its reprehensible rape elements and graphic brutality against women.
Another Saturday morning delight with silly musical fun, Josie and the Pussycats comes from Hanna-Barbera's peak in the late '60s and early '70s.
A dark, grisly thriller from Hong Kong's early exploitation scene, Untold Story combines brutal gore with a nasty sense of humor.