The Haunting of Hill House Blu-ray Review
Supernatural Netflix Chiller Gets Super-sized For Blu-ray A dysfunctional family with five children barely survive a haunted house, only to be drawn in by the mansion’s evil power decades …
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.
Strange But True Blu-ray Review
Shocking Thriller Adapted From John Searles’ Bestselling Novel Some films are hard to classify under strict genre guidelines. Strange But True falls in that category. What begins as a …
Genius Party / Genius Party Beyond Blu-ray Review
Groundbreaking Anime Anthology Some of the most acclaimed directors and animators in anime came together in the 2000s for Genius Party and its follow-up Genius Party BEYOND. Animated by …
Devil’s Revenge Blu-ray Review
Occult Schlock With William Shatner William Shatner knows cheesy filmmaking, almost reveling in it over his long Hollywood career. The former Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise …
Night Hunter Blu-ray Review
Cavill & Daddario Team Up Against A Serial Killer A police thriller in the mold of Seven and Zodiac, if a clear grade below in quality those genre titans, …
The Death and Return of Superman 4K UHD Review
A Superman Mega-Epic Right in time for the upcoming holidays, Warner shamelessly combines two perfectly good animated Superman movies into one whole for collectors and gift-seekers. Taking last year’s …
Annabelle Comes Home Blu-ray Review
The Conjuringverse Goes Teen Horror Gary Dauberman’s Annabelle Comes Home sees the possessed doll wreak havoc inside the home of the Warrens, the famous paranormal investigators from the Conjuring …
Kung Fu Monster Blu-ray Review
Kung Fu Gizmo Action Remember Stripe, leader of the naughty monsters from Gremlins? The producers behind director Andrew Lau’s Kung Fu Monster certainly seem to remember the movie, blatantly …
The Toys That Made Us: Seasons 1 & 2 Blu-ray Review
Nostalgic Look Back At Popular Toy Brands Toys have played a huge role in shaping American childhoods since the Baby Boomer generation. Brands like Barbie and Star Wars have …
Gwen Blu-ray Review
Slow British Folk Horror A Shudder original that uneasily flirts between depressing period drama and British folk horror, director William McGregor’s Gwen is a bleak tale that will test …
Doom Patrol: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review
Quirky Superheroes Exploding the boundaries of conventional superheroes made for the screen, Doom Patrol takes creative risks and delivers one of the most important, and successful, comic book adaptations …
Nightwish Blu-ray Review
Of Science and Ghouls A professor and his four graduate students encounter a bewildering array of paranormal activity at a haunted mansion in Bruce Cook’s forgotten gem from the …