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Unjustly Forgotten Horror Movie of the Week: Michael Reeves' 'The Sorcerers'

6 July 2009 8:50 PM, PDT | ESplatter.com | See recent ESplatter news »

This 1967 film, starring Boris Karloff and Ian Ogilvy and directed by the late Michael Reeves, is certainly not forgotten by horror historians. But for some reason it's never been in print in the U.S. -- and there's no sign of a DVD release in the forseeable future. A near-masterpiece from the late 1960s, this rare, unjustly out-of-print horror gem from Reeves (a talented filmmaker who tragically killed himself at the age of 25) helped set the stage for the post-Hammer horror revival of the 1970s. Karloff is wonderful as an aging scientist who has invented a way to control the mind and experience the life of another person. (Sounds a little like "Being John Malkovich", a film that could have been influenced by this movie.) He and his bitter old wife (Catherine Lacey) take over the consciousness of a swingin' young man (Ogilvy). »

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The She-beast (DVD Review)

17 June 2009 9:25 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Note: This is our second review of this title. For another opinion, click here.

This DVD of The She-beast is movie gold. Why? Is it those Hammer-style, cheap production sensibilities? The fact that it is the second of a mere four features directed by the late, greatly-lamented Michael Reeves? The plot that combines lame satire of Eastern European communism, witchcraft and curses, Van Helsing's great great grandson and young love? The bad English overdubs? The Barbara Steele/Ian Ogilvy commentary track?

The answer is yes, yes, oh be still my beating heart Yes, To All Of The Above!!!

Brit Michael Reeves died at the tender age of 26. But before he left this mortal coil, he managed to make not only this hilariously entertaining clunker, but two undisputedly very good films. Not bad for a guy who only made four total movies. Even the forgettable Castle Of The Living Dead »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Dave Canfield)

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She-Beast

22 May 2009 1:58 PM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

This DVD of The She Beast is movie gold. Why? Is it those Brit on the cheap production sensibilities? The fact that it is the second of a mere four features directed by the late greatly lamented Michael Reeves? The plot that combines lame satire of Eastern European communism, witchcraft and curses, Van Helsings great great grandson and young love? The bad English overdubs? The Barbera Steele Ian Ogilvy commentary track? The answer is yes, yes, oh be still my beating heart Yes, To All Of The Above!!!

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- Canfield

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Tuesday DVD/Blu-Ray Chopping List 4/28/2009

27 April 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Since it's Tuesday, that means it's time to take a look at the genre fare hitting retail on DVD and Blu-Ray this week.

In this newly-expanded weekly version of the Fangoria Chopping List, we've got the full breakdown of titles to watch out for, along with all the info you need to make your own list.

Grindhouse Double Feature: Beast Of The Yellow Night/Keep My Grave Open: Alpha

Keep My Grave Open: A crazy woman who lives in an old mansion thinks she's with her brother/lover, who lures victims to her.

Beast: Satan saves Ashley from death on condition he become his disciple (and, as it turns out, a hairy murderous beast).

The Centerfold Girls (special edition): Dark Sky

The most beautiful girls in the world... Some are for loving... Some are for killing!

A reedy man wearing saddle shoes and an ill-fitting suit drags the nude »

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The She-beast (DVD Review)

21 April 2009 1:26 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Warning: If you love horror films (and you obviously do, since you’re visiting this site) and are over the age of 13, do not listen to the last section of the audio commentary on Dark Sky’s The She-beast DVD. What you’ll find is an attack on horror fans everywhere, with producer Paul Maslansky stating that all genre films are childish and the only people who like them are kids. Actually, to be fair, he states that they are not for “serious people,” but instead are for those who have no “critical faculties” and are “grown-up children”. Oh yeah, and apparently we fright fans have “lower standards” when it comes to cinema.

While this verbal bashing lasts only a few minutes toward the end of an otherwise fascinating commentary (although there are murmurs of this attitude throughout), it still leaves a bad taste in one’s mouth. Doesn’t »

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The She-Beast - DVD Review

17 April 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Michael Reeves. directorial debut must.ve had a budget of around $25, but it still a film that you can.t help but watch. It would lead to much bigger things for the director, but his career would end on a tragic note. Dark Sky brings out another cult classic to DVD as the She Beast prowls again. Honeymooners Veronica (Barbara Steele) and Phillip (Ian Ogilvy) are touring scenic Transylvania (didn.t know that it was a popular honeymoon spot?). They stop at the inn of a perverted innkeeper Ladislav Groper (Mel Welles) and meet the strange Count Von Helsing (John Karlsen). The odd Count tells them the local legend of the witch Vardella (played by a stuntman in a »

- Jeff Swindoll

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Dark Sky April DVD Releases

14 January 2009 5:08 AM, PST | ESplatter.com | See recent ESplatter news »

"The Centerfold Girls" and Michael Reeves' "She Beast" get the anamorphic widescreen treatment the way only Dark Sky can deliver in April of 2009. Here is the high-res cover art and specs for these moldie oldies. She Beast Deadlier than Dracula... Wilder than Werewolf... More frightening than Frankenstein! A small town in 18th century Transylvania is being terrorized by an evil witch. When a child is brutally attacked, the villagers capture the fiend and sentence her to death by dunking chair, but not before she casts a curse on them and their descendants. Two hundred years later, young newlyweds Veronica (Barbara Steele, Black Sunday) and Philip (Ian Ogilvy, And Now the Screaming Starts) pass through the town on a tour of the Carpathians, only to have their car pulled into a lake by an unseen force . A passing truck driver quickly rescues two bodies from the wreck. »

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Centerfold Girls, two BEASTs and Scarecrows on DVD

13 January 2009 4:18 PM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

• Dark Sky Films has announced a pair of vintage chillers debuting April 28. The company passed on cover art and details for 1966’s The She-beast and 1974’s The Centerfold Girls.

She-beast, the debut feature by writer/director Michael Reeves of The Conqueror Worm/Witchfinder General, stars genre veterans Barbara Steele and Ian Ogilvy as newlyweds who get into a car accident while driving through a town in Transylvania. Their vehicle winds up submerged in a lake, and while the husband emerges as himself, his wife comes out possessed by the vengeful spirit of an 18th-century witch. The movie will be presented in a new 16x9-enhanced widescreen transfer from original vault materials, with audio commentary by Steele, Ogilvy and producer Paul Maslansky. John Peyser’s Centerfold Girls, starring B-movie stalwart Andrew Prine as a madman “punishing” women who have posed for a men’s magazine, also gets a new uncut transfer from the original camera negative, »

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