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Blu-ray Review: Cruising (1980)

A serial killer has marked gay men frequenting New York’s meat packing district; home to the S/M and leather scene, and he’s been dismembering them like a beastly butcher! Thankfully police officer Steve Burns (Al Pacino) is placed deep undercover onto the streets to try and draw the killer out. Soon our hero becomes almost completely isolated from his previous life as his new fabricated existence consumes him. Will Steve be able to catch the killer and remain who he is? Comprised of a stellar cast (besides the aforementioned Pacino; Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, James Remar, Ed O’ Neill and the Maniac himself Joe Spinell round out the roster), a brutal mystery to solve, a deep-dive into a subculture not often examined, and the unbeatable grit and grime of late ’70s/early ’80s Manhattan; Cruising is a rock-solid horror film dressed in thriller clothing. Among all of that goodness, there is of course the ol’ elephant in the room that should

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DanXIII
Aug 24, 2019
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Amelia Dyer And Baby Farming

In the 1880s while citizens in England were fixated on the murders in London’s Whitechapel district, another serial killer was hard at work in the town of Reading (Red-Ing). This killer’s victims were infants and by the time Jack the Ripper was on his third victim, this killer well surpassed him. The killer’s name was Amelia Dyer, occupation, Baby Farmer, a profession related to wet nursing in Victorian England except for the children in a Baby Farmer’s care was sold to them. In the Victorian era in England, there was the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 caused a lot of heartaches, in short, it basically found ways to punish people who were poor. In this law it punished single mothers with illegitimate children by, lawfully, removing the financial responsibility to men who fathered illegitimate children. This added more stress for these mothers since at this time it was taboo for women to be single and have children; this also

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Capt McNeely
Jun 2, 2019
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Ashton Kutcher Faces Serial Killer In Court

With what sounds like a plot for a drama that you can only watch on Netflix is actually true. Actor Ashton Kutcher was in court today to give testimony in the trial of suspected serial killer Michael Gargiulo who the media at the time of the crimes called the “Hollywood Ripper”. Gargiulo has been accused of stabbing three women to death and attempting to murder a fourth before being arrested in 2008. It’s believed Gargiulo’s first victim was 18-year-old neighbor Tricia Pacaccio, back in his native state of Illinois in 1993. Gargiulo moved to California shortly there afterward as he was believed to be involved in the young woman’s death. On February 21, 2001, it’s believed that Gargiulo murdered his first California victim, 22-year-old Ashley Ellerin. Ellerin was stabbed 47 times, her head nearly decapitated. In December 2005 he stabbed his neighbor, Maria Bruno, 17 times. On April 28, 2008, he attempted to murder neighbor Michelle Murphy but failed when

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Capt McNeely
May 30, 2019
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Blu-ray Review: A Record of Sweet Murder (2014)

You know how sex and violence oft times collide in our beloved horror biz? Well, wait until you feast your putrid peepers on A Record of Sweet Murder… Sang-joon (Yeon Je-wook) is a murder machine on the lam for the kill krazy antics he has pulled all over town. Enter journalist So-yeon (Kim Kko-bbi) who takes it upon herself to interview that rascal, in truth a childhood chum who got stabby to right a wrong that has plagued the pair for a damn sight, along with her cameraman (played by Writer/Director Koji Shiraishi) in the loon’s claustrophobic, grungy-ass apartment in the hopes of gleaning a bit of knowledge as to the deadly goings-on. What does our heroine discover? Why that if Sang-joon kills all 27 poor souls on his shit list (he’s on 25 for the record) then all his victims, and the one he is trying to avenge, will magically rejoin the land of the living. Seems reasonable. Soon

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DanXIII
May 17, 2019
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Blu-ray Review: The Greasy Strangler (2016)

Prize-winning bullshit artist, and greasy food enthusiast Big Ronnie (Michael St. Michaels) lives with his son Big Brayden (Sky Elobar) and runs a walking tour of supposed disco hot spots around town. That’s all fine and dandy, but there is also a grease covered strangler stalking the streets…which is also Ronnie. As all that greasing and killing is going on, Brayden starts a relationship with a woman named Janet ( Elizabeth De Razzo), huge quantities of grease are consumed, we meet a man that wears a paper pig nose, cocks fill the screen (prosthetic, outrageous ones at that), Ronnie washes himself in Big Paul’s (Gil Gex) car wash…I mean basically a better synopsis would be; Penis, grease, murder. Look, I’m not going to mince words with you fine freaky fuckers…The Greasy Strangler will not…repeat WILL NOT be for everyone (some would argue anyone). It’s crude, disgusting, annoying…so who will it appeal to? Well, me for starters, but also lovers of

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DanXIII
Mar 23, 2019
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World’s End Killer Dies In Prison

Scotland’s most notorious serial killer and rapist, Angus Sinclair has died in prison. The 73-year old’s cause of death has not been released but over the last couple of years, his health has been declining as he had multiple strokes while he’s been incarcerated. Sinclair was called the “World’s End Killer” as it was later discovered that he was the killer in the “World’s End Murders” case in 1977 where Catherine Eadie and Helen Scott, both 17, were raped and murdered after being at the World’s End pub in Edinburgh. The case was cold but years later DNA evidence along with tips and good ol’ fashion police work determined that Sinclair was the suspect. Sinclair’s DNA matched the samples from the 1977 crime scene but in 2007 he was acquitted for the murders regardless. Unfortunately for Sinclair, in 2011 Scotland passed the Double Jeopardy Act that amended Double Jeopardy (a murder suspect can’t be tried twice for the same murder).

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Capt McNeely
Mar 11, 2019
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Leonardo DiCaprio Playing H.H. Holmes In New Series

Earlier this week we reported that Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are teaming up again, this time to tell the real-life story of America’s first serial killer, Henry H. Holmes. Both men will also be executive producing. Today, we have an update. The Hulu series is based on the best-selling book “The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness” penned by Erik Lason. It follows “two men, one an architect, and the other Holmes, whose fates were forever linked by The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893: Daile H. Burnham, a brilliant and fastidious architect racing to make his mark on the world and Henry H. Holmes, a handsome and cunning doctor who fashioned his own pharmaceutical “Murder Castle” on the fairgrounds.” DiCaprio acquired the rights to the book nearly a decade ago. Now, the series is official, naming DiCaprio as playing the infamous H.H. Holmes. Paramount Television will produce, with Stacey Sher, Rick Yorn, Emma Koskoff, and Jennifer

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 13, 2019
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Leonardo DiCaprio And Martin Scorsese Team Up For “Devil In The White City”

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese have long been attached to the adaptation of Erik Larson’s book The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness At the Fair That Changed America. The book, about the true story of serial killer Henry H. Holmes, was going to be adapted for film, but it looks like the plan has changed. It is headed to the small screen instead. Variety is reporting that both DiCaprio and Scorsese will executive produce Hulu‘s series “The Devil in the White City.” “The Devil in the White City” follows “two men, one an architect, and the other Holmes, whose fates were forever linked by The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893: Daile H. Burnham, a brilliant and fastidious architect racing to make his mark on the world and Henry H. Holmes, a handsome and cunning doctor who fashioned his own pharmaceutical “Murder Castle” on the fairgrounds.” Paramount Television will produce, with Stacey Sher, Rick Yorn, Emma Koskoff,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2019
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Netflix Scores The Rights To ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’

Netflix has snagged the rights to Joe Berlinger‘s Ted Bundy film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile starring Zac Efron as the prolific serial killer. It’s pretty fitting that Berlinger’s Bundy documentary Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes is already available on the streaming giant. The news comes just eleven days after the 30th anniversary of Bundy’s execution. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile tells Bundy’s story and trial through the point of view of his longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer (Lily Collins) who was oblivious that he was killing during the several years that they were together. John Malkovich, Jim Parsons, Haley Joel Osment, James Hetfield, Grace Victoria Cox, Jeffrey Donovan, Kaya Scodelario, Angela Sarafyan, Terry Kinney, and Dylan Baker round out the cast. Bundy killed young women across several states. In the end, Bundy confessed to killing 30. When asked by one agent if he really killed 30, Bundy replied: “add one digit to that (the 30

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 4, 2019
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Zac Efron IS Ted Bundy In The Trailer For ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile’

The trailer has arrived for Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, starring Zaf Efron as infamous killer Ted Bundy. Directed by Joe Berlinger, the trailer gives the impression that the film is more about Bundy’s life than it is about his brutal crimes. You have to admit, Efron’s resemblance to Bundy is uncanny. Lily Collins (Les Misérables) stars as Elizabeth Kloepfer, Bundy’s longtime girlfriend and whose point of view the film is told from. John Malkovich plays the role of Judge Edward Cowart, who presided over Bundy’s trial and sentenced him to death, with Jim Parsons in the role of lead prosecutor Larry Simpson. Haley Joel Osment, Angela Sarafyan, Dylan Baker, Jeffrey Donavan, Terry Kinney, and Metallica frontman James Hetfield round out the cast. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile debuts at Sundance this weekend.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2019

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Blu-ray Review: Cruising (1980)

A serial killer has marked gay men frequenting New York’s meat packing district; home to the S/M and leather scene, and he’s been dismembering them like a beastly butcher! Thankfully police officer Steve Burns (Al Pacino) is placed deep undercover onto the streets to try and draw the killer out. Soon our hero becomes almost completely isolated from his previous life as his new fabricated existence consumes him. Will Steve be able to catch the killer and remain who he is? Comprised of a stellar cast (besides the aforementioned Pacino; Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, James Remar, Ed O’ Neill and the Maniac himself Joe Spinell round out the roster), a brutal mystery to solve, a deep-dive into a subculture not often examined, and the unbeatable grit and grime of late ’70s/early ’80s Manhattan; Cruising is a rock-solid horror film dressed in thriller clothing. Among all of that goodness, there is of course the ol’ elephant in the room that should

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DanXIII
Aug 24, 2019
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Amelia Dyer And Baby Farming

In the 1880s while citizens in England were fixated on the murders in London’s Whitechapel district, another serial killer was hard at work in the town of Reading (Red-Ing). This killer’s victims were infants and by the time Jack the Ripper was on his third victim, this killer well surpassed him. The killer’s name was Amelia Dyer, occupation, Baby Farmer, a profession related to wet nursing in Victorian England except for the children in a Baby Farmer’s care was sold to them. In the Victorian era in England, there was the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 caused a lot of heartaches, in short, it basically found ways to punish people who were poor. In this law it punished single mothers with illegitimate children by, lawfully, removing the financial responsibility to men who fathered illegitimate children. This added more stress for these mothers since at this time it was taboo for women to be single and have children; this also

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Capt McNeely
Jun 2, 2019
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Ashton Kutcher Faces Serial Killer In Court

With what sounds like a plot for a drama that you can only watch on Netflix is actually true. Actor Ashton Kutcher was in court today to give testimony in the trial of suspected serial killer Michael Gargiulo who the media at the time of the crimes called the “Hollywood Ripper”. Gargiulo has been accused of stabbing three women to death and attempting to murder a fourth before being arrested in 2008. It’s believed Gargiulo’s first victim was 18-year-old neighbor Tricia Pacaccio, back in his native state of Illinois in 1993. Gargiulo moved to California shortly there afterward as he was believed to be involved in the young woman’s death. On February 21, 2001, it’s believed that Gargiulo murdered his first California victim, 22-year-old Ashley Ellerin. Ellerin was stabbed 47 times, her head nearly decapitated. In December 2005 he stabbed his neighbor, Maria Bruno, 17 times. On April 28, 2008, he attempted to murder neighbor Michelle Murphy but failed when

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Capt McNeely
May 30, 2019
Horror Fuel

Blu-ray Review: A Record of Sweet Murder (2014)

You know how sex and violence oft times collide in our beloved horror biz? Well, wait until you feast your putrid peepers on A Record of Sweet Murder… Sang-joon (Yeon Je-wook) is a murder machine on the lam for the kill krazy antics he has pulled all over town. Enter journalist So-yeon (Kim Kko-bbi) who takes it upon herself to interview that rascal, in truth a childhood chum who got stabby to right a wrong that has plagued the pair for a damn sight, along with her cameraman (played by Writer/Director Koji Shiraishi) in the loon’s claustrophobic, grungy-ass apartment in the hopes of gleaning a bit of knowledge as to the deadly goings-on. What does our heroine discover? Why that if Sang-joon kills all 27 poor souls on his shit list (he’s on 25 for the record) then all his victims, and the one he is trying to avenge, will magically rejoin the land of the living. Seems reasonable. Soon

Continue reading →
DanXIII
May 17, 2019
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Blu-ray Review: The Greasy Strangler (2016)

Prize-winning bullshit artist, and greasy food enthusiast Big Ronnie (Michael St. Michaels) lives with his son Big Brayden (Sky Elobar) and runs a walking tour of supposed disco hot spots around town. That’s all fine and dandy, but there is also a grease covered strangler stalking the streets…which is also Ronnie. As all that greasing and killing is going on, Brayden starts a relationship with a woman named Janet ( Elizabeth De Razzo), huge quantities of grease are consumed, we meet a man that wears a paper pig nose, cocks fill the screen (prosthetic, outrageous ones at that), Ronnie washes himself in Big Paul’s (Gil Gex) car wash…I mean basically a better synopsis would be; Penis, grease, murder. Look, I’m not going to mince words with you fine freaky fuckers…The Greasy Strangler will not…repeat WILL NOT be for everyone (some would argue anyone). It’s crude, disgusting, annoying…so who will it appeal to? Well, me for starters, but also lovers of

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Mar 23, 2019
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World’s End Killer Dies In Prison

Scotland’s most notorious serial killer and rapist, Angus Sinclair has died in prison. The 73-year old’s cause of death has not been released but over the last couple of years, his health has been declining as he had multiple strokes while he’s been incarcerated. Sinclair was called the “World’s End Killer” as it was later discovered that he was the killer in the “World’s End Murders” case in 1977 where Catherine Eadie and Helen Scott, both 17, were raped and murdered after being at the World’s End pub in Edinburgh. The case was cold but years later DNA evidence along with tips and good ol’ fashion police work determined that Sinclair was the suspect. Sinclair’s DNA matched the samples from the 1977 crime scene but in 2007 he was acquitted for the murders regardless. Unfortunately for Sinclair, in 2011 Scotland passed the Double Jeopardy Act that amended Double Jeopardy (a murder suspect can’t be tried twice for the same murder).

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Capt McNeely
Mar 11, 2019
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Leonardo DiCaprio Playing H.H. Holmes In New Series

Earlier this week we reported that Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are teaming up again, this time to tell the real-life story of America’s first serial killer, Henry H. Holmes. Both men will also be executive producing. Today, we have an update. The Hulu series is based on the best-selling book “The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness” penned by Erik Lason. It follows “two men, one an architect, and the other Holmes, whose fates were forever linked by The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893: Daile H. Burnham, a brilliant and fastidious architect racing to make his mark on the world and Henry H. Holmes, a handsome and cunning doctor who fashioned his own pharmaceutical “Murder Castle” on the fairgrounds.” DiCaprio acquired the rights to the book nearly a decade ago. Now, the series is official, naming DiCaprio as playing the infamous H.H. Holmes. Paramount Television will produce, with Stacey Sher, Rick Yorn, Emma Koskoff, and Jennifer

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 13, 2019
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Leonardo DiCaprio And Martin Scorsese Team Up For “Devil In The White City”

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese have long been attached to the adaptation of Erik Larson’s book The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness At the Fair That Changed America. The book, about the true story of serial killer Henry H. Holmes, was going to be adapted for film, but it looks like the plan has changed. It is headed to the small screen instead. Variety is reporting that both DiCaprio and Scorsese will executive produce Hulu‘s series “The Devil in the White City.” “The Devil in the White City” follows “two men, one an architect, and the other Holmes, whose fates were forever linked by The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893: Daile H. Burnham, a brilliant and fastidious architect racing to make his mark on the world and Henry H. Holmes, a handsome and cunning doctor who fashioned his own pharmaceutical “Murder Castle” on the fairgrounds.” Paramount Television will produce, with Stacey Sher, Rick Yorn, Emma Koskoff,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2019
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Netflix Scores The Rights To ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’

Netflix has snagged the rights to Joe Berlinger‘s Ted Bundy film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile starring Zac Efron as the prolific serial killer. It’s pretty fitting that Berlinger’s Bundy documentary Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes is already available on the streaming giant. The news comes just eleven days after the 30th anniversary of Bundy’s execution. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile tells Bundy’s story and trial through the point of view of his longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer (Lily Collins) who was oblivious that he was killing during the several years that they were together. John Malkovich, Jim Parsons, Haley Joel Osment, James Hetfield, Grace Victoria Cox, Jeffrey Donovan, Kaya Scodelario, Angela Sarafyan, Terry Kinney, and Dylan Baker round out the cast. Bundy killed young women across several states. In the end, Bundy confessed to killing 30. When asked by one agent if he really killed 30, Bundy replied: “add one digit to that (the 30

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 4, 2019
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Zac Efron IS Ted Bundy In The Trailer For ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile’

The trailer has arrived for Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, starring Zaf Efron as infamous killer Ted Bundy. Directed by Joe Berlinger, the trailer gives the impression that the film is more about Bundy’s life than it is about his brutal crimes. You have to admit, Efron’s resemblance to Bundy is uncanny. Lily Collins (Les Misérables) stars as Elizabeth Kloepfer, Bundy’s longtime girlfriend and whose point of view the film is told from. John Malkovich plays the role of Judge Edward Cowart, who presided over Bundy’s trial and sentenced him to death, with Jim Parsons in the role of lead prosecutor Larry Simpson. Haley Joel Osment, Angela Sarafyan, Dylan Baker, Jeffrey Donavan, Terry Kinney, and Metallica frontman James Hetfield round out the cast. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile debuts at Sundance this weekend.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2019
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