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Blu-ray Review: Delirium (1979)

Charlie Gunther (Nick Panouzis) is back from ‘Nam with a head full of bad wiring and PTSD flashbacks for days… he also considers himself a real lady-killer… literally. As the female body count rises, Chuck gains notice from both the police and the local conglomerate of right wing businessmen that run a hidden cabal dedicated to eliminating rapists and murderers from the streets permanently utilizing ex-vets as their instruments of vigilante justice. That lil’ secret sect begins sweating bullets when Charlie goes rogue, which leads to the Colonel Kurtz surrogate Eric Stern (played to the hilt by the awesomely named Barron Winchester)… an ex-army muckety-muck who provides the vets for the aforementioned dirty work… going completely ballistic to maintain order among the chaos of his crumbling micro-empire. While all of this seems like an incredibly awesome grindhouse experience… and at times it is… the over-all experience runs a tad on the uneven side at times. Things start off promisingly enough

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DanXIII
Jan 16, 2022
Horror Fuel

‘Nobody’ Hits 4K Ultra, Blu-ray and DVD This June

Emmy Award-winner Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”) stars as an unlikely badass in the action-thriller Nobody, which was hit theaters earlier this year. Now, this balls to the walls movie is coming to 4K Ultra, Blu-ray, and DVD this month. Odenkirk stars as Hutch Masell, an underestimated husband and father who tolerates all the shit he’s given without ever pushing back. He’s a nobody in the eyes of those around him. When two thieves break into his home he doesn’t fight back, leaving his son Blake (Gage Munroe) and his wife Becca (Connie Nielsen) disappointed in and him, becoming more distant than ever. After the break-in, Hutch’s long-simmering rage ignites sending him on the warpath. His dark secrets and lethal skills come to light in a surge of brutal action. He must now save his family from a dangerous enemy played by Alexey Serebryakov, but he’ll never be seen as a “nobody” again. Christopher Lloyd, RZA, and Paisley Cadorath also

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 2, 2021
Horror Fuel

A Father Turns Vigilante In The Thriller ‘Painkiller’

After a man loses his daughter to an overdose, he turns vigilante in the thriller Painkiller, out this May on DVD and On Demand. Starring Michael Parè (Eddie & the Cruisers, Gangster Land) and horror mainstay Bill Oberst Jr. (‘Scream Queens’ ‘Criminal Minds’), takes an unapologetic look at a crisis facing countless American families. In Painkiller, Bill Johnson (Oberst Jr.) has suffered the kind of loss that no parent should ever have to; watching his daughter fall victim to the opioid epidemic, which too long went unnoticed. Conversely, Dr. Alan Rhodes (Parè), has been leading a lavish lifestyle, thanks to the profits he’s been making from his prescription business. Seeing that no one is being held accountable, Bill sets out on a campaign targeting those made rich by the suffering of so many. Teaming up with a rogue cop, they set out to dismantle this network of doctors and pharmaceutical executives that continue to devastate families across the country Directed

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 4, 2021
Horror Fuel

Heist Gone Wrong Horror ‘Wrong Place, Wrong Time,’ Out On Demand This May

From Justin Price, the director of The Elf and The 13th Friday comes the action-packed horror film Wrong Place, Wrong Time. The film, described as “S.W.A.T. meets Resident Evil,” centers on, “An elite team of vigilantes who plot to steal 14 billion dollars of laundered money from a notorious mob boss. After being double-crossed, they find refuge in the middle of nowhere with a mysterious family carrying an unsettling secret. They discover that the man of the house is a creature of the dark and they must fight to survive the night.” Franziska Schissler, Justin Price, Bianca Stein, Alex Ryan Brown, Chase Garland, Olivia Rivera, Mike Markoff, Timothy McKinney, Marcia Vargas, Karen Carreno, and Natalia Rangel star in Wrong Place, Wrong Time out On Demand on May 4, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 24, 2021
Horror Fuel

4K Ultra Review: Vigilante (1982)

Industrial repairman Eddie Marino (the great Robert Forster) has a real problem on his grease-stained hands. You see, his wife Vickie (Rutanya Alda) got slappy with a gang of denim-clad Warrior wanna-bes called The Headhunters, and they returned the favor by using her as a pin-cushion, and blasting the couple’s son Scott (Dante Joseph) to pieces with a double-barrel shotgun. To make matters worse, The Headhunters are cleared of the murder charge thanks to some legal loopholes, and in a bizarre twist of fate, Eddie actually goes to jail for assaulting the judge. All is not lost however, as Eddie’s steel workin’ pals are a covert group of vigilantes lead by tough-ass mother fucker Nick (the legendary Fred “The Hammer” Williamson), and when he gets back on the streets Eddie and the boys are going to bring serious bodily harm to every mother fucker that’s done him wrong! Coming from director William Lustig, Vigilante was his attempt at creating a

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DanXIII
Dec 31, 2020
Horror Fuel

“No One Saw A Thing”: The Town Of Skidmore Missouri And Ken Rex

If you have not heard of the town of Skidmore Missouri you are not alone. If you have heard of this tiny little dot on a map, it is probably because of the events disclosed in the documentary “No One Saw A Thing” (2019). I watched the Sundance Documentary this past weekend and while this is not going to be a review of the six-part documentary, I do recommend it. Instead of a review, I wanted instead to give details of the documentary because it is a town rife with tragedy, violence, and a Freddy Krueger-like curse. Each event on its own would be worth an article (or documentary), but for all of these things to have happened in a town of between 200-300 people is absolutely astounding. Skidmore is the site of one of the most public and notorious events of vigilante justice outside of Marvel movies. On July 10, 1981, Kenneth, Rex McElroy was murdered in broad daylight

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Capt McNeely
Jun 17, 2020
Horror Fuel

DVD Review: The Punished (2018)

Wolfgang (Robert Amstler) is an Austrian mercenary murder machine; a real bad cat who you surely would not want to cross paths with. But as nasty a customer as he is, Wolfgang has an emotional side that comes to the fore as he befriends a sick orphan girl named Maria (Leia Perez) while convalescing in the hospital after receiving some war wounds during an assignment, and becomes the father figure in her life, as well as growing close to the comely local tour guide, Lisa (Nicole Stark), he hires to help plan good times for his pint-sized charge. Of course our “hero” continues carving folks a new asshole for those sweet greenbacks…but soon he must decide between his career and protecting the innocents that need him most. Brought to life by Writer/Director Rene Perez (of Death Kiss fame…which I reviewed right here), The Punished is another fun throwback to cinema the likes of which would fill the shelves in the

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DanXIII
May 8, 2019

More from vigilante

Blu-ray Review: Delirium (1979)

Charlie Gunther (Nick Panouzis) is back from ‘Nam with a head full of bad wiring and PTSD flashbacks for days… he also considers himself a real lady-killer… literally. As the female body count rises, Chuck gains notice from both the police and the local conglomerate of right wing businessmen that run a hidden cabal dedicated to eliminating rapists and murderers from the streets permanently utilizing ex-vets as their instruments of vigilante justice. That lil’ secret sect begins sweating bullets when Charlie goes rogue, which leads to the Colonel Kurtz surrogate Eric Stern (played to the hilt by the awesomely named Barron Winchester)… an ex-army muckety-muck who provides the vets for the aforementioned dirty work… going completely ballistic to maintain order among the chaos of his crumbling micro-empire. While all of this seems like an incredibly awesome grindhouse experience… and at times it is… the over-all experience runs a tad on the uneven side at times. Things start off promisingly enough

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jan 16, 2022
Horror Fuel

‘Nobody’ Hits 4K Ultra, Blu-ray and DVD This June

Emmy Award-winner Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”) stars as an unlikely badass in the action-thriller Nobody, which was hit theaters earlier this year. Now, this balls to the walls movie is coming to 4K Ultra, Blu-ray, and DVD this month. Odenkirk stars as Hutch Masell, an underestimated husband and father who tolerates all the shit he’s given without ever pushing back. He’s a nobody in the eyes of those around him. When two thieves break into his home he doesn’t fight back, leaving his son Blake (Gage Munroe) and his wife Becca (Connie Nielsen) disappointed in and him, becoming more distant than ever. After the break-in, Hutch’s long-simmering rage ignites sending him on the warpath. His dark secrets and lethal skills come to light in a surge of brutal action. He must now save his family from a dangerous enemy played by Alexey Serebryakov, but he’ll never be seen as a “nobody” again. Christopher Lloyd, RZA, and Paisley Cadorath also

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 2, 2021
Horror Fuel

A Father Turns Vigilante In The Thriller ‘Painkiller’

After a man loses his daughter to an overdose, he turns vigilante in the thriller Painkiller, out this May on DVD and On Demand. Starring Michael Parè (Eddie & the Cruisers, Gangster Land) and horror mainstay Bill Oberst Jr. (‘Scream Queens’ ‘Criminal Minds’), takes an unapologetic look at a crisis facing countless American families. In Painkiller, Bill Johnson (Oberst Jr.) has suffered the kind of loss that no parent should ever have to; watching his daughter fall victim to the opioid epidemic, which too long went unnoticed. Conversely, Dr. Alan Rhodes (Parè), has been leading a lavish lifestyle, thanks to the profits he’s been making from his prescription business. Seeing that no one is being held accountable, Bill sets out on a campaign targeting those made rich by the suffering of so many. Teaming up with a rogue cop, they set out to dismantle this network of doctors and pharmaceutical executives that continue to devastate families across the country Directed

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 4, 2021
Horror Fuel

Heist Gone Wrong Horror ‘Wrong Place, Wrong Time,’ Out On Demand This May

From Justin Price, the director of The Elf and The 13th Friday comes the action-packed horror film Wrong Place, Wrong Time. The film, described as “S.W.A.T. meets Resident Evil,” centers on, “An elite team of vigilantes who plot to steal 14 billion dollars of laundered money from a notorious mob boss. After being double-crossed, they find refuge in the middle of nowhere with a mysterious family carrying an unsettling secret. They discover that the man of the house is a creature of the dark and they must fight to survive the night.” Franziska Schissler, Justin Price, Bianca Stein, Alex Ryan Brown, Chase Garland, Olivia Rivera, Mike Markoff, Timothy McKinney, Marcia Vargas, Karen Carreno, and Natalia Rangel star in Wrong Place, Wrong Time out On Demand on May 4, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 24, 2021
Horror Fuel

4K Ultra Review: Vigilante (1982)

Industrial repairman Eddie Marino (the great Robert Forster) has a real problem on his grease-stained hands. You see, his wife Vickie (Rutanya Alda) got slappy with a gang of denim-clad Warrior wanna-bes called The Headhunters, and they returned the favor by using her as a pin-cushion, and blasting the couple’s son Scott (Dante Joseph) to pieces with a double-barrel shotgun. To make matters worse, The Headhunters are cleared of the murder charge thanks to some legal loopholes, and in a bizarre twist of fate, Eddie actually goes to jail for assaulting the judge. All is not lost however, as Eddie’s steel workin’ pals are a covert group of vigilantes lead by tough-ass mother fucker Nick (the legendary Fred “The Hammer” Williamson), and when he gets back on the streets Eddie and the boys are going to bring serious bodily harm to every mother fucker that’s done him wrong! Coming from director William Lustig, Vigilante was his attempt at creating a

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Dec 31, 2020
Horror Fuel

“No One Saw A Thing”: The Town Of Skidmore Missouri And Ken Rex

If you have not heard of the town of Skidmore Missouri you are not alone. If you have heard of this tiny little dot on a map, it is probably because of the events disclosed in the documentary “No One Saw A Thing” (2019). I watched the Sundance Documentary this past weekend and while this is not going to be a review of the six-part documentary, I do recommend it. Instead of a review, I wanted instead to give details of the documentary because it is a town rife with tragedy, violence, and a Freddy Krueger-like curse. Each event on its own would be worth an article (or documentary), but for all of these things to have happened in a town of between 200-300 people is absolutely astounding. Skidmore is the site of one of the most public and notorious events of vigilante justice outside of Marvel movies. On July 10, 1981, Kenneth, Rex McElroy was murdered in broad daylight

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jun 17, 2020
Horror Fuel

DVD Review: The Punished (2018)

Wolfgang (Robert Amstler) is an Austrian mercenary murder machine; a real bad cat who you surely would not want to cross paths with. But as nasty a customer as he is, Wolfgang has an emotional side that comes to the fore as he befriends a sick orphan girl named Maria (Leia Perez) while convalescing in the hospital after receiving some war wounds during an assignment, and becomes the father figure in her life, as well as growing close to the comely local tour guide, Lisa (Nicole Stark), he hires to help plan good times for his pint-sized charge. Of course our “hero” continues carving folks a new asshole for those sweet greenbacks…but soon he must decide between his career and protecting the innocents that need him most. Brought to life by Writer/Director Rene Perez (of Death Kiss fame…which I reviewed right here), The Punished is another fun throwback to cinema the likes of which would fill the shelves in the

Continue reading →
DanXIII
May 8, 2019