Category Archives: Reviews

Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Stone Cold (1991)

Posted on March 26, 2022 by curtisrunstedler

Craig R. Baxley-directed Stone Cold (1991) is a really fun action B-movie surprise starring ’80s football star Brian Bosworth as Joe Huff, an undercover cop who helms a white supremacist/neo-Nazi biker gang helmed by Chains (Lance Henriksen) and Ice (William … Continue reading →

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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Once Were Warriors

Posted on January 1, 2022 by curtisrunstedler

I recently asked a (white) kiwi friend of mine recently about his thoughts on Lee Tamahori’s riveting 1994 drama masterpiece Once Were Warriors (based on the book by Alan Duff and referring to the warrior nature of the Māori people), and … Continue reading →

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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

Posted on August 4, 2021 by curtisrunstedler

Nicolas Gessner’s 1976 film The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane has finally come to Shudder, enchanting and entertaining fresh audiences with yet another strong early performance from Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen. Foster plays Rynn Jacobs, a remarkably … Continue reading →

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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: The Clovehitch Killer

Posted on July 4, 2021 by curtisrunstedler

Duncan Skiles’ 2018 “killer thriller” The Clovehitch Killer is a real pearl on Netflix, a fantastic find that was recommended via one of Stephen King’s Tweets (he also gave it a glowing review). It’s based on the crimes of the … Continue reading →

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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

Posted on June 24, 2021 by curtisrunstedler

I finally got around to watching the classic 1982 The Slumber Party Massacre, and it was worth the wait. I think it’s my new favourite slasher movie! The film had a strange production, and because of it, it’s delightfully subversive … Continue reading →

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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: A Royal Affair

Posted on December 23, 2020 by curtisrunstedler

Nikolaj Arcel’s 2012 Danish film A Royal Affair (En kongelig affære) is an absolute delight and a visual feast for the senses. I recently watched Thomas Vinterberg’s latest film Another Round (Druk), which also stars my favourite actor Mads Mikkelsen … Continue reading →

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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Bringing out the Dead

Posted on November 22, 2020 by curtisrunstedler

Martin Scorsese’s 1999 film Bringing out the Dead is an adaptation of Joe Connelly’s excellent novel of the same name (the title actually comes from, as you might think, from the infamous scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail), … Continue reading →

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Castor’s Hallow’s Eve Duds – Death Spa (1989)

Posted on October 24, 2020 by castordurden

What a dazzling corker of an opening! The camera cranes down to the marquee of a health facility and suddenly lightning strikes on the sign. Henceforth the club is “Death Spa” and cinematographer Arledge Armenaki lurks around the corridors with … Continue reading →

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Castor’s Hallow’s Eve Duds – The Hunt (2020)

Posted on October 23, 2020 by castordurden

‘The Hunt’ is Blumhouse’s archly hipster, redundant rendition of ‘The Most Dangerous Game’ with liberal dosages of presumptuous gallows humor which never materialize into talking-head laughs (the anti-elite lines are mortifying edentate- “We’re gonna be on Hannity…Just like those two … Continue reading →

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Castor’s Hallow’s Eve Gems – The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)

Posted on October 22, 2020 by castordurden

‘The Wolf of Snow Hollow’ is an enjoyably blithe horror-comedy hybrid for Jim Cummings’ trifecta of headliner, writer and director and beyond that, it is a bittersweet epitaph for Robert Forster whose gravitas stratify this lycanthrope tale to snowbound film … Continue reading →

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