Charlie Hobbs
Contributing Writer; Texas, USA

Now On Blu-ray! Arrow Films Salutes Radley Metzger With SCORE, THE LICKERISH QUARTET, & CAMILLE 2000
I love when I am presented with opportunities to expose others to the glory of Radley Metzger and Arrow Video's recent Blu-ray special editions give me an opportunity to do just that. This trio of Metzger's most well-known works on... More »
  

Review: Roman Porno Double Feature -- I LOVE IT FROM BEHIND! and SEX HUNTER: WET TARGET
I Love It From Behind! and Sex Hunter: Wet Target are spine numbers #10 and #11 for those playing along at home, and between the pair I may have a new contender for a favorite in the series, I'll get... More »
  

Blu-ray Review: THE OPENING OF MISTY BEETHOVEN, The Porno Pygmalion, Is A Revelation In HD
The 1970's were probably the most revolutionary decade of the modern era of cinema. Those ten years saw the invention of the blockbuster (Jaws), the introduction of the fan-friendly space opera (Star Wars), the emergence of the men who are,... More »
  

Collect 'Em All! MIAMI CONNECTION Action Figures Will Make You Drool, Plus New Awesome Clips!
As I stated in the title of my review from Fantastic Fest 2012, "Miami Connection is the best Tae Kwon Do rock avengers vs. ninjas and stupid cocaine you've never seen." I heartily stand by that statement, and the folks... More »
  

Review: MIAMI CONNECTION, Baby, is More Than a Diamond in the Rough
Dear Miami Connection, You're the one for me. I've loved you since the first time I saw your trailer. I don't know whether it was the insanely acrobatic Tae Kwon Do or the incredible friendship-themed power pop that first got... More »
  

Roman Porno Double Feature: NYMPHO DIVER: G-STRING FESTIVAL & FEMALE TEACHER: DIRTY AFTERNOON
This fourth batch of Nikkatsu Roman Porno discs from Impulse Pictures is, in my humble opinion, the finest of the series so far. Between the genuinely joyous sexual exploration of Nympho Diver: G-String Festival and the proper melodrama and thrill... More »
  

Jess Franco On Blu-ray: FEMALE VAMPIRE / EROTIKILL
Jess Franco on Blu-ray.Four words I never thought I'd type, but here we are. While this is obviously proof that the Mayans' Doomsday calendar is right, I suppose it's only just that we enjoy the spoils of the apocalypse while... More »
  

Fantastic Fest 2012 Review: MIAMI CONNECTION Is The Best Tae Kwon Do Rock Avengers VS. Ninjas & Stupid Cocaine Film You've Never Seen
Dear Miami Connection,You're the one for me. I've loved you since the first time I saw your trailer. I don't know whether it was the insanely acrobatic Tae Kwon Do or the incredible friendship-themed power pop that first got me... More »
  

Fantastic Fest 2012 Review: VEGETARIAN CANNIBAL

There must be something in the water in Eastern Europe because they have been cranking out some of the most confrontational films in the world for at least the last 40 years. The first major movement to get any kind... More »
  

Jean Rollin On Blu-ray: THE LIVING DEAD GIRL Review
Jean Rollin's most commercially successful films is also one from which he took little joy. The Living Dead Girl is a film about a zombie, sort of, which was made in 1982 in the wake of international zombie mania following... More »
  

DVD Review: WAVES OF LUST Delivers A Booze'N'Boobs-Tastic Erotic Thriller As Only The Italians Can (RaroVideo USA)
Ruggero Deodato is one of those artists who career will forever be defined by a single work. Cannibal Holocaust looms so large in his filmography that it is hard to convince non-fans that he had a career outside of that... More »
  

Blu-ray Review: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A PORNO GANG (Synapse Films)
In all the hubbub surrounding the release of A Serbian Film, Mladen Djordjevic's similarly explicit The Life and Death of a Porno Gang was unfairly overshadowed and passed along. Porno Gang is every bit as subversive and explicit as A... More »
  

Blu-ray Review: THE BUNNY GAME (Autonomy Pictures)
In the last 2 years, I've reviewed somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 films and home video releases for Twitch. The majority of these reviews are relatively easy to write. However, I also take some interest in writing the more... More »
  

Review: JISM 2 Shoots For The Heart, Lands In The Eyes. Oh, How It Burns!
The above image is about all you need to see of Jism 2. It is the perfect metaphor. The unfulfilled promise of Bollywood's biggest erotic thriller in years. It threatens, it teases, it never delivers. Oh, and it sucks.Porn star... More »
  

Brit Horror On Blu-ray: THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR And BURKE & HARE
The latest batch of Redemption Films titles on Blu-ray and DVD from Kino are a pair of late period Vernon Sewell shockers from the late '60s-early '70s. The Blood Beast Terror (1968, Spine #14) is a period piece creature feature... More »
  

Roman Porno Double Feature #3: ZOOM IN: SEX APARTMENTS & A TRUE STORY OF A WOMAN IN JAIL: CONTINUES
On July 10th, Impulse Films released the latest pair of films in their ongoing and popular Nikkatsu Erotic Films Collection, more commonly known as the Roman Porno series. This latest set of films are related to previous releases in the... More »
  

DVD Review: COUNTESS PERVERSE (Mondo Macabro)
I can now proudly say that with the completion of this, my second Franco review, I've officially covered almost 1% of Jess Franco's career output. To call Jess Franco prolific would be an insult. Very few directors in history can... More »
  

Synapse Will Share THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A PORNO GANG On Blu-ray/DVD This August!
Back in 2010, when everyone was flipping their lid over A Serbian Film, there was another little Serbian feature that went just as far, if not even further in the black heart of the post-Milosevic nation. The Life and Death... More »
  

Review: PIRANHA 3DD Pumps Up The Tits, Still Falls Flat
When I heard that John Gulager of Feast had been hired to direct the sequel to Alexandre Aja's Piranha 3D, I was wary, but I thought, "Hey, I liked Feast, let's give this guy a chance!" Of course, my mistake... More »
  

Blu-ray/DVD Details For Autonomy Pictures THE BUNNY GAME Are Here
Adam Rehmeier's The Bunny Game gained notoriety last fall by being one of the recent victims of a BBFC ban. The film was refused certification by the board, who called it, "unacceptable to the public". While the film remains unreleasable... More »
  
 
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