Hell High Blu-ray Review

 

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• Director ‏ : ‎ Douglas Grossman
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Maureen Mooney, Christopher Stryker, Christopher Cousins
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Anamorphic, NTSC, Widescreen
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Arrow Video
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
• Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 24 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ July 19, 2022

 

         Hell High is a unique horror movie combining elements from multiple sub-genres. There is an inciting incident often seen in the creation of a slasher monster, but this doesn’t occur until decades later when a home invasion and attempted assault triggers a rape revenge narrative. And the home invaders also wear masks often associated with the slasher genre, making it difficult to categorize this film down. It is difficult to pin down who the victim and who the villain is, and that is part of what makes Hell High a fascinating enigma, if not a particularly great film.

 

God Told Me To 4K Ultra HD Review

 

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• Director ‏ : ‎ Larry Cohen
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Richard Lynch, Tony Lo Bianco, Sandy Dennis, Sylvia Sidney, Deborah Raffin
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Anamorphic, NTSC, Widescreen, Surround Sound
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Blue Underground
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
• Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 30 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ July 19, 2022

 

         In the 1960s Time Magazine released two issues discussing the end of religion, including a bold cover that asked the infamous question “Is God Dead?” Moving into the 1970s, there was a surge in alternate religions including The Church of Satan and several pagan movements. As a result, there are multiple horror movies released in the ‘70s which are centered on these themes of religion. Controversial director Larry Cohen (It’s Alive, The Stuff) joined the conversation with God Told Me To, a movie that begins as police procedural and slowly becomes a descent into madness and religious paranoia.