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Thursday, January 28, 2021

Overlook Hour Podcast Show Notes #230

Barak Hardley joins us for episode 230. Barak is the second guest we've had on from Randy's past.

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David Robson answers the demand for more Two Sentence Horror Stories!

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PUMPKIN from Bobo Touch on Vimeo.

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Now you have your choice of listening to the podcast on all the free podcast apps or...
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... watching it on the Overlook YouTube channel!
And be sure to watch SPELL (2019) as soon as possible. 

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-Lord Battle

Sunday, January 24, 2021

Bluray Tuesday Featuring: Synchronic, Come Play & Fat Man

 January 26th 2021


 This month has flown by and now our favorite day of the week returns one last time for the month. First up is sci-fi thriller Synchronic from the directors of Spring and The Endless. Next up hitting shelves is Come Play. This one I really enjoyed last year and look forward to adding it to the collection. Christmas season continues in January with a seemingly holiday action thriller, Fatman. Rounding out the week is season two of Doom Patrol, Dark Tower from Vinegar Syndrome, and Shudder exclusive Indonesian horror film Impetigore. What will you buy, rent or skip this week? Let us know in the comments. Until next week!

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Synchronic (Blu-ray) 

Synchronic: Amazon - $14.99

Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after encountering a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.

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Come Play (Blu-ray) 

Come Play: Amazon - $19.99 

Oliver is a lonely young boy who seeks refuge in his cell phone. When a mysterious creature uses his phone to break into our world, Oliver's parents fight to save their son.

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Fatman (Blu-ray) 

Fatman: Amazon - $14.99 

Santa Claus must contend with a hitman sent from a disappointed child.

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Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America (Blu-ray) 

Family Portraits: Amazon - $28.99 

From acclaimed director Douglas Buck comes an unflinching, disturbingly beautiful look at the underbelly of American family. Three separate narratives (including the shocking film festival favorite "Cutting Moments" as well as "Home" and "Prologue") combine to create a unique trilogy of life today that will leave you devastated... and begging for more.

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Southland Tales (Blu-ray) 

Southland Tales: Amazon - $19.99

During a three-day heat wave just before a huge 4th of July celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with an adult star who is developing her own reality TV project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

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Dark Tower (Blu-ray) 

Dark Tower: Amazon - $34.99 

When a window-washer falls to his death from the side of a Barcelona high-rise office building (also killing a unsuspecting pedestrian), security consultant Dennis Randall is called in to investigate. Although he first believes the deaths to be accidental, he soon comes to realize that some strange force is at work inside the building. What could be causing these accidents? More importantly, is there any way it can be stopped?

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Batman: Soul of the Dragon 4K (Blu-ray) 

Batman: Soul of The Dragon: Amazon - $24.99

Batman, Bronze Tiger, Lady Shiva, and Richard Dragon join forces when they come to realize that they share a common acquaintance. The Martial Arts Master that trained them has been missing for a number of years and under mysterious circumstances. When a cursed relic resurfaces, the mystery of their dead master re-opens and Batman and his former classmates must face-off in the ultimate test of their Martial Arts kills to gain control of this dangerous relic.

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Doom Patrol: The Complete Second Season (Blu-ray) 

Doom Patrol (Season 2): Amazon - $29.99 

Set after the events of Titans, the Doom Patrol – consisting of Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Woman, and Crazy Jane, and led by Dr. Niles Caulder / Chief – receive a mission from Cyborg that they cannot ignore and will change their lives.

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Snowpiercer: The Complete First Season (Blu-ray) 

Snowpiercer (Season One): Amazon - $24.99 

Set more than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, Snowpiercer centers on the remnants of humanity, who inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe.

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Impetigore (Blu-ray) 

Impetigore: Amazon - $14.99 

Maya with her best friend, Dini, tries to survive in a city without a family. She realized that she might inherit a property from her rich family. Maya returns to the village with Dini and unaware of the danger was waiting for her.

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Bordertown: Season 1 (Blu-ray) 

Border Town: Amazon - $27.99 

Detective Inspector Kari Sorjonen is one of the most respected officers at the National Bureau of Investigation in Finland when his wife barely survives brain cancer. Sorjonen then takes a new job, leading SECRI, the Serious Crime Unit in Lappeenranta and moves his family to the idyllic small town near the border of Russia for a more peaceful life. But life turns out to be less than peaceful there. 

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Born a Champion (Blu-ray) 

Born A Champion: Amazon - $14.99  

After a blood-soaked jujitsu match in Dubai, fighting legend Mickey Kelley falls to superstar Blaine. But years later, an online video proves that Blaine cheated, and the world demands a rematch. Can the aging underdog get back into shape in time to vanquish his foe, get revenge, and claim his prize?

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The Ascent (Blu-ray) 

The Ascent: Amazon - $27.99 

Two Soviet partisans depart their starving band on a short march to a nearby farm to get supplies. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.

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The Theatre Bizarre (Blu-ray) 

The Theatre Bizarre: Amazon - $22.99 

Down a seedy city street in her neighborhood, young Enola Penny is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. One night, she sees that the front door is slightly ajar and impulsively decides to sneak inside. But there in the dark, decrepit auditorium, a show unlike any other unfolds before her eyes. Its host is an eerie human puppet named Peg Poett who will introduce Penny to six tales of the bizarre.

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-The Impostor

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Overlook Hour Podcast Show Notes #229

 

This week we sneak in a mini-interview with Steven Kostanski (Manborg, The Void, Father's Day, Leprechaun Returns) to promote his newest film, Psycho Goreman, which will be out this Friday 22nd!

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Thanks Reddit

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Twin Peaks gold boxset / Seinfeld refrigerator boxset

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Del Boca Vista

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We could have talked to Steven for another hour easily, and we hope to in the near future! Until then, enjoy episode 229.

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-Lord Battle

Sunday, January 17, 2021

Bluray Tuesday Featuring: The Live (4K), A Serbian Film, & Spiral

 January 19th 2021


 Bluray Tuesday returns once again!

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They Live 4K (Blu-ray) 

They Live (4K): Amazon - $27.99  

A drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses that allow him to wake up to the fact that aliens have taken over the Earth.

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A Serbian Film (Blu-ray) 

A Serbian Film (UNCUT): Best Buy - $22.99 

Milos is a former porn star who is down on his luck financially. When he receives a call from his long-time movie actress partner, Layla, he welcomes her call. Apparently she's heard that a new film director wants to hire Milos to star in his "artistically-designed" porn film for a very generous price. He is easily lured form his semi-retirement by the lucrative offer, agreeing to meet the director in an isolated mansion. As the filming progresses, Milo begins to suspect that the director's intentions may be darker than mere pornography. As the film begins to devolve into a horrifically violent production, Milos finds escape may not be an option.

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Spiral (Blu-ray) 

Spiral (2020): Amazon - $14.99 

A same-sex couple move to a small town so they can enjoy a better quality of life and raise their 16 year-old daughter with the best social values. But nothing is as it seems in their picturesque neighborhood. And when Malik sees the folks next door throwing a very strange party, something shocking has got to give. 

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Prince of Darkness 4K (Blu-ray) 

Prince of Darkness (4K): Amazon - $24.99 

A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.

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Max Cloud (Blu-ray) 

Max Cloud: Amazon - $14.99 

When video-game enthusiast, Sarah, is transported into her favorite game, she finds herself on an intergalactic prison, home to the most dangerous villains in the galaxy. The only way to escape the game is to complete it. Teaming up with space hero, Max Cloud, Sarah battles the terrifying planet while her best friend, Cowboy, controls the game from her bedroom in Brooklyn. Sit down, plug in, and get ready for a sci-fi adventure like no other.

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Blue Monkey (Blu-ray) 

Blue Monkey: Amazon - $27.99 

Detective Jim Bishop and Dr. Rachel Carson must find a way to stop a giant monstrous insect that's eating people in her quarantined hospital before it procreates and spreads a deadly infection it's carrying.

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Toys of Terror (Blu-ray) 

Toys of Terror: Best Buy - $19.99 

Just before Christmas, young Zoe, her brother Franklin and their family move into a secluded mansion with a dark past. While the adults focus on renovating the place, the bored kids find a toy chest hidden in the attic, and are delighted when the toys inside magically come to life. But bizarre events soon begin to take place - events that threaten the family's lives. As the special day dawns with gifts piled under the tree, the body count rises and the blood starts to flow. This original "scary-tale" will have the kids screaming for the holidays! 

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The Curious Dr. Humpp (Blu-ray) 

The Curious Dr. Humpp: Amazon - $39.99 

This movie is about a doctor who kidnaps people, couples who are having sex. He takes them to his mansion where they are being kept as prisoners. He injects his subjects with a substance to 'enhance' their sexual abilities. The curious doctor then forces the abducted people to have sex. While they are making love he drains a fluid from them. He needs this to prevent himself from being transformed into a monster. He gets his instructions from a talking brain.

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The Kid Detective (Blu-ray) 

The Kid Detective: Amazon - $22.99 

A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.

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The Hand That Feeds the Dead (Blu-ray) 

The Hand That Feeds The Dead: Amazon - $12.99 

Baron Ivan Rassimov, a brilliant doctor, died horribly during a fire burst in his laboratory. Since that day, his daughter Tanja retired to a life of seclusion, covering with a dark veil her disfigured face. Professor Nijinski was once a student of Rassimov; he married Tanja, and he's trying to restore her lost beauty with a series of skin transplants. However, to reach his goal, professor Nijinski needs beautiful young victims for his transplant experiments.

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Always and Forever (Blu-ray) 

Always and Forever: Amazon - $14.99 

Nicole seems to have it all – a great job, an adoring husband – but her perfect world is shattered when her childhood friend is suddenly found dead. The tragedy reunites Nicole with her best friends from years ago, but they each soon find themselves in danger, targets of a deranged stalker. Nicole knows this can’t be a coincidence. The secrets of their past are coming back to haunt them and this deadly nightmare is just beginning for the girls who long ago pledged their loyalty “always and forever.”

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Happy Times (Blu-ray) 

Happy Times: Amazon - $12.99 

A seemingly friendly dinner party erupts into a night of violence and terror at a lush Hollywood estate.

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Polterheist (Blu-ray) 

Polterheist: Amazon - $27.99 

Two gangsters are given 72 hours to discover the whereabouts of a stash of drug money stolen by their boss. There's only one problem...they just murdered him. Frantic to find the cash, the hapless criminals kidnap a psychic medium and force her to contact the dead gang boss. Unfortunately for them, they only succeed in unleashing an evil spirit bent on revenge.

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Into the Void (Blu-ray)
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Into The Void: Amazon - $17.99 

An apocalypse survivor defies the colony to seek help for a sick ex-lover, encountering an outside world of desperate humans and ravenous zombies while being forced to confront a past that haunts him.

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-The Impostor

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Overlook Hour Podcast Show Notes #228

 

So it turns out it's actually the 5th Annual Lookies... Oops.

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Joe Oliver checks in with his 8th 2 Sentence Horror Story

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Clark LOVES this poster

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Oksana and I were both guests on Episode #4 of The Grimm Exchange and oddly enough ended up reuniting with Chris & Lee from The Overlook Hour  #169!

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Enjoy the fou- I mean fifth Annual Lookie Awards! 

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-Lord Battle

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Bluray Tuesday Featuring: Spell, Buried Alive & Skylines

January 12th 2021


New week and new Blurays are released to add to our growing collections. First up is supernatural thriller Spell. This one is one I've been wanting to see and haven't gotten around to it so a definite pick up for me this week. Kino Lorber is releasing 90's cult film Buried Alive. I watched this one a lot as a kid so I'm excited to own on bluray with a really well done transfer and cool artwork and slipcover. Also hitting shelves this week is Skylines, the third and final film in the Skyline film series. Rounding out the week is Just Before Dawn from Code Red, The Twilight Zone season 2 and Luppin III: The First from Shout Factory. So what will you buy, rent or skip this week? Let us know in the comments. Until next week!

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Spell (Blu-ray)

Spell: Amazon - $19.99 

A father survives a plane crash in rural Appalachia, but becomes suspicious of the elderly couple who take him in to nurse him back to health with the ancient remedies.

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 Buried Alive (Blu-ray) 

Buried Alive (1990): Amazon - $17.99 

Clint is an every day working man whose wife Joanna is having an affair with a doctor. They plot to kill him and get the insurance money. Only trouble the drug overdose they give him doesn't kill him. Lucky for Clint he's buried in a cheap wooden box and he unburies himself. Just remember, Hell hath no fury like a man buried alive!

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Skylines (Blu-ray) 

Skylines: Best Buy - $14.99 

When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.
 
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The Twilight Zone (Blu-ray)
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The Twilight Zone (Season 2): Best Buy  - $42.99 

Executive Producers Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg's modern reimagining of the classic TV series continues the legacy of socially conscious storytelling. Featuring enthralling narration from Peele and an all-star cast including Tony Hale, Ethan Embry, Billy Porter, Jurnee Smollett, Joel McHale, Christopher Meloni, Jenna Elfman, Damon Wayans Jr., Topher Grace, and Gretchen Mol, Season Two uses introspection and self-exploration to usher viewers into a dimension filled with endless possibilities.
 
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Just Before Dawn (Blu-ray) 

Just Before Dawn: Amazon - $19.99 

Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by the forest ranger Roy McLean that a huge machete-wielding maniac has been terrorizing the area.
 
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The Devil's Wedding Night (Blu-ray) 

The Devil's Wedding Night: Amazon - $19.99

The 1800s: scholarly Karl Schiller believes he's found the ring of the Nibelungen, which holds great power. It's at Castle Dracula. His twin, Franz, a gambler, asks if vampires frighten Karl; Karl shows him an Egyptian amulet, which may protect him. Franz takes the amulet and sets out ahead of his brother, arriving at the castle first. There he finds a countess who invites him to dine. Later that night, Karl arrives. Coincidently, it's the Night of the Virgin Moon, a night that falls every fifty years and draws five virgins from the surrounding village to the castle not be heard from again. Can Karl protect his brother, find the ring, and rescue any of the women?

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Blood Sisters (Blu-ray) 

Blood Sisters: Amazon - $19.99 

Seven girls must spend the night in an old house, which once was a brothel, as part of an initiation.

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Rituals (Blu-ray) 

Rituals: Amazon - $19.99 

Five doctors go on vacation deep in the Canadian wilderness. After all but one pair of the party's shoes disappear, the remaining shoed camper decides to hike out and go look for help. Soon after he leaves, however, his four companions realizes that something is very wrong when someone leaves a decapitated deer head just outside their camp. Even though they still don't have their shoes, they decide to follow their friend's trail out of the woods, but their path is blocked by someone who doesn't want to see them leave the forest alive.
 
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Ammonite (Blu-ray) 

Ammonite: Amazon - $24.99 

 1840s England, an infamous fossil hunter and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.

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Lupin III: The First (Blu-ray) 

Lupin III: The First (Blu-ray) 

Lupin III: The First: Amazon - $19.99 

Steelbook: Amazon - $24.99 

Lupin III goes on a grand adventure to uncover the secrets of the Bresson Diary, which is tied to the legacy of his famous grandfather.

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 -The Impostor