Specialising in genre favourites and cult classics, 101 Films in the UK is a bridge between U.S. boutique labels, namely Scream Factory, and region B territories. I’ve covered a modest selection, including a few from the American Genre Film Archive range.
Nine years before the Wayans brothers delivered their relentless spoof of late 90s horror, Austin-based filmmaker, Daniel Erickson, made his feature-length directorial debut with what was probably the deliberately unimaginatively titled, Scary Movie. – Available now on Blu-ray from 101 Films in the UK, under their American Genre Film Archive line. Set on Halloween night […]
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I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t a little bit hyped for Deathsport, which was mentioned frequently during the making of Rock ‘n’ Roll High School by director Allan Arkush. However, little did I know that this post-apocalyptic B-movie of B-movies was not looked upon fondly, by practically anyone. Much like most films
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L.Q. Jones passed away on July 9th at the ripe old age of 94; an actor known primarily for westerns, particularly those of the Sam Peckinpah style, but he was also and just quietly, a director and screenwriter. Having penned his first screenplay The Brotherhood of Satan (1971) in which he appeared, Jones took full
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Roger Corman, who is currently 96 years young, has always aimed to please. He makes movies merely for entertainment and knows just how to market them; often aligning them with a current trend or a recent event to maximise exposure. Corman’s rebellious teen comedy, Rock ‘n’ Roll High School, is one of the most celebrated
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I was a latecomer to Friday the 13th. Not the original film, but the series in general, which I generally chalk down to a long-standing allegiance to Freddy Krueger. You could say that both franchises were the Coke and Pepsi of horror, especially when they were actively competing at the box office. Crystal Lake Memories:
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Ten years before “found-footage” was a novel concept, The McPherson Tape broke ground, and for a short while became a legend through its depiction of an alien abduction through the lens of an 80s video camera. Now it’s on Blu-ray, but not in HD, thanks to the American Genre Film Archive and 101 Films in
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As part of an ongoing partnership with the American Genre Film Archive, the UK based label 101 Films will be bringing a slate of obscure titles to Blu-ray disc for the Region B market throughout 2022. The first is a little film simply named, Effects which, for a long time had all but disappeared due
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101 have been given the keys to the vault over at the American Genre Film Archive, a treasure-trove of B pictures, some of which venture further down the alphabet scale, like Lady Street Fighter, which was shot in 1975 but not seen by the public until 1981. Now forty years down the road, the dedicated
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Often an after-thought during conversations about The Blair Witch Project, the lesser-known precursor, The Last Broadcast, pre-dates the lost-in-the-woods classic by a year, but quickly faded into obscurity upon release due to its very limited distribution and marketing campaigns. With the found-footage genre being exploited to exhaustion, many film fan have looked back to the
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You could almost mistake the title as a parody, but Hell Night isn’t taking the piss, and while it may sound like a cookie-cutter horror on paper, this cult classic has an endearing quality. Available now on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK, 101 Films have added the hazing slasher to their popular
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