Venom (1981) Blu-ray Review

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Venom is basically your standard hostage-taking gone wrong thriller by way of The Desperate Hours with a poisonous snake thrown in for good measure. I love it when movies do that – take a pretty basic plot and then add something nutty to make it interesting. This one would be pretty forgettable except it stars Klaus Kinski and Oliver Reed as the villains and Sterling Hayden as the good guy. Plus Sarah Miles is the snake doctor.

Anyway, you can read my full review here.

Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972) 4K UHD Review

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In the past few years, I’ve only gotten into Werner Herzog, but I’ve gotten into him in a very big way. His documentaries are endlessly fascinating, but I find his narrative films most interesting. Even when they aren’t great, they are clearly made by someone with great passion and skill.

Aguirre, The Wrath of God is probably my favorite film of his. I recently reviewed the new 4K UHD release from Shout Factory which you can read over at Cinema Sentries.