The Criterion Collection is the best way to watch these films, not just because the image is as good as any other Criterion transfer, but because the set comes with some additions that feel as if they always belonged with the anthology: a filmed conversation between McQueen and professor Paul Gilroy, and the entire three-part documentary Uprising, released by McQueen and James Rogan the year after Small Axe, documenting the 1981 New Cross house fire. None of this gets in the way of the treachery, and GANG WAR IN MILAN is never less than entertaining, even if it never quite has the heft of other films of the genre like CALIBER 9 or Lenzi’s own ALMOST HUMAN. Granted, you’ve got to get through some of misogyny and homophobia, but not significantly more than what goes with the territory. William F. Zorzi and director/actor Clark Johnson, "Transitions" (Episode 4) with writer/co-executive producer Ed Burns and The House That Screamed is pitched as Suspiria meets Psycho. The trouble with a pitch like this is the film in question can’t possibly live up to the comparison. Technically, that’s true here. No, The House That Screamed isn’t as good as two of the best horror movies ever made. But damn, it gets close.

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You know Godzilla, but do you know Gorgo? This homage to Toho’s iconic kaiju has one of the more shameless poster taglines: “Like nothing you’ve seen before.” Of course, you have seen this before, just not in the streets of Great Britain. Screenwriters John Loring and Daniel Hyatt splice Godzilla and King Kong with a vial of Irish/British tension, producing one of the stranger entries in the mega monster movie genre.

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Most of the audio and video devices you buy for a TV plug in to an HDMI connector, but if your TV only has two HDMI inputs then it will be at capacity with just a Sky box and a Blu-ray player. Synapse’s Blu-ray (it’s also on DVD, but LIVE IN THE NOW, MAN!) is the perfect example of what makes the format so great and so continuingly necessary for collectors even in the age of streaming media. More than the mess of a film, the Blu-ray’s special features give the audience insight into why the film feels so off. “The Ultimate Nightmare: The Making of Curtains” is a retrospective documentary featuring director Richard Ciupka, actresses Donaldson and Griffin, editor Michael MacLaverty, effects artist Greg Cannom and composer Paul Zaza, and everyone interviewed is wonderfully candid, very open to speaking about the behind-the-scenes issues the film had and, most prominently, the conflicts between the visions of director Ciupka and producer Peter R. Simpson, one that ended with Simpson shooting additional footage and re-editing the film and causing Ciupka to take his name off of the project and substituting the name Vernon’s character in the film! The benefit of using an optical or co-axial cable is that the other devices connected to your TV, such as PVRs, TV streamers and games consoles, will use your home cinema system's speakers, rather than those on your TV. This will also be the case if you connect via the HDMI ARC port.

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