As a film fan, I always find it fascinating to discover films from the past. I don’t mean well-known titles or classics, but rather the films that time have forgotten.
Sometimes you stumble upon these when scrolling through streaming services but there are also specialty Blu-ray and DVD labels like Shout Factor, Arrow Vinegar Syndrome and Kino Lorber who not only release restorations and special editions of popular titles but B-movies, obscure and rare films.
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The poster is probably the best thing about 1983's "The Man Who Wasn't There." (COURTESY OF KINO LORBER)
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"House of the Long Shadows" brought together Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and John Carradine for the first and only time. (COURTESY OF KINO LORBER)
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