Martyrs (Blu-ray, Eureka, Region B) RObin Hardy sensitive British soldier Allen Quinton

sensitive British soldier Allen Quinton (Joseph Cotten) is exhorted by his crass comrade Morland (Robert Sully) to ghost-write moving missives to the girl Morland left behind

involving perplexing rituals and nighttime vigils

Chaney’s tragic and deeply haunting performance as HE is seminal to a grand tradition of scary movie clowns

Against explosive firepower

Martyrs (Blu-ray, Eureka, Region B) RObin Hardy sensitive British soldier Allen QuintonThe rare film with a reputation that speaks for itself, Martyrs is perhaps the defining film of the New French Extremity movement and director Pascal Laugiers masterpiece. Horrifying and thought provoking in equal measure, it is a deeply philosophical and challenging work of extreme cinema and undoubtedly one of the finest horror films produced in the twenty first century. In 1971, a young Lucie Jurin (Jessie Pham) manages to escape from a