Parasite (3-D) (Blu-ray) <small>by Stuart Galbraith IV</small><hr /> Movies photographed and exhibited in 3-D were scarce for decades after the 1952-54 boom. But the 1981 spaghetti Western Comin' at Ya!, made several years after that genre, too, had more or less ended, proved a sensation, the $2.5 million production earning 5-10 times its cost, so popular that the biggest problem was that theater owners kept running out of the 3-D glasses. After nearly three decades wandering the desert, 3-D was back. Initially, older 3-D titles were reissued while ambitious indie filmmakers like Earl Owensby and Charles Band tested the waters, but the major studios soon followed suit. Band's Parasite, released in March 1982, seems to have been the first Hollywood-made film to cash in on the revival, albeit produced on a low budget for release through Embassy Pictures. I'd never seen it before, and though expecting something pretty unwatchable, the movie is mostly succe...Read the entire review »