Author Archives: Craig McGee

Film Review: Headhunter: The Assessment Weekend (2010)

Posted on 03/08/2011 by Craig McGee

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A motley group of business students in Berlin, Germany sign up for Takahashi Corp.’s assessment weekend, hoping to land one of the coveted spots with the consulting company. Under the watchful eye of a company psychologist, the team-working and improvisational skills of the aspirants will be put to the test in a survival-type situation. But nothing goes according to plan – the group arrives to find the base camp completely … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Diary of a Sex Offender (2009)

Posted on 03/05/2011 by Craig McGee

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Michael Regardie is a lonely, delusional and sick religious zealot of his own invented faith â€“ a faith that justifies hideous rituals of murder, rape and sexual torture.

Absolution from his escalating nihilism and debauchery may lie in his latest victim. But as salvation seems at hand, a specter from his past demands revenge…

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Written and Directed by: John Niflheim
Starring: Peter Grouse, Allison Quick, Karma Jean, Penny … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Mega Python vs Gatoroid (2011)

Posted on 03/05/2011 by Craig McGee

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There’s a crisis in the Florida Everglades as giant pythons are threatening the alligator population.

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Written by: Naomi L. Selfman
Directed by: Mary Lambert
Starring: Deborah Gibson, Tiffany, A Martinez, Kathryn Joosten

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Pythons are pissing off the locals in the Flo-rida Everglades by growing bigger and angrier and eating everything from the gator population to dogs to the locals themselves. The Park Rangers, led … Continue reading →

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Film Review: The Open Door (2008)

Posted on 03/01/2011 by Craig McGee

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A pirate radio station is granting callers their hearts’ desires. But as some teenagers find out, be careful what you wish for.

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Written and Directed by: Doc Duhame
Starring: Catherine Georges, Sarah Christine Smith, Ryan Doom, Daniel Booko

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Angela is in trouble. Not in an “unplanned pregnancy, don’t know who the father is” way, but as in a “got home late, got … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Bitter Feast (2010)

Posted on 03/01/2011 by Craig McGee

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A celebrity chef exacts revenge on a food blogger who torpedoes his career.

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Written & Directed by: Joe Maggio
Starring: James Le Gros, Joshua Leonard, Amy Seimetz, Larry Fessenden, and Chef Mario Batali

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Iron Chef Peter Gray just can’t seem to catch a break…he loses his TV show, his kickass restaurant job, his woman, his self-respect, and finally, his mind. So does he look inward … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Evil Angel (2009)

Posted on 02/05/2011 by Craig McGee

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Evil Angel takes the ancient myth of Lilith into the 21st century with a murderously sexy and seductive villainess who, as the earth’s first woman, proudly lays claim to being the world’s first serial killer.

“Jewish mythology describes Lilith as Adam’s first wife in the Garden of Eden,” says writer/director Richard Dutcher. “When she refused to submit to Adam’s authority, God cast her from the garden and replaced her with … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Let Me Die Quietly (2009)

Posted on 02/05/2011 by Craig McGee

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A haunted, broken-down psychic is being tortured with violent visions of murder. His unsettling “gift” is to see the last moments of a victim’s time on earth. Now, as his visions become more intense, he knows that he is either going to die or get involved with a situation that might give him a little more time. His last obsession becomes to stop the death of at least one victim … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Fright Flick (2011)

Posted on 02/03/2011 by Craig McGee

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Director Isreal Luna weaves this hair-raising tale of a low-budget film crew being stalked by a vicious slasher. The director is a hack who’s obsessed with the lead actress, the producer is forced to swallow his pride instead of getting credit where credit is due, and the supporting actress is jealous that she didn’t land the lead.

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Written & Directed by: Israel Luna
Starring: Chad Allen, Daphne Khoury, … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Finale (2009)

Posted on 01/31/2011 by Craig McGee

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A family descends into a vortex of denial and paranoia after the death of the oldest son. Though labeled a suicide, the bizarre circumstances lead the mother, Helen, to believe there are darker forces at work. Black paint was thrown over everything reflective in the son’s decrepit Victorian house, an explosive trap set in his bedroom and a woman from his past haunts the cemetery where he lies buried. But … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Black Death (2010)

Posted on 01/28/2011 by Craig McGee

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Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is tasked with learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life in a small village.

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Written by: Dario Poloni

Directed by: Christopher Smith

Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean, Carice van Houten, David Warner, Kimberly Nixon

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Osmund (not Donnie OR Marie, sadly) is a young monk back in … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Dog House (2009)

Posted on 01/15/2011 by Craig McGee

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Six guys hell-bent on having a raucous weekend away from wives and lovers arrive in the town of Moodley. But something’s odd about this quaint hamlet. Where are the men? And why do all the women look like they’re thirsting for blood? The poor blokes soon discover that half the population has been wiped out by the same virus-infected, man-hating cannibals terrorizing them. Stephen Graham, Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke and … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Evilution (2008)

Posted on 01/09/2011 by Craig McGee

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A microscopic alien life form has been discovered with the ability to possess the living and resurrect the dead. The United States Army has tried to communicate with it but failed. Instead, the military has tried to create a genetically altered version of the alien in order to resurrect dead soldiers on the battlefield. The alien fights back, turning soldier against soldier. Young scientist Darren Hall kidnaps the last pure … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Diagnosis: Death (2009)

Posted on 01/05/2011 by Craig McGee

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While volunteering in an experimental drug trial at a creepy testing facility, human guinea pigs Juliet (Jessica Grace Smith) and Andre (Raybon Kan) find clues pointing to a double murder, but their medication’s hallucinogenic side effects hinder their attempts to solve the mystery. A horror spoof that pokes fun at Peter Jackson’s early movies, this New Zealand production co-stars the Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement.

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Film Review: Dead Tone (Aka “7venty 5ive) (2007)

Posted on 01/03/2011 by Craig McGee

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A seemingly innocuous pastime involving fun-loving collegians and prank phone calls turns into a lethal cat-and-mouse game in this blood-drenched fright feast starring Rutger Hauer and Brian Hooks. While vacationing at a secluded mansion after finals, a group of university students dials random telephone numbers and tries to unnerve the person on the other end. But their fun is short-circuited when one of them unwittingly connects with a slasher.

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Film Review: Die-ner (Get it?) (2009)

Posted on 01/02/2011 by Craig McGee

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A horror-comedy of errors, Die-ner (get it?) explores the existential dilemma of a sociopath killer who runs into the unique problem of his victims rising from the dead. Its business as usual for Ken, our hero and killer carte blanche, as he comes upon a diner in the middle of nowhere. After promptly dispatching the waitress and cook, Ken marks another notch on his belt as he prepares to continue … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Rammbock (aka Seige of the Dead) (2010)

Posted on 12/19/2010 by Craig McGee

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Just when Michael arrives in Berlin to visit his ex-girlfriend Gabi, a terrible virus starts spreading across the city at a rapid pace, turning people into mindless homicidal maniacs. Much to Michael’s concern, Gabi’s not home; instead, he meets Harper, a teenage plumber’s apprentice at work in her apartment block. Together, they manage to barricade themselves when raging hordes of infected people swarm the building. Surrounded by these thirsty zombies, … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Sculpture (2009)

Posted on 12/19/2010 by Craig McGee

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Sculpture is a psychological horror gore-fest that tells the story of Ashley Steele, an aspiring artist who returns home after the death of her father only to find the haunting memories of her repressed childhood await her. She is commissioned to create a life-size sculpture of the perfect man, and uses body builders from her brother’s gym as models, but soon finds herself spiraling down a path of … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Horno (2009)

Posted on 12/19/2010 by Craig McGee

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Life imitates art when several sex crazed, flesh eating zombies, crash a film shoot about a zombie outbreak spread by sodomy.

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Written & Directed by: Terrance Williams
Starring: Carlos Javier Castillo, Oceana Christopher, Jesselyn Desmond

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Ron is a director of p*rn movies (hey, got my attention already) who has grown tired of the same old story, the same old sodomy and dance, of directing regular … Continue reading →

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