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Film Review: Primal Rage (2018)

SYNOPSIS: A newly reunited young couple’s drive through the Pacific Northwest turns into a nightmare as they are forced to face nature, unsavory locals, and a monstrous creature, known to the Native Americans as Oh-Mah. REVIEW: Primal Rage is Patrick Magee’s first trepid steps into directing, after a long career in special effects and make up for films such as, …

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Film Review: The Crucifixion (2017)

SYNOPSIS: Journalist Nicole Rawlins (Sophie Cookson) is investigating the murder of a nun. A priest has been convicted but he claims that she died while he was performing an exorcism ritual. REVIEW: Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service) plays Nicole, a tenacious journalist with a keen nose for a story and other well-known clichés. Nicole has a huge issue with organized …

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Film Review: Demon Hunter (2016)

SYNOPSIS: Detective Ray Beckett seeks the aid of homicide suspect, Taryn Barker, in rescuing his daughter from a demonic force. REVIEW: There are some great Irish horrors out there, films such as Grabbers, Stitches and – no, really – I Am Not a Serial Killer. So, whenever a new one manages to escape from its homeland to potentially terrorize the …

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Film Review: Auteur (2014)

SYNOPSIS: On the brink of reaching the pinnacle of his film career for his latest theatrical masterpiece; Director Charlie Buckwald suddenly disappears. Taking all of the footage and leaving virtually no trace of his existence. Soon to follow are the sudden deaths of his film crew and pieces of evidence that all point to one incident on set. Intrigued by …

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Film Review: Chicago Rot (2016)

SYNOPSIS: After years of rotting in Joliet, Les, a wrongfully imprisoned street legend known as “The Ghoul”, is released into a mad search through Chicago’s back alleys for the man who slaughtered his mother and robbed him of his soul. Aided by mysterious benefactors, he must delve beneath the city into a modern labyrinth of gutters whose tendrils have grown …

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Film Review: 001 Trolling (2017)

SYNOPSIS: Odyn, a manic security guard impersonates famous rappers in chat rooms to distract from regret, but when he is hacked and scouted by an underground internet troll group, they set out to repair their wounded egos & troll the planet. REVIEW: After the polarizing endeavor of Struggled Reagans, which also went by the more Sabai company baiting Cosplay Fetish Battle …

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Film Review: Die Die Delta Pi (2013)

SYNOPSIS: In late 1980s, when times were fun, technology was changing, clothes were Rad and girls were Bad; there was one thing that didn’t change, traditions. Delta Pi, a long-lasting sorority institution in the heart of Tampa, Florida, keeps that tradition “alive”…until late 1986 Spring Break when a serial killer was just coming to light. REVIEW: Being English, my knowledge …

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Film Review: The Phoenix Project (2015)

SYNOPSIS: Four scientists craft a machine to reanimate deceased organisms. REVIEW: Setting up a makeshift laboratory in a garage, a group of scientists fail to heed the warnings laid out in Mary Shelley’s seminal Frankenstein and work together to try and crack the secret of resurrection. Whilst some amongst you may be thinking there’s potential here for Flatliners or Re-Animator …

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Film Review: Sorceress (1995)

SYNOPSIS: This is another look at the occult as inspired by Roger Corman and his view of the dark side. Jealous witch Erica uses her powers to influence her unwitting husband Larry and his colleagues, who all work for a big law firm. REVIEW: Within five minutes of Sorceress, directed by Jim Wynorski (Sorority House Massacre II) you will know …

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Film Review: Moth (2016)

SYNOPSIS: A teacher and her student travel to the European countryside to investigate 22 recent Mothman sighting reports, but what begins as an attempt to stop a catastrophe becomes a nightmarish fight for survival. REVIEW: Following on from their 2014 effort Bodom, Hungarian directors Gergö Elekes and József Gallai return to the found footage well. Whereas Bodom saw the horrors …

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