SYNOPSIS: Jane Austen’s classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England is faced with a new challenge — an army of undead zombies REVIEW: I’ve never been a fan of Jane Austen, or her novels. I understand and respect them for their place in history, and I understand how popular they’ve been …

SYNOPSIS: Five “city boys” travel to the country to relax by doing some hunting, drinking Bud, and generally having good time. However, the local inbred backwoods psychos turn the hunters to be the hunted, and they need all the ammo and wits they have to get out of the woods alive. REVIEW: Ever see “Deliverance”? “Southern Comfort”? “Rituals” maybe? More …

SYNOPSIS: A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult author R.L. Stine after the writer’s imaginary demons are set free on the town of Greendale, Maryland. REVIEW: Zach (Dylan Minnette) has just moved into the sleepy town of Greendale, MD with his mother, Gale (Amy Ryan), after the unexpected death of his father. As is the norm for …

SYNOPSIS: A young woman searches for her twin sister in a Japanese forest only to find herself surrounded by paranormal forces. REVIEW: The first theatrical horror release of 2016 has arrived! But if The Forest is an example of the horror films we’re going to be subjected to in this brand spanking new year, then it’s gonna be a relatively …

SYNOPSIS: A single mother finds that things in her family’s life goes very wrong after her two young children visit their grandparents. REVIEW: It’s patently impossible to write about any M. Night Shyamalan film without discussing his habit of adding a nifty (or not so nifty), twist of some sort to the endings of nearly all of them (The Last …

SYNOPSIS: A group of student activists travels to the Amazon to save the rain forest and soon discover that they are not alone, and that no good deed goes unpunished. REVIEW: Eli Roth hasn’t directed a full length feature since Hostel: Pt. 2 (2007), and his latest directorial effort, The Green Inferno, has been stuck in distribution hell for over …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Rod Serling’s seminal anthology series focused on ordinary folks who suddenly found themselves in extraordinary, usually supernatural, situations. The stories would typically end with an ironic twist that would see the guilty punished. REVIEW: THE TWILIGHT ZONE remains television’s most treasured anthology program. The brainchild of writer and narrator Rod Serling — inspired by the pulp …

SYNOPSIS: Mary, a police officer, is forced into an evil pharmaceutical company’s drug trial for a PMS inhibitor known as Corybantic after being caught on television beating a rapist. After a tragic event Mary suffers a horrific side effect, and with her new found superhuman strength, she begins to systematically take out her vengeance on everyone in her path! Will …

As the year 2015 comes to a close, I think about all of the really good films I’ve seen over the past 12 months, and I smile to myself contently. But thinking of the good ones inevitably leads me to think about the bad ones, and my smile turns upside down into a frown. This year there happened to be …

SYNOPSIS: A young artist sells his soul to Satan for the new heart he so desperately needs. How was he to know that his new heart comes replete with tentacles and a hunger for human flesh? REVIEW: In the past I have bemoaned the relative low cost of video cameras & their ability to make any schlub with an idea …

SYNOPSIS: Searching for a missing student, two private investigators break into his house and find collection of VHS tapes. Viewing the horrific contents of each cassette, they realize there may be dark motives behind the student’s disappearance. REVIEW: Last year’s “V/H/S/” was a surprise hit and something of a critical darling as well and it’s success has inevitably led to …

SYNOPSIS: Told from Igor’s perspective, we see the troubled young assistant’s dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man – and the legend – we know today. REVIEW: Victor Frankenstein has arrived!  Another year, another adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein currently playing to …

SYNOPSIS: Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force REVIEW: It’s nearly impossible for me to put into words how anxious and excited I was to see The Raid 2. After the incredible intensity & jaw dropping …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Exploring the parallels between film making and voyeurism, director J.T. Petty aims his camera at the world of underground horror films, interviewing scream queens and scholars and finding one auteur whose snuff series seems all too convincing. This thought-provoking documentary constantly compels viewers to question whether the grisly images they’re watching are the real deal or …

Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak. I’m of the belief that save for The Walking Dead cable TV series, Zombies have pretty much overstayed their welcome on TV, and in movies. The decline has been slow, but steady, and this …