Films Reviews

Welcome to HorrorNews.net's exclusive archive of film reviews. This section is comprised of all our collective movie reviews. While our branding is horror-focused, we believe in also covering a wide range of genre-related features.

HorrorNews.net reviews films that range from horror, science fiction, cult, action, fantasy, Asian, super hero, to animation. Because we are die hard fans ourselves, we also tend to know what genres like-minded folks will find interesting. All our reviews are sent out, reviewed by real reviewers (most of which work within different facets of the industry) and collected here to give our unbias opinion on them. Simply enough, if the film is crap we'll call it out...if it's brilliant, we'll give credit where credit is due. Come to this section for all our latest film and movie reviews. If you prefer a more isolated category, we also have section exclusive to those.

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Film Review: Imaginaerum (2012)

Posted on 06/19/2013 by Angel Van Croft

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A coma sends an old man into his childhood’s sinister fantasy world, where he must fight dementia and gain back his memories before it’s too late.

REVIEW:

Director – Stobe Harju
Starring – Marianne Farley, Quinn Lord, Francis X. McCarthy

I’m going to get literary for just a second and quote one of my favorite first lines from any novel, Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family … Continue reading →

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Film Review: 23 Minutes To Sunrise (2012)

Posted on 06/18/2013 by Angel Van Croft

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They say the darkest hour is just before dawn, and at the Sunrise diner it’s very late indeed. Four couples find themselves at an out-of-the-way 24-hour diner, but they are not all that they seem.

REVIEW:

Director – Jay Kanzler
Starring – Eric Roberts, Nia Peeples, Bob Zany

I have to point this out right off the bat: a horror movie this is not. If you look hard you could argue … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Man Of Steel (2013)

Posted on 06/15/2013 by The Black Saint

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A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

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It’s been seven years since Hollywood attempted to resuscitate Superman and … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Dead Mine (2012)

Posted on 06/14/2013 by John Townsend

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The legend of Yamashita’s Gold lures a treasure hunter and his group deep into the Indonesian jungle. Once they are trapped in an abandoned World War II Japanese bunker, they face the terrifying reality that the only way out is to go further in.

REVIEW:

In recent years there have been many films set in caves, mines and anything else filmmakers can come up with to allow them to create a claustrophobic, … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Black Rock (2012)

Posted on 06/14/2013 by The Black Saint

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Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.

REVIEW:

Feeling a whole lot like a female version of “DELIVERANCE”, Director (& star) Katie Aselton’s “BLACK ROCK” tries very hard to separate itself from the standard “Women in Distress” film that you’re more … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Sin Reaper (2012)

Posted on 06/13/2013 by The Black Saint

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Young Samantha Walker has been tortured by nightmarish visions for years. With the help of Dr. Hoffman, she faces her unknown past by taking his advice and traveling to Germany where she begins to seek out the true roots of her ancestral past. Her journey leads to a former German convent and after she breaks in to the convent at night her life becomes a horrible struggle as a masked monk starts … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Sexcula (1974)

Posted on 06/13/2013 by The Black Saint

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A young woman inherits a mansion and discovers a centuries old diary which details the exploits of Dr. Fellatingstein, who has created a man to satisfy her insatiable desires but he doesn’t seem up to the task. She summons a relative, Countess Sexula, to assist her in her quest for sexual satisfaction. Oh yeah…there’s an ape in here as well.

REVIEW:

What did I do? All I did was say “Sure” to … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Stranded (2013)

Posted on 06/13/2013 by Angel Van Croft

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Four isolated astronauts on board a bio-dome space craft, experience a ghostly intercession after a meteor storm, leading to paranoia, fear and death.

REVIEW:

Director – Roger Christian
Starring – Christian Slater, Brendan Fehr, Amy Matysio

Stranded is a typical sci-fi B-movie. Nothing too terribly great, nothing too terribly bad. What’s kind of fascinating is the impressive roster that it brings to the table. Let’s face it, Christian Slater and Brendan Fehr … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Cool Air (2006)

Posted on 06/12/2013 by Angel Van Croft

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Charlie Baxter, a struggling screenwriter, is searching for accommodation in a rundown mansion somewhere in the isolated mountains above Malibu. An expressionless and creatively bankrupt young man who rewrites exploitation sci-fi / horror scripts for a living, he takes a room in the mansion and learns of the mysterious doctor residing in the room above his own who dabbles in strange experiments.

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Director – Albert Pyun
Starring – … Continue reading →

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Film Review: This is the End (2013)

Posted on 06/12/2013 by Doc Rotten

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When Jay Baruchel visits Seth Rogan in Los Angeles, he ends up at James Franco’s house for a house warming party when the end of the world strikes. The three of them, along with Jonah Hill, Danny McBride and Craig Robinson, must find a way to survive the Apocalypse.

REVIEW:

Ghostbusters. Shawn of the Dead. Zombieland. All of these classic films must now move aside. This is the End, … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Stripped (2013)

Posted on 06/10/2013 by Angel Van Croft

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STRIPPED is post-feminist horror, following the events surrounding a birthday outing with two brothers and a friend which turns into a horrific fight for survival after they become trapped in a house with a “family” of malevolent women.

REVIEW:

Directors – Mark LaFleur and J.M.R. Luna
Starring – Nicole Sienna, Josh Cole, Carson Aune

Ah, Vegas. The city of sin. Of twenty-four hour debauchery. The place where anything goes. What in the … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Hatchet III (2013)

Posted on 06/10/2013 by The Black Saint

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A search and recovery team heads into the haunted swamp to pick up the pieces and Marybeth learns the secret to ending the voodoo curse that has left Victor Crowley haunting and terrorizing Honey Island Swamp for decades.

REVIEW:

The last time we saw Victor Crowley he had a problem with his face, it was blasted away! That was how “HATCHET II” had ended, with Marybeth … Continue reading →

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Film Review: V/H/S/2 (2013)

Posted on 06/09/2013 by HorrorNews.net

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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 “V/H/S/2″ which doesn’t even think to try and mess with the original’s formula … Continue reading →

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TV Review: The Twilight Zone: The Complete Second Season (1960/2013)

Posted on 06/09/2013 by The Black Saint

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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 comics, novels and sci-fi films of his youth — the series introduced its own special brand … Continue reading →

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Film Review: The Purge (2013)

Posted on 06/08/2013 by The Black Saint

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A family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legalized.

REVIEW:

I first heard of this film 2-3 months ago and I distinctly remember thinking what an absolutely awful idea it was for a film. Then again, the idea of an ancient Indian Medicine man reincarnating himself thru the back … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Farm (2010)

Posted on 06/07/2013 by HorrorNews.net

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Charlie and his little brother Simon live a secluded life, feeding off of the land and surviving on their own. The monotony of their lives remains unchanged: day after day, month after month, yet, something keeps them from growing comfortable, from feeling safe. And all too soon, the nightmare brewing beneath the surface of their quiet farm life will erupt. For how can one survive the end of the world … Continue reading →

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Film Review: After Earth (2013)

Posted on 06/02/2013 by The Black Saint

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A crash landing leaves a father & son stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after events forced humanity’s escape. With his father injured, the boy must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help.

REVIEW:

What would a summer blockbuster film season be without at least one film that tells the story of humanity leaving Earth due to some calamity that ruins the planet? Those of you who like this hackneyed plot … Continue reading →

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Film Review: The Unbroken (2012)

Posted on 06/02/2013 by The Black Saint

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Sarah Campbell is starting her life over again after a messy divorce leaves her alone for the first time in years. Having to live in a dumpy apartment complex with some interesting people is the least of her worries when strange things begin to happen including visions of a little boy in her mirrors. Sarah also starts to have nightmares about being murdered and tossed into a shallow grave by a “shadowy … Continue reading →

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Film Review: The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh (2012)

Posted on 06/02/2013 by HorrorNews.net

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An antiques collector inherits a house from his estranged mother only to discover that she had been living in a shrine devoted to a mysterious cult. Soon, he comes to suspect that his mother’s oppressive spirit still lingers within her home and is using items in the house to contact him with an urgent message.

REVIEW:

Under the creation of Rue Morgue’s Rodrigo Gudiño, arrives another excellent example of elegance, horror, and … Continue reading →

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