Film Reviews

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A dead father’s recently discovered radio sends his adult son on a twisting journey that slowly unravels a dark, unimaginable secret. REVIEW: William has issues. Depression. Stress. Grief. He has two daughters, Mindy and Shanna. Other than memories and the sense of loss, the girls are all he has after his wife passed away a number …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Magnus Dens returns to his childhood home and the scene of his father’s death in the hopes of learning how he died. He encounters a mysterious and ethereal woman who appears to live in the ocean and bears a striking resemblance to his female childhood friend. Is she real, or a figment of his damaged mind? …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: 1990: David, 40, looks after his dementia mom. He uses a video dating service to no avail. He buys a “Rent-A-Pal” video tape and things change. REVIEW: Written and directed by Jon Stevenson (Eat, The Release), who is just so talented. The film opens with a TV that goes to static. This was before digital, before …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Anthropology professor was kicked out from his university for claiming to be on the threshold of an apocalyptic discovery. Someone or something is still interested in his work. REVIEW: WARNING: Possible spoilers in this review, so please be aware if you read this before watching “The Pond”. When you mention you watched a Serbian horror film …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When Lt. Artemis and her loyal soldiers are transported to a new world, they engage in a desperate battle for survival against enormous enemies with incredible powers. Feature film based on the video game by Capcom. REVIEW: The term ‘divisive’ was pretty much made for some filmmakers. Whether it’s the twee hipster stylings of Wes Anderson, …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: An obese woman recently released from an insane asylum kills anyone who attempts to get her to stop eating.

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: An evil millionaire believes he is Santa Claus after an accident renders him amnesiac.

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A possessed pair of jeans is brought to life to punish the unscrupulous practices of a trendy clothing company. Shipped to the company’s flagship store Slaxx proceeds to wreak carnage on staff locked in overnight to set up the new collection.  REVIEW: Directed by Elza Kephart and written by Elza Kephart and Patricia Gomez. I LOVE …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Steeped in ancient Jewish lore and demonology, THE VIGIL is a supernatural horror film set over the course of a single evening in Brooklyn’s Hasidic Borough Park neighborhood. Low on funds and having recently left his insular religious community, Yakov reluctantly accepts an offer from his former rabbi and confidante to take on the responsibility of an overnight “shomer,” fulfilling the Jewish practice of watching …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Five dangerous patients, suffering from extreme phobias at a government testing facility, are put to the ultimate test under the supervision of a crazed doctor and his quest to weaponize fear.  ROBOPHOBIA Written & Directed by Joe Sill Robophobia (from Czech word robota, meaning “drudgery”) is the fear of robots, drones, robot-like mechanics or artificial intelligence. It frequently results in a …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After a one-night stand, a successful married man finds himself entangled in a cunning police detective’s latest investigation. REVIEW: Derrick Tyler (Michael Ealy) is a successful self-made LA sports agent with fancy cars and a fancy home. Everything is going well for him, except his marriage, so when Derrick goes on a Vegas trip with the …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: On the cusp of retirement, an eccentric mortician recounts several of the strangest stories he’s encountered in his long career, but things take a turn for the phantasmagorical when he learns that the final story… is his own. REVIEW: The anthology format has always been a favorite of mine in the horror genre. Like many people …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Two New Orleans paramedics’ lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects. REVIEW: Genre cinema specialists, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead helm another genre mashing foray with Synchronic, a film about friendship, loss, life, drugs and time travel. SOME SPOILERS AHEAD: New Orleans …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “Set against the backdrop of the Great Plague and subsequent witch-hunts against women, Grace Haverstock (Charlotte Kirk) must grapple with the tragic untimely death of her husband Joseph (Joe Anderson) in a society completely consumed by fear and death. Because she rejects her landlord Squire Pendleton’s (Steven Waddington) advances, she is falsely accused of being a witch and thrown in jail for …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young man who moves to New York City to become a famous drag queen. As the Plug Lady he gains infamy at a drag cabaret his dreams become realized while a devoted following is a witness to the transformation. REVIEW: One good thing about the movie industry is that it does give creators a chance …