Film Reviews

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Dynamite fishing in a rural swamp revives a prehistoric gill monster that must have the blood of human females in order to survive. REVIEW: Bad movies from the 1970s seem to have a unique, almost magical, air about them. Not the movies that are pure and simply awful – the kind that insult your intelligence and …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When Norman Graysmith is invited into the home of an aspiring serial killer, Aidan Mendle, he believes he has the subject for the documentary that will make his career. REVIEW: Panic Fest 2022 Exclusive coverage. When the Screaming Starts was written by Conor Boru and Ed Hartland, it was directed by Conor Boru. This would be …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A game of seven minutes in heaven turns deadly when two teens are attacked by a monster in the closet. REVIEW: The Short film blocks at Panic Fest are always great. 7 Minutes in Hell was written and directed Justin Reager and Shane Spiegel. A group of kids sneak into this super old creepy, awesome house. …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Tensions rise when a stripper and religious protestor are trapped together in a peep show booth and must come together to survive the apocalypse in the 1980’s Chicago. REVIEW: This will be the first film, I’m officially reviewing for Panic Fest 2022, and I’m SO EXCITED. Revealer was directed by Luke Boyce, and written by Luke …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Malin Akerman and Chris Messina star in the twisted journey of two women’s desperate flee to escape the clutches of Skylight, an insidious cult. Lured in by the promise of “freedom” in the isolated desert campus called “The Aviary”, Jillian (Akerman) and Blair (Lorenzo Izzo) join forces to escape in hopes of real freedom. Consumed by fear and paranoia, they can’t shake the feeling that they are being followed …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A worker with an awkward disability nevertheless strives to succeed in his office job. REVIEW: Directed and written by Chris McInroy, Guts is fucking amazing. Horace (Kirk C. Johnson) is known as the “guts” guy in his office. He goes in to see his boss and well, he is trying to get a promotion, and he’s …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Following the death of their mother, four estranged siblings find themselves fighting for their inheritance and for their lives when an eccentric stranger arrives, claiming their famous haunted childhood home was left to her. REVIEW: Back in the 70s, a young family, wanting their part of the “American Dream”, buy and move into a house off …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Legendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album. REVIEW: As “Studio 666” begins, Jenna Ortega is crawling across a floor smeared with her own blood as she is stalked by a killer in a Ghostface ma – oh, damn, sorry. …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A glowing green orb – which embodies ultimate evil – terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror. REVIEW: It really goes without saying how awesome this film is. I had the privilege of viewing this movie in theatres in 1981 when it debuted and now …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A woman visits an island town after learning that her mother’s grave there has been desecrated, only to discover there is something a little off about the people who live there and that things themselves aren’t quite what they seem there. REVIEW: I thought that the premise for Offseason sounded neat and I went into it …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In a truly original story that is naked and not afraid, Meet TIM CHIZMAR, he’s loud and naked, in America that’s how you know he’s Tim Chizmar. Meet LUCZ PADILLA, she’s quieter, religious, and nude, she works at a designer fashion label company in Mexico. Their lives are turned upside-down when these two young nudists are …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In THE CELLAR, Keira Woods’ (Elisha Cuthbert) daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house. She soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family’s souls forever.

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A wounded soldier awakens in a strange cube that tests his physical and mental limits as he attempts to find a way to escape against a ticking clock. REVIEW: I know you came here looking for a movie review, but before we get to that, let’s talk about magic. Yes, magic. More specifically, sleight of hand …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In this adult animated feature, aspiring cartoonist Michael falls in love with Carol, an African American bartender. The couple struggle to escape their hellish urban environment, but fate isn’t on their side. REVIEW: The seventies represented a golden decade for filmmaking, spawning some of the most important and personal works ever committed to celluloid. Taxi Driver, …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A devoted couple’s quiet weekend takes a bizarre turn when a nightmarish cult and their maniacal leader come to fulfill an apocalyptic prophesy. REVIEW: Sometimes, a film obviously has “Movie Envy”. “Starcrash” wanted to be “Star Wars”. “Mac and Me” wanted to be “E.T.” “West Side Story” (2021) wanted to be “West Side Story” (1961) Never …