Film Reviews

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 …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Premutos is the first of the fallen Angels, even before Lucifer. His Goal is to rule the world, the living and the dead. His son should pave the way for him and appears arbitrary throughout human history and is then recognized as some kind of monster. REVIEW: Premutos – der Gefallene Engel (”The Fallen Angel;” this …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: An anxious shut-in moves into a haunted apartment, hiring a stranger to perform an exorcism which quickly takes a horrific turn. REVIEW: Directed by Jennifer Reeder, written by Brett Neveu. Isolation can be exhausting. Some people are okay by themselves, they have seen the light and the darkness, and they are okay with it all. Some …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The film tells of a young couple, desperate to have a child, that begin treatment at a renowned doctor’s secluded facility. The couple becomes suspicious when the medical regimen brings on psychological side effects and try to learn the truth about The Institute.

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A lonely teen discovers her family’s ties to witchcraft. REVIEW: “Hellbender” (2021) begins with a witch being hanged and then shot in the head multiple times before she launches into the sky as she bursts into flames. Okay, movie, you have my attention. The movie shifts to Izzy and her mother. They live in the mountains, …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: 25 years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, Calif., a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past. REVIEW: I miss the old days. You went out, saw a movie in the theater, got jazzed up about …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Budding actresses Kimi and Lana share a roomy Tokyo apartment. They manage to work through most of their minor disagreements, but when the girls find out that they’re after the same movie role and the same man, their fights escalate from heated arguments to all-out power-tool battles! The action takes place entirely within the confines of …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A Psychotherapist investigates a cult that takes over an Arizona town in 1993. REVIEW: Ok let’s talk about “Bryan Loves You“. A uniquely engaging film for sure. I will confess that while engaging, I still found myself nodding off midway. I’m not sure if it was the hypnotic drone of a score or the discussion taking …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The lives of ten strangers intersect through a terrifying chain of events as a mutating fungus begins to spread through a small town wiping out everyone that comes into contact with it. REVIEW: The Spore seems ever like the cinematic equivalent of the old Murphy’s Law axiom “If it looks or sounds too good to be …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother’s grave site has been vandalized, Marie quickly returns to the isolated offshore island where her late mother is buried. When she arrives, she discovers that the island is closing for the offseason with the bridges raised until Spring, leaving her stranded. One strange interaction with the local townspeople after another, …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: What if one of the best days of your life suddenly turned into your very worst nightmare? And what if you were forced to relive that same day again and again?

SYNOPSIS: A young woman, muted after a sexual assault as a child, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who have wronged her after being kidnapped and forced to work as a prostitute. REVIEW: “Thriller: A Cruel Picture” is one of the great “all time” grind house exploitation films of the 70’s. In fact, it was more than apparent …