SYNOPSIS: Coming back to the ‘brave’, one can imagine the main problem with the inexistence of a serious Turkish horror film can be traced back to the freedom of speech, influence of Islam and Turkish society codes. “The attraction of horror can be understood in essentially three ways: (1) as the counter phobia or the satisfaction of overcoming objects of …
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Film Review: The Shining (1980)
SYNOPSIS: “Jack Torrance gets a job as the custodian of the Overlook Hotel, in the mountains of Colorado. The place is closed down during winter, Torrance and his family will be the only occupants of the hotel for a long while. When the snow storms block the Torrance family in the hotel, Jack’s son Danny, who has some clairvoyance and …
Read More »Film Review: Flowers (2015)
SYNOPSIS: An abstract, surreal horror film centering around six dead women waking up in the crawl space below their killer’s house. REVIEW: I hear a lot of people complaining that there is no good horror being made anymore, that all the good movies were done in the 1970’s and 80’s and now everything is either a remake of one of …
Read More »Film Review: Are you in the House Alone (1978)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A teenage babysitter is stalked, harassed, prank called and sexually assaulted while on the job. It is up to her to come forth and turn in her assailant, before he attacks again. REVIEW: Staring: Blythe Danner, Dennis Quaid, Kathleen Beller, Ellen Travolta and Robin Mattson Teleplay by: Judith Parker Directed by: Walter Grauman This, Gore Hounds …
Read More »Film Review: Las Vegas Bloodbath (1989)
SYNOPSIS: Las Vegas Bloodbath is a shot-on-video horror film directed, written and produced by David Schwartz, and released in 1989 REVIEW: When Sam Butler (Ari Levin) closes a big deal at work, he can’t wait to celebrate by spending some time with his wife. But when he gets home earlier than expected, he finds another man’s shoes in his hallway …
Read More »Film Review: The Human Centipede Part 2: Full Sequence (2011)
SYNOPSIS: Tom Six’s internationally controversial follow-up to the original cult smash, The Human Centipede: Full Sequence ups the ante with a brute force unparalleled in motion pictures today. Inspired by the fictional Dr. Heiter, disturbed loner Martin dreams of creating a 12-person centipede and sets out to realize his sick fantasy.
Read More »Film Review: The Human Centipede (first sequence) (2009)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Two pretty American girls are on a road trip through Europe. In Germany they end up alone at night with a broken car in the woods. They search for help and find an isolated villa. The next day they awake to find themselves trapped in his terrifying makeshift basement hospital along with a Japanese man. An …
Read More »Film Review: Zardoz (1974)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: “In the distant future, Earth is divided into two camps – the barely-civilised group and the overly-civilised one with mental powers. A plague is attacking the second group, after which its members cease to have any interest in life and become nearly catatonic. When Zed, one of the barbarians, crosses over, the tenuous balance in their world …
Read More »Film Review: The Seduction of Dr. Fugazzi (2009)
SYNOPSIS: Dr. Anna Fugazzi has it all, she’s young, beautiful and a practicing abnormal psychologist. Something is wrong with Anna though, with the repeated headaches and strange dreams, it isn’t any wonder she’s falling apart. REVIEW: Directed by: October Kingsley Starring: October Kingsley, Faye Dunaway, Jeff Van Atta, Steve Larkin, Craig Banks. “Is there truly peace and order behind that …
Read More »Film Review: Manos The Hands Of Fate (1966)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: “A family driving through a small town gets lost and winds up at a backwoods shack managed by Torgo, who takes care of it while The Master is away. The Master worships Manos, an evil deity, and he also wears a neat cape. When Torgo lets the family stay, The Master awakens and does mean stuff like …
Read More »Film Review: Dr. Gore (2009)
REVIEW: Antoine Pellissier is a French director of a number of independent horror/gore films that you probably have not heard of. This is not to say that his films aren’t good, just that they do not have wide distribution here in the United States – they are, after all, completely DIY independent films. Pellissier basically uses his own money to finance …
Read More »Film Review: Bill Huckstabelle: Serial Rapist (2015)
SYNOPSIS: Inspired by the Bill Cosby rape allegations. The shockingly disturbing stories you only heard about on the news. Now you can see it… uncut… in all of it’s horrifying terror! REVIEW: “The sweater gave him away.” I’m probably a very sick person, there is most likely something God awful wrong with me but… when I hear or even just …
Read More »Film Review: Police Story: Lockdown (2013)
SYNOPSIS: A man looking for the release of a long-time prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage. REVIEW: I’m not a Jackie Chan fan. There, I’ve said it! My old Wing Chun tutor was always name-checking him when we accidentally asked him if he’d worked on any films recently and one of my friends …
Read More »Film Review: Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf (2009)
SYNOPSIS: A blind man seeks revenge against the psychopath who took away his sight and slaughtered his wife and daughter. Eight years after the massacre, the man has returned to the desert town, now a highly trained samurai swordsman ready to seek justice. But he doesn’t know there awaits seven assassins hired by his sworn enemy who want the bounty …
Read More »Film Review: Morituris: Legions of the Dead (2011)
SYNOPSIS: While out driving, three young men meet two beautiful women and convince them to go with them to a rave out in a remote location. Once there, the women realize that there is no rave and that the men lied to them in order to beat and rape them. The women try to escape, only to accidentally unleash a …
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