Film Reviews

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A man descends into paranoia after trapping what he believes to be the devil in his basement, but things take a dark turn when his family unexpectedly arrive for Christmas. REVIEW: As horror fans, we’re all familiar with the various creatures and antagonists of the genre; vampires, werewolves, zombies, the list goes on and on. But …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: While on the run from vampires, a group of survivors try to fight off their enemy while looking for lost loved ones in a world full of chaos. REVIEW: Warning: Mild spoilers ahead At the beginning of Red Spring, I wasn’t sure what to expect. The opening started off with a room full of bloody dead …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the Polaroid camera she finds. It doesn’t take long to discover that those who have their picture taken with it, soon die. REVIEW: Short movies from fledgling directors can sometimes offer an interesting glimpse as to who the next upcoming names to …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him. REVIEW: The anthology horror movie; a sub-genre that’s seen more than its fair share of weird, wonderful and – let’s face it – pretty wonky efforts over the years. These go back much further than one might expect, with …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A team of scientists has managed to capture the energy of a ghost child by using their newly invented device, Menger Sponge. They enlists a lip-reading agent in order to figure out how the child can shed light on life, and life after death. REVIEW: Taiwanese sci-fi/horror hybrid Silk offers a unique take on ghost hunting …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When a routine traffic stop results in the unexplained, grisly death of her colleague, a cop (Mary J. Blige) realizes footage of the incident will play for her eyes only. As the attacks mount, she races to understand the supernatural force behind them. REVIEW: This is one of the most hot and anxiety filled times in …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A killer reclining chair becomes enchanted by a girl and starts committing crimes of passion. REVIEW: As stunt titles go, Killer Sofa, directed by Bernie Rao (Ina) is up there with Snakes on a Plane, Sharknado, and The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies. The film’s artwork, which is likely right …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The narrative is about a beleaguered artist who rents a cheap apartment house. As the story unfolds we see this apartment building was once home to a cult which takes satisfaction in turning humans into slime and then locating a host body for all of this slime. The plot covers all of the classic subplots, such …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When a strange virus quickly spreads through a safari park and turns all the zoo animals undead, those left in the park must stop the creatures before they escape and zombify the whole city. REVIEW: I am by no means The Asylum movies’ connoisseur. I don’t like their “let’s conceive a crazy idea and make cult …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A recovering alcoholic and his grieving wife and daughter inherit an enormous Italian castle left to them by his estranged mother. What she left out of the will is that they’ve also inherited the sexually frustrated monster living in the basement. There’s always a catch. REVIEW: It was while watching Castle Freak that I was struck …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation, haunted by an ancient supernatural entity they unknowingly awakened and engages them in a fight for their survival.

Rate This Movie REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have BETELGEUSE, directed by Chris R. Notarile. The film was written by Chris Notarile along with Michael McDowell, Warran Skaaren and Larry Wilson. As the title suggests, this is a Beetlejuice fanfilm. Pretty well done, actually. This director has done several of these type of films from different genres. So …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Inside a quarantined apartment building a man must protect his pregnant wife from his new neighbors. REVIEW: Phase 7 although fiction, may not be too far ahead if you believe the theorists out there. This science fiction release paints a near future apocalyptic time when a viral outbreak has spread over 7 countries. The virus continues …

Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: Five teens struggle for their lives after becoming stranded in a cannibal infested mountain town REVIEW: Texas Chainsaw… I mean Texas Roadside Massacre is a quaint little film with great dialogue and even better character development. Na, I just messing around, it’s quite the opposite of both those statements. The characters are flat and boring, and the …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A suspenseful drama about a young couple on a road trip who get caught in the midst of a worldwide gas shortage. REVIEW: Piper (Ashley C. Williams) and Dell (Jon Carlo), are just returning from a 6 day vacation. While the thought of being off the grid and living on the land sounds exciting, the reality …