Tag Archives: Justin Benson

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 …

SYNOPSIS: An unprecedented look at the iconic shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, the “man behind the curtain”, and the screen murder that profoundly changed the course of world cinema.

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group’s beliefs may be more sane than they once thought. REVIEW: It seems that commenting on film is almost as contentious these days as expressing a firm political opinion. One group will step out to claim a film to be “inventive”, …

Interview with Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (“The Endless”) Hi Justin, Hi Aaron, How are you both doing? I am doing well. How are you? Good, thank you. “The Endless” was so good. You both did an amazing job. We’re really proud of that film. Tell me how the idea manifested for both of you? Justin and Aaron- When we …

SYNOPSIS: Follows fame-obsessed teens who unwittingly become stars of the next internet sensation. REVIEW: The VHS franchise returns with VHS Viral for its third installment. Three short stories and a wrap around theme unite the found footage anthology. VHS Viral is far more solid than the first in the series but less urgent and visually cohesive. It is not as …

As I come to the end of 2015, I find myself with the unenviable task of going through every single film I’ve seen this year, and try to suss out the ten that I thought were best. Why do I call this task “Unenviable”? Well that’s because I’ve seen well over 200 films this year, and try as I might, …

SYNOPSIS: A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret. REVIEW: I hate to admit this, but I have to cop to the fact that I’m sort of jaded as far as horror films go. Don’t get me wrong, there are few things …

SYNOPSIS: Michael (Peter Cilella) is committed to getting his best friend Chris (Vinny Curran) to sober up and get his life back on track. With the best of intentions, Michael implements a plan to convince Chris to go to rehab before his drug addiction leads to an early death. But what begins as an attempt to save his friend’s life …