Rate This Movie REVIEW: While 4 minutes isn’t very long to make a point. This short embraces the concept of science fiction with its magnificent little animation piece. Our alien focal point, an abstract female being, drudges her way thru an ash-covered world. The ashes threaten to engulf her as she steps her way forward. Thought equipped with what I’ll …
Read More »Film Review: Rapture-Palooza (2013)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Two teens battle their way through a religious apocalypse on a mission to defeat the Antichrist. REVIEW: Straight off the goofy train and chock full of vulgar innuendos, “Rapture-Palooza” takes a stab at the end of the world scenario AND the rapture. Easy enough, those who lacked faith in God were left behind to exist in …
Read More »Film Review: Drive-In Horror Show (2009)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In days long ago, people would come to the drive-in to experience highs and lows. To laugh, or cry…… or scream. Those days have passed us by, and all the drive-ins have long since closed their doors. Those great movies have been forgotten. But some films won’t stay dead. REVIEW: Drive-in Horror Show is quite a …
Read More »Film Review: My Stepdaughter (2015)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Jill wants nothing more than to attain a life of fulfillment and happiness with her new family. Marrying Robert, the man of her dreams has come with some obstacles however. A brooding, angst inspired teen named Casey, Robert’s daughter has now become Jill’s step daughter. While tension is consistent in the air, Jill begins to question …
Read More »Film Review: From a Whisper to A Scream (1987)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: On the eve of his niece’s execution, historian Julian White (Vincent Price) recounts four terrifying tales in this gruesome horror anthology. It seems the town of Oldfield, Tenn., isn’t the sleepy hamlet it appears to be: White introduces four scary short stories involving necrophilia, ghosts, voodoo priests and demon children with uncontrollable appetites. Clu Gulager, Terry Kiser, …
Read More »Film Review: Burrp! (short film) (1993)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A zombie outbreak takes place. There’s lots of carnage all over. Some people fight against it. REVIEW: Burrp! is a 32 minute Spanish short film directed and written by Sergio Blasco. The film is almost impossible to find but has been sitting on our extreme list for quite some time. occasionally we’ll create an entry for …
Read More »Film Review: Sister Smile (2001)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Back in late 1963, a Belgian nun known only as Soeur Sourire, or Sister Smile, topped America’s pop music charts with the relentlessly cheerful tune “Dominique,” from an album that sold 1.5 million copies. From the little that is known of the ill-fated nun’s life, Roger Deutsch has made the boldly speculative yet persuasive Italian-language film …
Read More »Interview: Padraig Reynolds (Open 24 Hours)
Welcome back to FrightFest, OPEN 24 HOURS is your third time being represented. Why is it important you show your movies at the UK’s premier festival? FrightFest is the best horror festival in the world. It has the best fans and the best organisers a genre director could hope for. There is so much love and care that goes into …
Read More »The Nursery Coming to DVD on August 7
The indie horror film The Nursery will be released on DVD in North America on August 7, 2018, by Uncork’d Entertainment. The DVD will feature exclusive content and extras, including insightful audio commentary by the filmmakers, a “making of” featurette, and more. “To get a full-blown DVD release of The Nursery is incredibly exciting,” The Nursery’s Executive Producers—Glenn Chung, Chris …
Read More »Film Review: The Other Side (short film) (2012)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When a fresh-faced nanny arrives at her new job on a creaky farm in the English countryside, she is instantly caught up in the turbulent relationship of her employers. James is struggling to provide for his family, and Rachel, an inexperienced mother, is unable to cope with the demands of her newborn baby. Unaware of his …
Read More »Film Review: La Petite Mort (2009)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Three friends, Simon, Nina and Dodo fly on holidayы to Spain. On their way happens a delay in Frankfurt, where they eventually have been robbed. Depressed, they stop to drink at the bar, where get to masochists and murderers. REVIEW: This film has been on radar to view and review for awhile. Mainly because I knew Olaf …
Read More »Film Review: Zombie Fight Club (2014)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: It’s the end of the century at a corner of the city in a building riddled with crime – Everyone in the building has turned into zombies. After Jenny’s boyfriend is killed in a zombie attack, she faces the challenge of surviving in the face of adversity. In order to stay alive, she struggles with Andy to …
Read More »Film Review: Halloween Night (2006)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In this gory chiller based on real events, a teen’s Halloween bash is spoiled — but becomes eerily authentic — when lunatic Chris Vale (Scot Nery) escapes from an asylum to learn the reason behind his mother’s murder. Determined to find out the truth, Vale returns to the scene of the crime, his childhood home … …
Read More »Film Review: Hellraiser 6: Hellseeker (2002)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A shady businessman attempts to piece together the details of the car crash that killed his wife and rendered him an amnesiac– and left him in possession of a sinister puzzle box that summons monsters. REVIEW: Directed by Hellraiser regular Rick Bota (also Hellraiser Deader and Hellraiser Hellworld) comes another odd entry into the Cenobium-driven franchise. …
Read More »Film Review: Identity (2003)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Stranded at a desolate Nevada motel during a nasty rainstorm, ten strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that they’re being killed off one by one. REVIEW: The 2003 theatrical debut of “Identity” was a slam dunk for movie plotlines. I remember seeing this one live and thinking, “wow! what a brilliant film that …
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