Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A naive young boy unknowingly becomes the pawn of a serial killer. REVIEW: Young Douglas Whooly is a lonely little boy. Living with his mom, he spends his days in the suburbs playing a video game on his hand-held console, where his character is tasked with assisting the Devil in sending souls to Hell. Little does …
Read More »Film Review: Too Late (2021)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A lonely assistant finally finds love and must escape her monster of a boss before she and her new love become his next meal. REVIEW: Balancing comedy and horror is a very fine tightrope to walk, and much harder to pull off properly than it would first seem; veer too hard towards the comedy and you …
Read More »Film Review: The Believer (2021)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Lucas, an out-of-work nuclear scientist, struggles with tension in his marriage after his wife Violet mysteriously terminates her pregnancy without his consent. As Lucas’ physical health begins to inexplicably deteriorate, Violet’s behavior grows increasingly bizarre and he seeks clarity from his therapist Dr. Benedict. Exhausted by his job search, strange events begin to occur in the …
Read More »Film Review: Sebastian’s Unholy Flesh (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “Sebastian’s Unholy Flesh’-the seventh film by Denver auteur filmmaker Dakota Ray is a cinematic decent into evil, chronicling the the emergence of a new evil, as an Unholy trinity of entities try to obtain Lucifer’s ancient Unholy Book. REVIEW: It’s pretty much common knowledge by now that the horror genre has seen a huge upsurge in …
Read More »Film Review: Paranormal Prison (2021)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A paranormal investigation YouTube channel is getting ready to shut down if they don’t have a video that goes viral in time. In this last ditch attempt, a long-time mystery is solved. REVIEW: It’s probably fair to say at this point, that the ‘found footage’ genre has pretty much played itself out; franchises like the Paranormal …
Read More »Film Review: Dark Image (2017)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A girl is possessed and kills her own twin sister. REVIEW: As horror fans, we don’t see many movies these days in the tradition of the old ‘grand guignol’; a pretty much extinct style by now, notorious for over the top, graphic violence and macabre subject matter. Some incredible films have existed within the tradition over …
Read More »Film Review: The Phoenix Incident (2015)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Blurring the line between fiction and reality, the fact-based, sci-fi thriller revolves around a military conspiracy and the controversial missing persons case surrounding the infamous Phoenix Lights. REVIEW: Science fiction and found footage horror – two genres that would seem to be ideal bedfellows at first glance. While the latter has been often criticised over the …
Read More »Film Review: Entity Project (2019)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A director and her friends renting a haunted house to capture paranormal events in order to prove it and become popular. REVIEW: Whether you love them, loathe them, or couldn’t care less about them, it’s hard to deny that ‘found footage’ movies have become a mainstay of horror over the past couple of decades. While the …
Read More »Film Review: Sator (2019)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Secluded in a desolate forest, a broken family is observed by Sator, a supernatural entity who is attempting to claim them.
Read More »Film Review: Don’t Listen (Voces) (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Daniel and Sara have a 9-year-old son, Eric, and they’ve just moved to a new home not knowing the neighbours call it “the house of the voices”. Eric is the first one to notice the odd noises behind each door.
Read More »Film Review: Monster Hunter (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When Lt. Artemis and her loyal soldiers are transported to a new world, they engage in a desperate battle for survival against enormous enemies with incredible powers. Feature film based on the video game by Capcom. REVIEW: The term ‘divisive’ was pretty much made for some filmmakers. Whether it’s the twee hipster stylings of Wes Anderson, …
Read More »Film Review: Human Hibachi (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A man documents his girlfriend’s 35th birthday on his phone. What he captures throughout the night are the most disturbing human acts imaginable. REVIEW: Out of the myriad sub-genres that make up the wonderful world of horror that we all love, perhaps one of the most maligned is the good old cannibal movie. Much like the …
Read More »Film Review: Serena Waits (2018)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When an alcohol fueled hook up takes a violent and horrifying turn, three college athletes find themselves haunted by the very girl they left for dead. REVIEW: Think of female-led revenge flicks and a few heavy hitters in the horror genre spring to mind, including 70s pioneers Carrie and I Spit On Your Grave; the latter …
Read More »Film Review: The Devil In The Room (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young couple look to prevent an evil spirit from trapping their souls in the realm between sleep and reality. REVIEW: There’s something to be said for brevity in horror; many a potentially good movie has been weighed down by an excess of plot padding and obvious exposition, two things that can kill any building tension …
Read More »Film Review: Mercy Black (2019)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A woman is sent to a mental institution after stabbing her classmate in an attempt to conjure an evil spirit called, Mercy Black. Fifteen years later she’s released, and must save her nephew, who has become obsessed with the phenomenon. REVIEW: It seems hard to believe that the Blumhouse studio has been churning out horror movies …
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