SYNOPSIS: When a student’s suicide rattles an all-girls Catholic school, a clairvoyant guidance counselor leans on a ghost to uncover the convent’s abusive past. REVIEW: Eerie is among the latest entries in a somewhat under-represented genre; the Filipino horror movie. Directed by Mikhail Red (known for his Netflix-backed thriller Birdshot), this (subtitled) movie follows the strange happenings at the Sta. …
Read More »Film Review: Trespassers (2018)
SYNOPSIS: Two dysfunctional couples rent a modern luxury desert home for the weekend hoping to sort out their messed-up lives. Just as they are about to settle in for a fun night, a neighbour turns up at their front door saying she has car trouble. And that’s when the murderous trouble really starts. Because without knowing it, the four friends …
Read More »Film Review: Countdown (2019)
SYNOPSIS: When a nurse downloads an app that claims to predict the moment a person will die, it tells her she only has three days to live. With the clock ticking and a figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out. REVIEW: Would you want to know the exact moment of your …
Read More »Film Review: A Young Man with High Potential (2018)
SYNOPSIS: When the brilliant but sexually inexperienced computer science student PIET is turned down by bright and beautiful KLARA, he is deeply hurt. He takes a dose of a sleep medication, leading to a tumultuous night during which he loses his innocence in more ways than one. REVIEW: Piet Carnell is a student who is just not comfortable dealing other …
Read More »Film Review: Crypsis (2019)
SYNOPSIS: A group of friends make a bet to see who can survive camping on an island for a night. Unbeknownst to them, a strange creature lurks throughout the night terrorizing their every move, and sound is their biggest enemy. REVIEW: Crypsis is a 2019 movie which centres on the misadventures of six friends, who rather unwisely decide to spend …
Read More »Film Review: It: Chapter Two (2019)
SYNOPSIS: Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back. REVIEW: The 2017 adaptation of It: Chapter One was something of a landmark movie for the horror genre. Based on Stephen King’s 1986 behemoth of a novel, and making the wise decision …
Read More »Film Review: Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A group of tourists arrives in Burkittsville, Maryland after seeing The Blair Witch Project (1999) to explore the mythology and phenomenon, only to come face to face with their own neuroses and possibly the witch herself. REVIEW: Everyone knows The Blair Witch Project, right? The smash hit of 1999, made for a paltry $60,000, which pioneered …
Read More »Film Review: Red Handed (2019)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When their father is murdered, three brothers descend upon an Oregon mountain river to spread his ashes. After they arrive, one of their children goes missing. One of the brothers was himself abducted 30 years ago when they visited this same river, but he has blocked the incident out of his mind. Only by unlocking the …
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