SYNOPSIS: A futuristic action thriller where a team of people work to prevent a disaster threatening the future of the human race. REVIEW: Director – Neil Marshall Starring – Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Malcolm McDowell When I received this current pack of movies to review and I saw that one of them was titled “Doomsday,” well, I just had to …
Read More »Film Review: Lifeforce (1985)
SYNOPSIS: A race of space vampires arrive in London and infect the populous. REVIEW: Director – Tobe Hooper Starring – Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth If you’ve never seen this movie it’s the one with the nude space vampires. Well, at least one nude space vampire that is worth mentioning and her name is Space Girl (played by the …
Read More »Film Review: Slaughter Weekend (2010)
SYNOPSIS: A weekend for a group of store clerks ends with slaughter. REVIEW: Director – Robert Nemere Starring – Alexis Ayala, Paul Braccioforte, Harold Bridgeforth I’ll be honest, I’m not even sure how to describe this movie. Part comedy, part horror, part gritty urban drama, part crime drama, part sex fetish exploration and well, you get the idea. It really …
Read More »Film Review: Cool Air (2006)
SYNOPSIS: Charlie Baxter, a struggling screenwriter, is searching for accommodation in a rundown mansion somewhere in the isolated mountains above Malibu. An expressionless and creatively bankrupt young man who rewrites exploitation sci-fi / horror scripts for a living, he takes a room in the mansion and learns of the mysterious doctor residing in the room above his own who dabbles …
Read More »Film Review: Scream Of The Banshee (2011)
SYNOPSIS: An archeology professor unearths a dangerous artifact, unwittingly releasing a creature that is able to kill with the power of its bone-splitting scream. REVIEW: Director – Steven C. Miller Starring – Lauren Holly, Lance Henriksen, Todd Haberkorn, Leanne Cochran Ya just gotta love these SyFy channel movies. Okay, maybe you don’t but you do have to admit they can …
Read More »Film Review: The Disappearance Of Alice Creed (2009)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Two men fortify a nondescript British apartment so it can serve as a prison, and then kidnap a woman and tie her to a bed. Before there’s even time to react, we’re plunged into a very nasty situation, but not a simple one REVIEW: Written and Directed by J Blakeson Starring Gemma Arterton, Eddie Marsan and …
Read More »Film Review: Savage (2009)
SYNOPSIS: A blazing fire rips its way through Bear Valley National Park. As the firefighters try to contain it, the animals are being forced out of their habitat including a beast that was better left undiscovered. REVIEW: Director – Jordan Blum Starring – Martin Kove, Tony Becker, Lisa Wilcox, Anna Enger I have to admit I have a soft spot …
Read More »Film Review: Campfire Tales (1997)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Horror takes a detour deep into the woods. Returning home from a concert and driving recklessly, four teenagers crash their car on a deserted road. To ward off the cold, they build a fire and wait for help. But the hair-raising stories they tell around the fire put a deeper chill into the night. Each tale …
Read More »Film Review: Saturday The 14th (1981)
SYNOPSIS: A Family moves into a house inhabited by scary creatures and a number of close calls ensue. REVIEW: Director – Howard R. Cohen Starring – Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Jeffrey Tambor There are some movies that stand the test of time and no matter how long ago they were made still manage to enthrall audiences. I really wish I …
Read More »Film Review: World Of The Dead: The Zombie Diaries 2 (2011)
SYNOPSIS: Three months have passed since a viral outbreak wiped out 99.9% of the world’s population, turning its victims into flesh-eating living dead. In the UK, a surviving band of soldiers and civilians have taken refuge at a rural military barracks. Life in this new world is tough and brutal, but hope appears when a high level communication is received …
Read More »Film Review: Amber Alert (2012)
SYNOPSIS: When a group of friends decides to follow a car they’ve seen posted on an Amber Alert, things start to go very wrong. REVIEW: Director – Kerry Bellessa Starring – Jasen Wade, Summer Bellessa, Chris Hill Seems like anymore, taglines for horror movies need to start with the phrase, “just when you thought you’ve seen the last found footage …
Read More »Film Review: The Demon’s Rook (2013)
SYNOPSIS: A young boy named Roscoe finds a portal to another world where he is taught magic by an elder demon known as Dimwos. Dimwos raises the boy into manhood, revealing to him many secrets REVIEW: Director – James Sizemore Starring – Ashleigh Jo Sizemore, James Sizemore, John Chatham You just gotta love a low budget film where the filmmaker, …
Read More »Film Review: The Woman In Black (1989)
SYNOPSIS: When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman’s dreary home and no one will explain or even acknowledge the menacing woman in black he keeps seeing. Ignoring the towns-people’s …
Read More »Film Review: Disturbing Behavior (1998)
SYNOPSIS: The new kid in town stumbles across something sinister about the town’s method of transforming its unruly teens into upstanding citizens. REVIEW: Director – David Nutter Starring – James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl After watching this I have to say once more loud and clear: I am sooo glad to be done with high school! I mean, what’s …
Read More »Film Review: The Morgue (2008)
SYNOPSIS: About six strangers who find themselves stranded overnight at a rural morgue. REVIEW:Directors – Halder Gomes, Gerson Sanginitto Starring – Bill Cobbs, Heather Donahue, Lisa Crilley The movie starts, the screen is black and a quote appears. “Whenever you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.” Okay, strong start, …
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