SYNOPSIS: While shooting a documentary, a group of film students spots a fireball in the sky and proceed to track down its location in the woods; unbeknownst to them, something deadly is waiting for them at their final destination. REVIEW: This little bit of kibble from Germany is written and directed by Daniele Grieco, founder of Stella Maris Film and …
Read More »Film Review: The Binding (2015)
SYNOPSIS: When her husband, Bram, becomes unstable, Sarah begins to fear for her life as well as her child’s. Can she help her husband, and herself, before all hell breaks loose? REVIEW: What if it’s true? Take it seriously for a second. Don’t just roll your eyes and dismiss the question like it’s a pop quiz dropped on you at …
Read More »Film Review: The Monster Outside (2016)
SYNOPSIS: A family moves into a secluded cabin only to be terrorized by a mysterious creature. REVIEW: Is it possible to successfully mix the aesthetics of the comedy, horror, and thriller genres? Stephen Folker, the seething mastermind behind Field Freak (aka The Monster Outside), who both wrote and directed the movie, thinks so. This genre mash-up stars Dave Juehring as …
Read More »Film Review: The Neon Demon (2016)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After Jesse, a callow and unsophisticated teenage girl, finds herself in Los Angeles at the behest of an amateur fashion photographer she met online, other people higher up the modeling world food chain begin to take a distressingly omnivorous notice of her unripe purity. REVIEW: Inspired by Roger Vadim’s Et Mourir de Plaisir (USA, Blood and …
Read More »Film Review: Australiens (2014)
SYNOPSIS: When aliens from Uranus attack Australia, it’s up to Andi Gibson, along with friends and family, to defend the country and send the invaders back to where they came from. REVIEW: Rita Artmann plays Andi Gibson, a die-hard proselytizer concerning the existence of aliens, as well as being the head-banging lead singer of the forehead-slapping punk band, Titanium Turtle; …
Read More »Film Review: The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When Senator Charlie Roan decides to run for President in order to finally end the annual bloodbath known as The Purge, she becomes the prey in a deadly hunt that could not only end her campaign, but her life as well; if she wants to survive this election year and turn back the clock for America, …
Read More »Film Review: The Perfect Husband (2014)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: To help patch things up after the loss of their child at birth, Nicola takes his wife, Viola, to a cabin retreat in the country. Will their getaway revitalize their marriage or will it lead to something far worse than what they left behind? REVIEW: Since at least as far back as Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and …
Read More »Film Review: Killer Piñata (2015)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In lieu of unionizing labor, the angry spirit of an abused, and very much dead, factory worker takes possession of a piñata in order to turn the tables on a cold, uncaring world filled with people-on-piñata violence. REVIEW: With this release, it looks like director Stephen Tramontana has finally bounced back from his rather public tussle …
Read More »Film Review: The Shelter (2015) – Review 2
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When Thomas, a grizzled and hard-drinking homeless man, lucks into an empty house, he thinks he’s got a warm bed and a hot bath ahead of him. What he doesn’t know is that the house isn’t as empty as he thinks it is.
Read More »Film Review: The Pack (2015)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In Australia’s outback, a family struggles to keep the wolves from the door when a bank tries to foreclose on their land; but it soon becomes clear the family has even bigger problems when a pack of vicious dogs literally arrives at their door – and they’re looking for something to eat. REVIEW: The film begins …
Read More »Film Review: Krampus The Christmas Devil Returns (2016)
SYNOPSIS: Five years after the murder of his wife and disappearance of his daughter, former police officer Jeremy Duffin is brought back to help in the hunt for a yuletide monster that punishes children that have been “naughty.” As the monster becomes more erratic and unpredictable, Jeremy learns the truth about the disappearance of his daughter and the fate that …
Read More »Film Review: 2 Jennifer (2016)
SYNOPSIS: Spencer, a young man in a slow spiral, has taken it upon himself to make a sequel to James Bressack’s original To Jennifer film. Only after it’s too late do others involved in the production understand exactly how far he’s willing to go to make the sequel he truly envisions. REVIEW: You know you’re off to a bad start …
Read More »Film Review: What We Become (2015)
SYNOPSIS: After being quarantined in their house due to what everyone is told is a serious flu outbreak, a family slowly becomes suspicious of the official explanation when communication with the outside begins to break down and odd things begin to happen. REVIEW: What We Become is a Danish zombie horror film with an American accent; in the role of …
Read More »Film Review: Darkness at the Edge of Town (2014)
SYNOPSIS: When her sister, Aisling, is found murdered in a public bathroom, Cleo Callahan, with the aid of her best friend, Robin O’Riley, attempts to track down the killer and exact her revenge. REVIEW: Insecurity is the Ebola virus of mental states; it causes all other states of mind to bleed out, killing its host, unless the host can permanently …
Read More »Film Review: Two Front Teeth (2006)
SYNOPSIS: It’s the night before Christmas and Gabe Snow, a tabloid writer haunted by the Ghosts of Christmas past, is investigating a Yuletide conspiracy – and what he discovers during that investigation will turn his Christmas blood-red. REVIEW: Two Front Teeth is Jamie Nash’s horror/comedy contribution to the passing Holiday parade. Released in 2006, it stars John Francis Wolf as …
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