SYNOPSIS: Ideologies collide with fatal results when a military drone contractor meets an enigmatic Pakistani businessman. REVIEW: Have you ever wondered how to make a thriller with not a single fleck of suspense? Have you ever wondered what Sean Bean has been up to since Game of Thrones? Drone answers these questions. Drone is an interesting film (in theory) as …
Read More »Film Review: Realm of Souls (2013)
SYNOPSIS: Last year, a group of filmmakers set out to investigate 13 of the most haunted locations in Georgia in order to gather footage of the supernatural for use in their next horror film. They would never return… REVIEW: I literally don’t know where to start with this film. I really don’t. I’m so frustrated and confused after watching Realm …
Read More »Film Review: Disaster L.A. (2014)
SYNOPSIS: After a meteor shower strikes Los Angeles, toxic smoke is released across the city causing people to physically change and become violent. A small group of survivors plans to vacate the city by heading to the coast. REVIEW: I think most horror fans can agree that there is nothing worse than watching a boring horror film. Watching a ‘trashy, …
Read More »Film Review: Necrophobia 3D (2014)
SYNOPSIS: Dante is a tailor who after losing his twin brother to death became phobic which prevents him from being in contact with death. Whenever he is in front of a dead body, he experiences a creepy feeling that makes him lose his mind. REVIEW: What a frustrating load of dog bollocks! I just don’t know where to begin with …
Read More »Film Review: Gnome Alone (2015)
SYNOPSIS: When Zoe inherits the magical protection of a bewitched Gnome, she quickly realizes that he isn’t your garden variety gnome, when he begins eliminating her enemies in extravagant displays of revenge. REVIEW: What a wasted opportunity. You would expect a film about a killer gnome going out exacting revenge for his unsuspecting master to be a grand campy time. …
Read More »Film Review: Starry Eyes (2013)
SYNOPSIS: Starry Eyes utilizes the same approach genre films from the 1970’s used, where the horror stems from the character and what they are going through and where the horror represents the internal working of a character REVIEW: What would you do to be a star? We live in a time where fame seems to be the number one currency. …
Read More »Film Review: Optica (2013)
SYNOPSIS: In the southern tier region of Western New York there is a dense wooded area known as “The Hollows”. Regarded as cursed by the Senecas, the region has been the site of strange lights, inexplicable sounds, countless disappearances, and brutal murders. This documentary includes footage found in “The Hollows” at an abandoned camp site. The individual who filmed these …
Read More »Film Review: The Guest (2014)
SYNOPSIS: A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
Read More »Film Review: Torture Dungeon (1970)
SYNOPSIS: In Medival England, a sadistic duke plots to kill off all the heirs to the throne of England so he can claim he title crown for himself. REVIEW: To be honest I haven’t seen many exploitation films. More recent exercises in the genre – Black Dynamite and Grindhouse are both in my top favourite films. However these films replicate …
Read More »Film Review: Beyond the Door III (The Amok Train) (1989)
SYNOPSIS: A shy co-ed and her classmates travel to Europe to see a ritual. With a satanist/professor with them, he lures them into deadly traps to become sacrifices to Satan. One co-ed is a virgin, the main key to bring Satan back to life. But can the co-ed lose her virginity before Satan controls the world? REVIEW: Italian horror directors …
Read More »Film Review: Devil Fish (1984)
SYNOPSIS: A marine biologist, a dolphin trainer, a research scientist, and a local sheriff try to hunt down a large sea monster, a shark/octopus hybrid, that is devouring swimmers and fishermen off a south Florida coast. REVIEW: Over the past year or two I have enjoyed more and more films of the monster mash up variety. Piranha 3D (2010), Sharknado (2013) …
Read More »Film Review: Mercy (2014)
SYNOPSIS: The story follows two young boys who go with their single mother (O’Connor) to take care of their elderly, senile grandmother named Mercy, only to discover that she’s a witch who made a pact with a dark force many years before. REVIEW: There seems to be a never ending supply of Stephen King adaptations in the horror genre. Carrie (1976) …
Read More »Film Review: The Den (2013)
SYNOPSIS: A young woman studying the habits of webcam chat users from the apparent safety of her apartment witnesses a murder. REVIEW: You know what! I love being surprised by a good horror film. A lot of the time you usually hear buzz about a horror, check it out and either be blown away or disappointed. Coming to The Den …
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