SYNOPSIS: When four strangers are stranded at a train station they soon realize they have something most sinister and serendipitous about how they’d gotten there. Will their shared tales help them bond and find a way out or will they simply realize this may very well be their Last Stop? REVIEW: Directed by: Geno McGahee Starring: Chris Geoffrion, Leeann Aubuchon, …
Read More »Film Review: Jarring (2009)
SYNOPSIS: After dialing a wrong phone number, callers are perplexed by the bizarre messages left and then haunting harasses them after their dates go missing. The caller taunts them with eccentric, disturbing prophesies leading them into a man hunt into the rural areas of southern Florida. REVIEW: Directed By: Ivo Raza Starring: Geovanni Gopradi, Thomas Dunn, Lynda Lurei, Leif Lynch, …
Read More »Book Review: Voices of The Damned – Author Barbie Wilde
Voices of The Damned By: Barbie Wilde SST Publishing 215 Pages Illustrations by Eric Gross, Clive Barker, Steve McInnis, Tara Bush, Daniele Serra Special Forward by Chris Alexander and Afterword by the Soska Sisters A collection of eleven delightfully, dark and depraved stories to challenge your perception of the unknown and feed your appetite for what lurks within. Sister Cilice: …
Read More »Book Review: Forever Man – Author Brian W. Matthews
FOREVER MAN By: Brian W. Matthews JournalStone Publishing The quaint town of Kinsey, Michigan has been overthrown to chaos as a young boy is found mutilated in the local woods after a high school dance. His date remains missing. After Police Chief Izzy Morris has been dispatched to the scene she realizes the very real terror no parent should have …
Read More »Book Review: This Darkness Light – Author Michaelbrent Collings
This Darkness Light By Michaelbrent Collings 479 Pages When a man wakes up in the hospital with no recollection of how he’d gotten there he soon realizes his past is just as elusive as to the reasoning he’s there. Carnage and mayhem quickly ensue as a killer for hire is relentless to terminate the John Doe. A nurse swiftly intervenes …
Read More »Book Review: This Dying World: The End Begins – Author James Dean
This Dying World: The End Begins By James Dean 384 Pages Daniel Foster is your average ordinary, everyday type of guy. Husband, father and brother with a razor sharp wit, he copes with the mundane the life brings forth with sarcastic exuberance. Everything isn’t perfect but it’s perfect enough in the Foster household. Until one morning he awakens to find …
Read More »Book Review: Dark Avenging Angel – Author Catherine Cavendish
Dark Avenging Angel By Catherine Cavendish Samhain Publishing 132 Pages “Don’t hurt Jane. You may live to regret it.” Jane is product of insecurity, low self-esteem and a lost soul. Her father abuses her, her employer harasses and degrades her at every available turn. Seemingly at the brink of losing all hope a mysterious entity appears to her one night …
Read More »Book Review: Whiteknuckle – Author Eric Red
White Knuckle By: Eric Red Samhain Publishing 200 Pages There’s more than mere road rage on the highway. A serial killer in the form of a truck driver has killed hundreds of women across the United States for over thirty years. The killer under the handle White Knuckle has eluded police captivity with barely a trace until now. A FBI …
Read More »Book Review: The Rising Dead – Author Devan Sagliani
THE RISING DEAD By: Devan Sagliani A virus has been unleashed unto the citizens and tourists of Las Vegas making one and all insatiable. Will their unholy hunger for flesh be quenched or will society succumb to The Rising Dead? The second novel from author Devan Sagliani promises all of the blood, guts and gore of its predecessor Rise of …
Read More »Film Review: Rise of the Scarecrows (2009)
SYNOPSIS: When Officer Brown relocates from the hustle and bustle of big city living to the sleepy hollow of Adams, Mass. He soon learns there is far more than what meets the eye in this bizarre community. Uncovering a deep dark secret may very well be the last thing Brown may ever do. REVIEW: Directed by: Gino McGahee, Jeremy Weiskotten …
Read More »Book Review: He Who Walks in Shadow – Author Brett J. Talley
He Who Walks In Shadow By: Brett J. Talley JournalStone Publishing 179 Pages “Well, that’s quite the story, isn’t it? Not exactly what one wants to hear on the eve of an expedition,” He laughed, but it was no more honest than his smile. After the ominous book, The Incendium Maleficarum has disappeared from the personal safe of Carter Weston, …
Read More »Film Review: Jacob (2011)
SYNOPSIS: As a developmentally teen Jacob Kell grapples with coping in a broken home, his abusive, drunken step-father and obstacles in his personal affliction. Can his adoring younger sister Sissy be the only key to keeping the unearthly voices that beckon his devotion? REVIEW: Directed By: Larry Wade Carell Starring: Grace Powell, Dylan Horne, Krystn Caldwell, Larry Wade Carell Jacob …
Read More »Book Review: Darkness Rising – Author Brian Moreland
Darkness Rising By: Brian Moreland Samhain Publishing 98 Pages Marty Weaver is a dreamer that expresses his romantic nature through poetry. Often going to a nearby lake for inspiration he ventures forth to ponder over his unrequited love Jennifer. On this ill-fated evening Marty is not alone. Three ruthless killers have occupied his sanctuary. As the killers commence a hellacious …
Read More »Book Review: Saint Death – Author Devan Sagliani
Saint Death By: Devan Sagliani Laughing Crow Media 96 Pages When a group of two separate tandem friends take a trip to Mexico for some fun in the sun, unbridled partying and wild abandon they soon realize their carefree soiree has come at a price. A most ominous cult by the name of Santa Muerte or translated Saint Death possesses …
Read More »Book Review: Savage Beasts – Editors Anthony Rivera |Sharon Lawson
Savage Beasts Edited by Anthony Rivera and Sharon Lawson Grey Matter Press 288 Pages A collection of eleven musically inspired tales to orchestrate the macabre. To Soothe The Savage Beast by Edward Morris: A security guard has a ghostly encounter with a legendary musician. Going Home by Karen Runge: Inspired by the Nine Inch Nails song, Piggy, Hayden and his …
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