SYNOPSIS: Pandemic is set in the near future, where a virus of epic proportions has overtaken the planet. There are more infected than uninfected, and humanity is losing its grip on survival. Its only hope is finding a cure and keeping the infected contained. Lauren (Rachel Nichols) is a doctor, who, after the fall of New York, comes to Los …
Read More »Film Review: The Girl in the Photographs (2015)
SYNOPSIS: A bored young woman in a sleepy community called Spearfish starts receiving photographs of brutally murdered young women. Are they real or staged? The culprit is either a serial killer or some creep with a sick sense of humour. REVIEW: The Girl in the Photographs carries the rather sombre honour of being the last film Wes Craven would work …
Read More »Film Review: Knock Knock (2015)
SYNOPSIS: When a devoted husband and father is left home alone for the weekend, two stranded young women unexpectedly knock on his door for help. What starts out as a kind gesture results in a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse. REVIEW: John Wick proved that sometimes Keanu Reeves doesn’t give a damn what projects he’ll …
Read More »Film Review: The Veil (2016)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Twenty-five years after members of a religious cult committed mass suicide, the lone survivor returns to the scene of the tragedy with a documentary crew in tow. REVIEW: Here’s a curiosity from the book of ‘How’d This Come about Again?’ The Veil stars Jessica Alba, the nation’s sweetheart and star of things such as Sin City …
Read More »Film Review: The Diabolical (2015)
SYNOPSIS: A single mother, and her children, are awoken nightly by an intense presence. She asks her scientist boyfriend to destroy the violent spirit, that paranormal experts are too frightened to take on. REVIEW: How much is a critic allowed to give away in their rundown of a film? One argument says that anything goes in the analysis; twists, turns …
Read More »Film Review: Tasmanian Devils (2013)
SYNOPSIS: When a group of thrill-seeking young adults BASE jump into a forbidden portion of the Tasmanian wilderness, they didn’t foresee that one of their group would die in the process REVIEW: Ah, SyFy movies. There’s just something about them isn’t there? I think it’s that special, potent blend of high concept, iffy CGI and a lack of skill in …
Read More »Film Review: The Drownsman (2014)
SYNOPSIS: After almost drowning in a lake, Madison finds herself bound to a life of fear. Unable to describe what happened to her during the moments she was underwater, she begins to develop hydrophobia. Crippled by her post trauma, Madison attempts to shut out the world but her fear intensifies and she is faced with the vision of a dark …
Read More »Film Review: Raised by Wolves (2014)
SYNOPSIS: When a group of friends come across an abandoned house in the barren desert, what follows is a terrifying tale of evil possession causing the friends to slowly turn against each other. REVIEW: Raised by Wolves, another entry from the Butcher Brothers – who are neither butchers nor brothers – will feel oddly familiar to anyone who saw this …
Read More »Film Review: #Horror (2015)
SYNOPSIS: Inspired by actual events, a group of 12 year old girls face a night of horror when the compulsive addiction of an online social media game turns a moment of cyber bullying into a night of insanity. REVIEW: Along with a rise in cat memes, John Travolta gifs and misappropriated quotes from dead people, the social networking boom of …
Read More »Film Review: The Mean Season (1985)
SYNOPSIS: Malcolm Anderson is a reporter for a Miami newspaper. He’s had enough of reporting the local murders and so promises his school teacher girlfriend (Christine), they’ll move away soon. Before Malcolm can hand in his notice, the murderer from his latest article phones him. The murderer tells Malcolm that he’s going to kill again. The phone calls and murders …
Read More »Film Review: Bordello of Blood (1996)
SYNOPSIS: The cryptkeeper returns to tell the story of a funeral parlor that moonlights as a vampire bordello. REVIEW: Bordello of Blood stars Dennis Miller as Rafe Guttman; a private investigator hired to search for Caleb (Corey Feldman), the missing brother of Catherine (Erika Eleniak). And by hired, what I really mean is he needles and harasses Catherine into letting …
Read More »Film Review: Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
SYNOPSIS: A man on the run is hunted by a demon known as the Collector REVIEW: Hello there boils and ghouls. Whilst I was sat at home in my crypt, eating I Scream and pizaaaaargh, I decided to pop in the Demon Knight ghoul-ray disc into my ghoul-ray slayer and watch it on my TV spooky something. And I’m done. …
Read More »Film Review: I Survived a Zombie Holocaust (2014)
SYNOPSIS: A young runner, on a Zombie film set, has the first day from hell when real Zombies overrun the set. REVIEW: I want to drop some truth bombs on you, dear readers of horrornews.net. I’m going to blow your mind wide open. Sit yourself down, and witness the strength of street knowledge. Fact: New Zealand has some of the …
Read More »Film Review: Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000)
SYNOPSIS: The Toxic Avenger must defend his friends from his own evil alternate universe doppelganger The Noxious Offender. REVIEW: It can never be said that Kauffman and his tribe don’t do high concept. Flick through the old back catalogue and you’ll find all sorts of dismemberment, musicals and war movies. It’s a buffet of depravity for all to enjoy by …
Read More »Film Review: Horror House on Highway 6 (2014)
SYNOPSIS: A college student is injured by a malfunctioning soda machine on Highway 6. His fellow students take him to a doctor who lives in a basement bomb shelter and awaits the second coming of Elvis Presley. They can’t leave, and a killer stalks them with an ax
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