SYNOPSIS: A wolf strives through the woods around an isolated German village. Jakob the young local police officer is onto him, but scents something more in the darkness. What he finds is a man, it seems, wild eyed, of wiry build, in a dress. He carries a katana, a Samurai sword. When the Samurai invites Jakob to follow him on …
Read More »Film Review: The Suicide Theory (2014)
SYNOPSIS: A suicidal man hires a demented killer to assist him in suicide, but for some reason, miraculously survives each attempt on his life.
Read More »Film Review: Dark Summer (2015)
SYNOPSIS: A 17-year-old is on house arrest for the summer while his mother is away on business. A horrifying incident occurs leaving an ominous presence in the house. REVIEW: At first glance, Dark Summer looks like it’s going to be a horror tinged retread of Disturbia, itself a yoof-orientated unofficial remake of Rear Window. However, replace the rear window for …
Read More »Film Review: Residue (2015)
SYNOPSIS: The government cover-up of the causes behind a massive explosion in a futuristic UK metropolis spur photo journalist Jennifer Preston on to search for the truth and in the process blow open a paranormal phenomenon haunting the city.
Read More »Film Review: Class of Nuke ‘Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown (1991)
SYNOPSIS: Drone slaves turn gooey and alarm their creator, a professor (Lisa Gaye) sporting a large beehive hairdo.
Read More »Film Review: Nightlight (2015)
SYNOPSIS: Five friends play a game in a ”mysterious” forest with a long history as a beacon for troubled young people contemplating suicide.
Read More »Film Review: From The Dark (2014)
SYNOPSIS: A couple on a trip through the Irish countryside find themselves hunted by a creature who only attacks at night. REVIEW:
Read More »Film Review: Long Weekend (1978)
SYNOPSIS: When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn’t in an accommodating mood. REVIEW: Australian cinema has often lumped in unfairly with the state of British cinema. Both countries being incapable of producing anything other than kitchen sink dramas and gritty flicks about gangsters in a spot of bovver. Even …
Read More »Film Review: Bodom (2014)
SYNOPSIS: For the 50th anniversary of the Lake Bodom murders, two media students obsessed with the case launch a journalistic investigation. The footage they have left behind only raises new questions. REVIEW: In 1960s Finland whilst camping at Lake Bodom, four teenagers were attacked in the early morning. Only one of them, Nils Wilhelm Gustafsson, would survive, growing up to …
Read More »Film Review: The Signal (2014)
SYNOPSIS: On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness – only to find himself in a waking nightmare. REVIEW: The Signal, William Eubank’s second stab at directing, poses two common enemies against each in a war older than time itself: the heart …
Read More »Film Review: Poker Night (2014)
SYNOPSIS: When you become a detective in Warsaw Indiana – you go to Poker Night, where you play against some of the best cops in the business. They tell you stories about their time on the job – their successes and failures. When new Detective Stan Jeter leaves the game, he is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in …
Read More »Film Review: Croaked: Monster From Hell (1975)
SYNOPSIS: When Kelly Morgan was 11 years old he had a terrifying encounter with Rana, a strange half man/half frog monster living in a lake. The creature killed his father and many other people before Kelly destroyed it. Now as a young man he returns to search for the monster’s hidden treasure, and to see if the legendary creature really …
Read More »Film Review: Don’t Look Back (2014)
SYNOPSIS: Nora Clark is a children’s book writer whose life is at a crossroads. After moving back into the house she inherited from her grandmother, Nora comes to grips with the traumatic memories from her childhood, and takes in an inquisitive, seductive new roommate, Peyton, who is not entirely whom she appears to be. REVIEW: On the face of it, …
Read More »Film Review: Starry Eyes (2013) – Review 2
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: ‘Fame, it’s not your brain, it’s just the flame,’ a great philosopher once wrote, ‘That burns your change to keep you insane.’ …
Read More »Film Review: Fear Town, USA (2014)
SYNOPSIS: On St. Blevins Day (the most debauched of regional holidays), four boys looking to lose their virginity, a girl haunted by a dark secret, a lonely teenager, and an escaped mental patient all meet at a party in the woods. They were looking for fun but what they found… was TERROR! REVIEW: The Scary Movie franchise has a lot …
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