SYNOPSIS: FBI agent Griff Krenshaw is dispatched to solve a murder at a federal correctional facility for inmates with a rare genetic defect that leads to psychosis and violence. Once there, Griff becomes convinced that the facility is plagued by a much darker force REVIEW: Perhaps the greatest strength of science fiction is it’s ability to discuss big ideas. Philosophy, …

SYNOPSIS: A group of college co-eds embark on a weekend-long camping trip as part of a Cultural Anthropology project to research an internet creepypasta urban legend. REVIEW: Orson Welles was an amazing human being.  In his mid-twenties he co-wrote, directed, and starred in one of the greatest movies ever made.  Bryan Brewer, the writer, director, and star of “The Raking,” …

SYNOPSIS: Based on the true events revolving around Beaver Island, Michigan, and King James Strang… Elder Island. 1856. Peter Wiggentstein turned to the men of the five island families around him and warned, “Tell nothing of this,” as the men all looked at the body of their former Reverend – gunned down just outside his own home – and a …

SYNOPSIS: When Dani, an innocent southern girl, vacations to Los Angeles to evade her increasingly complicated life, she learns that escaping her past isn’t as easy as she hoped. REVIEW: The filmmakers behind VooDoo are not good people, and I don’t mean that as a backhanded compliment or to arouse interest. This film is the definition of incompetent. The people …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp (Lucas Till), a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature with a taste and a talent for speed, …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Ben (Webb) and Linda Williams move the family into a dream home in a last ditch effort to save their troubled marriage. Despite their good intentions, they cannot shake the feeling that they are being watched by something. Their unimaginable fears are realized when things inside the house take a supernatural and sinister turn. Ben and …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When the world is in shambles, plagued by a zombie outbreak, only the strong will survive, but just how much determination will it take? Will Luke and his crew have enough ambition and ammunition to stay alive long enough to save the human race? REVIEW: You gotta give credit where credit is due, at least they …

SYNOPSIS: A girl running from her past is forced to confront her future when her friends perform an impromptu seance. Dirty secrets are revealed and an uninvited guest joins the party. REVIEW: Alfred Hitchcock defined suspense perfectly.  In his famous analogy, he talks about a scene wherein a group of people are sitting around a table, talking, and without warning …

SYNOPSIS: ‘Villisca’ is a ghost story set in the actual house of the notorious and still unsolved 1912 ax murders. Three outcast teenagers break into the house in search of answers, but discover something far beyond their worst fears. REVIEW: “The Axe Murders of Villisca” is so close to being a good movie.  It has decent, if not quite great, …

SYNOPSIS: American Scumbags is the new full length feature by Denver filmmaker Dakota Bailey. The film features three interconnected stories revolving around heroin addicted drug dealer/hitman Johnny (Dakota Bailey), sadistic psychopath convict Billy (Darrien Fawkes) and drug kingpin Chester (Fred Epstein). The film takes the viewer into a seedy underworld where crime and drugs rule. REVIEW: What makes a movie, …

SYNOPSIS: Carol Anne is staying with her aunt in a highrise building, and the supernatural forces that have haunted her previously follow her there. REVIEW: We live in a golden age for independent film making, as least in the sense that it’s easier than ever to get a movie made.  I remember when I was in college, I spent a …

SYNOPSIS: This cheap Mexican horror film is a remake of Cardona’s Doctor of Doom (1962), spiced with nudity, medical footage, women wrestling, and cheap gore shots. Female masked wrestler Lucy (who looks like the devil) beats the stuffing out of an opponent – a wrestling lady with a red costume like Catwoman. Lucy finally hurls her opponent from the squared …

SYNOPSIS: Tromeo, a filmmaker, falls in love with Juliet, the daughter of a former partner who tried to steal his business from him.

SYNOPSIS: After a family moves into an old Victorian home, they discover a chest in the attic containing antiques tainted by a malevolent spirit. As the antiques slowly possess each family member, the spirit grows stronger, hellbent on kidnapping the children. REVIEW: I don’t understand the way people in haunted house movies behave. Can they not google the history of …

SYNOPSIS: A mother and daughter must confront a terrifying monster when they break down on a deserted road. REVIEW: I have a friend, let’s call him Sal.  Sal is a natural born screwup.  He’s always behind on his bills, he can’t keep a girlfriend, he’s had five jobs in the last year.  He drinks too much.  He has no social …