Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A weekend getaway turns into a hellish encounter for three college buddies in this unnerving shocker based on a true story. Setting off to chase skirts and get soused, Phil (Rider Strong), Ed (Brian Presley) and Henry (Jake Muxworthy) head south of the border, where Phil soon finds himself held captive by Satanic drug smugglers looking …
Read More »Film Review: The Missouri Strain (short film) (2013)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A family threatened by a nationwide biological apocalypse flees everyday city life to survive. REVIEW: What with the recent success of World War Z (an intelligent, realistic zombie movie featuring Brad Pitt, with an estimated budget of $400,000,000), it is tricky for a short film like The Missouri Strain to pack much of a punch. The …
Read More »Film Review: Death Scenes (Bloody Cuts) (short film) (2011)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: D.I. Collins has a suspected serial killer in custody. But there may be more to his crimes than the Detective imagines… ‘Death Scenes’ is the 7th slice in Bloody Cuts’ anthology of short horror films, made by a young team of UK film-makers on low budgets. Written and directed by Joel Morgan it stars Robin Berry …
Read More »Film Review: Velvet Road (short film) (2011)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Velvet Road takes place in a time when segregation in the south plagues the souls of men. The color of a man’s skin becomes a symbol for the dead. Hatred is passed through men like a disease. Little is known about what is causing the infection. Ignorance fuels the misconceptions and bigotry. A truck races down …
Read More »Film Review: 99 Pieces (2007)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When Joshua Licet wakes up with his wife missing he must decide whether to lock himself in his house for forty days and 40 nights of torture or to leave her to die. REVIEW: 99 Pieces is a grim psychological horror film which manages to sustain an excellent sense of foreboding from start to finish. Independent …
Read More »Film Review: The Cottage (2012)
SYNOPSIS: Chloe (Kristen Dalton) and Michael Carpenter (Victor Browne), a struggling suburban couple, have no idea what they’re in for when they rent out the cottage behind their house to a quiet, charming romance novelist named Robert Mars (David Arquette). It appears that Mr. Mars was looking for much more than a place to rent. Chloe begins to suspect he’s …
Read More »Film Review: Night of the Punks (short film) (2010)
SYNOPSIS: A small town punk band travels to their first out of town gig, only to find the venue deserted, the promoter a creep, and the only audience a pack of bloodthirsty demons from hell.
Read More »Film Review: Desecration (short film) (2012)
SYNOPSIS: On a dark remote road a car is stopped at a military check point. Something isn’t right and the Soldiers find themselves in a situation they could never understand with deadly consequences. REVIEW: Based in Northen Ireland and described as a ‘creative, modern take on an Irish myth’, this short film offers something a little different from your ‘conventional’ …
Read More »Film Review: Biohazard: Patient Zero (2012)
SYNOPSIS: Two young scientists are swept up in a government plot to suppress the truth about a biological disaster at a genetic research facility. REVIEW: The distributor, Hannover House, has been marketing Patient Zero as a prequel to Humans vs. Zombies (also directed by Brian T. Jaynes), and although I haven’t seen the original film, I found Patient Zero a …
Read More »Film Review: Dark Circles (2013)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Alex and Penny are sick of the hectic city life and decide a move out to the country to raise their newborn child. But they don’t expect the horrors threatening their relationship and family. REVIEW: I really do feel torn after watching Dark Circles, because there are some aspects which are so good yet some aspects …
Read More »Film Review: The Unforgiven (short film) (2012)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: This is 2 Man Production first short film. TRT 6min. REVIEW: This is a beautifully shot film, which uses light and darkness very effectively to create an ominous atmosphere from the very first minute. The silhouettes and perfectly brooding mood are addictive to watch and I felt myself compelled to see where it was leading. The …
Read More »Film Review: In Defence of Traditional Marriage (short film) (2013)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: This satire of the marriage equality movement is presented with a documentary feel, until an act 2 twist brings in classic horror tropes. REVIEW: Marriage is not often a topic for a horror, even a horror short, and so I was most curious about what to expect from this 6-minute piece. I was pleasantly surprised and …
Read More »Film Review: The Beast (short film) (2012)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: THE BEAST is a short horror film about the internal struggle that a father faces when his young boy is afflicted with the curse of the werewolf. REVIEW: Saying that this is simply another werewolf movie doesn’t do The Beast any justice whatsoever. Yes, the main premise is very closely tied with the concept of a …
Read More »Film Review: I Spill Your Guts (2012)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Two friends Dennis and Joe join the military together. While on a routine mission, the two are quickly surrounded by enemy fire. When Joe stands up in the line of fire to run, Dennis pushes him out of the way and takes a bullet in the throat. Dennis wakes up in hospital to find Joe rewarded …
Read More »Film Review: Gingerclown (2013)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: 1983: A group of high school students are having a great time near Hollywood Hills at the weekend when they bump into the Loser from their school, Sam, who’s just on his way home. Sam would do anything in order to get Jenny’s attention, one of prettiest girls in school. Unfortunately she’s also the girlfriend of the …
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