SYNOPSIS: A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals. REVIEW: Recommended by Peter Jackson (most known for directing epic films such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong and, most recently, The Hobbit: An Unexpected …
Read More »Film Review: Vampire Academy (2014)
SYNOPSIS: Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, half human-half vampire, a guardian of the Moroi, peaceful, mortal vampires living discreetly within our world. Her calling is to protect the Moroi from bloodthirsty, immortal Vampires, the Strigo
Read More »Film Review: Vamps (2012)
SYNOPSIS: Two female vampires in modern-day New York City are faced with daunting romantic possibilities. REVIEW: This is a film which took me off guard a little bit. I’m well aware that vampires are all the rage at the moment, but it was something that I managed to steer relatively clear of. However, this film didn’t seem to be constrained …
Read More »Film Review: Verrucose (short film) (2011)
REVIEW: Now this has to be the very definition of an experimental ‘art’ movie, with its trance-like, optical illusions and interspersed flashing images. Whilst watching, I was convinced that there must be some sort of subliminal messaging taking place here and it was for this reason that I was rather uneasy watching it. I actually took the liberty of looking …
Read More »Film Review: New Order (2012)
SYNOPSIS: The year is 2033, three years prior an infection, a virus, or a bacteriological attack wiped out almost 90% of the global population REVIEW: Apparently, the only reason that New Order managed to get made was due to Italian director Marco Rosson’s ‘savings and sacrifices’, although a massive help came in the form of actor Franco Nero, who believed …
Read More »Film Review: Devil’s Knot (2012) – Review 2
SYNOPSIS: The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual. REVIEW: Making a film about such a high profile case – the West Memphis Three – was always going to be tricky, especially as there’s been so much on it already (what with the …
Read More »Film Review: Battlefield Death Tales (2012)
SYNOPSIS: 3 interlocking stories from the dark days of World War 2. A soldier on a suicide mission. A troubled family with a monster in their bomb shelter. A supernatural investigator on her most dangerous assignment yet.
Read More »Film Review: Dogman (2012)
SYNOPSIS: Hanklin Purvis enjoys the outdoors, and he loves to hunt. He and his wife, Dorothy, live on a farm in the rural mid-west. For some reason, during the season before autumn, things start happening. The first victims are family pets, then wild animals. But it’s not until people are injured that the police get involved. The attacker is not …
Read More »Film Review: Arachnophobia (1990)
SYNOPSIS: South American killer spider hitches a lift to the US in a coffin and starts to breed and kill. REVIEW: Whilst this can hardly be defined as a horror film (it actually ended up being marketed as a ‘thrill-omedy’), there were still several moments which genuinely made my skin crawl. There’s just something about spiders which are inherently scary …
Read More »Film Review: Remote (short film) (2010)
SYNOPSIS: Temporarily connected in time, a man tries to prevent the murder of a young woman, living in his house 30 years in the past. REVIEW: Let’s not beat around the bush with this – I was really impressed when I watched this short film. And apparently, others were too as Remote won 41 Official Film Festival Selections across the …
Read More »Film Review: Chrysalis (2014)
SYNOPSIS: Joshua and Penelope are survivors of a deadly infection that laid waste to humanity 25 years ago. When they encounter fellow survivor Abira, their lives are forever changed as they fight off the remnants of the infected. REVIEW: Zombie films have always been fairly popular. From the old classics like George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978) to …
Read More »Film Review: Kiddy Kiddy Bang Bang (short film) (2012)
SYNOPSIS: Killer twin sisters wage war on a monster who just attacked their friend. REVIEW:
Read More »Film Review: F (2010)
SYNOPSIS: A group of teachers must defend themselves from a gang of murderous kids when their school comes under siege after hours. REVIEW: This is a fairly brief feature length film and it wastes absolutely no time in launching straight into the story, which is something I admire. Although plot development is undeniably important, I can’t help but respect a …
Read More »Film Review: The Last Halloween (short film) (2013)
SYNOPSIS: Four young trick-or-treaters set out on a door-to-door adventure – making their way from house to house, collecting strange treats as they go – that could very well end up being… the Last Halloween! REVIEW: To anyone who read my review of Remote last year (in case you’re interested, you will know that Marc Roussel really impressed me with …
Read More »Film Review: Slaughter Creek (2011)
SYNOPSIS: In February of 2006, a documentary film crew from Dallas, Texas followed a young woman as she began her career in the p*rn industry. By March, she had disappeared. REVIEW: Fake documentaries (or ‘found footage’) films seem to be all the rage at the moment, but they are more often than not, quite a limited field when talking about …
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