Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: In a war torn post-apocalyptic future, Karl the Butcher faces off against a new ultra-violent serial killer, dubbed Axe REVIEW: If non-stop, over the top blood and violence with a hefty side of raucous humor is your thing, then let me introduce you to horror/splatter director Andreas Schnaas. Since the early 90’s, Schnaas has been one of …
Read More »Film Review: Sick-O-Pathics (1996)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: 40 Minute short anthology featuring cameos from Lucio Fulci to Joe D’ Amato, in this wacky horror comedy who also is a love letter to the Italian Horror sub-genre REVIEW: One of my favorite things about horror is, for the most part, there is a general sense of humor (albeit sometimes a gross one) throughout the …
Read More »Film Review: Snuff Movie (2005)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Boris Arkadin is a horror film maker. His pregnant wife was brutally murdered by a Manson-like gang of hippy psychopaths during the 1960s. He becomes a virtual recluse – until years later he directs his own snuff inspired movies. He invites actors to take part in an audition at his country manor house – blurring the …
Read More »Film Review: Cache (2005)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch. REVIEW: Michael Haneke’s Cache (sometimes also referred to as Hidden in the USA and UK) centers around a number of mysterious video tapes being delivered to Anne (Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche; The English Patient, Cosmopolis) and Georges (Daniel Auteuil; The …
Read More »Film Review: Twentynine Palms (2003)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: David, an independent photographer, and Katia, an unemployed woman, leave Los Angeles, en route to the southern California desert, where they search a natural set to use as a backdrop for a magazine photo shoot. They find a motel in the town of Twentynine Palms and spend their days in their sport-utility vehicle, discovering the …
Read More »Film Review: Pola X (1999)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young writer becomes intrigued with a mysterious dark-haired woman who claims to be his long-lost sister and he begin an unusual relationship with her prompting a downward spiral involving his domineering mother and lovely fiancée REVIEW: Pola X is a film by French director Leos Carax (Boy Meets Girl, Mauvais Sang) and written by Carax, …
Read More »Film Review: Animalistic (We Are Monsters) (2015)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Emma is kidnapped and imprisoned by a trio of psychopaths. REVIEW: While technicalities and specific story details will vary from one film to the next, almost all entries in the rape/revenge sub-genre feature a handful of the same tropes and follow a very similar structure. An innocent woman, through no fault of her own, finds herself …
Read More »Film Review: Faceless (1987)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A beautiful French female gets her face ruined by some crazy broad who throws acid on her face. Her determined brother is a doctor and promises to restore her beauty and make her look like an attractive girl again. He begins to kidnap young and beautiful females and bringing them to his clinic with the help …
Read More »Film Review: Hardgore (1976)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young nymphomaniac who suffers from hallucinations is put into a rehab centre, but little does she know that the proprietor is the leader of a Satanic cult who indulge in murderous afterhour orgies(!) Well, it’s certainly unique! REVIEW: Directed by Michael Hugo (aka Horrorwhore, aka Sadoasylum) Following up on the “mental illness on film” trend …
Read More »GET MY GUN Set to Hit Festival Run
GET MY GUN, following it’s festival run, is now making it’s way onto the big screen at theaters in select cities this September. Met with critical praise from some of the top genre outlets, ‘GET MY GUN is an absolute triumph of a film – a smart and compelling script that is flawlessly executed by way of three powerhouse female …
Read More »Film Review: Infidus (2015)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In the suburbs of Rome, two disparate lives with only desire for vengeance and redemption in common find their destinies intertwined. Massimo’s mind is plagued with images of his wife’s violent death at the hands of a criminal gang involved in the production of snuff films. With every memory of the woman he loved replaced by …
Read More »Film Review: The White Lie (short film) (2006)
SYNOPSIS: A short from Ron DeCaro. REVIEW: Ron DeCaro is a moviemaker who knows what he wants, and what he wants is bloody, bloody gore. When it comes to his films, it would seem that he has a pretty good handle on the effects aspect of the movie business. What I would love to see is what he could do …
Read More »Film Review: Killbillies (2015)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After a night of carousing, the amateur photo model Zina heads for a fashion shoot in the nature, accompanied by the ambitious Mia, apathetic Dragica and snobby photographer Blitcz. On the idyllic location, a supposedly ordinary fashion shoot soon turns into a fierce fight for survival. REVIEW: Let’s face facts here – the horror scene is …
Read More »Film Review: Bad Brains (2006)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Davide and his fiancée Alice aren’t two simple serial killers. They are looking for something inside the bodies of their victims, which forms the mystery of the story. And thy will continue to kill people until they find what they are looking for. Their crazy love story and strange research go on, but something changes when …
Read More »Film Review: Hermit Monster Killer (2016)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: This creature feature tells the story of a an old grumpy man (the hermit) on revenge, a pack of hunters and a rugby gorilla mascot running for his life, with one thing in common: an alien being that has crashed to earth, eating anyone in its path. Now it’s up to the heroes to stop this …
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