SYNOPSIS: A deranged man that goes by Captain Howdy lures people to his lair via Internet chat rooms (remember those?) where he subjects them to a number of cruel and painful body modifications. REVIEW: Review-When I was in the 5th grade I was really into heavy metal, hard rock, and hair bands, and Twisted Sister was one of my favorites. When …
Read More »Film Review: Offerings (1989)
SYNOPSIS: A demented young man (that was pushed down a well when he was a kid) escapes from a mental institution and returns to his hometown where he slaughters all the bullies that tormented him ten years earlier. REVIEW: Let me start off by saying that I dig Offerings and while it is pretty much a total rip-off of Halloween in a lot of …
Read More »Film Review: The House by the Edge of the Lake (1979)
SYNOPSIS: Years after her mother drowned under mysterious circumstances in a lake a woman returns to the site where it happened. It isn’t long before some weird things start to happen (such as any man she has sex with dying immediately afterward and her developing some sort of weird psychic link with another woman). Will she find out the truth …
Read More »Film Review: Cardiac Arrest (1980)
SYNOPSIS: A homicide detective (with his share of personal problems) investigates a series of grisly murders that involve the victims having their hearts surgically removed. REVIEW: When I first saw the poster art for Cardiac Arrest (which features a sinister-looking surgeon holding a bloody heart) I thought to myself Cool! This is going to be an awesome little slasher flick …
Read More »Film Review: 6 Souls (2010)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Cara (Julianne Moore) is a forensic psychiatrist who doesn’t believe that Multiple Personality Syndrome exists. Her father (who is also a psychiatrist) then introduces her to his newest patient, a young man who has a split personality (a few of them, actually). Cara soon learns that all of the personalities that supposedly lurk inside him are …
Read More »Film Review: The Snowman (2017)
SYNOPSIS: A detective tries to stop a deranged serial killer (who taunts his would-be victims with snowmen) from claiming more victims before the next big snowfall of the season. REVIEW: I remember seeing the trailer for The Snowman a few months ago and my initial thoughts were that someone had made a live-action version of the classic 1982 short narrated …
Read More »Film Review: Twisted Nightmare (1987)
SYNOPSIS: A group of people win a trip to an old campground where they all attended camp years earlier. Once they get there someone starts killing them off in a number of brutal ways. Who is behind the murders, and how is this person connected to a tragic event that occurred that claimed the life of a mentally challenged young …
Read More »Interview: Danielle Harris (Inoperable)
If you are a horror fan then you know who Danielle Harris is as she is horror royalty. Most people may know her from Halloween 4 and Halloween 5, Hatchet 2 and 3, and a slew of other horror films but she has also done quite a bit of non-horror work as well. Not only was she somewhat of a …
Read More »Film Review: Happiness (1998)
SYNOPSIS: A look into the miserable lives of three adult sisters and the people around them. REVIEW: Happiness without a doubt wins the award for the most misleading title of a movie ever in the history or film in my opinion. Why, do you ask? Because pretty much everyone in it is miserable and the ones that aren’t try their …
Read More »Film Review: Fight for Your Life (1977)
SYNOPSIS: A trio of escaped convicts hold an African American family hostage in their home and subject them to a number of horrible torments. REVIEW: Back in the early 2000s I was hanging around with a group of guys known as the Brains on Film that had their own public access show and website. These guys were hardcore into the exploitation …
Read More »Film Review: Possession (1981)
SYNOPSIS: After a woman tells her husband that she wants a divorce she starts acting stranger and stranger as some pretty bizarre things begin to happen all around them. REVIEW: I know this guy that fancies himself as some sort of intellectual (even though he isn’t as nearly smart as he thinks he is) that only watches “intelligent” movies that the …
Read More »Film Review: Don’t Open Till Christmas (1984)
SYNOPSIS: A deranged killer is stalking the streets of London around Christmas killing off anyone dressed up like Santa Claus. Will the police be able to find out who is behind the murders and stop the person before every Saint Nick in town is brutally murdered? REVIEW: There definitely isn’t a shortage of Christmas-themed horror flicks for viewers (like me) …
Read More »Film Review: Red Christmas (2016)
SYNOPSIS: A family is terrorized by a homicidal stranger on Christmas. REVIEW: I’ve heard a lot about Red Christmas in recent weeks and while some of it was good some of it was also bad so I went into it with mixed feelings. In a lot of ways I enjoyed it but at the same time there were a few things about it that …
Read More »Film Review: Thrillkill (1984)
SYNOPSIS: When he sister is murdered after being involved with some shady dealing a woman finds herself on the run from the people who killed her. She is joined by a police detective who claims that he wants to help her but it soon becomes apparent that she can’t really trust him or anyone else. REVIEW: Have you ever watched …
Read More »Film Review: Under the Scares (2010)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A documentary about independent filmmaking featuring interviews with Lloyd Kaufman, Debbie Rochon, Amy Lynn Best, and several other people involved with independent films. The movie discusses the trials and tribulations of making your own film and offers tips on how to get your movie distributed. REVIEW: I personally love most documentaries, especially if they are about …
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