Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: A group of people are trapped in a large West Berlin movie theater infected by ravenous demons whom proceed to kill and posses the humans one-by-one thereby multiplying their numbers. REVIEW: For many horror fans, the nineteen eighties was a premiere time for horror flicks, offering a bevy of them, some more well-known than others. It was a …
Read More »Land of Shadow and Substance: The Big Tall Wish
Land of Shadow and Substance – The Big Tall Wish – (4/08/60) There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and …
Read More »Film Review: The Hunger Games (2012)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: A young girl volunteers to take her sister’s place in a fight to the death in a dystopian future. REVIEW: For a few years now, fans of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games (the first book in the three book series, published in 2008), have eagerly anticipated the film adaptation. Well, the time has come and with Gary …
Read More »Film Review: Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) – Review 2
SYNOPSIS: The now adult Antichrist plots to eliminate his future divine opponent while a cabal of monks plot to stop him. REVIEW: 1981 saw the third installment of the Omen series and perhaps (although a matter of opinion) it is probably the best film of the three. Directed by Graham Baker, the gripping demonic tale takes place years after Damien; …
Read More »Film Review: The Guy Knows Everything (short film) (2013)
SYNOPSIS: The story follows bar pals who face off in a game of sports trivia, when a stranger, with a penchant for whiskey, ups the stakes with a seemingly unending knowledge beyond sports into their personal lives. With the clock ticking towards a midnight deadline, will the group survive using their wits alone before the money and time runs REVIEW: …
Read More »Film Review: Rabid (1977)
SYNOPSIS: A young woman develops a taste for human blood after undergoing experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into rabid, blood-thirsty zombies who proceed to infect others, which turns into a city-wide epidemic. REVIEW: Rarely is an ex-adult film star ever seen in a normal role. Typically this is primarily due to lack of acting ability and being pigeon …
Read More »Film Review: Deep Rising (1998)
SYNOPSIS: A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first. REVIEW: There has always been a fascination with sea monsters, simply take a look at Jules Vern. However, unlike the …
Read More »Film Review: Rats Night of Terror (1984)
SYNOPSIS: One hundred years after a nuclear war has devastated the planet, society has been reborn into two factions; the underground society and the scavangers above in the wastelands. A group of scavangers on bikes come across a town infested with flesh eating rats, and soon the gore is spilling everywhere. REVIEW: Initially, I wasn’t expecting all that much from …
Read More »Film Review: Rogue River (2012)
SYNOPSIS: You can’t outrun family REVIEW: From the opening scene, director Jourdan McClure had completely grasped the audience’s attention with a tattered and blood covered protagonist putting a gun to her head. As the scene fades to black, a single gunshot is heard and the audience feels as if they are in for a gruesome ride. Mara, Michelle Page (Miss …
Read More »Film Review: Contamination (1980)
SYNOPSIS: A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones. REVIEW: This is a type of movie we’ve all seen before and considering the remakes that Hollywood has recently been selecting to redo, coupled …
Read More »Land of Shadow and Substance: Execution
Land of Shadow and Substance – Execution – (4/01/60) There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of …
Read More »Land of Shadow and Substance: People Are Alike All Over
Land of Shadow and Substance – People Are Alike All Over – (3/25/60) There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears …
Read More »Film Review: Byzantium (2012)
SYNOPSIS: Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret. They were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequence.
Read More »Land of Shadow and Substance: Long Life Walter Jameson
Land of Shadow and Substance – Long Life Walter Jameson – (3/18/60) There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and …
Read More »Land of Shadow and Substance: A World of Difference
Land of Shadow and Substance – A World of Difference – (3/11/60) There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and …
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