SYNOPSIS: Four friends embark on a trip in an RV, but soon find themselves running for their lives. REVIEW: Who doesn’t love Debbie Rochon? She is one of the original scream queens and a legend in the genre. She’s a sweetheart in person and an all-around great talent. That isn’t to say that everything she does is golden. More often …
Read More »Film Review: Descendents (2008)
SYNOPSIS: In an unknown future, the earth has been destroyed by man and the air is polluted with a mysterious virus that turns humans into zombies. REVIEW: “Descendents” is a perfect example as to why the indie horror film is thriving much stronger than any other genre. Probably more than any other genre the shear amount of garbage is mind …
Read More »Film Review: Nazis at the Center of the Earth (2012)
SYNOPSIS: Researchers in Antarctica are abducted by a team of masked storm troopers. They are dragged deep underground to a hidden continent in the center of the earth. Here Nazi survivors, their bodies a horrifying patchwork of decaying and regenerated flesh, are planning for the revival of the Third Reich. REVIEW: Just when you think that you’ve seen it all, …
Read More »Film Review: The Afflicted (2010)
SYNOPSIS: A story of incomprehensible abuse delivered by an explosively violent mother of four. Journey through the mind of a child that experiences a living hell, defined and defended by the twisted religious beliefs of her mother. REVIEW: “The Afflicted” is an incredibly depressing film. One that leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth and feeling a little …
Read More »Film Review: Rabies (Kalevet) (2010)
SYNOPSIS: A brother and sister who run away from home find sanctuary in a deserted nature reserve. When the sister falls into the trap of a psychopathic killer, the brother sets out on a race against time to find help. In a twist of fate the rescue of the sister becomes inadvertently intertwined with the lives of a group of …
Read More »Film Review: London Boulevard (2010)
SYNOPSIS: An ex-con hired to look after a reclusive young actress finds himself falling in love, which puts him in direct confrontation with one of London’s most vicious gangsters. REVIEW: I like Colin Farrell as an actor but I don’t always agree with his choice of films to work on. I’m not sure Hollywood knows how to use him. When …
Read More »Film Review: Gangsters, Guns, and Zombies (2012)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The whole “zombie thing” has been hyped up so much that everyone thinks it’s the end of the world! Of course, where one man sees the dead rising from the grave, another sees opportunity. Q had a plan: drive the robbery getaway van, deliver everyone to the safe house and get paid – a nice, simple, …
Read More »Film Review: Frankenstein: Day of the Beast (2011)
SYNOPSIS: We know the story; we’ve seen the movies. You may think that it’s impossible to have a new approach to Frankenstein… Think again. REVIEW: I guess I never really thought much about it until now but I just realized that I’m not much of a “Frankenstein” fan. I’ve seen MANY of the films and I guess nothing really blew …
Read More »Film Review: Red Kingdom Rising (2010)
SYNOPSIS: This troubled young woman must finally come to terms with her horrific past as she is propelled through dreams into the terrifying fairytale world of the Red Kingdom where she encounters figures reminiscent of her memories and fears. REVIEW: While watching “Red Kingdom Rising”, I realized just how little I knew about “Alice in Wonderland”. After doing a pinch …
Read More »Film Review: If a Tree Falls (2010)
SYNOPSIS: Siblings, Brad and Lisa Carpenter, along with two lifelong family friends, Will and Vanessa, set out road-tripping to an annual family reunion. They make the decision to find a place to stop and camp for the night. What ensues is a violent disturbance by six masked assailants, without motive or reason. The group find themselves living a night of …
Read More »Film Review: The Skin I Live In (2011)
SYNOPSIS: A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession. REVIEW: I’ve never been the biggest Pedro Almodovar fan. I haven’t seen a film of his since “Live Flesh” in 1997. The others I …
Read More »Film Review: Chop (2010)
SYNOPSIS: Lance Reed is forced by a psychotic stranger to confront his duplicitous past. Seeking retribution for a crime, the man forces Lance to reveal his inner most secrets by systematically removing his limbs. REVIEW: It’s pretty amazing how great films can somehow just glide under the radar. In a way, it’s sad since some of these films end up …
Read More »Film Review: Galaxy of Terror (1981)
SYNOPSIS: SciFi suspense thriller in which a rescue space ship crew meets up with horrors projected by their own imaginations. REVIEW: As we all know by now, Roger Corman helped to launch the career of pretty much everyone in Hollywood. I couldn’t tell you how many films he has produced or how many of them I have actually seen but …
Read More »Film Review: Night of the Comet (1984)
SYNOPSIS: A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls to fight the evil types who survive. REVIEW: I’m a child of the 80’s. I spent the majority of my teen years in that time period and my love for horror films was spurned by it as well. I remember seeing many of these films in …
Read More »Film Review: Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust (2011)
SYNOPSIS: Purge: To put to death, eliminate what is undesirable. The serial killer known as Purge lived and died by this code. But is he dead? Driving home from a road trip, ERIC and SHELLY take a back road to avoid a traffic jam. They encounter the serial killer Purge. Eric survives but Shelly is murdered. A year later, a …
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