Film Reviews

SYNOPSIS: In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and personnel are transforming into something inhuman. As the horror intensifies, Carter leads the other survivors on …

SYNOPSIS: A small town strip club owner must defend her bar, her strippers and her life when violent infected patrons show up on the final closing night and all hell breaks loose. REVIEW: The filmography of Italian director Cesare Canevari is quite an interesting one in that he managed to cover all the important milestones of the exploitation cinema of …

SYNOPSIS: Three segments showing rather unusual love-related stories, each dealing with a dark and twisted love or desire, from cannibalism to self-mutilation. REVIEW:  Coming from the Netherlands, written and directed by self-proclaimed “Mr. Pervert,” Erik Zijlstra, Rotten Romance is not only a short film, but also a three-part anthology. Trying to fit three short films into just under 20 minutes …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Nothing to fear here. More silly than scary, this documentary pays homage to the flamboyant local hosts who introduced horror and science-fiction movies to the masses and helped them gain cult status on the airwaves. Between vintage television clips and reflective interviews with horror hosts and aficionados, you’ll hear from the likes of Svengoolie (Ernie Anderson), …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Inspired by a true Thai ritual of lying in coffins to get rid of bad luck and prolong life, The Coffin is a supernatural thriller about a young man and a young woman who decide to go through the ritual in Thailand. REVIEW: The Examination Results: Balance of life and death, interrupted.  Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham Cast: Karen …

SYNOPSIS: When her husband disappears in the deep dark jungle a woman and her brother hire a team and head there to find him. Unfortunately they run across a cannibalistic tribe once they get there and not everyone survives. REVIEW: I am just not really into the cannibal movies that were all the rage in the 70’s and early 80’s. …

SYNOPSIS: For over 30 years, the so-called First Transmission video from Psychic TV, has been the stuff of, well, “snuff film” legend. First advertised in the back pages of Thee Grey Book , The First Transmission was an ultra weird touchstone of the underground VHS tape trading scene of the 1980s. REVIEW: It’s kind of difficult to talk about First Transmission, …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A crazed hunter kidnaps people and turns them loose on his private estate, where he hunts them for sport. REVIEW: I’m pretty sure that no one involved in the production of “The Most Dangerous Game” (1932) ever thought that it was going to be as influential a film as it turned out to be. Why influential? …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young African American man visits his Caucasian girlfriend’s cursed family estate. REVIEW: A brilliant new thriller/horror mystery in itself, “Get Out” is surprisingly clever movie directed by Jordan Peele (of Key and Peele comedy series fame). Peele hits the ground running with a fantastic directorial/ writing debut that pushes the envelope and taboo of modern …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Eight college friends head to a “Haunted Rental” for Halloween. But when they replay the game that made the house infamous, they awaken an evil spirit intent on stealing their souls. REVIEW: SyFy Network is well known for their films. I think the word most people use would be “infamous”. Bad writing, cheesy special effects, bad …

SYNOPSIS: In a school full of perverse teachers, where you earn grades by having sex, Nancy is the only honest person. But when she, despite studying a lot, fails her final exam… it’s time for revenge! REVIEW: I haven’t seen many horror films that have come out of Croatia because, well, there aren’t many horror films coming out of Croatia. …

SYNOPSIS: After the death of her husband a woman stumbles onto a weird conspiracy involving a pair of demented doctors trying to discover the key to immortality. Before you know it the corpses of the people they are experimenting on are up walking around and trying to kill anyone unlucky enough to come into contact with them. REVIEW: On paper …

SYNOPSIS: A deranged killer (that looks like a cracked out Seth Macfarlane) is stalking the streets of St. Louis, taking out a number of unfortunate women that he happens to come into contact with. When the cops spring into action to stop him they discover that he is just part of something a lot darker and even though they may …

SYNOPSIS: A bunch of zombies that are used by the government to fight in a major war in the near future get launched into space. The space shuttle gets caught in a time warp and returns to Earth in the present day. Naturally, the zombies get loose and terrorize a motley assortment of folks who are trapped inside a high …

SYNOPSIS: A Materialaktion (an art performance/happening in which objects are used to create an art piece) by Viennese Aktionist Otto Muehl. The setting is a solemn Christmas celebration REVIEW: Austrian artist and filmmaker Otto Muehl was the co-founder of, and one of the main participants in, the Viennese Actionism “movement” (see also Gunter Brus, Kurt Kren, Hermann Nitsch, and others). …