Film Reviews

SYNOPSIS: After a night of partying, four friends are kidnapped by a mysterious man. The friends wake up in a basement, and realize they are part of something horrifying. A human breeding farm. They are to be milked, bred, and much, much worse. REVIEW:  With so many films being released each year, it’s becoming more and more difficult to decide …

SYNOPSIS: High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their “production”. Europeans pay more for tattooed beauties. Against this background, and considering the gorgeous tattooed women develop the history of confrontation between two highly skilled masters of tattoo. REVIEW: Directed by Teruo Ishii Starring Teruo Yoshida, Asao Koike, Masumi Tachibana, Yumiko Katayama, Mieko Fujimoto My first thought watching …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When a WWII-era transport ship, reactivated and deployed in the Persian Gulf for black-op interrogations, falls radio silent, an elite Marine task force, along with an NCIS investigator and two scientists, are sent to apprehend the terrorists… Only to find a more devious enemy REVIEW: Written by: Ethan Wiley & Roel Reine Directed by: Roel Reine …

SYNOPSIS: A dead family of raccoons, killed mercilessly for their fur, takes revenge on anyone who wears the coat made of its pelts. REVIEW:  If you’re not familiar with the Masters of Horror series, you need to fix that and get familiar with it ASAP. Debuting in 2005 on Showtime, the all-too short-lived series was the brainchild of Mick Garris …

SYNOPSIS: After being disfigured at the hands of her sister’s ex-boyfriend a young woman’s life starts to fall apart. To make matters worse those around her are being killed off one-by-one by a mysterious woman who uses a pair of scissors to slaughter them. Will she be able to figure out the identity of the woman and stop before she …

SYNOPSIS: After his brother is paralyzed by an opponent after a boxing match a man seeks vengeance only to find himself mixed up in a weird situation involving black magic, dead wizards, and reincarnation (I think). REVIEW: Wow. Where do I even begin? Without a doubt The Boxer’s Omen is one of the strangest movies I have ever seen and to be honest I …

SYNOPSIS: “US army Major John Reisman, based in London, is an inventive man who often thinks outside the box which causes many problems in the structured military. But it is because of this mentality that in March 1944, he is assigned, or as his superiors put it volunteers for a near suicide mission. Prior to the Allied forces invading continental …

SYNOPSIS: Wong plays an unassuming nightclub employee in Macao who alienates a gang of drunken men (led by Shing Fui-on). They tail her after her shift, and mount a gang assault. She attempts to enlist the aid of her former brother-in-law (Lam) – an ex-triad now confined to a wheelchair. A lounge owner in HK, he hires her as a …

SYNOPSIS: “In Tokyo, Shigeharu Aoyama is a widower that grieves the loss of his wife and raises his son Shigehiko Aoyama alone. Seven years later, the teenage Shigehiko asks why his middle-aged father does not remarry and Shigeharu meets his friend Yasuhisa Yoshikawa, who is a film producer, and tells his intention. However, Shigeharu has difficulties to approach to available …

SYNOPSIS: A woman who has fled her hometown to escape a violent encounter in her past is tracked down by her assailants five years later and must resort to her own brand of violence in order to survive. REVIEW: As someone who generally tends to avoid rape-revenge films, this was an oft-uncomfortable viewing experience for me. But it was also …

SYNOPSIS: “A strange man known only as the Metal Fetishist, who seems to have an insane compulsion to stick scrap metal into his body, is hit and possibly killed by a Japanese ‘salaryman’ out for a drive with his girlfriend. The salaryman then notices that he is being slowly overtaken by some kind of disease that is turning his body …

SYNOPSIS: Professor, adventurer and author Doctor Yuan Chen discovers he’s been afflicted with always fatal “Seventh Curse” for interfering with a Thai tribes blood sacrifice. Now he must return to the dark jungles to find a cure. But he’ll have to endure car crashes, booby traps, little demons, big demons, and savage natives— and that’s just reel one! REVIEW: My …

SYNOPSIS: Passengers on a Japanese flight learn of the sighting of a mysterious UFO minutes before an emergency crash landing in an unknown area. After one of the survivors encounters a strange spacecraft and falls under alien control, the others are forced to fight for their own survival. REVIEW: A blood-red sky could be a sign of several different things. …

SYNOPSIS: A peaceful family vacation on the mountainside turns deadly when a man’s disgruntled ex-employee arrives seeking a bloody revenge. REVIEW: South Korean films hold a very special place in my heart for their predilection toward genre-bending. Films like Madeo (2009) and The Wailing (2016) exquisitely blend elements of drama, horror, intrigue, and light comedy, offering film experiences that feel …

SYNOPSIS: New feature film by Gurcius Gewdner REVIEW: If you’re looking for criminally underrated horror movies from countries outside of North America, I highly recommend checking out the films of Brazil. Jose Mojica Marins is probably one of the most widely known directors from way down south, thanks to his Coffin Joe trilogy – At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul, …