SYNOPSIS: “John McClane is a cop from New York City who is on his way to Los Angeles to see his kids and his wife Holly, who moved to LA because of a job at the Nakatomi Corporation. When he arrives at Nakatomi Plaza, he meets Holly’s boss Joe Takagi and her co-worker Harry Ellis. He and Holly go into …
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Film Review: The Chekist (1992)
SYNOPSIS: Srubov is a part of CHEKA, the secret police Lenin established after the Bolshevik Revolution. They arrest, interview for a minute, try in ten seconds, and execute intellectuals, aristocrats, Jews, clergy, and their families. In the building basement, five people at a time are shot as they stand naked facing wooden doors. No one to remember their last words; …
Read More »Film Review: The Princess Bride (1987)
SYNOPSIS: “An elderly man reads a bedtime story to his not-exactly-thrilled grandson, a whimsical fairytale about two star-crossed lovers named Buttercup and Westley. The couple are separated by fate and some dastardly characters, the evil Prince Humperdinck among them. After enduring various perils including a walk through the dreaded Fire Swamp, the lovers join forces with an agenda-serving swordsman named …
Read More »Film Review: 31 (2016)
SYNOPSIS: A group of traveling sideshow carnies are kidnapped by a group of killer clowns who want to force them to play a sadistic game. REVIEW: Rob Zombie is back with a vengeance. Disclaimer: I’m actually a big fan of Zombie, both as a performer and as a director. I loved House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects, Lords of Salem, and …
Read More »Film Review: Zahradník (The Gardener) (2006)
REVIEW: Zahradník so far has eluded us for review. While this title is listed among our Extreme films, it is truly among the hand full of films that no apparent means to view it. Normally we would just exclude the title from our lists altogether, however there does exist a few photos and a single trailer for the release. So …
Read More »Film Review: Snuff Film: Death On Camera (2011)
SYNOPSIS: A horror movie maker is out to make the scariest movies ever made, and he believes he’s found the secret to doing so.
Read More »Film Review: Maximum Violence (AKA Popular) (2011)
SYNOPSIS: A killer stalks a girls boarding school, killing those she deems popular.
Read More »Film Review: Voodoo Curse – Legba’s Rache (2009)
SYNOPSIS: A group of teenage Goths tries to summon a voodoo god at an ancient graveyard. While being sedated through medicals and high on drugs, they get surrounded and butchered by awaking voodoo zombies. REVIEW: Voodoo Curse – Legba’s Rache is an independently made, low budget, German zombie movie written and directed by Stefan Svahn (he’s unfortunately only made one …
Read More »Film Review: House of Carnage (2006)
SYNOPSIS: An ax-wielding cannibal chases two women through the Pennsylvania woods. REVIEW: When Ryan Cavalline’s House of Carnage begins, it’s like a page right out of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre – as the words slowly scroll across the screen (often misspelled and grammatically incorrect, which is kind of inexcusable in the day of spell check and editors), a …
Read More »Film Review: Ma Mere (2004)
SYNOPSIS: A young man who’s father recently died is taken in by his mother, who introduces him to a hedonistic world of excess and sex. REVIEW: Freud would absolutely love this movie. Pierre’s father has just died, and he is taken in by his mother. He starts the movie as a completely sexually inexperienced young man, which we learn when …
Read More »Film Review: La rose de fer (1973)
SYNOPSIS: A young couple out for a walk decide to take a stroll through a large cemetery. As darkness begins to fall they realize they can’t find their way out, and soon their fears begin to overtake them.
Read More »Film Review: Cannibal Terror (Terreur cannibale) (1980)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: Two crooks (Mario and Roberto) kidnap a girl and hide out in the house of a friend who lives by trading with the natives in a nearby jungle. The friend’s wife is raped by Mario; she exacts revenge by tying him to a tree and leaving him to the cannibals. She then informs the kidnapped girl’s parents …
Read More »Film Review: Ritual of Death (1990)
SYNOPSIS: After seeing a presentation on ritualistic sacrifice, a group of thespians decide to put on a play about the topic, invoking an ancient curse. REVIEW: This film was made in 197… oh, excuse me, 1990. Wait, really? Wow. The only way you can tell this movie wasn’t made during the Free Love Era is because everybody looks like …
Read More »Film Review: Vamp (1986)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A couple of college students take a trip to a sleazy strip joint to acquire the services of one of the dancers. It doesn’t take long for a night of pleasure to turn into a night of vampire bloodlust. REVIEW: Death by Stiletto Heel… and that’s only the beginning of it. This wacky 80’s romp feels …
Read More »Film Review: Helga, She Wolf of Stilberg (1978)
SYNOPSIS: This notorious 1970s women in prison classic, finally available for the first time in North America. Taking a cue from Don Edmond’s classic Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS, Helga moves the action to South America, where she lords over a castle of female political prisoners, who are stripped and tortured at whim, until local rebels help them fight …
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