Film Reviews

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Yamame Yamano (Kazuya Kamenashi) is an unpopular comedian. His senior informs him that “…it will air on TV, if you stay at the stigmatized property where a murder took place.” That is how Yamame Yamano begins to stay at stigmatized properties. And at those stigmatized properties, he experiences various unnatural phenomena. REVIEW: Terrible title, terrible film. …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A married couple rents a beach side Airbnb only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. They soon discover to be in the grips of a mysterious cult and their ancient sea god. REVIEW: I’ve been an obsessed fan of Howard Phillips Lovecraft since being a boy of 16 and reading The Call of Cthulhu …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: While on a road trip from a long weekend, four lifelong friends decide to veer off road and venture into a small West Texas town known as Marfa after meeting a mysterious stranger. What attracted them to do so? Why is the town so hush-hush? Will they discover the truth behind the mystery of the Marfa …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Pulled into this world to take you out! A horrifying tale of revenge…beginning with a back-alley abortion and ending with a bloodbath so vicious that it brings a new meaning to “an eye for eye”. From pimps to dealers, from hookers and junkies…”Hanger” washes the filth away with their own blood, cleaning the streets and making …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Convinced that her father’s death was not accidental, a beautiful girl decides to investigate to find out the truth, aided by her boyfriend. Her sleuthing draws her to a local mortuary, where many secrets will be revealed. REVIEW: Director – Howard Avedis Starring – Mary Beth McDonough, David Wallace, Bill Paxton, Lynda Day George From low-budget …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Stardust will chronicle the young David Bowie’s first visit to the US in 1971 – a trip that inspired the invention of his iconic alter ego Ziggy Stardust. REVIEW: I’ve always sad, you can’t go wrong with a David Bowie movie, but then of course I’m a bit bias as a longtime fan of his work, …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A tale of ghosts, crime and horror. REVIEW: What happens when a crime sets off a curse that transforms a helpless family into demonic ghosts? A pretty pitiful movie; that’s what happens. “The Key”, directed by Markus F. Adrian and Gedeon Burkhard, demonstrates this sad attempt at a supernatural concept. A family is brutally butchered at …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A student is haunted by chilling visions surrounding her, leading to sinister acts that put her life and those around her in danger. REVIEW: The rather weirdly titled Eyes (weirdly as in, the story has nothing to do with eyes) is a 2015 horror offering from the director Yôhei Fukuda. It presents a thoroughly forgettable story …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: An evil entity begins to torment a mother and daughter, who are forced to face the inexplicable presence that inhabits the walls of their new home. REVIEW: “You’re Not Alone” begins with Emma, our focal character, reliving a suicide attempt she made years ago. That attempt led to her not being involved her daughter’s upbringing. That …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When they learn their friend has kidnapped a cop on the night of MLK Jr.’s assassination, two sisters and leaders of the Black Panther Party must set aside their differences to navigate one of the most turbulent nights in history. REVIEW: “Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Chloé fights for her moment in the spotlight. How far will she go to upstage the annoying actors with whom she is forced to perform Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’? REVIEW: The Etheria Film Festival 2021 features films all directed by women. The Fourth Wall was directed and written by Kelsey Bollig (Asking for a Friend), …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In this haunting drama, a night of reckless drinking compels a car mechanic to forcibly detox his best friend – whatever the cost. REVIEW: Directed by Kirby Voss and written by Felicia Stallard and Kirby Voss. The film opens with Charlie (Jared Bankens) and Ed (William McGovern) … These two are intoxicated. They are also swimming …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In the wake of a messy break up, Andy Escobedo decides to start fresh, relocating from Austin to Los Angeles. Eager to make new connections, he befriends Roger, an unusual rideshare driver. But when Roger’s behavior gets too strange for comfort, Andy blows him off, choosing to focus on a budding relationship with Sam. This unhinges …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A paranormal investigation YouTube channel is getting ready to shut down if they don’t have a video that goes viral in time. In this last ditch attempt, a long-time mystery is solved. REVIEW: It’s probably fair to say at this point, that the ‘found footage’ genre has pretty much played itself out; franchises like the Paranormal …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A girl is possessed and kills her own twin sister. REVIEW: As horror fans, we don’t see many movies these days in the tradition of the old ‘grand guignol’; a pretty much extinct style by now, notorious for over the top, graphic violence and macabre subject matter. Some incredible films have existed within the tradition over …