SYNOPSIS: A mother and her 6 year old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water. REVIEW: Following hot on the heels of the execrable Sadako 3D, here we have the perfect antidote. Dark Water is Hideo Nakata’s second adaptation of a Kôji Suzuki story, and it is also one of several Japanese horror flicks …
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Film Review: Men Behind the Sun (1988) – CAT III
SYNOPSIS: Men Behind the Sun is a fictionalised account of war atrocities perpetrated against Chinese and Russian people by the Japanese during World War 2. Unit 731 is a secret facility which conducts biological and other medical experiments on both animals and humans. The film focuses on the experiences of the last youth corps to join Unit 731 before it …
Read More »Film Review: A Trip To The Moon (1902)
SYNOPSIS: “A group of astronomers study the way to travel to the moon. When they conclude their project, the president selects five other astronomers to travel with him. They embark in a shell and they are shot from a giant cannon to the moon. When they land, they seek shelter in a cave to protect from the snow. They meet …
Read More »Film Review: Animal Soup (2009)
SYNOPSIS: Three groups of hikers embark on a hike across the beautiful countryside, they quickly discover the local inhabitants are anything but friendly. REVIEW: Some films just head out of the gate pure nasty never letting let up. “Animal Soup” is one such film. Directed by David V.G. Davies and a fella who calls himself J.A.K., “Animal Soup” really doesn’t …
Read More »Film Review: Metropolis (1927)
SYNOPSIS: “Sometime in the future, the city of Metropolis is home to a Utopian society where its wealthy residents live a carefree life. One of those is Freder Fredersen. One day, he spots a beautiful woman with a group of children, she and the children who quickly disappear. Trying to follow her, he, oblivious to such, is horrified to find …
Read More »Film Review: Family Saga (Familienradgeber) (2006)
SYNOPSIS: A dark black comedic gory look into splatter legend Olaf Ittenbach’s Family. Absurd extreme violence presented under the ridiculous premise of Olaf’s life. REVIEW: Well it had to be done. Olaf had created a film with his entire immediate family under the microscope of being truly dysfunctional to the point of this dark comedy titled “Family Saga” (aka Familienradgeber). …
Read More »Film Review: Terrible Meal (1995) – CAT III
SYNOPSIS: Food Fetish Vomiting and Hardcore exchange REVIEW: Tracking this movie down has been somewhat of a challenge. Though in that same statement, it is probably for the better as far as most are concerned. This film goes beyond the CAT III boundaries by jumping straight into some truly sick perverse hard to watch material. If you have read our …
Read More »Film Review: Virus X (aka H1N1: Virus X) (2010)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS:A group of medical scientists are quarantined inside their lab after being infected with a deadly hyper-mutant form of the H1N1 virus. With only 3 days left to live they have no way to escape and no way out. While the deceitful head doctor monitors them from a hidden surveillance room the scientists must uncover the harrowing …
Read More »Film Review: The Thrill of a Kill (2011)
SYNOPSIS: After fighting with her mom, Kimsy runs into the woods to cool off, where she meets a friendly photographer. A day of bloodshed and murder follows… REVIEW: While it is not uncommon for us to receive several low budget independent productions, it is uncommon to receive ones that are done so well on a low budget. This latest film …
Read More »Film Review: Cannibal Campout (1988)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Four college friends head out to the woods for a nice camping trip (apparently without a tent, sleeping bags, or any other supplies that are crucial to camping). Once they arrive they are immediately involved in an altercation with a pair of local rednecks (one of whom has the most annoying voice ever caught on film …
Read More »Film Review: Piranha (1978)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Two self-righteous idiots accidentally release a genetically-altered species of piranha into a stream. From there, both the piranha and the idiots slowly make their way downstream to various swimming holes and resorts, each in their own way wreaking havoc REVIEW: Written by: John Sayles and Richard Robinson Directed by: Joe Dante Starring: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, …
Read More »Film Review: The Resurrection (Opstandelsen) (2010)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Simon’s three siblings gather at his funeral – where all hell breaks loose as the undead rise from their graves, driving the siblings down into the deep dark catacombs below the church. Surrounded by death, they now have to face Simon and his congregation of zombies in order to escape the house of God in one …
Read More »Film Review: Slow Torture Puke Chamber (2010)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: Insane, sadistic director Lucifer Valentine completes his Vomit Gore Trilogy with Slow Torture Puke Chamber!, the final chapter in the continuing “adventures” of Angela, the teen runaway who’s been subjected to some of the most graphic and horrifying tortures we’ve ever seen put to video in the first two installments. Again, Valentine uses horrifying tortures, excessive vomiting, …
Read More »Film Review: Sozinho (short film) (2003)
SYNOPSIS: A solitary man (Jose Salles) meets a beautiful woman (Mara Vanessa Prieto) in a CD store and later that night he decides to meet her at her house, not imagining the nightmare waiting for him. REVIEW: “Sozinho” is a 13 minutes short movie, directed by André ZP in 2003, which, with an small budget and minimalistic narrative, has achieved …
Read More »Film Review: The Wizard of Gore (2008)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Magic, madness and mayhem join in this diabolical remake of the 1970 horror cult classic. Crispin Glover (Willard) stars as a master illusionist whose female audience participants (The Suicide Girls) are hideously murdered onstage, only to miraculously reappear untouched. But when a smart reporter (Kip Pardue, Remember the Titans) finds they re later turning up dead …
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