Film Reviews

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Celebrating her anniversary Detective Bailer Parker finds a letter with files inside documenting the violent events that ultimately lead to her sisters disappearance. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have THE ROCKSIDE FILES, directed by Ronnie Wilson, story by Ronnie Wilson and Tony Valdez. The film opens with a para-military guy suiting up as he …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young woman struggles to fight her anxiety, and the malevolent creature inside her, while she prepares to go out to a party.

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Having survived a harrowing plane crash, an army pilot finds himself suspended from a canopy of trees high above the forest floor by his parachute. After making contact with his co-pilot on the ground, they realize that something is stalking them in the dark. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have SUSPENSE, written and directed …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Super-cut of three shorts I made by myself in quarantine. REVIEW: QUARENTINE…. It’s a nerve-wracking word. I’m not sure how good we would do in a zombie apocalypse, considering everyone brought toilet paper in bulk. I’m still wondering about that. So, along comes Panic Fest 2021 and this wildly amazing, life altering short film.

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A widow employs the dark arts to see her husband once more. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have BILL, written and directed by Dan Gitsham & Sophie Mair. They are a husband and wife team of filmmakers working under the umbrella Sketchbook Pictures. Our story opens on a widow (Roxana Vilk) who is doing …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A couple’s last chance of hope is escaping a mad man’s bloody house of death. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have BLOODBATH ON 4TH AVENUE, distributed by Mort House Films, written and directed by Candy Domme. Score by Josh Schultz. So Mort House Films is the creation of a husband and wife team, which …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A vacationing family turns the tables on a mass shooter who claims to be fighting demonic forces. REVIEW: Panic Fest 2021 has such a great line-up of films by some excellent filmmakers. Timothy Covell wrote and directed Blood Conscious. We meet the Tony, Brittney, and Kevin. Brittney and Kevin are brother and sister. Tony and Brittney …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Daniel and Sara have a 9-year-old son, Eric, and they’ve just moved to a new home not knowing the neighbours call it “the house of the voices”. Eric is the first one to notice the odd noises behind each door.

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A struggling vampire romance novelist must defend herself against real-life vampires during Christmas in Lake Tahoe. REVIEW: The line-up of feature films and short films is so good. Panic Fest 2021 will have some in-person screenings, socially distanced of course. I spoke with one of the Co-Founders of Panic Fest and he was excited for the …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After surviving assault, a 17-year-old Mexican girl finds retribution through her untapped female power and local witch culture. REVIEW: Directed by Ashley George and written by Alonso Diaz-Rickards, Ashley George, and Maya Korn. Nayeli (Ruth Ramos) is walking though town and she stops to talk to some people. She’s just out minding her own business. The …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “Short film about a pre-Thanksgiving fight between a young couple debating on whether to visit in-laws that turns gruesome.” REVIEW: Written and directed by Ty Jones, with Justin Nosler (writing credit). Crock Pot is a gem. Maybe it was quarantine or the fact that everybody uses crock pots? I wanted to see this short film. Tina …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A horror anthology that includes segments about a horrible first date, an overprotective mother, and a nightmarish drug trip. REVIEW: I was blown away by Brimstone Incorporated and have to say that it is the best movie that I’ve seen so far this year. I’ve always been a sucker for horror anthologies, and this is one …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Joel, a caustic 1980s film critic for a national horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. With no other choice, Joel attempts to blend in or risk becoming the next victim. REVIEW: Cody Calahan wrote and directed Vicious Fun. Vicious Fun should be sub-genre. If you want to know what …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Four friends head to Hawaii to investigate reports of a haunting at an abandoned resort in hopes of finding the infamous Half-Faced Girl. When they arrive, they soon learn you should be careful what you wish for.

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A teenage runaway who’s trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape. REVIEW: Directed and written by Savvas Christou, Katherine’s Lullaby is this beautifully terrifying film with this profound story. We meet Lily (Tori Kostic) and Neil (Jairus Carey). They are in the woods and getting ready to camp out. …