Film Reviews

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: An elite black ops team battles for survival against an indestructible force of zombie ninjas. REVIEW: Out of all the movies in this latest batch I’ve had to review, this one I had the highest hopes for. With a name like Ninja Zombies vs. Black Ops, I was expecting something that’d be a fairly tongue in …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “Two sisters vie for the affections of a man who may or may not be a vampire.” REVIEW: Mickey Reece directed and wrote Climate of the Hunter with John Selvidge. There have been a few vampire-related films that came out in 2020. Alma (Ginger Gilmartin) and Elizabeth (Mary Buss) are sisters. Alma has some problems and …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Alone and in his own home, a man awakes to a strange sound coming from the next room. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have THE NEXT ROOM, written and directed by (and starring) Kenneth Livitski. A man wakes up in the early hours to hear strange noises coming from the other room. Of course …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A reporter in a small town tries to figure out who is running around in an old lady mask slaughtering the townsfolk. Has his recently deceased grandmother found a way to return from the dead to go on a killing spree or is there something even more sinister at play? REVIEW: Whoo boy, is Satanic Meat …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Students encounter a haunted shark tooth. REVIEW: I’m surprised that it took this long before I ended up reviewing one of David DeCoteau’s films. The man has been pumping out B movies since 1984, and usually had more than one film release each year. Prolific may not be a strong enough word for him, since he’s …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “In THE CLEANSING HOUR, Max and Drew run a popular webcast that streams “live exorcisms” watched by millions across the globe. In reality, the exorcisms are just elaborately staged hoaxes performed by paid actors. But their fortunes take a turn when one of the actors becomes possessed by an actual demon and takes the crew hostage. In front …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A zombie love story created in quarantine with Unreal Engine 4. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have ETERNALLY, written, directed, animated, and scored by Tim Montijo. Some of you may recognize his name. He’s created FX and music scores for films for 30 years. This film is his second go at an animation program …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “Directed by Aaron B. Koontz (Camera Obscura, Scare Package) who also co-wrote the script with Cameron Burns (Camera Obscura) and Keith Lansdale (“Creepshow”), THE PALE DOOR stars Devin Druid (“13 Reasons Why”), Zachary Knighton (“Happy Endings”), Noah Segan (Knives Out), Stan Shaw (Monster Squad), Pat Healy (Cheap Thrills), Bill Sage (We Are What We Are) and Melora Walters (Magnolia).  The film is presented and executive produced by Joe R. Lansdale, the writer of Bubba Ho-Tep & Cold In July.

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A cursed survivor of killings at the Amityville House brings evil to a small island where bizarre genetic experiments are carried out on humans and animals in a secret women’s prison. REVIEW: I must have been a naughty boy, because this last batch of movies feels like the equivalent of getting coal in my stocking. I …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Over a montage of mushroom cloud explosions a solemn voiceover proclaims, “They had talked and argued for years, trying to prevent it. But they failed. Nobody can be sure who started it, and really that is unimportant. It did happen, the atomic war.” That war kills 92.4% of the Earth’s population, leaving the survivors struggling to …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Joseph and his family live in the remote wilderness as fur trappers, but their tranquility is threatened when they think they are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf, and Joseph leaves them behind to track it.” REVIEW: Hunter Hunter was written and directed by Shawn Linden. I am not a fan of fur, …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing father, officer Marshall struggles to remind himself there’s no such thing as werewolves. REVIEW: Very good but no “Silver Bullet,” to be fair, it doesn’t try to be your typical werewolf …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: WITCHES OF BUSHWICK is inspired by #WitchesofInstagram one of social media’s darker and most trending sub-cultures. The film talks about the people behind the hashtag, blending horror and satire to produce a biting critique of social media. The short film centers around a young woman who is about to be initiated into a modern coven. When …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A man crash lands in rural Appalachia and awakens in the attic of a traditional Hoodoo practitioner. He desperately tries to break free from her dark magic and save his family from a sinister ritual before the rise of the blood moon. REVIEW: Marquis (Omari Hardwick) is making every effort to be the man his father …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Whilst working a night shift at the London Film Academy (LFA) a cleaner comes across a bloody heart and a series of supernatural events begin to occur.