Film Reviews

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In 2022, a repair crew is sent to fix an orbital weapon but their spaceship malfunctions and ends up heading towards the dark side of the moon. There, in a mysterious, seemingly abandoned space shuttle, a sinister force lies in wait. REVIEW: So I am guessing that every review starts out this way…., no, not the …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Maria Francisca, a wealthy young heiress and her friend Mariana De Castro, a young protestant widow, are accused of witchcraft and taken before the Inquisition. REVIEW: There is something about these Inquisition films, that really strike a chord with me. Maybe it’s that combination of right and wrong all combined that seems so absurd but real …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young woman joins an underground game of pain endurance, hoping to win the prize; US$1 million. She soon discovers the game’s rigged, and the real opponent is the man- a sadistic psychopath, who’s created the game. As things progress, she’s forced to endure ever-increasing torturous pain, as her opponent engages ever-more horrific methods to manipulate …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A social worker in a primary school must manage the case of a student who hasn’t been attending classes for several weeks. When she arrives at the boy’s house, she discovers an unexpected reality. REVIEW: Another short film, kids! Today we have HASTA LAS ENTRANAS (FROM THE GUTS). This is a short film from Argentina in …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly mad scientist who seeks to cure a young woman’s polio. He needs spinal fluid from a human to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing towns people. REVIEW: After having to suffer through Bela Lugosi Meets …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In the 1950’s, a young boy living with his troublesome family in rural USA fantasizes that a neighboring widow is actually a vampire, responsible for a number of disappearances in the area. REVIEW: Being a little kid before the days of the Internet was a different world. You were kept in the dark about a lot …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. REVIEW: Getting right to the point, “The Curse of La Llorona” is a simply a great horror film! Seeing it first in theatres and then now per home …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Eight school friends innocently join together to play a game that, if played well, promised to make their greatest dreams come true. But, they soon discover that mistakes may cost them more than even their dreams could tell. REVIEW: An innocent childhood game goes wrong when a one of the kids playing goes missing. Eight years …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Attendees of a marriage boot camp on a remote island have to fight a 6-headed shark that attacks the beach. REVIEW: When assigned movies to review, I usually have a hard time deciding where to begin. With the fact that most of the films I end up reviewing end up being endurance tests of my will …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A feature film director and his crew begin to question their debut production when the spirit of a murdered actress possesses a celluloid reel. REVIEW: Director: Hideo Nakata Cast: Yûrei Yanagi, Yasuyo Shiroshima, Kei Ishibashi, Ren Osugi, Takanori Kikuchi, Reita Serizawa. The Examination: Kindergarten Ghost Story. Japanese director Hideo Nakata achieved a degree of fame with Ringu, and …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister? REVIEW: Something you have never seen before? sorta…… Right off the bat, I really enjoyed this movie,  a mash up of super hero meets horror  combination. That in itself is …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A widowed firefighter seeks closure after his wife goes missing on an actual haunted road in rural New Jersey but must unlock the road’s secret if he wants to get out alive. REVIEW: Somewhere, earlier this year, I am sure Steve Stanulis and Richard Grieco found themselves waiting impatiently in the waiting room of an emergency …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Richard has an unusual fantasy: he gets sexually aroused by the idea of being devoured by an animal. In a contact ad he gets to know Max and with that encounter the chance of making his fantasy real. But does he dare? REVIEW: I’ve said this before, but I keep seeing the same nonsense throughout the …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Following in the footsteps of blockbuster MOJIN: THE LOST LEGEND and based on the bestselling novel series, MOJIN: THE WORM VALLEY once again finds legendary tomb explorer Hu Bayi on a dangerous mission as he seeks out the Tomb of Emperor Xian, located on an island of monstrous creatures in this mystical action-adventure. REVIEW: Mojin: The …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A collection of stories dealing with punishment towards women. REVIEW:  Filmmaker Teruo Ishii has been called the “Godfather of J-sploitation,” the “King of Cult,” and even “the Japanese master of all things taboo.” His body of work has influenced a number of genre directors, names like Takashi Miike (Visitor Q, Ichi the Killer), Ainosuke Shibata (Hitch-Hike, …