Film Reviews

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A gang of losers decide to break into a house to steal the money that is supposedly hidden somewhere inside. Unfortunately, the elderly owners who live there come home in the middle of everything, and they aren’t quite as helpless as they seem. Based on the graphic novel Une nuit de pleine lune. REVIEW: I wasn’t …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A small-town journalist is sent to cover the opening of a controversial church. As the ministry digs its roots into the town and its residents, her life takes an unexpected, violent turn that will shake her foundations to their very core. REVIEW: Churches and religious cults gone amok have provided the backbone story to many movies …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A successful doctor, Yukio’s picture perfect life is gradually wrecked, and taken over by his avenging twin brother, who bumps off his family members one by one and reclaims his lover who is now Yukio’s wife. REVIEW: Shin’ya Tsukamoto’s mystery drama Gemini breaks away from the master filmmaker’s customary conventions, but still maintains the same ferocious …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When Eleanor, Theo, and Luke decide to take part in a sleep study at a huge mansion they get more than they bargained for when Dr. Marrow tells them of the house’s ghostly past. REVIEW: With direction by Jan De Bont, The Haunting, a 1999 Dreamworks big budget ghost story with an equally big budget cast, …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Chris makes a life altering choice that comes back to not only haunt him, but seek REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have ETARTSAC, written and directed (and I believe also starring) Chris Magennis. So this was a strange one, and I’m not sure where to start. The story starts with our hero driving out …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Drawn to a mysterious window, a man (Max Cianci) decides to investigate a seemingly abandoned building. Once inside, he discovers a series of trails that hint that he may not be alone. As he makes his way to the source of his curiosity, what he uncovers is worse than he could ever imagine. REVIEW: Hey kids! …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Marcy and her husband live together in a constant state of disarray. Her husband continually demands Marcy make him sandwiches, ad nauseam – but how long can she withstand his abuse before she finally cracks? REVIEW: Hey kids! More short films! Today we have MAKE ME A SANDWICH, written and directed by Denman Hatch. According to …

Rate This Movie REVIEW: Hey kids! More short films for you! Today we have BACK UP, written and directed by Aaron Fradkin and Victoria Fratz. They have worked together previously on the award winning film ELECTRIC LOVE,  which won best film at the 2018 San Diego International Film Festival. Our story begins with a young woman (played by Ms. Fratz) …

Rate This Movie REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have  ZOMBIPHOSATE, from Les Films Guacamole. The version I have is in french with no subtitles so I had to make the best of it. Louise, Sam, Alain and Sophie go for a hike in the forest. There is some sort of news break on the radio that seems to …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Five friends go on a weekend getaway to a cabin in Upstate New York, where time and space begins to function without reason, only to slowly turn them against each other one by one. REVIEW: As we all know, going to a cottage in the forest suggests a delightful weekend away. Going to a cabin in …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Six friends hire a medium to hold a seance via Zoom during lockdown, but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong. REVIEW: I’ll be honest, when I saw that Host takes place in COVID lockdown and is based off a painfully realistic Zoom call, I was dying to slam my …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “Holly seems to have it all: two kids, a nice house, a good job as a teacher, and a husband with his career on the way up. But there are troubling signs that all is not right in her world. The insomnia. The medication for the insomnia. The dreams from the medication for the insomnia. The arrival of her estranged sister and a mouse invading her home don’t help either. Add the weight of a …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: An ambitious vlogger experiences the dark side of the internet when his latest video, which features an alleged haunting, goes viral. REVIEW: “Death of a Vlogger” (DOAV) will likely be rejected by genre horror fans because it has really bad effects, an uncharismatic lead character who is supposed to be a successful vlogger and they tend …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of a plane crash, a woman fights to survive a pack of killer sharks. REVIEW: Frenzy, directed by Jose Montesinos (Dream House Nightmare) and written by Graham Winter, is one of several shark themed movies unleashed from the SyFy Channel. In fact, reading that sentence will no doubt conjure up in your mind …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Five American soldiers assigned to hold a French Chateau near the end of World War II. This unexpected respite quickly descends into madness when they encounter a supernatural enemy more terrifying than anything seen on the battlefield. REVIEW: Review: This film is on Amazon Prime Video currently, at time of writing this. I’m happy to review …