Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A group of teens trapped on an island, and are haunted by a demon hidden inside a pinata. REVIEW: When I saw the title of this particular movie, I was a bit curious because I had never heard of it. I decided to look it up. When I saw that it was actually the film Pinata: …
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Film Review: A Snake of June (Rokugatsu no hebi) (2002)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A woman is being stalked by a stranger. His stalking turns to blackmail when he sends her copies of photos of her in an embarrassing position. Now he controls her and she has to do anything he says. Anything. REVIEW: While the name Shin’ya Tsukamoto is without a doubt most synonymous with the Japanese cyberpunk movement …
Read More »Film Review: Mitchell (1975)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A tough, slobby, honest cop tries to simultaneously take down heroin dealers and a corrupt businessman who murdered a burglar, even if it costs him his life. This obscure film became infamous after Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) riffed on it. REVIEW: This particular descent into badness holds not only the distinction of being on one …
Read More »Film Review: Warriors of the Lost World (1984)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A nomad mercenary on a high-tech motorcycle helps bring about the downfall of the evil Orwellian government, the Omega. REVIEW: Italian filmmakers in the ‘70s and ‘80s became infamous for cranking out films that were rip-offs of other more popular flicks. This is actually fairly well known. As soon as a genre became popular, they were …
Read More »Film Review: Driven (2019)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Emerson Graham’s nights as a cab driver are filled with annoyances and inconveniences, but until tonight, never attacks and disappearances. After picking up a mysterious passenger her evening goes from working a job to performing a quest as they must race against the clock to defeat a force of evil. The meter is running. REVIEW: Got …
Read More »Film Review: The Specials (2000)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The sixth or seventh best superhero team in the world pursue their rightful place in the harshly competitive world of toy tie-ins and fighting evil. REVIEW: Per the title of the film, you might say 2000’s “The Specials” title mimics its storyline. The Specials is a film that while flying under the radar boasts a top …
Read More »Film Review: Starfish (2018)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A unique, intimate portrayal of a girl grieving for the loss of her best friend, which just so happens to take place on the day the world ends. REVIEW: Starfish is the product of writer, producer, and director A.T. White released under the team of CAV and Altered Innocence. A film that has received great critical …
Read More »Film Review: The Dark Room (short film) (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A group of strangers attend a “Psychic Party” to develop their gifts, and instead run afoul of a demon. REVIEW: Directors: Adrienne Lovette Writers: John Rice Starring: John Rice, Erica Camarano, Tim McKiernan, Christina Elise Perry, John Rice, Rica de Ocampo, Lenny Thomas, Evelyn Wawrzyniak In The Dark Room (2020), a short written by actor …
Read More »Film Review: Relic (2020) – Review 2
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family’s home. REVIEW: Watching a loved one going through the deterioration of disease is one of the worse horrors anyone can go through. But if your loved one became the horror? What if someone you loved became so unrecognizable in the …
Read More »Film Review: Fantasy Island (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In this reimagining of the 1977 television show, a group of unsuspecting tourists are shocked when their dreams are granted on an exclusive resort island, only to devolve into nightmares.
Read More »Film Review: Beyond the Shadows (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The stars of a paranormal investigation show are used to faking their ghostly encounters. But during filming at a massacre site, the ghosts are real. REVIEW: When I read about Beyond the Shadows I was optimistic about what the film would be like. From the moment it began, however, I felt I was in for a …
Read More »Film Review: For We Are Many (2019)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Horror Anthology produced by from filmmakers from around the world, which explores the subject of Demons, with inspiration from Ancient Mythology, Religion and the Cosmological Horror of H. P. Lovecraft. REVIEW: The brainchild of Lawrie Brewster’s Hex Media, For We Are Many is an anthology of 13 tales centred around demonic folklore. Hanged upon a framing …
Read More »Film Review: Awoken (2019)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young medical student attempts to cure her brother from a terminal sleep illness called Fatal Familial Insomnia, where you are unable to sleep until you die. On her quest to help him, a more sinister reason for his condition is revealed. REVIEW: As someone who has battled mild forms of insomnia (much due to anxiety) …
Read More »Film Review: Stickman (2017)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The thing which waits under your bed, hides in the closet, stalks your dreams – is waiting for you. At least Emma Wright knew. When she was 10, she was accused of killing her sister, but Emma knew it was the Stickman. After years spent locked up in a sanitarium, she finally has her demons control …
Read More »Film Review: Doll Factory (2014)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A small Texas town is terrorized by evil possessed baby dolls. REVIEW: Every once in a while you see a movie that manages to set its stall out early. Very, very early in some cases; Doll Factory is definitely one such movie. When one of your characters is seen driving a car with the licence plate …
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