SYNOPSIS: A screenwriter staying in an old manor house in West Wales discovers that it’s haunted by malevolent spirits. REVIEW:
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Film Review: Voices From the Grave (2014)
SYNOPSIS: The dead have stories to tell a horror fan seeking the obscure. REVIEW: An anthology horror film by Richard Stoudt (Death By VHS) and Laurence Holloway (Nightmare Alley), VOICES FROM THE GRAVE presents three compelling short tales held together with a wrap-around story. Our story begins in a book shop. The nameless customer (although named in the closing credits, …
Read More »Film Review: Women’s Flesh: My Red Guts (1999)
SYNOPSIS: After her boyfriend dumps her, a young woman goes into her bathroom and begins to masturbate with a toothbrush. Autoeroticism gradually turns into self-mutilation, and she attempts to eat one of her own fingers. She then asphyxiates herself, and the focus changes to another woman, who also begins to mutilate herself. She starts with a fork, switches to a …
Read More »Film Review: Venus in Fur (2013)
SYNOPSIS: An actress attempts to convince a director how she’s perfect for a role in his upcoming production.
Read More »Film Review: Julia (2014)
SYNOPSIS: A neo-noir revenge thriller centering on Julia Shames, who after suffering a brutal rape, falls prey to an unorthodox form of therapy to restore herself. REVIEW: Writer and Director: Matthew A. Brown Stars: Ashley C. Williams, Tahyna Tozzi, Jack Noseworthy I’ve never about-faced my feelings toward a film before. I’ve either loved it, hated it or felt indifferent about …
Read More »Film Review: Dreadtime Stories (2014)
SYNOPSIS: A party turns bizarre when a malevolent book makes its way into the hands of the attendees who reveal its tales of monsters, madmen and the supernatural. REVIEW: I am just going to come out and say how much I am loving these short stories in a bigger story format that seems to be popular at the moment. They …
Read More »Film Review: The Burning Dead (2015)
SYNOPSIS: A sheriff must rescue an estranged family from a mountain during a volcano eruption and fight off a horde of lava-filled zombies brought to life by a curse. REVIEW: Director: Rene Perez Writers: Jason Ancona, Jeff Miller Stars: Danny Trejo (barely), Thomas Downey, Moniqua Plante, Nicole Cummins, Robert Lyons, Kevin Norman I love a crap-tastic cheese-fest of a film. …
Read More »Book Review: Doppelganger – Author Sean Munger
Doppelganger By: Sean Munger Samhain Publishing 208 Pages Anine Atherton seems to have acquired what every fair maiden in the late 1800’s has dreamed of. After marrying a successful, handsome gentleman suitor, her groom emigrates with her from her native land Sweden to New York. Settling in a breath taking home newly procured specifically for the newlyweds, all seems like …
Read More »Book Review: Stillwater – Author Maynard Sims
Stillwater By Maynard Sims Samhain Publishing 177 Pages While coping with a recent divorce and an accident that has confined her to a wheel chair a young romance author Elizabeth Alvarini seeks refuge in a rental cabin known as Stillwater to work on her latest novel. An ominous presence may not be so accommodating. After Elizabeth begins to meet and …
Read More »Actor Geoffrey Lewis Passes Away at Age 79
Veteran character actor Geoffrey Lewis, known to genre fans for his roles as Mike Ryerson in Tobe Hooper’s Salem‘s Lot (1979), Terry McKeen in Brett Leonard’s The Lawnmower Man (1992), Stubbs in Dan Curtis’s Trilogy of Terror II (1996), and as Roy Sullivan in Rob Zombie’s The Devil‘s Rejects (2005), passed away on April 7th in Woodland Hills, CA at …
Read More »Film Review: Long Weekend (1978)
SYNOPSIS: When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn’t in an accommodating mood. REVIEW: Australian cinema has often lumped in unfairly with the state of British cinema. Both countries being incapable of producing anything other than kitchen sink dramas and gritty flicks about gangsters in a spot of bovver. Even …
Read More »ON TENDER HOOKS Body Modification Documentary Releases
Kate Shenton’s eye popping body modification documentary ON TENDER HOOKS has secured a North American release date through Philadelphia based distributor MVD. The film that shocked London’s FrightFest audience but won the hearts of Canada’s outrageous Soska Sisters has been given a street date of May 19th. [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/78366272[/vimeo] ON TENDER HOOKS challenges the perceptions and squeamishness of even the most …
Read More »Horror Movie INFERNAL Screen Run with Exclusive Cast and Crew Q&A
CAST/CREW OF INFERNAL TO CONDUCT Q&A AT ARENA CINEMA HOLLYWOOD APRIL 10 Director Bryan Coyne’s acclaimed horror movie INFERNAL, out from Uncork’d Entertainment in cinemas and on VOD, begins it’s big screen run at Arena Cinemas Hollywood on Friday April 10. The 8:45 PM session on 10/4 will be followed by an exclusive cast and crew Q&A, headed up by …
Read More »Luis Carvalho’s Murderous Zombie film JONAH LIVES Coming Soon
New York, NY – Wild Eye Releasing has announced the April 21st DVD release of film festival hit Jonah Lives. Hailed as “a fine cinematic debut” by Horrornews.net, Jonah Lives stars B-movie legend Brinke Stevens (Nightmare Sisters, Teenage Exorcist, Bad Girls from Mars) as a woman who thought she’d gotten away with murder, until some bored teens with a ouija …
Read More »Book Review: Cult of the Black Jaguar – Author JG Faherty
The Cult of the Black Jaguar By: JG Faherty Samhain Publishing 47 Pages In midst of an expedition in the Mayan jungle a team of explorers lead by Ethan Foster and Dr. Heathcliff Pascal search for Ah Puch and soon learn in the direct translation, Lost City or City of The Dead holds consequences that are far more than what …
Read More »Film Review: Hitch-Hike (2013)
SYNOPSIS: The beautiful young Saeko and her abusive husband Yoshio are driving through the Japanese countryside. Yoshio continually makes things unpleasant for his unfortunate wife, fingering her while she’s driving and slapping her whenever his beer spills. They pick up a hitchhiker who, like Yoshio, is a fishing enthusiast. Things quickly turn sour, however, and the moment they find out …
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