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Film Review: Muil (short film) (2018)

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 gutters of social …

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Film Review: Brightburn (2019)

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 far and very …

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Film Review: Vanished (Oyayubi Sagashi) (2006)

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 later the friends …

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Film Review: The Reflecting Skin (1990)

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 simply because you …

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Film Review: From the Guts (Hasta Las Entranas) (short film) (2014)

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 Spanish with English …

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Film Review: Maleficarum (2011)

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 for the times …

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Film Review: Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

SYNOPSIS A New York City doctor, who is married to an art curator, pushes himself on a harrowing and dangerous night-long odyssey of sexual and moral discovery after his wife admits that she once almost cheated on him. REVIEW: I have long been a fan of Stanley Kubrick’s work. His film releases have inspired me in other arenas as a …

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Film Review: The Brother From Another Planet (1984)

SYNOPSIS: “A slave from outer space escapes to earth. Except for his three-toed feet, he looks like an ordinary young black man. He crash-lands on Ellis Island, appropriately enough, and ends up in Harlem. There he makes friends with the owner and the regulars of a bar. Because he can fix any machine (by simply touching it), he’s able to …

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Film Review: Feed (2005)

SYNOPSIS: A lawman (Patrick Thompson) investigates a mysterious Web site that caters to men who like obese women. REVIEW: “Feed me” ~Deidre In Sydney, the cybercrime investigator Phillip Jackson (Patrick Thompson) finds an Internet site where a man is feeding obese women. Phillip is concerned that the site may have to do with murder, as many of the women who …

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Film Review: Basement (2010)

SYNOPSIS:  A group of anti-war protestors on a road trip stop off in the middle of the woods when one of them needs a bathroom break. The group soon ends up trapped in an underground structure and is unable to find a way out. Making matters worse is the fact that that there is something down there stalking them, and …

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Film Review: Don’t Look Up (Joyu-Rei) – (1996)

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 he establishes his …

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Film Review: Dead House (2014)

  SYNOPSIS: Two men renovating a mysterious old house attempt to leave before the building enters lock down and seals them inside. Unfortunately the house has different plans for them. REVIEW: Dead House, the directorial debut from Brini Amerigo, was originally titled Beautiful People. Whilst the new title is apt, Beautiful People had a cynicism to it that bolsters Amerigo’s …

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Film Review: A Specter Whispers in the Dark (short film) (2017)

SYNOPSIS: A SPECTER WHISPERS IN THE DARK is a short horror film that tells the story of a woman, who after her house is broken into, is forced to confront the demons of her past: childhood abandonment and adult betrayal. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have A SPECTER WHISPERS IN THE DARK, written and directed by Peter Dorn …

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Film Review: The Monster Project (2017)

SYNOPSIS: When aspiring horror filmmakers post an online casting call looking for “real life” monsters to interview for their upcoming documentary called, The Monster Project, they find three individuals claiming to be a skin-walker, a vampire, and a demon. Meeting these monsters at a remote mansion in the woods on the night of a total lunar eclipse, the filmmakers invite …

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Film Review: Being John Malkovich (1999)

SYNOPSIS: “Puppeteer Craig Schwartz and animal-loving pet store clerk Lotte Schwartz are just going through the motions of their marriage. Despite not being able to earn a living solely through puppeteering, Craig loves his profession as it allows him to inhabit the skin of others. He begins to take the ability to inhabit the skin of others to the next …

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Film Review: We Are the Flesh (2016)

SYNOPSIS: After wandering a ruined city for years in search of food and shelter, two siblings find their way into one of the last remaining buildings. Inside, they find a man who will make them a dangerous offer to survive the outside world. REVIEW: I usually don’t discuss political events in my reviews, mainly because that’s not what I’m here …

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