Petroleum engineers drilling in the African desert uncover a pocket of mysterious, life-preserving gas, and the hellish creatures hibernating within—a colony of ten-foot prehistoric scorpions. After 400 million years, Scorpius Rex has risen to reclaim its throne as Earth’s apex predator. A humanitarian mission gone awry traps Dave Brank’s security team inside the drilling complex’s electrified perimeter, locked in a …
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Film Review: Bullet Ballet (1998)
SYNOPSIS: A man sees his life changed forever when his fiancee shoots herself. Baffled, he wants by all means to obtain such a weapon of destruction and he finds himself caught in the middle of a violent group of young vicious punks. They first beat him severely and then he seeks revenge with his fist, then with a gun. Everything …
Read More »Film Review: I Trapped The Devil (2019)
SYNOPSIS: A man descends into paranoia after trapping what he believes to be the devil in his basement, but things take a dark turn when his family unexpectedly arrive for Christmas. REVIEW: As horror fans, we’re all familiar with the various creatures and antagonists of the genre; vampires, werewolves, zombies, the list goes on and on. But much as we …
Read More »Hallucinogen (2016)
SYNOPSIS: Take a pill see what haunts you! College kids rent a house that keeps them up at night with strange noises and disturbances. A new drug from Amsterdam makes it’s way to their party and they have to decide whether to take the pill and see what haunts them or be haunted in the dark. To see or not …
Read More »Film Review: Red Spring (2017)
SYNOPSIS: While on the run from vampires, a group of survivors try to fight off their enemy while looking for lost loved ones in a world full of chaos. REVIEW: Warning: Mild spoilers ahead At the beginning of Red Spring, I wasn’t sure what to expect. The opening started off with a room full of bloody dead people with flies …
Read More »Camera Obscura (2017)
SYNOPSIS: A veteran war photographer with PTSD sees imminent deaths in his developed photos, questioning his already fragile sanity and putting the lives of those he loves in danger
Read More »All I Need (2016)
SYNOPSIS: The paths of a desperate man and an imprisoned young woman cross unexpectedly in the den of a mysterious killer.
Read More »Gory Graduation (2018)
SYNOPSIS: A group of seniors on the cusp of their high school graduation are stalked by a menacing figure in a ceremonial cap and gown.
Read More »The Barn (2016)
SYNOPSIS: It’s Halloween 1989 and best friends Sam and Josh (Mitchell Musolino and Will Stout) are trying to enjoy their last “Devil’s Night” before graduating high school. Trouble soon arises when the two pals and a group of friends (Lexi Dripps, Cortland Woodard, Nikki Darling and Nickolaus Joshua) take a detour on their way to a rock concert, finding an …
Read More »Ugly Sweater Party (2016)
SYNOPSIS: An ugly sweater party turns into a bloodbath when an evil Christmas sweater possesses one of the partygoers.
Read More »Interview: Ruben Pla (The Horror Crowd)
Ruben Pla is a veteran actor. Ruben took time to do an interview with Horrornews.net to discuss his new documentary, The Horror Crowd. Fear…the most primal of human emotions. Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolfman… The Exorcist, Jaws, Alien. What made the creators of these films dream up the nightmares that kept us up at night? Were they as strange and twisted as …
Read More »Film Review: Polaroid (2019)
SYNOPSIS: High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the Polaroid camera she finds. It doesn’t take long to discover that those who have their picture taken with it, soon die. REVIEW: Short movies from fledgling directors can sometimes offer an interesting glimpse as to who the next upcoming names to watch will be. …
Read More »VooDoo (2016)
SYNOPSIS: When Dani, an innocent southern girl, vacations to Los Angeles to evade her increasingly complicated life, she learns that escaping her past isn’t as easy as she hoped.
Read More »Interview: Padraig Reynolds (Open 24 Hours)
“Known for putting his unique stamp on the horror community with his cross-genre vision and fast paced style, Writer/Director Padraig Reynolds is best known for Rites of Spring (2011) with IFC, The Devil’s Dolls (2016) and Open 24 Hours (2018). His most recent feature film, Dark Light debuted on Netflix in March of 2020. Other projects include: Rites of Spring …
Read More »Film Review: Tales From The Darkside: The Movie (1990)
SYNOPSIS: A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him. REVIEW: The anthology horror movie; a sub-genre that’s seen more than its fair share of weird, wonderful and – let’s face it – pretty wonky efforts over the years. These go back much further than one might expect, with some very early …
Read More »When The Graduate Had A Frightful Deathdream
Simon and Garfunkel’s song “The Sound of Silence,” with the unforgettable lyrics, “Hello, darkness my old friend,” contributes to the brilliance of the opening credit sequence of The Graduate (1967). The song would be a perfect fit for the dark, depressing “Return home from Vietnam” drama/undead horror classic Deathdream (1974).
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