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Fantastic Fest Film Review: Gerald’s Game (2017)

SYNOPSIS:  While trying to spice up and ultimately save their marriage with a trip to their remote lake house, Jessie must fight to survive when her husband dies unexpectedly leaving her handcuffed to the bed frame. REVIEW:  Director: Mike Flanagan Writer: Stephen King, Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard Starring: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood If you’ve read Stephen King’s 1992 suspense novel, …

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Film Review: Hollow Creek (2016)

SYNOPSIS: Seeking inspiration for his latest horror novel Blake Blackman, a writer from New York, retreats to a remote cabin in the Appalachian Mountains. He is secretly accompanied by his lover Angelica Santoro a book illustrator who he’s been having an affair with. She brings her dog along with them. Upon arrival they hear an amber alert on the radio …

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Film Review: Living Hell (Iki-jigoku) (2000)

SYNOPSIS: Family is the source of all evil, in this aspiring horror film which traces its descent from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre gore and the atmospheric Hammer films. Chiyo, an old woman and her granddaughter, Yuki, are the sole survivors of a horrendous crime which wipes out an entire family. They find solace under the roof of far-removed relatives. The …

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Film Review: Caligula (1979)

SYNOPSIS: Details the graphic and shocking, yet undeniably tragic story of Rome’s most infamous Caesar, Gaius Germanicus Caligula. REVIEW: Today we are going to take a few minutes to discuss Caligula. I’m not talking about the play by Albert Camus, nor (necessarily) the factually accurate account of the madman/emperor of Rome. I’m talking about the legendary movie that we all …

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Film Review: Blue Monkey (1987)

SYNOPSIS: While working in a greenhouse, a man receives an insect bite after touching an exotic plant. Immediately, he falls ill and is taken to an emergency room where the doctors diagnose him as suffering from an unknown bacteria, and a strange parasite which emerges from his mouth as a large slimy wormlike creature. Soon, there are more cases of …

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Film Review: Hulk VS. (2009)

SYNOPSIS: Who would win in a battle between Hulk and Wolverine? How about Hulk vs. Thor? Find out in this action-packed animated double feature, which matches up the unruly green superhero against two of the Marvel Universe’s most powerful characters. In Hulk Vs. Wolverine, Hulk goes on a rampage in the Canadian countryside, and Wolverine is sent to stop him. …

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Film Review: Abstraction (2013)

SYNOPSIS: An intense action crime drama revolving around the heist of a half a million dollar painting. REVIEW: Let me start this review by saying that Eric Roberts has been in a whole lot of stuff over the past few years that nobody cares about or even knows exists. He’s one of those actors who will do any role put …

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Film Review: Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

SYNOPSIS: Months after being relegated to desk duty after an unavoidable accident costing the United States its First Lady, ex-secret service specialist Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) finds himself drawn back into duty when terrorists attack the White House taking the President of the United States, Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart), hostage. With the world on edge and the villains gaining the …

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Film Review: Yakuza’s Law (1969)

SYNOPSIS: A trilogy of stories stemming from the basic laws of the yakuza creed. In the first, disobeyment of the rules against stealing and adultery results in a chain of deceit and bloodshed. The second story focuses on a gangster’s return to the fold after his release from prison, despite rules of punishment for those who have caused trouble for …

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Film Review: Brutal (2017)

SYNOPSIS: A savage murderer is on the prowl in Japan. One by one, his victims fall but what is he searching for? The same thing a murderess is looking for. We are all looking for that special love of our lives and sometimes, we’re willing to kill everyone to find that special someone. This is the tale of two people …

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Film Review: Frayed (2007)

SYNOPSIS: Small-town sheriff Pat Baker (Tony Doupe) is facing a worst-case scenario: His insane son, who offed his mother 13 years ago, has escaped from a mental asylum and is loose in the woods where Baker’s daughter (Alena Dashiell) is camping. To no one’s surprise, the masked psycho gets right back into the killing groove, with the suspense and wanton …

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Film Review: Zebraman (2004)

SYNOPSIS: A down-and-out school teacher receives the calling to become the real life personification of an old television superhero, Zebraman. REVIEW: The image that opens Zebraman is a lady sitting in a hair drying machine in what appears to be the sidewalk outside of a bathhouse, when suddenly, a zebra walks by. The text on the screen reads “anything goes.” …

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Film Review: Savage County (2010)

SYNOPSIS: About a group of teens who collide with their town’s dark past when a prank gone wrong makes them the target of a family of bloodthirsty killers. REVIEW: MTV seems to be making their contribution to the horror genre as of late. Savage County is the latest which takes on a familiar theme of psycho country folks gone wild …

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Film Review: I’ll Follow You Down (2013)

SYNOPSIS: After the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son and wife struggle to cope, only to make a bizarre discovery years later – one that may bring him home. REVIEW: Time travel films come in all forms. “I’ll Follow You Down” directed by Richie Mehta comes to the table with alot of heart and respect …

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Film Review: Tears for Sale (2008)

SYNOPSIS: Story of two sisters that grew up in a small Serbian village in the beginning of the 1930s. The village is torn up by wars and years long blood oath. There are no men left in the village. Our heroines, Ognjenka and Mala Boginja decide to go to the city, kidnap men and return life to their village. The …

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