SYNOPSIS: Six college friends unite for a weekend getaway where they find themselves fighting for their lives after a terrorist attack turns the local residents into rage infused zombies. REVIEW: There is no denying that we are upon the day and age of zombie/crazy viral style films (28 Days Later, Crazies, World War Z…..). In fact they come out so …
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Film Review: Wolves (2014)
SYNOPSIS: Cayden Richards is a young, handsome eighteen-year-old with an edge. Forced to hit the road after the death of his parents, he finds his way to an isolated town to hunt down the truths of his ancestry. But in the end, who’s hunting whom? REVIEW: The second of 3 werewolf films released this November (Wolfcop & Iron Wolf being …
Read More »Film Review: Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
SYNOPSIS: A young woman, Karin, has recently returned to the family island after spending some time in a mental hospital. On the island with her is her lonely brother and kind, but increasingly desperate husband (‘Max von Sydow’). They are joined by Karin’s father (‘Gunnar Björnstrand’), who is a world-traveling author that is estranged to his children. The film depicts …
Read More »Film Review: All is Lost (2013)
SYNOPSIS: After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face. REVIEW: Robert Redford takes on the single starring role of a man lost out to sea. The film “All is Lost” is a survival film that features Redford in a speechless performance battling …
Read More »Film Review: House on Haunted Hill (1999)
SYNOPSIS: A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past. REVIEW: The movie “House on Haunted Hill” has always been a guilty pleasure for me. I can’t express as much enthusiasm on the sequel (Return to House on Haunted Hill), but as a viewer, (and at the time …
Read More »Film Review: The Crazies (1973)
SYNOPSIS: When a government plane laden with biological weapons crashes in a small Pennsylvania town in this George Romero film, its deadly cargo seeps into the water supply — and anyone who drinks the water becomes stark, raving mad. David (Will McMillan), a firefighter, and his wife, Judy (Lane Carroll), are two of a very few left unscathed. To save …
Read More »Film Review: Grotesque Fantasies (2003)
SYNOPSIS: A disfigured feature documentary on true independent cinema. Seldom seen, this film was designed to showcase various guerilla filmmakers. Originally created to be released with the original cut of Mordum, it goes into great depth on set and behind the scenes to reveal the truth. Early Bloody Fun Productions films Sorry and The Kranny are featured. Several artists are also …
Read More »Film Review: Dimples (2008)
SYNOPSIS: During a road trip, Frances (Madeline Zima) and her friends make an unexpected stop at an isolated house, where they discover a young girl is being tormented by a sinister man known only as the Doctor. Now, Frances and her pals must save the girl and disentangle themselves from the Doctor’s mad schemes before it’s too late. Dusty DePree …
Read More »Film Review: Indigo (short film) (2016)
SYNOPSIS: After years of waiting for a signal from home, Takumi and his toy robot companion receive a message that they will be returning to their home planet. Suddenly he’s faced with a choice to follow his cosmic destiny or pursue the love of his life here on earth REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have INDIGO, a science …
Read More »Film Review: Bombshell Bloodbath (2014)
SYNOPSIS: Doctor Carter risks everything with each step he takes in resurrecting his recently deceased wife as he infuses his formula, Injection C-900, into the corpses stolen from the local graveyard. Every attempt only succeeds in creating hungry, flesh-eating zombies, driving the doctor closer to madness with every failure. After his daughter, Cara, tragically contracts the virus during a scientific …
Read More »Film Review: Silver Cell (2011)
SYNOPSIS: A Wicked, Atmospheric journey into the dark depths of the human psyche… REVIEW: Man, oh man. If you’re going to make a film where I have to learn a new vocabulary and this broad convoluted after-death system just to get through the darned thing, you could at least make it a good movie!! Silver Cell is an odd little …
Read More »Film Review: 20/20 (Short film) (2010)
SYNOPSIS: In 2010, time is running out for those who haven’t already been affected by an inexorable super-virus that spreads from computers to humans through radio waves. REVIEW: We are told that the planet has changed. An intelligent force has taken over, namely our own technology. This new program which is dubbed 20/20 is a version the Albert Eistein program …
Read More »Film Review: Dominique Is Dead (1980)
SYNOPSIS: “The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death in this horror-thriller. He is after her money and must try several times before he finally succeeds. Because she is mentally exhausted from being frightened all the time, she commits suicide, but soon the husband begins experiencing her ghostly presence.” (courtesy IMDB) …
Read More »Film Review: After Midnight (1989)
SYNOPSIS: Horror anthology about a college professor (Zada) teaching a course called “The Psychology of Fear”. He brings his students (including psychic McWhirter) to his home, one dark and stormy night to tell scary stories. The first involves a young couple whose car breaks down by an old, abandoned house. The second has four trendy teenage girls getting lost in …
Read More »Film Review: Darkest Day (2015)
SYNOPSIS: Dan wakes up on a beach with no memory. He discovers an empty city ravaged by a deadly virus. After befriending a small group of survivors it soon becomes clear the army are hunting him down, and the group are forced on a dangerous journey to escape. REVIEW: There’s nothing particularly unique about Darkest Day. It fits into the …
Read More »Film Review: Shrew’s Nest (2014)
SYNOPSIS: Montse’s agoraphobia keeps her secluded in her apartment until a young man is injured in a stairwell and crawls to her door.
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