SYNOPSIS: Laura, suffering horrific night terrors and sleep paralysis, believes the sinister spirit haunting her is the ghost of her mother. Scared and desperate, she reaches out to the spiritualist to host a seance with her friends. Everyone is terrorized as the entity makes them all confront their worst fears. REVIEW: The Spiritualist (2016) was written and directed by Carl …
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Film Review: Dorothy Mills (2008)
SYNOPSIS: Shortly after the tragic death of her husband and young son, psychiatrist Jane Morton (Carice van Houten) is summoned to a small island to look into the case surrounding Dorothy Mills (Jenn Murray), a teenage girl accused of strangling a small child. After surmising that Dorothy is suffering from multiple personality disorder, Jane is forced to square off against …
Read More »Film Review: Microwave Massacre (1983)
SYNOPSIS: A guy kills his wife because she’s a bad cook. REVIEW:
Read More »Film Review: Yatterman (2009)
SYNOPSIS: A team of young superheroes and their robots fight to protect their futuristic city from a bumbling gang of evil-doers – in order to do so, they must collect the four miraculous and sacred Skull Stones before they fall into the wrong hands!
Read More »Film Review: Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013)
SYNOPSIS: A missing wedding ring leads to a wild-goose chase involving meth addicts, skinheads and an Elvis impersonator. REVIEW: Pawn shops get alot of traffic from sellers, to buyers lighting the way for stories within stories that pave the way for items that have traveled afar. Director Wayne Kramer came up with a little ditty that has purpose, style, and …
Read More »Film Review: Antisocial (2013)
SYNOPSIS: Five university friends gather at a house party to ring in the New Year. Unbeknownst to them, an epidemic has erupted outside, causing outbreaks around the world. REVIEW: I’ve said it before. One would be damning 97% of all horror films in existence if a lack of original content alone was enough to warrant unfavorable judgement. After all, there …
Read More »Film Review: Forklift Driver Klaus: The First Day on the Job (short film) (2000)
SYNOPSIS: Short film depicting a fictional educational film about fork lift truck operational safety. The dangers of unsafe operation are presented in gory details. REVIEW: One of the great German short films depicting a mock example of an authentic safety video that one might have to endure during an employment training session. This 10 minute pseudo educational film was designed …
Read More »Film Review: Condemned (2015)
SYNOPSIS: A group of squatters living in a condemned building fall victim to a mysterious virus that turns them into homicidal maniacs. REVIEW: Have you ever seen a movie that sounded like it had potential to be awesome but when you watched it you were more than just a little let down? In a nutshell that pretty much sums up …
Read More »Film Review: Among Friends (2012)
SYNOPSIS: A group of friends get together for a murder mystery party, but things take a dark turn when one hijacks the evening and is out for blood.
Read More »Film Review: Deadly Famous (2014)
SYNOPSIS: “An aging actor with a serious serial killing hobby has his dark reclusive world blown open when a young blonde moves in to his guest house . Her presence soon begins to further shake Alan’s already twisted psyche.” REVIEW: Deadly Famous is a 2014 documentary style horror movie. The acting is borderline insane and the story is non-existent. While …
Read More »Film Review: Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008)
SYNOPSIS: Many years have passed since Angela’s murderous rampage at camp Arawak (now renamed camp Manabe) and many seemed to have forgotten her altogether. The more things change, the more they stay the same it seems and a another young outcast is constantly ridiculed and humiliated by each and every person in the camp. When this torment reaches critical mass, …
Read More »Film Review: Bukarest Fleisch (2007)
SYNOPSIS: A young woman discovers that her family may have been killed in Eastern Europe, so she sets out on a journey to find the truth. Along the way, she uncovers a terrible secret about a local food scam. REVIEW: First films are difficult. You can either hit it out of the park, becoming an instant celebrity and someone whose …
Read More »Film Review: The Darkest Dawn (2016)
SYNOPSIS: The story of two sisters, as Britain descends into an alien apocalypse. REVIEW: There’s a switcheroo played out in The Darkest Dawn, the second feature from British director Drew Casson. A switcheroo that undermines the film and its characters. In particular, the women. It’s a switcheroo that could have been easily been avoided. But let’s start from the beginning.
Read More »Film Review: Carrie (2002)
SYNOPSIS: Carrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teen-age girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both her class-mates and her religious, abusive mother. REVIEW: As a Stephen King fan I was excited to see this movie pop up! Carrie is a story that just about everyone knows or …
Read More »Film Review: Woodfalls (2014)
SYNOPSIS: When a family of travellers move to a rural town, conflict ensues amongst the locals. Stigmatised as ‘gypsies’, they are not welcomed into the community. REVIEW: A book should never be judged by its cover. The same can be said for movies and titles. An interesting title can pique interest in potential viewers. However, that doesn’t mean the movie …
Read More »Film Review: Alucarda (1977)
SYNOPSIS: A young girl’s arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning of a series of events that unleash an evil presence on the girl and her mysterious new friend, an enigmatic figure known as Alucarda. Demonic possession, Satan worship, and vampirism follows REVIEW: Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas (Alucarda, daughter of darkness) is …
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