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Film Review: Santa Sangre (1989)

 SYNOPSIS: A young man is confined in a mental hospital. Through a flashback we see that he was traumatized as a child, when he and his family were circus performers: he saw his father cut off the arms of his mother, a religious fanatic and leader of the heretical church of Santa Sangre (“Holy Blood”), and then commit suicide. Back …

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Film Review: The Gallows Act II (2019)

SYNOPSIS: After Auna Rue, a teenage vlogger/aspiring actress, logs onto a sinister website, she’s soon trapped in the malevolent world of a cursed stage play, The Gallows. After performing a passage from the play for her tiny online fan base, Auna instantly achieves the stardom she seeks—as well as a twisted challenge from a deadly spirit (The Hangman) in this …

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Film Review: Cycles of Visitation (short film) (2019)

SYNOPSIS: A man is trapped in a time loop, wherein he is repeatedly haunted by other-worldly forces REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have CYCLES OF VISITATION, written and directed by Bobby Yagodich. Our hero comes home. And things are weird. An anonymous note in his pocket, some body-double action, lots of mysterious banging around, things getting knocked over …

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Film Review: Box 616 (short film) (2019)

SYNOPSIS: After his father’s death, Malcolm inherits a bank vault that couldn’t be opened for 70 years. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have BOX 616, written and directed by Mitch Glass Our hero Malcolm (Nick Rua) opens his mail on a fine morning to learn of a trust left to him by his grandfather. The letter from the …

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Film Review: #chadgetstheaxe (short film) (2019)

SYNOPSIS: Join Chad Ryan as he livestreams his visit to the William Burrows murder cabin. REVIEW: More short films, Kiddies! Today we have #CHADGETSTHEAXE, written and directed by Travis Bible. Follow the adventures of internet blogger and celebrity Chad Ryan (Spencer Harrison Levin) as he live-streams his overnight campout at the notorious Burroughs murder cabin! Ok yea this is so …

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Film Review: Girl on the Third Floor (2019)

  SYNOPSIS: Don Koch tries to renovate a rundown mansion with a sordid history for his growing family, only to learn that the house has other plans. REVIEW: Well, it seems someone has finally harnessed the power of “ick” and applied it to a ghost story in a way that makes disgusting sense. Don Koch moves into a house that …

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Film Review: Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)

SYNOPSIS: Following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever. REVIEW: Spider-Man: Far From Home (FFH) starts a little while after the events of Avengers:Endgame. While society mourns the passing of heroes, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) feels the pressure bearing down on him as people look …

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Film Review: Black Christmas (2019)

SYNOPSIS: “A group of female students are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. That is until the young sorority pledges discover that the killer is part of an underground college conspiracy. REVIEW: Written by: Sophia Takal and April Wolfe Directed by: Sophia Takal. The original Black Christmas (1974) directed by Bob Clark and starring one of the original …

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Film Review: Magic Christmas Tree (1964)

SYNOPSIS: A boy is given a ring by an old witch. He uses the ring along with a magic Christmas tree which grants him 3 wishes. REVIEW: After watching The Magic Christmas Tree, I have a question: Did people in the 1960s just hate children? Or was it just the people in the movie industry? Only people that strongly detest …

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Film Review: The Curse of Buckout Road (2017)

SYNOPSIS: A group of strangers come together to stop their deadly dreams about a cursed stretch of road in rural America that causes suicides every 5 years. REVIEW: Director: Matthew Currie Holmes Writers: Shahin Chandrasoma, Matthew Currie Holmes, Johnny Pascucci (story) Starring: Evan Ross, Henry Czerny, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Danny Glover, Jim Watson, Kyle Mac The Curse of Buckout Road (2017) …

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Film Review: Boar (2017)

  SYNOPSIS: In the harsh, yet beautiful Australian outback lives a beast, an animal of staggering size, with a ruthless, driving need for blood and destruction. It cares for none, defends its territory with brutal force, and kills with a raw, animalistic savagery unlike any have seen before REVIEW: For years, going back to the world of vhs and Blockbusters, …

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Film Review: One Hell of a Christmas (2002)

SYNOPSIS: Tolo Montana stars as Carlitos, a man looking to make a fresh start and life with his young son. Unfortunately, when he’s talked into “one last job,” Carlitos soon finds himself embroiled in a situation far beyond anything he’d bargained for. REVIEW: I came across this one quite a few years back. I believe it was under the “Fangoria …

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Film Review: Shovel (short film) (2018)

SYNOPSIS: A little girl looking for special attention walks on a thin line of reality. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have SHOVEL, written by Doug Newville and directed by Ryan Policky. This latest entry from a production company called Bloodshed Deathbath Productions (gotta love that…descriptive and straight to the point) has an oddly Frankenstein’s monster vibe. The film …

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Film Review: Toxic Schlock (2017)

SYNOPSIS: A quiet seaside town is stalked by a killer while a group of environmentalists lay low. But will Mae and her Dad discover who the killer is before the zombies invade? In post Brexit-Britain the world has literally gone crazy but one man stands out from the crowd the seaside strangler, a cross dressing father with a taste for …

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Film Review: Satan’s Black Wedding (1976)

SYNOPSIS: A Hollywood actor returns to his hometown to investigate his sister’s suicide. But he discovers she may actually have been murdered and all the clues point to a cursed church and it’s mysterious priest. REVIEW: I recently worked a particularly spooky night shift with the locations department of a television series. Due to a broken door lock I was …

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