SYNOPSIS: A teenager (Dylan Minnette) and his mother (Piercey Dalton) find themselves besieged by threatening forces when they move into a new house. REVIEW: An extensive period of time passed—so much time in fact that I lost track—without a psychological thriller-horror film to recommend. Then—“The Open House,” about a mother and son troubled by strange occurrences in and around a …

SYNOPSIS: An undercover journalist travels deep into the heart of small town USA attempting to expose its dark nature. The journalist quickly becomes aware that the disappearances of 5 to 6 men per year may be linked to a cult of sexy sisters who sacrifice men for a grisly ritual.

SYNOPSIS: “A bunch of Satanists in the American rural landscape have terrible powers which enable them to melt their victims. However one of the children of an earlier victim vows to destroy them.” (courtesy IMDB) REVIEW: Mark Preston (William Shatner) and his parents live in the desert and one rainy night some unexpected company stops by. Jonathan Corbis (Ernest Borgnine), …

SYNOPSIS: When an island off the coast of Ireland is invaded by bloodsucking aliens, the heroes discover that getting drunk is the only way to survive. REVIEW: I’m so glad to see that horror can still be fun and rightly fit within the category of horror. “Grabbers” is a sci-fi/thriller filmed in the lovely setting of Ireland, (County Donegal, Ireland …

SYNOPSIS: College students Raz, Charlie and Jess are about to start work on their end of year Media Studies project… unaware of a malevolent force lurking deep below their sleepy town. A recent wave of apparent Cyberbullying and the disappearance of two local girls lead the group to an abandoned army barracks situated deep in the forests that surround the …

SYNOPSIS: Uses a courtroom debate approach to explore the issues of filmmaking and fanaticism around one of the industry’s most famous franchises and its creator. The innovative film combines filmmaker and celebrity interviews with fan films – submitted via the film’s site – to make this the world’s first digitally democratic feature documentary. REVIEW: If anything is to be said …

SYNOPSIS: Inside an old, abandoned abbey, the ghosts of monks terrorize people who stumble into it.

SYNOPSIS: David Williams wants nothing more than to give his wife Alice the perfect life. Working as a film archivist, the young, pregnant couple finally save enough to buy their first home. Residing on the picturesque, Irish Canal it seems as though their prayers have finally been answered. An eerie coincidence unfolds at David’s office one day to threaten it …

SYNOPSIS: A young director disgusted by the financing system of the movie industry decides to shoot a feature movie made from live scenes without any financial support in order to denounce the difficulties to achieve a cinematographic project in Belgium. The rivalries between the cast members, the excesses and the frustrations will slowly lead him to a surrealistic disaster. REVIEW: …

  SYNOPSIS: A psychiatrist tries to put her life back together after a violent attack by seeking to repair the life of a new patient, but he has his own terrifying history. REVIEW: Alistair Legrand’s previous film, The Diabolical, was an enjoyable unpacking of haunted house tropes colliding with sci-fi sensibilities. Admittedly, it lived or died depending on how much …

SYNOPSIS: After a voodoo priestess has passed on a dispute arises as to her may be her rightful heir. While the common consensus seems to be to vote in young protégé Lisa Fortier (Pam Grier) Willis Daniels (Richard Lawson) has another agenda in mind. To extract his revenge from being exiled from the community he conjures up the spirit of …

SYNOPSIS: A young man travels back in time, finding himself entrenched in the Civil War with an army of Frankensteins. REVIEW: Alan is sent back in time via a time machine and becomes involved with a Civil War battle that involves many  creatures of the undead !! These monsters are none other than an ” army of Frankenstein monsters “. …

SYNOPSIS: The Assignment “The Witches Talisman” Once in the depths of the frozen North, Arose a dark power. To some they were known as the Alliance. John Nolan was said to belong to this group. The town of Madison was built in the form of a pentagram on Indian burial ground, and John Nolan tried to set forth the end …

SYNOPSIS: The morning after is acutely uncomfortable for Ray (Henrik Norlén), who engages in a one-night stand with innocent-looking Tara (Natalie Dickinson) and then tries to move on. Tara doesn’t see things his way, and she takes lethal measures to keep the passion alive. In this horror-thriller directed by Patrick Johnson, tortured soul becomes torturing avenger as Tara sets about …

SYNOPSIS: Farts of Darkness, the behind the scenes documentary made during the filming of Troma’s “Terror Firmer” (1998) REVIEW: For those entering into the world of schlock independent cinema blind, there is a name you should remember and will be encountering often, Troma Entertainment. Troma is one of the longest surviving independent distributors and studio, with a reputation for filming …

SYNOPSIS: A man is kidnapped on Halloween night by a very strange family and his fate lies in the hands of the two children. REVIEW: More short films! Today we have  A TRICKY TREAT, written by Kamal John Iskander and directed by Patricia Chica. So I swiped this next paragraph from IMDB, since it tells you everything you need to …