SYNOPSIS: When their car breaks down on a desolate two-lane blacktop, four university students, an Iraq War vet and a spooked young woman seek help at a ranch that houses a bizarre cult of deviants. Talk about hospitality: New arrivals are treated to a steady diet of mutilation, dismemberment and torture. The grim truth is that no guest has ever …

SYNOPSIS: Several years after a musician and his friends are killed, his daughter is haunted by her dad, whos spirit is on killing spree. REVIEW: Director – Olaf Ittenbach Screenplay – Olaf Ittenbach and Thomas Reitmair What do you get when you have a special effects guy write and direct a horror movie? Hopefully a bloody good time. A German …

SYNOPSIS: Future Japan has fallen into a state of anarchy and pupils are refusing to go to school. To deal with this the state has instituted the Battle Royale Act. The 9th Grade class from Zenjutsi High School goes on a field trip only to be gassed unconscious in the bus. They come around on an island where they are informed …

SYNOPSIS: Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and grotesquely made-up “demon emperor” Johannes Krauser II. Although he hates the role and the things he has to do as a member of the …

SYNOPSIS: X-Men member Jean Grey turns on her own when hit with a cosmic force during a space mission and her former REVIEW: Warning: Minor Spoilers ahead The 12th installment of the X-Men franchise starts with a car crash. A young mutant named Jean Grey is sent to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters after she caused that same accident that …

SYNOPSIS: When their father is murdered, three brothers descend upon an Oregon mountain river to spread his ashes. After they arrive, one of their children goes missing. One of the brothers was himself abducted 30 years ago when they visited this same river, but he has blocked the incident out of his mind. Only by unlocking the mysteries inside his …

SYNOPSIS: After dealing with weeks of insomnia due to a tragic event Tiffany begins experiencing several occurrences that have her question what’s real and what’s a figment of her fears. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have RESTLESS, written, directed, filmed, edited by Ronnie Wilson. Yes I know…that many jobs on one name is usually not a good sign. …

SYNOPSIS: A reality tv team of ghost hunters clash with an ancient malevolent spirit that gives the team a run for their money. REVIEW: Hell Girl is a new film that stands on the merits of characters like “Ghosthunters” on a reality show. It has a story within a story that may be hard for some to follow but is …

SYNOPSIS: A taxi driver finds himself trapped in a time loop. He picks up a pretty woman in a rural area at night. Later she disappears. The loop starts over, when he switches the meter back to vacant. REVIEW: It’s not often I get to use the word charming when describing a film under review. In this case, the movie …

SYNOPSIS: A mermaid is ripped from the Pacific, her tail is chopped off and she’s thrown into a mental home where no one believes she is a mermaid. REVIEW: What does a mermaid, a ghost in a mental institution, and a sadistic serial killer have in common? Watch the recently released, low-budget, horror flick Mermaid Down and you will find …

SYNOPSIS: “SPIDER DANGER” is about a spider that reach huge dimensions. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have SPIDER DANGER, written, directed, and starring Andrea Ricca. I have reviewed many shorts by this filmmaker and I admit to being a fan. He creates these short films all on his own, doing all the filming and computer animation among other …

SYNOPSIS: Guy has an unusual house guest. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have THE HUNGRY POLTERGEIST, a film by Harry Boast and Caylee Coote. Pretty straight forward story about a man and his duck….

SYNOPSIS: Short Film by Blauw Films follows a man who has just learned about his girlfriend’s pregnancy. The film is about a man making peace with the idea of becoming a father. Unprepared for this change in his life, he falls into a nightmarish experience. REVIEW: More short films kiddies! Today we have…SHORT FILM BY BLAUW FILMS, Written & Directed …

SYNOPSIS: What happens when the apocalypse you want is not the apocalypse you get? REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have something a bit different. This is MY BORING ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, written and directed by Kevin Perkins. In the interest of full disclosure, I actually appear in this film as an extra in several sequences. I also am acquainted …

SYNOPSIS: Punk rock gangs and music groups clash with one another and the brutal police force in a futuristic Tokyo setting. REVIEW: The Name Sogo Ishii may not instantly ring bells when talking about Japanese cinema. His filmography, although quite extensive, extending from the mid 70’s all the way to this decade, is not particularly widely known amongst western viewers …

SYNOPSIS: “When a local farmer is the victim of a horrible joke gone wrong, bloody revenge becomes the only way to satisfy the monster he has become! Maria Lee Metheringham’s atmospheric horror treat Pumpkins comes to digital and DVD October 15 from High Octane Pictures. Assisted by his beloved pumpkins, a sweet farmer discovers that spilling blood is his newfound …