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Synapse Films April 2017 New Release – THE VIOLENT SHIT COLLECTION

SYNAPSE FILMS GETS ITS SHIT TOGETHER WHEN “THE VIOLENT SHIT COLLECTION” COMES TO DVD IN A THREE DVD/FIVE-FILM SPECIAL “SHITITION” THIS APRIL! A legendary and notorious staple of the underground tape-trading scene of the 1990s, Andreas Schnaas’ VIOLENT SHIT trilogy were landmarks of the early shot-on-video horror boom that would go on to have a profound impact on extreme genre …

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Film Review: Red Billabong (2016)

SYNOPSIS: In the Australian Outback, two brothers discover old secrets and family lies. As their friends start to go missing they fear they are being stalked by someone or something from their worst nightmares – But is it just – A story? A legend? A hoax? Or is it real?

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Film Review: Necrophobia (1995)

SYNOPSIS: After the death of his wife, Mark falls deep in a big depression. He loses interest in living until he knows a beautiful woman which he starts dating. One night, while Mark is looking for the bathroom in her house he discovers a strange dark basement. He will soon discover a terrible fact between his dead wife and his …

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Interview: Author Richard Chizmar

Please tell us what you are currently working on? I’m hustling to meet deadlines for two short stories right now and working on a Top Secret collaborative novella (more on that soon, I hope). After that, it’s back to Stephen King Revisited – I’m currently working on essays about The Talisman and Skeleton Crew – and a novel in progress. …

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Film Review: Sweet Tooth (short film) (2011)

SYNOPSIS: Flex Films brings you a short horror flick to get through your Halloween… REVIEW: I’m going to start by saying that I really loved how the credits were adjusted to properly fit the horror ‘theme’, stating that it was ‘shot, chopped and screwed by Andy Schmidt and Sam De Angelis’. This was a simple but effective move, and I’m …

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Film Review: Take Shelter (2011)

SYNOPSIS: Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself. REVIEW: It’s not a big surprise to start seeing more films based around apocalyptic videos. In fact, you might say we are in the heart of the storm when it comes to historical time …

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Film Review: The Open Door (2008)

SYNOPSIS: A pirate radio station is granting callers their hearts’ desires. But as some teenagers find out, be careful what you wish for. REVIEW: Written and Directed by: Doc Duhame Starring: Catherine Georges, Sarah Christine Smith, Ryan Doom, Daniel Booko QUICK FIX: Angela is in trouble. Not in an “unplanned pregnancy, don’t know who the father is” way, but as …

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Film Review: La Cravate (1957)

SYNOPSIS: La Cravate is a Technicolor tale of a man whose sadistic girlfriend urges him to visit the head shop to shop for a new head. Miming his way through rows of living human heads, and trying several on with the help of a shop manager skilled in stitching skin, this Frankensteinian story establishes Jodorowsky’s affinity for pitting effusive love …

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Film Review: Mosquito Man (2005)

SYNOPSIS: Police lieutenant detective Thomas ‘Thom’ Randall’s steady girl-friend, Dr. Jennifer ‘Jen’ Allen, is Dr. Aaron Michael’s main assistant on his pharmaceutical firm Bellion’s research program to cure the highly contagious, fatal infection Guinin. Multiple murderer Erikson, whom Thom arrested, is one of their special drug test subjects, but escapes. Ray and Jen are affected by radio-actively altered DNA from …

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Film Review: Splatter Movie (2008)

SYNOPSIS: A group of filmmakers shooting their latest horror movie are unaware that they’re being stalked and killed by a maniac posing as a member of the crew. REVIEW: “Oh, he came while you were filming the orgasm scene, he brought cookies…” –Stacy Filmmakers are fascinated with themselves. The film industry has told many stories about itself over the years …

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Film Review: Massacre Mafia Style (1978)

SYNOPSIS: Mimi Miceli Jr. is, the son of a Mafia don who was exiled back to Sicily. He wants to get back into the family business and transplant it from New York to Hollywood. After the kidnapping for ransom of a West Coast Mafia boss, Mimi is back in the “life.” With the blessing of the local clan, Mimi attempts …

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Aftermath Starring SCHWARZENEGGER In Cinemas from 7th April

AFTERMATH STARRING ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER In cinemas from 7th April 2017 Someone’s responsible. Someone must pay. Schwarzenegger is back in Aftermath, based on the shocking real life story of a man seeking vengeance on the person responsible for an air crash that killed his family. This is Sully on steroids, an Arnie thriller packed with twists and turns, that grips from …

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Film Review: Prom Night (2008)

SYNOPSIS: Donna (Brittany Snow) has been looking forward to her senior prom for as long as she can remember, anticipating a night of magic surrounded by her best friends. But what she doesn’t bargain for is a visitor from her dark past and a party that will end in murder. Donna and her friends find themselves fighting to escape the …

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