SYNOPSIS: A rich actress who has gotten too old for leading roles employs a scientist who is working on a formula for eternal youth. The formula involves withdrawing certain fluids from the human brain. She takes the serum, but its unforseen side effects turn her into a murderous monster REVIEW: The Rejuvenator is a mad scientist film about trying to …
Read More »Film Review: Swamp Shark (2011)
SYNOPSIS: Open on gorgeous swamplands of the Atchafalaya Basin in the summer. Lots of beautiful teens are at the beach the weekend before Gator Fest. That night an animal smuggling deal goes wrong and a large sea creature escapes into a swampy backwoods river. At the McDaniel’s “Gator Shack” restaurant, a local, Jackson is drunk, and gets mangled to bits. …
Read More »TV Review: Tales from the DarkSide (TV Series) (Season 1) (1984)
Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: Eerie tales about a levitating boy, an endlessly ringing phone, an undead grandpa, a vengeful genie and a bookie whose life depends on a bet populate the premiere season of this macabre 1980s anthology series. The episodes — adapted from stories by Stephen King, Clive Barker and other horror writers — include guest appearances by Danny …
Read More »Film Review: Invitation to Hell (1984)
SYNOPSIS: A family moves to a suburban town only to be coerced into joining a suspicious club. REVIEW: Less than five minutes into Invitation to Hell, we see a distracted limousine driver cruising through the parking lot of a posh country club where he accidentally runs over a glamorously attired and dramatically coiffed woman. Has she been killed? Hardly. Director …
Read More »Film Review: Breathing Room (2007)
SYNOPSIS: It’s her worst nightmare come true when Tonya (Ailsa Marshall) finds herself stranded in an unfamiliar room with 13 naked prisoners, each held hostage by an electronic collar and left to agonize about what horrible fate may await. As it turns out, they’re slated to die, and as the clock ticks down, the terrified strangers go toes up one …
Read More »Film Review: Hunter’s Blood (1986)
SYNOPSIS: Five “city boys” travel to the country to relax by doing some hunting, drinking Bud, and generally having good time. However, the local inbred backwoods psychos turn the hunters to be the hunted, and they need all the ammo and wits they have to get out of the woods alive. REVIEW: Ever see “Deliverance”? “Southern Comfort”? “Rituals” maybe? More …
Read More »Film Review: Martyrs (2015)
SYNOPSIS: A woman and her childhood friend seek out revenge on those who victimized and abused them. REVIEW: The film Martyrs written by and originally presented in 2008 was an important film for the genre. Pascal Laugier managed to walk away from this one with many referring to him as a “visionary”. In the same respect, it became an instant …
Read More »Film Review: Goosebumps (2015)
SYNOPSIS: A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult author R.L. Stine after the writer’s imaginary demons are set free on the town of Greendale, Maryland. REVIEW: Zach (Dylan Minnette) has just moved into the sleepy town of Greendale, MD with his mother, Gale (Amy Ryan), after the unexpected death of his father. As is the norm for …
Read More »Film Review: In My Skin (Dans ma peau) (2002)
Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: A woman grows increasingly fascinated with her body after suffering a disfiguring accident. REVIEW: It is rare that I watch a movie that grabs me so strongly, or hits me so hard, or draws me in so far that I want to watch it all over again immediately after the credits have rolled. Very rare, in …
Read More »Film Review: The Death of April (2012)
SYNOPSIS: Meagan Mullen, freshly moved in her new home, keeps in touch with her friends and family through a video blog. As her entries (and her life) become more complex and emotional, strange things begin to happen in her room: and the camera captures all of it. Told primarily from the point of view of an ordinary wireless webcam, The …
Read More »Film Review: The Diabolical (2015)
SYNOPSIS: A single mother, and her children, are awoken nightly by an intense presence. She asks her scientist boyfriend to destroy the violent spirit, that paranormal experts are too frightened to take on. REVIEW: How much is a critic allowed to give away in their rundown of a film? One argument says that anything goes in the analysis; twists, turns …
Read More »Film Review: Hellions (2015)
SYNOPSIS: Hellions is a 2015 horror thriller film directed by Bruce McDonald. The film had its world premiere on 25 January 2015 at the Sundance Film Festival and stars Chloe Rose as a pregnant teenager who must fight for her life against horrific monsters REVIEW: I hate to admit it, but it took me awhile to decide what to make …
Read More »Book Review: Marvel Zombies 2 (HC) – Author Robert Kirkman
Written by Robert Kirkman (Author), Sean Phillips (Illustrator) Cover Art – Arthur Suydam Published by Marvel Comics Publication Date: 2008 Format: Color – 120 pages Price: $19.95 The anticipation was killing me. I had long put off picking up a “Marvel Zombies” comic in the anticipation of purchasing the graphic novel collection. I wanted it to be fresh, to be …
Read More »Film Review: Men Behind the Sun 4 (Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre) (1995) – CAT III
Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: In 1937, Japanese troops raid the Chinese city of Nanking to execute a planned massacre by subjecting over 300,000 helpless civilians to various tortures and atrocities before slaughtering them all. REVIEW: In 1980, while working for Shaw Brothers Studio, Chinese film director Tun Fei Mou decided he was done with kung-fu movies and considered doing a …
Read More »Film Review: Crazy Dog (Canepazzo) (2012)
SYNOPSIS: Crazy dog, a serial killer of the 80s, who seems killing randomly. Marco Costa, son of one the victims, decides to investigate on his father’s murder. Crazy dog was suicide or the truth is more complicated than that? REVIEW: Opening with the murder of a terrified man in a public park in 1983, ‘Crazy Dog’ wastes no time with …
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