Writing about Ray Bradbury is a little like writing about the ocean – the entity is so vast you hardly know where to begin. Consider there are six billion humans on this planet, yet there is only one man, one name, that readers associate emotionally with one of the great explorations into the unknown. Back in 1987 a syndicated newspaper …
Read More »Film Review: Header (2006)
Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: HEADER portrays the grueling psychological journey taken by ATF Agent Stewart Cummings. On the surface, Stewart struggles to solve a string of bizarre murders, but in secret, his life falls into a world of corruption that’s impossible to escape. Deceit, rape, and murder spiral out of control triggering a hellish conclusion that defies description. REVIEW: Header, …
Read More »Film Review: Tetsuo: the Iron Man (1989)
Rate this FilmSYNOPSIS: A strange man known only as the “metal fetishist”, who seems to have an insane compulsion to stick scrap metal into his body, is hit and possibly killed by a Japanese “salaryman”, out for a drive with his girlfriend. The salaryman then notices that he is being slowly overtaken by some kind of disease that is turning …
Read More »Book Review: Dario Argento – Author James Gracey
Written by James Gracey Published by Kamera Books / Oldcastle Books Publication Date: 2010 Format: Color & Black /White (color insert pages included) – 160 pages Price: $19.95 Dario Argento is one of those obscure but influential directors who has not only contributed greatly to the genre but has inspired countless others in his works. It’s funny because with his …
Read More »Film Review: Straw Dogs (2011)
SYNOPSIS: L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both. REVIEW: A cult movie originates from a place that just simply works on a story level. It was not too long ago I reviewed the cult movie …
Read More »Film Review: The Experiment (2010)
Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: 26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control. REVIEW: Adrian Brody and Forest Whitaker star in the action thriller “The Experiment”. As we are introduced to Adrian as Travis, we find him a peace rallyist who has just lost his job. …
Read More »Freddy’s Nightmares (1988-1990) – TV Show Episodes List
Rate this Film Freddy, the dream serial-killer, hosts this anthology of stories set on Elm Street. TV.com cites “Based on the Nightmare on Elm Street film series, Freddy’s Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street the Series is an anthology show hosted by Freddy Krueger. Krueger sometimes appeared in the episodes, but often he just hosted the strange, Twilight Zone-like stories …
Read More »Film Review: Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak. I’m of the belief that save for The Walking Dead cable TV series, Zombies have pretty much overstayed their welcome on TV, and in movies. The decline has been slow, but steady, and this …
Read More »Film Review: The Butcher (2007)
SYNOPSIS: Merle Henche (Eric Roberts) — a boxer turned mob enforcer with more than 20 years of dedicated service under his belt — learns what loyalty is worth when his employers set him up to take the fall for the multimillion-dollar heist of a rival gang. Unfortunately for them, Henche discovers the trap and ends up with a piece of …
Read More »‘The Returned’ Has Returned on SundanceTV
The Returned, Season 2 Review courtesy of SundanceTV ( in partnership with Horrornews.net ) Six months have passed since the flood and the shoot-out between the police and the horde. A pregnant Adèle, tormented by surreal nightmares about the fetus she’s carrying, wakes up in a hospital room after falling down the stairs at home. Father Jean-François assures Adèle the …
Read More »Horror Funding: Jeff the Killer
Purity Films, an independent film company aimed solely at production of horror films, decided to re-conceptualize the story of the Internet’s most famous killer and show it on the big screen. You’ve probably heard urban legends and creepypasta’s stories about a young man becoming a notorious psychopath and killer, seen pranks, reviews and makeup tutorials.
Read More »Film Review: Blubberella (2011)
SYNOPSIS: An action comedy centered on an overweight woman whose footsteps cause explosions and whose dual swords are used against anyone who makes fun of her. (imdb.com) REVIEW: Directed By: Uwe Boll Written By: Uwe Boll, Lindsay Hollister, William Belli Starring: William Belli, Uwe Boll, Brendan Fletcher, Natalia Guslistaya, Lindsay Hollister Uwe Boll is notorious for making spectacularly bad movies, …
Read More »Book Review: Zombie – Author J.R. Angelella
Zombie By J.R. Angelella Soho Press This is not your typical run of the mill zombie book, and it is something totally unexpected. Zombie by J.R. Angelella is the perfect combination of horror and comedy, and the ending is something that you would never guess. Also, the ending is so terrifying it won’t be something you will easily forget. Fourteen-year-old Jeremy Barker is a zombie …
Read More »Book Review: Valley of the Dead – Author Kim Paffenroth
VALLEY OF THE DEAD Author Kim Paffenroth Published by: Permuted Press Publication Date: 2010 Format: Black /White – 258 pages Price: $14.95 The Divine Comedy by Italian poet Dante Alighieri is, arguably, one of the most studied and celebrated poems of all time. Religious scholars have spent centuries analyzing it for its theological content. Students of literature have sung praises …
Read More »Film Review: Devil’s Knot (2012)
SYNOPSIS: Three children were savagely murdered in 1993. Weeks later, police announced the arrest of three teens accused of committing the murders as part of a Satanic cult ritual. REVIEW: In 1993, three eight year old Cub Scouts were found bound with their own shoelaces and murdered in a ditch bank, in a patch of woods in West Memphis, Arkansas. …
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