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Film Review: Lair of the White Worm (1988)

Rate this FilmSYNOPSIS: In a remote corner of England’s lavish Peak district, a young archaeologist, Angus Flint, unearths a mysterious skull. When Angus escorts Eve and Mary to “holiday” festivities at Lord James’ castle, the sensuous and snakelike Lady Sylvia Marsh seizes the moment – and the skull. Lady Sylvia brings the skull down into the dank recesses of her …

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Film Review: The Convent (2000)

SYNOPSIS: A group of college students break into an abandoned convent and become possessed by demonic spirits. REVIEW: It’s 1960 and a Catholic school girl arrives outside the gates of the St Francis boarding school. In one hand, she carries a duffel bag containing a baseball bat and shotgun, and in the other hand, a can of petrol. Wearing shades, …

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Film Review: Tusk (2014)

SYNOPSIS: When podcaster Wallace Bryton goes missing in the backwoods of Manitoba while interviewing a mysterious seafarer named Howard Howe, his best friend Teddy and girlfriend Allison team with an oddball ex-cop to look for him. REVIEW: As I was watching Kevin Smith’s latest film, Tusk, I began to wonder who came onto the Hollywood scene first: Smith or Quentin …

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Film Review: Sphere (1998)

SYNOPSIS: A spaceship is discovered under three hundred years’ worth of coral growth at the bottom of the ocean. REVIEW: Realistic and believable, the film adaptation of Michael Crichton’s best selling novel Sphere combines acting heavyweights with the intriguing tale and doing it justice. When a spaceship is found sunken beneath years of coral growth buried under one thousand feet …

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Film Review: Direct your own Damn Movie (2009)

SYNOPSIS: Studio? You don’t need no stinkin’ studio! Or at least that’s the gist of Troma Entertainment president Lloyd Kaufman’s message in this how-to series that includes interviews with directors such as Dario Argento, Stan Lee, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Over the course of the program, you’ll learn the ins and outs of writing a script, mastering the preproduction …

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Film Review: Mara (2012)

SYNOPSIS: In the dark woods of Sweden, five young people are all alone in an old isolated summer cottage. What should have been a nice relaxing weekend soon becomes a living nightmare, as the party is haunted by something evil from the past. REVIEW: Mara is a little Swedish film that can really play on your psychosis, trying to make …

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Film Review: End of the World (2013)

SYNOPSIS: A group of Apocalyptic fanatics must use their knowledge of apocalyptic movies to save the world from a devastating solar flare. REVIEW: Over the past few years, I have become exceedingly fascinated by the idea of bad movies. The low quality of the productions combined with the poor scripting helps to highlight the effort, fun, or lack thereof in …

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