Tag Archives: 1998

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A man sees his life changed forever when his fiancee shoots herself. Baffled, he wants by all means to obtain such a weapon of destruction and he finds himself caught in the middle of a violent group of young vicious punks. They first beat him severely and then he seeks revenge with his fist, then with …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: An intrepid reporter and her ex-husband investigate reports of a bizarre video which caused its viewer to die within one week.

SYNOPSIS: A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks. REVIEW: Rounders, an otherwise typical poker drama movie has found its place over the years as a repeat viewing cult-like favorite. Starring a full cast of exceptional acting talents, the focal points of the film are …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Recovering from an ambush that killed his entire team, a vengeful vampire slayer must retrieve an ancient Catholic relic that, should it be acquired by vampires, will allow them to walk in sunlight. REVIEW: 1998’s Vampires is probably better known by its associated name “John Carpenter’s Vampires”, which helped to brand it slightly more recognizable over …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: 1971: Glamrock explodes all over the world and challanges the seriousness within the flowerpower generation by means of glitter and brutal music. Brian Slade, a young rockstar, inspires numerous teenage boys and girls to paint their nails and explore their own sexuality. In the end Slade destroys himself. Unable to escape the role he created for …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A family opens a mountain inn where their first guest commits suicide. Suddenly all their guests befall horrible fates REVIEW: Directorial debut by one of Koreas best known directors Jee-woon Kim (A Tale of Two Sisters, The Good the Bad the Weird, I Saw the Devil), The Quiet Family is a charming little film with a …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Mysterious deaths begin to accumulate in an all-girls school. Administrators scramble to cover up the real reasons behind the deaths of the girls. A flashback slowly reconstructs the real reason for the deaths. And in the end it might still be to late to stop the ongoing wanton carnage. REVIEW: Director: Ki-hyeong Park Screenplay: Jung-Ok In …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: ‘Nekro’ is a 1998 short film that has little in the way of plot and virtually no dialogue. What it does have is probably the most powerful 18 minutes of horror cinema you’re ever likely to see…and some! REVIEW: Another short film today, folks, and I have no idea what to say about this one. We …

SYNOPSIS: A deranged man that goes by Captain Howdy lures people to his lair via Internet chat rooms (remember those?) where he subjects them to a number of cruel and painful body modifications.   REVIEW: Review-When I was in the 5th grade I was really into heavy metal, hard rock, and hair bands, and Twisted Sister was one of my favorites. When …

SYNOPSIS: A look into the miserable lives of three adult sisters and the people around them. REVIEW: Happiness without a doubt wins the award for the most misleading title of a movie ever in the history or film in my opinion. Why, do you ask? Because pretty much everyone in it is miserable and the ones that aren’t try their …

SYNOPSIS: A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend’s wife and son, which is haunted by the curse of Sadako, a relentless spirit. REVIEW: Most people haven’t heard of this film, and not without reason. Rasen is the first …

SYNOPSIS Two obnoxious slackers are forced to grow up and learn to take responsibility when a zombie outbreak occurs in their mall. REVIEW: While in the middle of writing this review of Bio-Zombie (1998), I learned the devastating news of George Romero’s death. It’s almost fitting that I would learn of this when I did, as Bio-Zombie was so inspired …

SYNOPSIS: The new kid in town stumbles across something sinister about the town’s method of transforming its unruly teens into upstanding citizens. REVIEW: Director – David Nutter Starring – James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl After watching this I have to say once more loud and clear: I am sooo glad to be done with high school! I mean, what’s …

SYNOPSIS: Cheung runs a no-frills restaurant in Hong Kong. His oversexed wife, prone to sudden lustful outbursts and masturbatory frenzies, loathes him for his impotence. They work side by side in the restaurant, although she often takes time out to go shopping and meet her lover. When her cousin, Fung, arrives from mainland China, Cheung finally has the inspiration he …

SYNOPSIS: An amphibious shark-like monster terrorizes an abandoned secret military base and the people who live on the island it is located on. A marine biologist, as well as several other people, try to stop it before it is too late… REVIEW: Got a fun one for you today, kids! CREATURE is a 1998 tv mini-series (originally aired in four …