Tag Archives: 2016

SYNOPSIS:  Based on the work of Edgar Allen Poe, a woman stationed at an observation post recounts a horrific tale of her colleague’s final moments. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have a little something called TELLTALE, written and directed by Ramon Govea. If you can’t geuss from the title, this film is a reinterpretation of the classic THE …

SYNOPSIS: Hay lazos que la muerte no puede cortar. There are bonds even Death can´t break. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have LA VOZ DE MAMA (MOM’S VOICE), directed by Mariano Cattaneo. The film is in Spanish with English subtitles. Belen (Fiorela Duranda) misses her mother. Mom apparently has passed away fairly recently, and Belen just can’t get …

SYNOPSIS: A teacher and her student travel to the European countryside to investigate 22 recent Mothman sighting reports, but what begins as an attempt to stop a catastrophe becomes a nightmarish fight for survival. REVIEW: Following on from their 2014 effort Bodom, Hungarian directors Gergö Elekes and József Gallai return to the found footage well. Whereas Bodom saw the horrors …

SYNOPSIS: When a reconstructed family moves to a converted church in the country, 14-year-old Molly, must save her new troubled step-sister from a dangerous relationship with the desperate ghost of a young girl. REVIEW: It happens on rare occasions for film critics, resulting in a most difficult problem for them to have. The instance where a film succeeds in spite …

SYNOPSIS: Poverty stricken lovers Eden and Matilda have enough trouble just getting through the days, but when Eden buys a pet spider the real troubles start. REVIEW: In the annals of cinema horror, you have your smattering of filmmakers who are so good at directing chillers that they can use the format as an experimental laboratory and add elements that …

SYNOPSIS: A heart-pounding thriller about a widowed child psychologist who lives an isolated existence in rural New England. Caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever. REVIEW: There are some films that come along in which the whole is clearly greater than the sum of their parts. They …

SYNOPSIS: An Eccentric haunted house owner invites a group of hapless teens to play the terrifying game known as Charlie Charlie, overnight in the many attractions his house has to offer. While the game is meant to be a mere spectacle of spooky fun, it soon turns into a true nightmare leaving the teenagers, and the owner, battling for their …

SYNOPSIS: A young woman struggles to survive on her own in the wake of a mysterious epidemic that has killed much of society, and forced her deep into the unforgiving wilderness. REVIEW: Stripped down and raw. That is the overwhelming vibe of Here Alone, the new zombie-ish survival film from director Rod Blackhurst. That shouldn’t suggest that Here Alone feels …

SYNOPSIS: A chemical accident turns ordinary donuts into blood thirsty killers. Now it’s up to Johnny, Michelle and Howard to save their sleepy town from…Killer Donuts.  REVIEW: Attack of the Killer Donuts Director Scott Wheeler is known for his work on Martian Land (2015), Avalanche Sharks (2014) and Sink Hole (2013). I saw “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” in the …

SYNOPSIS: An adventurous woman with a secret from her husband insists the couple go camping to reconnect. Something in the woods wipes out a group of hunters nearby, preventing the couple from leaving their tent. Secrets and supernatural stories come to light, and they must determine if the real threat is inside or outside their enclosure. REVIEW: Y’know, somewhere, sometime, …

SYNOPSIS: When Stacy’s mom dies, Stacey puts her life and career on hold and returns to her childhood home to take care of her OCD agorophobic brother Ben who hasn’t been out of the house for 23 years only to find out the house they grew up in harbors a disturbing secret. REVIEW: Possession movies find their fear deep inside …

SYNOPSIS: An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company’s CEO from an idyllic but mysterious “wellness center” at a remote location in the Swiss Alps. He soon suspects that the spa’s miraculous treatments are not what they seem. When he begins to unravel its terrifying secrets, his sanity is tested, as he finds himself diagnosed with the same …

SYNOPSIS: Todd, a haunted young man, runs from the past as he struggles to protect the innocence of Benny, his mute younger brother, in a post apocalyptic world where all the adults have turned into Zombies.

SYNOPSIS: A Young Backpacker is lured through the third world paradise of Thailand searching for her kidnapped best friend and unknowingly she becomes the object of a sociopath’s obsession. REVIEW: Bradley Stryker is an Actor/Filmmaker who has been successful as an actor in shows like iZombie, The Lizzie Bordon Chronicles, and Supernatural. Land of Smiles is his directorial debut for …

SYNOPSIS: When her estranged, fishing-obsessed husband goes missing, Becky’s search leads her face to face with an unspeakable horror. Will she survive the night? REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have THE FISHERMAN’S WIFE, written by Daniel Boddicker and Ben Leonberg, directed by Ben Leonberg. Our story opens on a fisherman named Frank (Stuart Rudin), doing a bit of …