SYNOPSIS: In Florida’s Ocala National Forest, deadly things are happening. Katie and her pals have shown up for a fun camping trip, but camping is the last thing on someone’s mind. And that someone plans to let Katie and her pals know what bloody thoughts he’s really thinking. REVIEW: One Night of Fear is Brian Troxell’s twenty-thousand dollar love letter …
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Film Review: The Joker’s Journal (short film) (2016)
SYNOPSIS: How Heath Ledger became the Joker.
Read More »Film Review: Betrothed (2016)
SYNOPSIS: A trip to the store turns into a surreal nightmare when a college student is kidnapped by a deranged, dysfunctional family. Now Audra West finds herself trapped in the middle of the desert, and betrothed to Adam, the youngest son of the murderous clan. As a determined detective conducts a frantic search, Audra realizes the only way to survive …
Read More »Film Review: Train To Busan (2016)
SYNOPSIS: Sok-woo and his daughter Soo-ahn are boarding the KTX, a fast train that shall bring them from Seoul to Busan. But during their journey, the train is overrun by zombies which kill several of the train staff and other passengers.While the KTX is shooting towards Busan, the passengers have to fight for their lives against the zombies.
Read More »Film Review: Ink (short film) (2016)
SYNOPSIS: A traumatized woman seeks penance and personal transformation through tattooing after surviving a devastating pregnancy. One night, drenched in booze and ink, her deepest fears threaten to consume her. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have INK, a short from Canada written and directed by Ashlea Wessel. I have said before how much I love these horror shorts …
Read More »Film Review: Bigfoot Vs. Zombies (2016)
SYNOPSIS: A scientist creates a toxic cocktail that is accidentally unleashed into the local population and a nearby police “body farm” – creating a small army of flesh-eating zombies – and only one creature of legend, a killer in his own right, can stop the growing hordes of the undead and save humanity. REVIEW: Bigfoot Vs. Zombies takes place at …
Read More »Film Review: Razors The Return of Jack the Ripper (2016)
SYNOPSIS: The first installment in an exciting new horror franchise. A young writer believes she has discovered the holy grail of terror, the knives used by Jack the Ripper for his notorious murders. REVIEW: True crime is a popular subject right now. People are addicted to movies, television, and even podcasts devoted to recounting murders. This past year alone has …
Read More »Film Review: The Crooked Man (2016)
SYNOPSIS: After reciting the rhyme about “The Crooked Man” at a slumber party the title character makes an appearance leading to one girl dead and, Olivia, one of her friends, accused of her murder. Years later, Olivia, returns to her hometown to find that the fiend has also come back to finish off everyone who was in the house that …
Read More »Film Review: Emty Drive (short film) (2016)
SYNOPSIS: An escape artist obsesses over his craft in the dark and claustrophobic world of a motel room. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have EMTY DRIVE, directed by Simon Mercer. This another short from Canada. The film stars Breen Godfrey as an escape artist, albeit not a very good one, trying to perfect his art in a seedy …
Read More »Film Review: The Neighbor (2016)
SYNOPSIS: John and Rosie are drug traffickers looking to leave their lives behind. While saving for an escape to Mexico, in the town of Cutter, Mississippi, their lives become threatened by the secrets of their neighbor. REVIEW: Directed by: Marcus Dunstan Starring: Josh Stewart, Melissa Bolona, Alex Essoe, Bill Engvall Another entry in the long line of horror movies positing …
Read More »Film Review: Recovery (2016)
SYNOPSIS: On the night before graduation, a teen girl is selected to be the mate to young man in a sick family ritual. After a friend ends up missing, she, her brother, and a potential new boyfriend looks for her in a house that ends up being owned by the creepy family. REVIEW: I’ve actually have been a horror fan …
Read More »Film Review: The Witching (2016)
SYNOPSIS: Several friends and makers of a paranormal podcast called ‘the Witching Hour,’ go to the location of a supposed witch burning on Halloween night. As they sit around a campfire waiting for the titular witching hour they tell one another spooky stories. REVIEW: Director: Corey Norman Starring: Jessica Bedell, Ian Carlsen, Joanna Clark Going into this blindly like I …
Read More »Film Review: Dawn of the Deaf (short film) (2016)
SYNOPSIS: When a sonic pulse infects the hearing population, a small group of Deaf people must band together to survive. REVIEW: Yet more short films, kiddies! Today we have a tasty little short from the UK called DAWN OF THE DEAF written and directed by Rob Savage. We enter the story exactly one hour before some sort of unexplained pulse …
Read More »Film Review: Morgan (2016)
SYNOPSIS: A corporate risk-management consultant has to decide and determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being’s life that was made in a laboratory environment.
Read More »Film Review: The Windmill Massacre (2016)
SYNOPSIS: Jennifer is an Australian girl on the run from her past who washes up in Amsterdam. In a desperate attempt to stay one step ahead of the authorities, she joins a coach-load of tourists embarking on a tour of Holland’s world famous windmills. When the bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere, she and the other tourists are …
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