Tag Archives: 2017

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A little girl with formidable powers imagines into existence the Sandman, a terrible monster from her nightmares that brings harm to anyone who wants to hurt her. REVIEW: The thrill of all things supernatural and monstrous is alive and well in the latest release from Lionsgate Home and the SyFy network. The film “The Sandman” takes …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A couple’s relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence. REVIEW: Director: Darren Aronofsky Writer: Darren Aronofsky Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kristin Wiig, Domhall Gleason, Stephen McHattie I’m a big fan of Darren Aronofsky and his films. Being the writer/director of films like Pi (1998), …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A man’s struggle to come to grips with his deteriorating mental state stemming from losing the love of his life. REVIEW: Though I’ve yet to witness the unrelenting grip of grief (it lands on each of us at some point, the spin of the bottle not resting in my direction yet), I can grasp at some …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: BSAA Chris Redfield enlists the help of government agent Leon S. Kennedy and Professor Rebecca Chambers from Alexander Institute of Biotechnology to stop a death merchant with a vengeance from spreading a deadly virus in New York. REVIEW: Let’s take the clocks back to the 1990s. This was when Konami still made good games and didn’t …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A drug that alters perceptions during trauma and stress, is being advertised as a cure for socio-political tensions. Several couples volunteer for human trials but end up with more than they bargained for. REVIEW: As fans of horror, we’re all fully versed in the traditional tropes of the genre; your werewolves, vampires, zombies, hockey-masked undead loons …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: While in the process of trying to become a better super hero young Peter Parker must also face off against the villain known as The Vulture and his cronies as well as the typical drama every teenage boy must deal with.  REVIEW: Let me start this review off by saying that I love Spider-Man. Actually, that …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A gay disabled teenage boy changes into the body of a beautiful woman, so that he can be loved in Pulse, available this June from Dark Star Pictures. Directed by Stevie Cruz-Martin and written by Daniel Monks, this critically acclaimed Australian supernatural drama will compel with its wholly unique storytelling and award-worthy performances. Featuring powerful turns …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Among Us documents the jaw-dropping stories of individuals from around the world who share similar accounts of extraterrestrial and otherworldly encounters. Producer and host Caroline Cory, who has her own extensive history with the supernatural, takes the viewers on an extraordinary journey to uncover whether these seemingly independent yet parallel reports may actually be scientific evidence …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Held hostage in an isolated house, three kidnapped women attempt to escape from their sadistic captors. REVIEW:  Written and directed by Stephen Gaffney (Bully [2015, not the Larry Clark film], Class A) and co-written by Erica Keegan (co-writer along with Gaffney of the upcoming The Profession of Violence), 2017’s Red Room combines a familiar title with …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A troubled young woman buys a doll from a sinister street vendor and discovers that the doll has the supernatural power to solve all of her problems—or so she thinks. REVIEW: The Doll (2015).  Directed by B. Tsogt-Erdene; starring N. Munkhsoyol, M. Sarantsetseg, and U. Munguntulga; distributed by Midnight Pulp. Talk about obscure! This movie doesn’t …

SYNOPSIS: From the Director of ‘DEADTIME’ and ‘Crying Wolf’ comes Cute Little Buggers! Will you let them take our women? It’s Gremlins meets Hot Fuzz set in the English countryside. When hostile aliens crash land on local farmland the villagers at the summer ball get suspicious when young women start going missing. The villagers soon band together around our hero …

SYNOPSIS: Alex and Selma are a couple in love on a trip to the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina to discover more about each other. Lost and seemingly surrounded by land mines a pair of locals offer to guide them home. REVIEW: Is “The Maus” a horror film? The subject matter is horrific. The film deals with the fallout of …

SYNOPSIS: On a winter’s night, a group of young carolers bring Christmas magic to a suburban neighborhood. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have THERE SHALL COME ANGELS, written and directed by Matthew Fackrell and Matt Nix.

SYNOPSIS: “In MON MON MON MONSTERS, a group of classmates doing community service discover two flesh-eating creatures hiding in an old building. One of the creatures is able to escape, but they capture the other one, torturing her while trying to learn what she really is. It soon becomes clear that the first creature’s escape has dire consequences, as she hunts them …

SYNOPSIS: A young Englishman is led to a traditional Irish wake, but he soon finds out that some of the customs are not so traditional. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have THE WAKE, written and directed by Rik Gordon. We all know what a wake is, right? Sort of the funeral after-party. There’s different names and traditions associated …