Tag Archives: 2017

SYNOPSIS: Lonnie, a crop duster pilot, must lead a mismatched group of survivors to escape the deadly zombie horde after an experimental chemical, intended to control the invasive kudzu vine, transforms the citizens of Charleston, MS into zombies. REVIEW: Zombies. It had to be zombies. Again. Is it possible to beat a dying genre to death if that genre happens …

SYNOPSIS: A blind date takes a monstrous turn as a couple meets on a cold Christmas night. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have FOXWOOD, written and directed by Trevor Dillon and Ian Hock. This film was an official selection at the Nashville Film Festival, Shriekfest Los Angeles and Orlando, Horrible Imaginings, Idaho Horror, and Sacramento Horror. Internet dating…yea, …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A struggling painter, his wife and their young daughter move into their dream house in rural Austin, but soon find themselves targeted by satanic forces and the house’s previous occupants.

SYNOPSIS: 3 choices. 2 sides. 1 truth. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have PRONOIA, written and directed by Nick Efteriades. Our story focuses on two characters meeting in a hotel lobby. It doesn’t seem like they know each other, yet they do seem to be here for the same reason. As their conversation moves to the hotel bar, …

SYNOPSIS:  While trying to spice up and ultimately save their marriage with a trip to their remote lake house, Jessie must fight to survive when her husband dies unexpectedly leaving her handcuffed to the bed frame. REVIEW:  Director: Mike Flanagan Writer: Stephen King, Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard Starring: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood If you’ve read Stephen King’s 1992 suspense novel, …

SYNOPSIS: A savage murderer is on the prowl in Japan. One by one, his victims fall but what is he searching for? The same thing a murderess is looking for. We are all looking for that special love of our lives and sometimes, we’re willing to kill everyone to find that special someone. This is the tale of two people …

SYNOPSIS: Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies. REVIEW: From the minds of the director Shin’ichiro Ueda and the playwright Ryoichi Wada comes one the best horror comedies of the last decade. And I do not say that …

SYNOPSIS: Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II. REVIEW: Directed by Stephen Burke, Maze is a political Irish prison drama. Not your typical Sylvester Stallone-style-escape film, Maze takes a stab at a real event that occurred …

SYNOPSIS: Soon after arriving to a mysterious cabin in the woods, a group of teens discover the dark secret it holds, which forces them to fight for their lives. REVIEW: I want to take a moment to point out the fact “Murder in the Woods” is a bit of a breakthrough film. It features an all-Latino cast and not one …

SYNOPSIS: In a dystopian future, the last human is raised by a machine. He struggles with the loneliness of no human interaction and questions the teachings of a mysterious religious ‘Manual’ which the machine claims is holy. REVIEW: The Manual is a 2018 short film written and directed by William Magness iii. The Manual takes us into a distant post …

SYNOPSIS: Based on the best-selling graphic novel series, a group of spoiled “bad kids” have been placed in Saturday detention at the prestigious Crestview Academy. After one of the kids locks away their teacher, they find themselves trapped in school with no way out, wondering who (or what) set them up. Their ranks quickly dwindle as each falls victim to …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A virus spreads through an office complex causing white collar workers to act out their worst impulses. REVIEW: Mayhem (2017), a brilliant new from film director Joe Lynch of whom you might remember from the TV series Holliston, (among several other horror film directing titles) has delivered his best to date. The movie featuring “The Walking …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Because of a severe famine that affects the whole country, the government is allowing non-productive citizens to be eaten. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have 9023, a film from Greece written by Sotiris Petridis and directed by Sotiris Petridis & Tania Nanavraki. This film is in Greek with English subtitles. I was confused by …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Two friends seek spiritual salvation in India, away from their hedonistic and disconnected London lives, in advance of the impending collapse of the Cosmos. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have PENDULUM,  written, directed, and starring Lauren Cooney. This story is science fiction based, which I will admit to my love of sci-fi right now. …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After being brutally murdered, the troubled girl Juliet White ends up in a limbo, where a spiritual guide forces her soul to re-live repressed memories. REVIEW:  If there is a director with a darker, more nihilistic vision than Denmark’s Kasper Juhl, I certainly have not encountered their work. Even the titles drip with a sense of …