Tag Archives: 2017

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A psychologist interviews an inmate on death row and after hearing him describe why he became such a violent killer she must decide if he gets a stay of execution or not. REVIEW: I didn’t really know a whole lot about American Violence before I saw it, but I thought that it sounded like it may …

Rate This Movie  REVIEW:  Some anthology films feature a wraparound story that weaves its way through from beginning to end; others feature a host who appears between segments to wisecrack and introduce the next story; and in some, one story begins where the previous ended, and ends where the next begins, and so on. And then there’s Home Videos, which …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: ”THE DAY OF THE PURPLE SUN”: The cosmos of the incurable Margarethe. Her journey through the mysteries of the Egypt underworld. Will she be coming forth by day? REVIEW: There is a very specific style to the films of Carsten Frank and Margarethe von Stern, but it is one that would be very difficult to put …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A frustrated, angst-ridden teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to evoke a witch to kill her mother. REVIEW: With a title like Pyewacket, I couldn’t help but be intrigued. Thanks to the glorious internet, I discovered that this was the name of a familiar spirit detected by the …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Hoping to fix their dysfunctional marriage, a couple travels to an isolated mountain cabin to work out their problems – but the one problem they didn’t anticipate is the maniac trying to kill them. (IMDB) REVIEW: Director: Aitor Uribarri Writer: Kamal Moo Starring: Tommy Day Carey, Wendie Weldon, Ken Foree, Tony D. Czech The Midnight Man …

Rate This Movie REVIEW: If there’s one thing we can count on in the world of horror cinema, it is the fact that no matter what trend becomes the next “big” thing, no matter what style or on what format horror films are shot, anthology films will always be here. Two of the bigger players in the anthology market right …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When former LAPD officer Brett Anderson takes a job as head of security at an old apartment building in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, he soon begins to experience a series of bizarre and terrifying events. Once he begins to delve deeper into the building’s sinister history and investigate its shadowy owners and past employees, Brett soon uncovers …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: An obsessive psychologist attempts to reprogramme her subconscious mind, but when her actions become increasingly uncharacteristic she fears her experiment is dangerously out of control. REVIEW: Director: Tom Sands Script: Mick Sands Starring: Kirsty Averton, Nicky Henson, James Rose, Lindsey Campbell, and Matthew Neal. In The Holly Kane Experiment (2017), the titular character (Kirsty Averton) is …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: While they are haunted by ghostly apparitions, two parents try to protect their young son from a dark secret that could destroy their family. REVIEW: Michael Williams’s latest film, The Atoning, follows a family living what seems at times like a surreal nightmare. Mom (Vera, played convincingly by Virginia Newcomb) and son (Sam, Cannon Bosarge in …

Rate This Movie REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have VOYEUR, written and directed by Dakota Thomas. Ok, so this is a little different from what a lot of you may normally get into as far as a horror shorts go. This is a music video about a serial killer. Maybe I should explain a bit more… So first …

SYNOPSIS: Samantha has lived her whole life in different foster homes. Now living in a small town, she never feels like she quite fits in, even with her own current foster family who might adopt her, or the boy who follows her around doing her classwork. So, it’s perhaps natural that she doesn’t know what to do with a curious …

SYNOPSIS: In a madcap future era, the world’s greatest secret agent struggles to rescue his young son from the clutches of his infamous former mentor. REVIEW: There are some films in life filled with such gay abandon that it’s almost impossible to get too riled up by any of its noticeable failings. The recent entry in the XXX franchise, Return …

SYNOPSIS: A young doctor returns to the hospital of his brilliant mentor. Unfortunately, his former teacher is now insane. The doctor focuses less on medicine and more on rekindling a former romance. The evil physician has created a cure for aging and in his quest to protect it, he unbounds a monster with mommy issues and a desire to kill. …

SYNOPSIS: A monk and his three disciples continue on their journey to battle demons. REVIEW: For all its glamour, demon hunting has to be a tough job. Your life (and immortal soul) is threatened on a constant basis, you’re always on the move, and you can’t get too involved with anyone lest your enemy decides to possess them. But the …

SYNOPSIS: What happens when the undead return to life? In a world ravaged for years by a virus that turns the infected into zombie-like cannibals, a cure is at last found and the wrenching process of reintegrating the survivors back into society begins. Among the formerly afflicted is Senan (Sam Keeley), a young man haunted by the horrific acts he …