Tag Archives: 2017

SYNOPSIS: The movie features three ghost stories set in Hong Kong, beginning with Vivian, who, after moving into a new place, gets involved in spooky incidents with her neighbors. The next story follows Scarlet, who unknowingly receives a tattoo with sinister secrets. The final story is about a group of university students, who awaken the vengeful spirits of a dead …

  SYNOPSIS: A psychiatrist tries to put her life back together after a violent attack by seeking to repair the life of a new patient, but he has his own terrifying history. REVIEW: Alistair Legrand’s previous film, The Diabolical, was an enjoyable unpacking of haunted house tropes colliding with sci-fi sensibilities. Admittedly, it lived or died depending on how much …

SYNOPSIS: Set in the small town of Devil’s Gate, North Dakota, the film examines the disappearance of a local woman (Regan) and her young son. Schull plays an FBI agent who helps the local sheriff (Frakes) search for answers. Partnering with a deputy (Ashmore), they track down the missing woman’s husband (Ventimiglia) and find that nothing is as it seems. …

SYNOPSIS: Damon Richter thought he left the world of possessions, exorcisms, and evil behind until an old friend arrives with frightening information about his estranged daughter knowing that only his otherworldly skills can save her. REVIEW: American Exorcism was written and directed by Tripp Weathers, and is his first feature length horror film. There are a lot of movies out …

SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl and her little brother must survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origins causes parents to turn violently on their own kids.  REVIEW: Writer/Director: Brian Taylor Starring: Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters, Robert T. Cunningham, Zackary Arthur Mom and Dad is a satirical horror flick from writer/director Brian Taylor (Crank …

SYNOPSIS: After a heroic death, a firefighter navigates the afterlife with the help of three guides. REVIEW:     There are certain subjects in film that I am always interested in seeing: horror musicals, sea monster expeditions, robots that want to be human, and hunting men for sport. But my favorite by far are stories dealing with the afterlife—angels, demons, gods, higher …

SYNOPSIS: Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of his own creation. REVIEW: Perhaps the most original and inventive horror comedy this year “Dave Made a Maze” is a real …

SYNOPSIS: Baby Billy is in his crib during the infamous Halifax Explosion of 1917. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have an animated short called BILLY’S BEHEMOTH BLAST, written and directed by Josh Owen. So this is another one of those shorts with a really interesting backstory and based on real events.  Specifically,  The Halifax Explosion, a maritime disaster …

SYNOPSIS: Four friends go on a camping trip that one won’t be coming back from alive… REVIEW: Another short film, folks! Today we have KILLER FRIENDS from ZNT Productions, written/directed by Zach Noe Towers. Our story opens with three characters – Jill (Jenna-Lee Carreiro), her boyfriend Brian (Dave Racki), and their friend Heather (Peggy Sinnott) – having a conversation in …

SYNOPSIS: A young woman returns to the secluded, abandoned psychological research facility where her deceased mother once worked. Accompanied by three friends, she discovers that the ghosts of the past have found their way to the present when the hospital’s legacy of experimentation and madness tears away all known bounds of time, memory and space. (Wild Eye Releasing) REVIEW: Directors: …

SYNOPSIS: Madrid, 1991. A teen girl finds herself besieged by an evil supernatural force after she plays with a Ouija board with her two friends. REVIEW: Veronica (2017) – directed by Paco Plaza from his own co-written script, starring Sandra Escacena, Ana Torrent, and Consuelo Trujillo; in Spanish with English subtitles. Paco Plaza hit it big internationally with the [REC] …

SYNOPSIS: Samuel Salomon, a literature professor, has been off work for almost a year after the tragic death of his girlfriend. Samuel has been suffering from a recurring nightmare in which a woman is brutally murdered by a strange ritual. Suddenly, the same woman who appears every night in his dreams is found dead in exactly the same circumstances. Samuel …

SYNOPSIS: On Halloween night, office worker May gets caught in a battle between good and evil when her new co-worker April reveals herself as a real witch by turning her office party into a bloodbath with a spell.

SYNOPSIS: A genre-defying mixture of horror, sci-fi, myth, mystery and thrills told as four interlocking tales in one intelligent anthology. Ghosts, spirits, creatures, demons and more from the paranormal world collide with rational curiosity. REVIEW: A genre-defying mixture of horror, sci-fi, myth, mystery and thrills told as four interlocking tales in one intelligent anthology. Ghosts, spirits, creatures, demons and more …

SYNOPSIS: One night, Greg discovers that his wife of is bound on a chair in the middle of the living room. A masked shape holds her hostage and forces Greg to play a machiavellian game which will allow him to reveal his identity. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have STRIX, a French horror written and directed by Roman …