SYNOPSIS: Two slacker members of a band called Piss Bucket find themselves stuck at the coffee shop where they work on Halloween night. It sucks for them because they have a big concert to get to so they are eager to punch out and get rocking. Unfortunately for them things go from bad to worse when they start getting threatening …
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Film Review: House on Elm Lake (2017)
SYNOPSIS: A family moves into a new house only to discover that it is haunted by the spirit of the previous owner (who looks like a cross between Richard Dreyfuss and Rob Reiner) that participated in Satanic rituals and killed his wife and son years earlier. Before you know it the dad starts acting weird and hears voices telling him to kill his wife …
Read More »Film Review: Devil’s Whisper (2017)
SYNOPSIS: 15 year-old Alejandro Duran, who comes from a religious Latino family, aspires to one day be a Catholic priest. But when Alex discovers a mysterious box he unwittingly unleashes a demonic spirit bent on possessing him. Alex must find a way to defeat this ancient demon, which has been tormenting children since the dawn of man, before it destroys …
Read More »Film Review: Leatherface (2017)
SYNOPSIS: Years before the events that took place in the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre a young Leatherface (who acts nothing like Leatherface until the end of the movie) escapes from a mental hospital, is taken hostage by a weird homicidal couple, and then kills some people. REVIEW: Why does Leatherface need an origin story? I have no idea. I always just thought that he was a mentally challenged …
Read More »Film Review: Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
SYNOPSIS: An LAPD blade runner discovers a long-buried secret that has repercussions far beyond anything that he can imagine. REVIEW: Harrison Ford was the first actor I was a huge fan of during my childhood who portrayed multiple characters I adored. I was eight and-a-half years-old when I saw his portrayal as Han Solo in Star Wars in 1977 and …
Read More »Film Review: Befouled (2017)
SYNOPSIS: BEFOULED is an audio/visual abomination that challenges the viewer to a psychological staring match. There is no dialogue found in the film whatsoever, only the terrifying mechanical soundscapes of anxiety and fear incarnate. This film is a twisted experiment in intestinal fortitude and morals. A psychedelic, gore-soaked feast for the senses, BEFOULED delivers the sickening goods with a 10-ton …
Read More »Film Review: 47 Meters Down (2017)
SYNOPSIS: Two sisters, vacationing in Mexico, are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean, with less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby REVIEW: A friend of mine used to hate it when I would comment on a movie and say, “It was pretty good for what it is.” His biggest …
Read More »Film Review: Granny of the Dead (2017)
SYNOPSIS: Regular guy Ed (Marcus Carroll) awakes one morning to find that his Grandmother has become one of the living dead. While trapped in his home Ed tries to survive the day, keep his house zombie free, stay alive and save the day. REVIEW: Holy crap. Seriously, that’s what I have to say about this movie. Just, holy crap. I …
Read More »Film Review: Kill Switch (2017)
SYNOPSIS: A pilot battles to save his family—and the planet—after an experiment for unlimited energy goes wrong. REVIEW: Director: Tim Smit Writer: Charlie Kindinger, Omid Nooshin Starring: Dan Stevens, Bérénice Marlohe, Tygo Gernandt, Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Charity Wakefield, Kasper van Groesen, Mike Libanon Kill Switch is a video-game inspired expansion/re-imagining of director Tim Smit’s short film from 2009 entitled …
Read More »Film Review: Les Affames (2017)
SYNOPSIS: In a small, remote village in upstate Quebec, things have changed. Locals are not the same anymore – their bodies are breaking down and they developed an outlandish attraction for flesh. REVIEW: “Silence is so accurate,” to quote Mark Rothko. Silence is the key to the heart of Robin Aubert’s “Les Affames” (The Hungry). To be honest, it seems …
Read More »Film Review: Ghost Note (2017)
SYNOPSIS: An immortal blues musician terrorizes childhood sweethearts reunited over the Thanksgiving holiday. REVIEW: Ghost Note (2017) is Writer/Director Troy Hart’s first feature length film. He is known for the short films Thrush (2013), The Ugly (2011), and Yankee Rose (2011). In the early 1970’s it was rumored that blues musician Eugene Burns (Kenny Gardner) sold his soul to the …
Read More »Film Review: Empire of Dirt (short film) (2017)
REVIEW: Calling all H.P. Lovecraft fans, you’re going to want to get in on this. Whether it’s the earlier films of Stuart Gordon or more recent releases like The Void and Call Girl of Cthulu, Lovecraftian horror has been with us in films for a long time. Sometimes it’s in the form of direct adaptations of the historic writer’s stories, …
Read More »Film Review: Cult of Chucky (2017)
SYNOPSIS: Picking up after the events of Curse of Chucky everyone’s favorite killer doll continues to terrorize Nica as she serves her time in a mental hospital after taking the fall for Chucky’s handiwork in the previous film. This time though, he has a couple of new tricks up his sleeve and isn’t exactly working alone. Thankfully though, a familiar face from the past returns to …
Read More »Film Review: Vitamins for Life (short film) (2017)
SYNOPSIS: An educational film about some lesser known vitamins. REVIEW: Hey kids! More short films for ya! Today we have VITAMINS FOR LIFE, a short film from Video Mass , written by T.R. Darling and directed by Grier Dill. Video Mass is an artists collective of “DIY filmmakers”, basically a group of 45 or more low budget filmmakers working together …
Read More »Film Review: 001 Trolling (2017)
SYNOPSIS: Odyn, a manic security guard impersonates famous rappers in chat rooms to distract from regret, but when he is hacked and scouted by an underground internet troll group, they set out to repair their wounded egos & troll the planet. REVIEW: After the polarizing endeavor of Struggled Reagans, which also went by the more Sabai company baiting Cosplay Fetish Battle …
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