Tag Archives: 2017

SYNOPSIS: A cerebral sitcom starring a Human and his Brain- who don’t get along so swell.. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have a little something called HUMANITY HYUCK HYUCK!!!, written and directed by Josh Owen and starring Alex Chisholm. The official description calls this “A cerebral sitcom starring a Human and his Brain- who don’t get along so …

SYNOPSIS: Mary’s husband gets relocated for work which allows her to move back to her suburban hometown. As her family ties up loose ends back home, Mary moves into their new house all alone and….waits. Yet in this idealistic world, something seems very odd. The Ice Cream Man, a symbol of youth and good times, starts killing some of her …

SYNOPSIS: A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form, that caused extinction on Mars, and now threatens the crew and all life on Earth. REVIEW: Life was a film that limped into theatres, rather than one which kicked the door down and demanded we all take notice. Its faltering movements perhaps brought on …

SYNOPSIS: Abreaction – reliving an experience to purge it of its emotional excesses. This is THE ROOM, the summary of an adventure started years ago with very narrow, if not insubstantials, assets; with the passion of people willing to use their own talents. After that it all became an aggregation of ideas that made stories, monsters, even time grow larger. …

SYNOPSIS: Joe Alien fulfills a dream of coming to Earth to find that it’s overrun by zombies. Finding an ally in young Parker, he attempts to save the world! REVIEW: It takes courage to be an actor. I’m not talking about the kind of courage it takes to leap onto an IED to save your squadron or to go running …

SYNOPSIS: A young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious video said to kill the watcher seven days after viewing. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a “movie within the movie” that no one has ever seen before. REVIEW: Director: …

SYNOPSIS: Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each …

SYNOPSIS: The story follows a down-on-their-luck couple who discovers a serial killer’s film reels. They decide to take the law into their own hands, risking everything for the chance at a $100,000 reward. It isn’t long until they find themselves in the killer’s lethal cross-hairs.  REVIEW: Director: Jonathan Wright Writers: Jennifer Archer, Mike Horrigan, Jonathan Wright Starring: Shane West, Leslie …

SYNOPSIS: New feature film by Gurcius Gewdner REVIEW: If you’re looking for criminally underrated horror movies from countries outside of North America, I highly recommend checking out the films of Brazil. Jose Mojica Marins is probably one of the most widely known directors from way down south, thanks to his Coffin Joe trilogy – At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul, …

SYNOPSIS: A young hacker creates an “antisocial” networking app that matches enemies instead of friends. When her enemies start turning up dead, she must uncover who or what is behind it before it’s too late REVIEW: Technology has long been used as something to fear in horror tales. As it has become a more important aspect of everyday life, its …

SYNOPSIS: As their big day approaches, Cate and Cody should be celebrating. Their families are there, they’ve rented an island for the big day, but unbeknownst to them, their wedding falls on the day when a 100-year-old curse comes to fruition. Instead of celebrating, they find themselves fighting for their lives as a coven of witches rise for revenge. REVIEW: …

SYNOPSIS: After the earth is destroyed by war, a scout team of astronauts searches the universe for an inhabitable place to save the human race. REVIEW: Let’s be honest here, since its arrival in 1979 everyone wants to make the next Alien. Hell, even Ridley Scott wants to make the next Alien and he can’t even do that without muddying …

SYNOPSIS: A bush-league group of amateur filmmakers spend two weeks in the backwoods of Georgia searching for the mysterious Bigfoot. REVIEW: The Bigfoot Project is the first feature length film from Director Ricardo Herrera.  It is a horror/comedy  with a great cast that relies a lot more on comedy than horror. I didn’t have high hopes going into this film, …

SYNOPSIS: Three young women seek revenge against a sadistic predator. REVIEW: Psychos is a revenge film that darn near finds its footing, but ultimately fails to find much of anything worth noting. Of late, I’ve grown pathologically fixated on films’ opening scenes. I’ve proceeded to become nigh obsessive about cataloguing films in my mind based on those scenes. As a …

SYNOPSIS: Struggling young lovers, Tom and Eve, must endure a 30 day scientific study. Room, board, $50,000 and a month alone together in research facility housing – what could possibly go wrong… REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Although this isn’t a short film so much as a promo. Still, it’s interesting. I have a short promo for a PROJECT GREENLIGHT …