Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Ensconced in her sprawling California mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle REVIEW: There are a fair amount of books and movies (see below) featuring houses/buildings that were inspired by the Winchester Mystery House near San Jose, California; however, this film, co-written …
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Film Review: 14 Cameras (2018)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When a family of five rent a beautiful house for their summer vacation, the price seems too good to be true. Unbeknownst to them, the lascivious owner has set up a series of spy cams throughout the house, documenting their most intimate moments and live streaming them to the dark web. REVIEW: As far as horror …
Read More »Film Review: Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A brilliant billionaire named Carl Durant is experimenting on bull sharks, which soon rebel to cause havoc for a group of scientists. REVIEW: Once in a while, it is so refreshing to get a sequel that basically re-affirms your faith that Hollywood isn’t a factory peddling shams and breaking dreams in a quest for the almighty …
Read More »Film Review: The Cannibal Club (2018)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Otavio and Gilda are a very wealthy couple of the Brazilian elite who have the habit of eating their employees. Otavio owns a private security company and is a notable member of The Cannibal Club. When Gilda accidentally discovers a secret from Borges, a powerful congressman and the Club’s leader, her and her husband’s lives are …
Read More »Film Review: Daily Crossword (short film) (2018)
Rate This Movie REVIEW: Daily Crossword is a very short film that does not impress. The film shows a man doing a rather macabre crossword puzzle. Watching close you can see the word corpse and others that are rather unusual in the puzzle as the man pens in more answers. While the man does his daily crossword the radio plays …
Read More »Film Review: Hellbox: A Caixa Do Inferno (short film) (2018)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In a street sale, an old lady buys a mysterious box, but the box does not have any opening in sight, she lends the box to a friend who can open it, and it’s hell on earth, when Mephisto is released from his eternal prison.
Read More »Film Review: Limerence (short film) (2018)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The exchanging glances, the approach and the uncontrolled need to entrust a first kiss to a stranger. What is the worst thing that could happen? REVIEW: A woman is encouraged by her friend to go talk to the man sitting at the bar that she’s been eyeing all night. Finally she does, and soon small talk …
Read More »Film Review: Hereditary (2018)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After the family matriarch passes away, a grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences, and begin to unravel dark secrets. REVIEW: The dark feature, “Hereditary” has been on my radar for a while. While I didn’t make it to the theatre showing, I was confident it would be coming my way soon. Now I …
Read More »Film Review: Minutes to Midnight (2018)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A group of friends gather at a ski lodge to celebrate New Year’s Eve with some hardcore partying and random debauchery. Too bad they aren’t alone as there are a few homicidal maniacs who live in the area that enjoy slicing and dicing anyone unlucky enough to cross their path, and by the time the clock …
Read More »Film Review: The Devil’s Well (2018)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Karla Marks mysteriously vanishes while conducting a paranormal investigation with her husband. A year after her disappearance, a group of paranormal investigators attempt to uncover the truth about her disappearance.
Read More »Film Review: The Predator (2018)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe’s most lethal hunters’ return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race. REVIEW: Let’s be clear, John McTiernan’s Predator is a stone cold classic in genre cinema; A 100 plus minutes of violence, male posturing and …
Read More »Film Review: Maniacal (2018)
Rate This Movie REVIEW: Maniacal is another in the line of independent horror anthologies put together by the fine folks at Trash Arts Films. What stands out right away about this one is the set-up: rather than just featuring film after film, or having a “host” in between segments to introduce each new story, Maniacal employs a wraparound that functions …
Read More »Film Review: The Meg (2018)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When a submersible lies disabled at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, an expert deep sea diver is forced to confront his fears and risk everything. Could the Megalodon still be alive REVIEW: I admit to having a soft spot for Jason Statham movies. “A bog in the west of Ireland,” as late comedian Dave Allen …
Read More »Film Review: Slender Man (2018)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In a small town in Massachusetts, a group of friends, fascinated by the internet lore of the Slender Man, attempt to prove that he doesn’t actually exist – until one of them mysteriously goes missing. REVIEW: Horror for middleschoolers and still the best Slenderman movie out…..yet. Now upon taking on the recent Slenderman release, I came …
Read More »Film Review: Death Race 4: Beyond Anarchy (2018)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After an attack on inmate Frankenstein fails a Black Ops specialist enters the maximum prison to join the illegal Death Race and take down Frankenstein. REVIEW: Somehow, the cinematic overlords have decided we should have two “Death Race” franchises. The first connects to the original 1975 film “Death Race 2000”, which was followed by “Death Race …
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