Tag Archives: 2019

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Forty years after the horrific ordeal that Jennifer Hills went through, her and her daughter Christie are kidnapped by hicks from the town. This despicable group wants to get revenge on Jennifer for the murders she commited, but Christie responds with bloody violence. REVIEW: Back in the 70s one of the most controversial films was released …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: An anthology of Christmas horror made up of 24 short segments featuring killer Santas, a mutated moose, and just a bunch of holiday madness in general. REVIEW: Review-When I first heard about Deathcember I had mixed feelings. In a way I thought it was cool that the people behind it were going to do 24 short …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A widow employs the dark arts to see her husband once more. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have BILL, written and directed by Dan Gitsham & Sophie Mair. They are a husband and wife team of filmmakers working under the umbrella Sketchbook Pictures. Our story opens on a widow (Roxana Vilk) who is doing …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Steeped in ancient Jewish lore and demonology, THE VIGIL is a supernatural horror film set over the course of a single evening in Brooklyn’s Hasidic Borough Park neighborhood. Low on funds and having recently left his insular religious community, Yakov reluctantly accepts an offer from his former rabbi and confidante to take on the responsibility of an overnight “shomer,” fulfilling the Jewish practice of watching …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: On the cusp of retirement, an eccentric mortician recounts several of the strangest stories he’s encountered in his long career, but things take a turn for the phantasmagorical when he learns that the final story… is his own. REVIEW: The anthology format has always been a favorite of mine in the horror genre. Like many people …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Two New Orleans paramedics’ lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects. REVIEW: Genre cinema specialists, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead helm another genre mashing foray with Synchronic, a film about friendship, loss, life, drugs and time travel. SOME SPOILERS AHEAD: New Orleans …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young psychologist heads to an infamous haunted place named ‘Howling Village’ in order to find out her family’s dark history. REVIEW: Takashi Shimizu’s Howling Village seemed to go largely under the Western horror radar last year. Of course, there was a global pandemic to worry about, but I was still very surprised that a new …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The film follows Katie, a young woman who flees a backwoods cult and takes a job at a care center for special needs adults in her determination to do some good with her life. But despite her best intentions, Katie can’t escape the signs that “the devils” are coming for Stephanie, a woman with Down syndrome …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A woman is sent to a mental institution after stabbing her classmate in an attempt to conjure an evil spirit called, Mercy Black. Fifteen years later she’s released, and must save her nephew, who has become obsessed with the phenomenon. REVIEW: It seems hard to believe that the Blumhouse studio has been churning out horror movies …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A gay couple and their daughter move to a small town where everyone isn’t exactly who they seem to be. REVIEW: Warning: Spoilers Ahead Spiral, directed by Kurtis David Harder and written by John Poliquin and Colin Minihan, is a wild ride through a tragic backstory, a “quaint” suburban town, and people with lots of secrets. …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After purchasing a doll, Lane’s life takes a turn for the worse when close friends and family begin vanishing. REVIEW: Not great…not completely unwatchable either. Its got a “cheap” feel to it. Poorly written script (like why in the hell would she buy the doll in the first place?). The acting feels forced and wooden. None …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After trying a new version of the drug Changa, Maryssa finds herself transported to a hell dimension where the demon, Belial, latches on to her. through Maryssa, Belial begins killing her friends one by one in horrific hallucinations. REVIEW: When a group of 20-something-year-old teens take a drug stolen from an Amazonian tribe, they get a …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “A grad student breaks up with her boyfriend to focus on her thesis, not realizing something has infected him that he’s going to wreak havoc on her life.” REVIEW: Written and directed by: Andrew Merrill. Rot opens with a happy picturesque couple. Madison (Kris Alexandrea) and Jesse (Johnny Kostrey). Then it all breaks apart like something …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: On a late night at an empty train station, a lone traveler is terrorized by a creepy smiling woman. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have SMILING WOMAN, written and directed by Alex Magaña. This is a super short creep-out story so I don’t want to give anything away. Basically, our hero (Ariel Fullinwider) is …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “Two sisters vie for the affections of a man who may or may not be a vampire.” REVIEW: Mickey Reece directed and wrote Climate of the Hunter with John Selvidge. There have been a few vampire-related films that came out in 2020. Alma (Ginger Gilmartin) and Elizabeth (Mary Buss) are sisters. Alma has some problems and …