SYNOPSIS: A female-driven action film set largely in one location, Stalked focuses on a young woman (RED 2’s Nathalie Buscombe) that wakes up in a deserted factory where she is hunted by an invisible force. Billy Cooke and Vanessa Donovan also star. REVIEW: Written and directed by Justin Edgar (The Marker, Doctors), Stalked is an unexpected force. Sam (Nathalie Buscombe) …
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Film Review: Parasite (2019)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A poor family, the Kims, con their way into becoming the servants of a rich family, the Parks. But their easy life gets complicated when their deception is threatened with exposure. REVIEW: If you haven’t already heard of Bong Joon-ho’s latest film Parasite, you must have been living in a barrel for the past six months. …
Read More »Film Review: Swallow (2019)
SYNOPSIS: On the surface, Hunter (Haley Bennett) appears to have it all. A newly pregnant housewife, she seems content to spend her time tending to an immaculate home and doting on her Ken-doll husband, Richie (Austin Stowell). However, as the pressure to meet her controlling in-laws and husband’s rigid expectations mounts, cracks begin to appear in her carefully created facade. …
Read More »Film Review: Devil’s Junction: Handy Dandy’s Revenge (2019)
SYNOPSIS A group of friends (who are all walking stereotypes) find themselves terrorized by a ventriloquist and all of his ventriloquist dummies after making the terrible decision to hang out at an abandoned building that used to be where a kid’s shows was filmed years earlier. REVIEW: I’ve always thought that ventriloquist dummies were terrifying, mainly because I saw the …
Read More »Film Review: Sacren (2019)
SYNOPSIS: A young couple suffering the psychological effects of a miscarriage experiences mysterious events that include a home invasion by apparently psychotic intruders. We see them try to defend themselves and eventually flee for their lives. REVIEW: Add “Sacren” to the jarringly large list of independent horrors released in 2019. If you are like me, this is a bonus for …
Read More »Film Review: Bliss (2019)
SYNOPSIS: A brilliant painter facing the worst creative block of her life turns to anything she can to complete her masterpiece, spiraling into a hallucinatory hellscape of drugs, sex, and murder in the sleazy underbelly of Los Angeles. REVIEW: I love a good vampire movie. Vampires have always brought out our darkest fears and desires in some of the greatest …
Read More »Film Review: Corporate Monster (short film) (2019)
SYNOPSIS: A dangerously unstable man starts to see monsters all around us. REVIEW: The short film serves as a reminder in the old horror troupe all things may not be as they appear. Corporate Monster features a man that has been let go from his job and is visits a Dr. that puts him on what seems like a unapproved …
Read More »Film Review: A Color Out of Space (2019) – Review 2
SYNOPSIS: After a meteorite lands in the front yard of their farm, Nathan Gardner (Nicolas Cage) and his family find themselves battling a mutant extraterrestrial organism as it infects their minds and bodies, transforming their quiet rural life into a technicolor nightmare. REVIEW: Based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft, Color Out of Space is Directed and written by Richard …
Read More »Film Review: Snatchers (2019)
SYNOPSIS: After status-obsessed teen Sara has sex for the first time, she wakes up the next day nine months pregnant-with an alien. REVIEW: “Warner Bros has provided us with a free copy of Snatchers, I reviewed in this blog post. The opinions I share are my own” The full feature release of Snatchers in 2019 at SXSW spawned from a …
Read More »Film Review: 100 Acres of Hell (2019)
SYNOPSIS: When ex pro wrestler Buck Severs travels to an abandoned wildlife preserve with his friends for ‘Bro’s Weekend,’ they become the targets of a deadly manhunt and Buck must find the fighter in himself before it’s too late. REVIEW: Everyone hates spoilers, but some reviews require spoilers in order to address certain issues with and/or in the film. A …
Read More »Film Review: After She Wakes (2019)
SYNOPSIS: After the death of her infant son, a narcoleptic mother is confronted with terrifying images as she sleeps and a mysterious evil lurks in the shadows. REVIEW: A mother’s worst nightmare comes true after Danni’s son dies in an accident with her at the wheel during a narcoleptic episode in After She Wakes, which is written and directed by …
Read More »Film Review: Interment (short film) (2019)
SYNOPSIS: “Enter the twisted and surreal world of Interment – where nothing is as it seems and no one is safe. Writer/director Sean Murray delivers this blood-soaked tragedy which will leave you uneasy and disturbed. Detective Charlie Osmond (Bill Marsh) is in pursuit of a ruthless serial killer known as Scott (Louis Devito). What Osmond encounters along the trail pushes …
Read More »Film Review: The Wolf Hour (2019)
SYNOPSIS: June was once a known counter-culture figure, but that was a decade ago. She now lives alone in her South Bronx apartment, having all but cut herself off from the outside world. It’s the notorious “Summer of Sam” and June only has to look out of her window to see the violence escalating with the brutal summer heat. The …
Read More »Film Review: Beyond Horror: The History and Subculture of Red Films (2019)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: With a timeline covering everything from Last House On The Left to the controversial August Underground Trilogy, Beyond Horror brings together conversations with psychologists, fans, and filmmakers to tell the story of some of the most notorious films ever created.
Read More »Film Review: A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life (2019)
SYNOPSIS: Lou is a poor, pitiful woman that is obsessed with a self-help guru. She befriends Val at one of the many self-help meetings she attends and the two decide to take a little trip together. Unfortunately, Val happens to be a serial killer and before you know it the bodies are piling up and Lou is soon way in …
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