Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A cannibalistic family targets employees of a restaurant that is open on Thanksgiving. REVIEW: For some reason Thanksgiving doesn’t get a whole lot of love in the world of horror movies. While there is a slew of films that take place during Christmas and Valentine’s Day, there are only a handful that are set on Thanksgiving …
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Film Review: Sebastian’s Unholy Flesh (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “Sebastian’s Unholy Flesh’-the seventh film by Denver auteur filmmaker Dakota Ray is a cinematic decent into evil, chronicling the the emergence of a new evil, as an Unholy trinity of entities try to obtain Lucifer’s ancient Unholy Book. REVIEW: It’s pretty much common knowledge by now that the horror genre has seen a huge upsurge in …
Read More »Film Review: Anything for Jackson (2020) – Review 2
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In ANYTHING FOR JACKSON, after a tragic car accident that took their grandson’s life, Audrey and Henry are unable to go on without him. Following the guidance of their ancient spell book, the elderly couple decide to abduct a young pregnant woman with the intention of performing a “reverse exorcism” to channel their grandson’s spirit inside her unborn child. But …
Read More »Film Review: Anything for Jackson (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson’s spirit into her unborn child but end up summoning more than they bargained for. REVIEW: I love going into a film and having my expectations turned upside down for the better. That feeling of being surprised …
Read More »Film Review: Coil (Short Film) (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young woman struggles to fight her anxiety, and the malevolent creature inside her, while she prepares to go out to a party.
Read More »Film Review: Suspense (short film) (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Having survived a harrowing plane crash, an army pilot finds himself suspended from a canopy of trees high above the forest floor by his parachute. After making contact with his co-pilot on the ground, they realize that something is stalking them in the dark. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have SUSPENSE, written and directed …
Read More »Film Review: Katherine’s Lullaby (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A teenage runaway who’s trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape. REVIEW: Directed and written by Savvas Christou, Katherine’s Lullaby is this beautifully terrifying film with this profound story. We meet Lily (Tori Kostic) and Neil (Jairus Carey). They are in the woods and getting ready to camp out. …
Read More »Film Review: Honeydew (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: HONEYDEW tells the story of a young couple (played by Spielberg and Barr) who are forced to seek shelter in the home of an aging farmer (Kingsley) and her peculiar son, when they suddenly begin having strange cravings and hallucinations taking them down a rabbit hole of the bizarre. REVIEW: Honeydew is written and directed by Devereux …
Read More »Film Review: Who Wants Desert (Short Film) (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Annie’s life is perfect… terrific husband, adorable child, lovely home. So perfect that she informs her therapist she no longer needs to see her. But when the therapist visits Annie’s home unannounced, she discovers Annie’s secret. REVIEW: This is too good to be true. Who Wants Desert was directed and written by Venita Ozols- Graham (Amy’s …
Read More »Film Review: Ten Minutes to Midnight (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A radio DJ is bitten by a bat on her way to the station where she works to do her last broadcast and she turns into a vampire (I think).
Read More »Film Review: Rent-A-Pal (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: 1990: David, 40, looks after his dementia mom. He uses a video dating service to no avail. He buys a “Rent-A-Pal” video tape and things change. REVIEW: Written and directed by Jon Stevenson (Eat, The Release), who is just so talented. The film opens with a TV that goes to static. This was before digital, before …
Read More »Film Review: Monster Hunter (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When Lt. Artemis and her loyal soldiers are transported to a new world, they engage in a desperate battle for survival against enormous enemies with incredible powers. Feature film based on the video game by Capcom. REVIEW: The term ‘divisive’ was pretty much made for some filmmakers. Whether it’s the twee hipster stylings of Wes Anderson, …
Read More »Film Review: Slaxx (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A possessed pair of jeans is brought to life to punish the unscrupulous practices of a trendy clothing company. Shipped to the company’s flagship store Slaxx proceeds to wreak carnage on staff locked in overnight to set up the new collection. REVIEW: Directed by Elza Kephart and written by Elza Kephart and Patricia Gomez. I LOVE …
Read More »Film Review: Fatale (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After a one-night stand, a successful married man finds himself entangled in a cunning police detective’s latest investigation. REVIEW: Derrick Tyler (Michael Ealy) is a successful self-made LA sports agent with fancy cars and a fancy home. Everything is going well for him, except his marriage, so when Derrick goes on a Vegas trip with the …
Read More »Film Review: The Reckoning (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “Set against the backdrop of the Great Plague and subsequent witch-hunts against women, Grace Haverstock (Charlotte Kirk) must grapple with the tragic untimely death of her husband Joseph (Joe Anderson) in a society completely consumed by fear and death. Because she rejects her landlord Squire Pendleton’s (Steven Waddington) advances, she is falsely accused of being a witch and thrown in jail for …
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