Tag Archives: 2020

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: On an eerily quiet Halloween night during the pandemic, an unhinged woman shows up at her virtual spinning instructor’s home unannounced. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have POSSESSED, a “macabre musical” written and directed by Michael Zara. Before I even watch it, I just want to point out that this is a SEVEN MINUTE …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Deep in the Shenandoah backcountry, a killer stalks for prey. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have THE KILLER OF GRASSY RIDGE, written and directed by Johnny K. (yup that’s the whole name). This film has several nominations at various film festivals, and awards for best first time director and best low budget film. Total …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A deadly man-made virus, “Captain Trips”, ravages the world’s population. A number of survivors, immune to the virus, gather in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. REVIEW: After years of production hell and multiple parties involved Stephen Kings The Stand lives again in a new mini-series on CBS All Access. King’s post-apocalyptic thriller follows survivors of a worldwide killing …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Dr. Nova Thorpe must warn everyone that something is on the loose. Something, different. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have NOVA, written and directed by David McAbee. ok, I do not want to give any spoilers here. This is super cool. I’m not even sure exactly what I watched, or how to describe it, …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In the 14th century, a group of Satan worshipers, the Knight Templars, is captured during a ritual and brutally murdered by the locals. Just before the execution, the Knights swear to return from their graves to haunt the village and the nearby forest. Centuries later, in a post-apocalyptic future, a man and his daughter try to …

Rate This Movie REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have THE DRAWER, written and directed by Tony Savero. Mr. Savero also plays our hapless hero in the film. Full disclosure – Mr Savero was an assistant camera operator on a film I worked on a few years ago. His company, Save-Room Productions, was originally based in Baltimore Maryland, but …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Possessor follows an agent who works for a secretive organization that uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people’s bodies – ultimately driving them to commit assassinations for high-paying clients. REVIEW: As many reviewers have said, this is an interesting new take on the possession genre. Who can deny the influence of David Cronenberg. His son Brandon …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A look into the life of real-life serial killer Jeffery Dahmer. REVIEW: I’m not as fascinated by real-life serial killers as some people, but occasionally, I enjoy watching movies that are based on the lives of some of them. Some of them, such as The Deliberate Stranger, Bundy, The Town that Dreaded Sundown, and Ed Gein …

Rate This Movie REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have PLAY WITH ME, written and directed by Douglas A. Plomitallo. Reed (George Walsh) is working from home, something many of us are familiar with by now. He is doing spreadsheets or something (hard to tell) in his home office for his employer. As Reed is trying to get this …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A group of high school students form a coven of witches. A sequel to the 1996 film, “The Craft”. REVIEW: A sequel in the loosest of terms, The Craft: Legacy, written and directed by Zoe Lister-Jones, lacks the danger and magic of its predecessor, with a script that races through its runtime at breakneck speed with …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family. REVIEW: With so many titles coming my way, it takes alot to surprise me. I am …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After toxic rain has mutated much of Earth’s fauna into ravenous mutants, 90% of humanity is wiped out. Among this verdant world of danger, a young man ventures into the wild in search of his childhood sweetheart. REVIEW: Directors: Michael Matthews Writers: Brian Duffield, Matthew Robinson Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Michael Rooker, Ariana Greenblatt, Jessica Henwick, Dan …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Two years after escaping from demonic terror, the young woman is still haunted by unnatural vision. The dangers that await her and her friends are increasingly threatening: the figure of darkness rises to take their lives. REVIEW: Timo Tjahjanto is back with another offering of gore filled fun with a highly anticipated sequel to his 2018 …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS; ‘Bad boy’ actor Huckle Saxton lets fame get to his head and turns into a ferocious beast, ripping Hollywood to shreds. Will he sink his teeth into the role of a lifetime or succumb to the dangers or the Hollywood lifestyle? REVIEW: Beast Mode is directed and written by, Chris W. Freeman and Spain Willingham, and …