Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Bodies start to pile up when a drug-user nurse and her cousin try to find a replacement kidney for an organ trafficker. REVIEW: Ever have one of those days were one thing goes wrong, then EVERYTHING goes wrong as a result? Who hasn’t? A carefully planned day, or even an average normal day, slowly descends into …
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Film Review: Carrie (2002)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Carrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teen-age girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both her class-mates and her religious, abusive mother. REVIEW: As a Stephen King fan I was excited to see this movie pop up! Carrie is a story that just about …
Read More »Film Review: The ABCs of Death (2012)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In a bold cinematic experiment, 26 directors from 15 different countries come together to present a collection of 26 shorts on the subject of death. Each director is given a single letter of the alphabet to use as a topic of their short. This is the ABCs of Death. REVIEW: Entertaining. Provocative. Disturbing. The ABCs of …
Read More »Film Review: May (2002)
SYNOPSIS: A lonely young woman traumatized by a difficult childhood and her increasingly desperate attempts to connect with the people around her is sent into a murderous tailspin. REVIEW: I can’t believe it’s been fourteen years since the release of Lucky McKee’s MAY. There have been many great horror films since then but nothing comes close to touching the sheer …
Read More »Film Review: Tom Holland’s Twisted Tales (2014)
SYNOPSIS: From Master of Horror Tom Holland, comes a brand new horror anthology, TOM HOLLAND’S TWISTED TALES. REVIEW: Oh boy. this is gonna be a challenge to review. First of all, I love anthology horrors. Each little snippet a morality tale of some sort, speaking to the basic evils of humanity – vanity, greed, lust, etc. Always a good time, …
Read More »Film Review: Toobox Murders (2004)
SYNOPSIS: A historic Hollywood hotel houses a supernatural evil. It’s been subdued for decades – but when renovations start, a series of murders take place. It’s up to our heroine to solve the mystery. REVIEW: The 2004 version of Toolbox Murders is a very loose remake of Dennis Donnelly’s 1978 film of the same name (strangely enough, it was Donnelly’s …
Read More »Film Review: Bless the Child (2000)
SYNOPSIS: Omens and concepts of good vs. evil have no place in Maggie O’Connor’s well-ordered, practical universe. Her life revolves around her job as a nurse at a busy New York hospital, until one rainy night, her sister Jenna abandons her newborn, autistic daughter at her home. Maggie takes the baby in, and she becomes the daughter she never had. …
Read More »Film Review: The Woman (2011)
SYNOPSIS: When a successful country lawyer captures and attempts to “civilize” the last remaining member of a violent clan that has roamed the Northeast coast for decades, he puts the lives of his family in jeopardy Don’t Forget to check out the Trailer for “The Woman” REVIEW: By now you’ve probably seen the posters or caught wind of this new …
Read More »Film Review: Scar (2007)
SYNOPSIS: Joan Burrows (Bettis) returns to her hometown for her niece’s graduation, only to be confronted by the serial killer she thought she offed years ago — after he kidnapped and tormented her and her best friend. REVIEW: Directed by Jed Weintrob Written by Zack Ford Starring Angela Bettis, Brittney Wilson, Ben Cotton. Another in the long line of Saw …
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