Fifty years from now, 2016 will be remembered as a outstanding year for horror films in general. There were some sizable horror hits at the box office this year, and while not all of the bigger hits were especially good films, it’s never a bad thing if the genre you’re particular to has a good year. But I’m not here …
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Film Review: Mindwarp (1992)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In post-apocalyptic 2037, Judy rebels against the AI-ruled utopia where people live in a happy VR simulation. She’s exiled to a post-nuclear wasteland where she meets drifter Stover. Mutated cannibals capture them for their leader Seer. REVIEW: Designed to be somewhat of a shock piece for its time, 1992, “MindWarp” was a mash up of a …
Read More »Film Review: Phantasm: Ravager (2016)
SYNOPSIS: Reggie is wandering through the desert seeking out his friend Mike and the evil The Tall Man. Along his journey, he is hunted down by the dangerous spheres and stumbles upon the gorgeous Dawn. Out of the blue, he finds himself in an institution with Mike explaining that he has dementia and then in another dimension. This is the …
Read More »Film Review: Phantasm II (1988)
SYNOPSIS: Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, continues his journey to stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work. REVIEW: Written & Directed by: Don Coscarelli Starring: Reggie Bannister, James LeGros, Angus Scrimm QUICK FIX: Ten years after the events in the first film, Mike is finally released from psychiatric care when (just like Charley Brewster in FRIGHT …
Read More »Film Review: Phantasm (1979)
SYNOPSIS: Often considered one of the icons of 1970s independent horror cinema, director Don Coscarelli’s classic nail-biter follows two boys who, in pursuit of an odd-looking grave robber, may wind up as the newest members of a freshly dead slave race. Jody (Bill Thornbury) and Mike (A. Michael Baldwin) discover that the creature (Angus Scrimm) stealing cadavers walks the earth …
Read More »Oh, Boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm Gets a Makeover and a Theatrical Screening
Don Coscarelli’s genre favorite, Phantasm (1979), has been restored and remastered to 4K glory by a team of phans headed up by film director Jeffrey Abrams. It is due to be released on DVD and Blu-ray sometime in the phall, however prior to that it will be receiving a much-deserved theatrical release on September 24, 2016 at theaters participating in …
Read More »Film Review: Satan Hates You (2010)
SYNOPSIS: Inspired by films from the golden age of religious cinema such as A THIEF IN THE NIGHT (1972), IF FOOTMEN TIRE YOU, WHAT WILL HORSES DO? (1971) and STALKED (1969), SATAN HATES YOU is a graphic horror film that tells the stories of two individuals and their personal struggles with Lucifer himself. We follow Marc (Don Wood) a homicidal …
Read More »Teaser Trailer For PHANTASM V Magically Appears
Well, what it week it has been for PHANTASM fans. Not only do we get confirmation on the fifth chapter of the fan favorite franchise but today we get actual footage! A teaser trailer made its way online today and it is something you have got to witness.
Read More »John Dies At The End Update
Director Don Coscarelli made a big splash with his cult hit phenomenon Bubba Ho-Tep and is looking to make another iconic hit with John Dies At The End. The cast is shaping up to be very cool with Paul Giamatti and Clancy Brown on board but now we also have Hellboy’s Doug Jones and the Tall Man himself Angus Scrimm. …
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