Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A recovering alcoholic and his grieving wife and daughter inherit an enormous Italian castle left to them by his estranged mother. What she left out of the will is that they’ve also inherited the sexually frustrated monster living in the basement. There’s always a catch. REVIEW: It was while watching Castle Freak that I was struck …
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Film Review: Motivational Growth (2013)
SYNOPSIS: Ian Folivor, a depressed and reclusive 30-something, finds himself taking advice from a growth in his bathroom after a failed suicide attempt. The Mold, a smooth talking fungus who was born of the filth collecting in a corner of Ian’s neglected bathroom, works to win Ian’s trust by helping him clean himself up and remodel his lifestyle. With The …
Read More »Film Review: Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Everyone’s favorite mad scientist Herbert West is currently in jail after having state’s evidence turned against him by his former assistant, Dan Cain. While being led away, some re-agent falls from his pocket where it is picked up by a young man that was camping nearby. The young man find Herbert down in his jail cell …
Read More »Film Review: Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation (2012)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician’s inheritance-seeking younger brother unexpectantly shows up, stumbling upon a full zombie outbreak! REVIEW: “Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation” (2012) acts as a prequel to “Night of the Living Dead 3D” (2006). …
Read More »Film Review: House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past. REVIEW: The movie “House on Haunted Hill” has always been a guilty pleasure for me. I can’t express as much enthusiasm on the sequel (Return to House on Haunted Hill), but as a viewer, (and …
Read More »Film Review: The Frighteners (1996)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After a tragic car accident kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead. REVIEW: Sometimes, when you re-watch a movie that you originally watched ages ago, …
Read More »Jeffrey Combs to Voice Edgar Allan Poe in “ALONE The Life of Poe”
Jeffrey Combs (ReAnimator, The Frighteners, Star Trek) leads an all-star horror voice cast in the 10-hour audio drama of the life, times and mysterious death of American writer Edgar Allan Poe. “ALONE The Life of Poe” is a 20-chapter, 10-hour audio drama written, directed and produced by Mark Redfield. Jennifer Rouse is the composer and Sound Designer. The project is …
Read More »Film Review: Re-Animator (1985)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus. REVIEW: It’s pretty safe to say that any real horror fan from the 80’s remembers the release of the “Re-Animator“. A film that also bases itself on …
Read More »Film Review: Abominable (2006)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A man, crippled in an accident, returns to the woods after rehabilitation, certain that he’ll not see Bigfoot again. REVIEW: If you’ve ever watched Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window and thought, ‘This tale of a man being driven paranoid by his own potentially overactive imagination is all well and good, but what if it had a more …
Read More »Film Review: Faust: Love of the Damned (2001)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: An artist, John Jaspers (Mark Frost) sells his soul to the mysterious M (as for Mephistopheles) (Andrew Divoff) in order to avenge the death of his girlfriend. However, the deal has an unexpected price, and he is periodically transformed into a horned demon with a passion for killing. He discovers that M plans to release a …
Read More »Film Review: Doctor Mordrid (1992)
SYNOPSIS: An unspeakable evil has come into our dimension and wants to rule over Earth, and only a mysterious sorceror known as Doctor Mordrid can stop him. RE VIEW: It may be hard to imagine this nowadays, but there was a time when Marvel wasn’t as careful with licensing for movies based on their properties. This is what led to …
Read More »Film Review: Cellar Dweller (1988)
SYNOPSIS: In spirit of the Tales from The Crypt, Terror Tales and The Beyond vintage comic books Colin Childress engages in some most macabre tales of horror. His most inspired illustrations are conceived within the remote bowels of a desolate rural home, aptly enough in his studio basement. As the artist delves into the occult to liven up his work, …
Read More »Film Review: Dark House (2009)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: Trying to exorcise her worst memories, Claire (Meghan Ory) returns to the foster home where she witnessed a terrible massacre years ago. Capitalizing on its history, a mysterious showman (Jeffrey Combs) has turned the infamous mansion into a haunted-house attraction. Claire and her friends soon realize that a demonic force has taken over the building and they’ve …
Read More »Film Review: From Beyond (1986)
SYNOPSIS: After inventing a way for creatures from the fourth dimension to come into his own world, Dr. Edward Pretorious (Ted Sorel) suffers a gruesome decapitation at the hands of those he brought “from beyond.” But authorities suspect his assistant (Jeffrey Combs) is to blame. Barbara Crampton co-stars as a beautiful psychiatrist brought in to help police solve the case …
Read More »Film Review: Parasomnia (2008)
SYNOPSIS: In “Parasomnia,” a stylish horror/thriller from director William Malone (“House on Haunted Hill,” “Masters of Horror,”) Laura Baxter is a young woman, literally a “sleeping beauty,” who suffers from a medical condition called “parasomnia.” A childhood accident victim, she is actually sleeping her life away, awakening briefly on rare occasions. Art student Danny Sloan falls in love with her, …
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