SYNOPSIS: Two complete idiots decide to play a game (even though there are about 10,000 warning signs all around them that are telling them that they shouldn’t mess with it) and immediately regret it as it causes the Midnight Man (an evil spirit that sounds just like Dr. Claw from the old Inspector Gadget cartoon) to show up and mildly …
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Film Review: Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
SYNOPSIS: Insidious: Chapter 4 is an upcoming 2017 American supernatural horror film directed by Adam Robitel and written by Leigh Whannell. It is the fourth installment in the Insidious franchise. It is scheduled to be released on October 20, 2017 by Universal Pictures REVIEW: The Insidious franchise, despite fairly average reviews, seems to keep on trucking. Largely, this seems to …
Read More »Film Review: Snakes on a Plane (2006)
SYNOPSIS: An FBI agent takes on a plane full of deadly and venomous snakes, deliberately released to kill a witness being flown from Honolulu to Los Angeles to testify against a mob boss. REVIEW: As of writing, it has been over ten years since the cultural zeitgeist Snakes on a Plane was released. In that time companies, such as The …
Read More »Film Review: Dead End (2003)
SYNOPSIS: Christmas Eve. On his way to his in-laws with his family, Frank Harrington decides to try a shortcut, for the first time in 20 years. It turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life. REVIEW: ‘Hell is other people’ goes the old Sartre quote. Taken from his play, No Exit, and exemplifying his stance on existentialist philosophy, …
Read More »Film Review: Rosewood Lane (2011)
SYNOPSIS: When radio talk show psychiatrist, Dr. Sonny Blake, moves back to her hometown, she takes notice of her neighborhood paper boy’s unusual behavior. REVIEW: I hate the fact that these young actresses (or even the older ones) feel the need to have so much plastic surgery done. Now I know that Rose McGowan had surgery done to cover up …
Read More »Film Review: Abattoir (2016)
SYNOPSIS: Julia (Jessica Lowndes), an investigative reporter with the style and confidence of a young Bacall, happens upon a series of gruesome murders tied to real estate mysteries, where entire rooms have been dismantled and pulled from their foundations. The fact that those rooms were the exact settings for heinous tragedies sets Julia and hardboiled cop Grady (Joe Anderson) on …
Read More »Film Review: Chillerama (2011)
SYNOPSIS: It’s the closing night at the last drive-in theater in America and Cecil B. Kaufman has planned the ultimate marathon of lost film prints to unleash upon his faithful cinephile patrons. Four films so rare that they have never been exhibited publicly on American soil until this very night! With titles like Wadzilla, I Was A Teenage Werebear, The …
Read More »Film Review: Tales Of Halloween (2015)
Synopsis: Ten stories are woven together by their shared theme of Halloween night in an American suburb, where ghouls, imps, aliens and axe murderers appear for one night only to terrorize unsuspecting residents. It seems that horror anthologies are back in vogue as of late. The success of films like V/H/S (2012) and its 2 sequels, The ABC’s Of Death …
Read More »Film Review: Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
SYNOPSIS: The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
Read More »Film Review: Lost Time (2014)
SYNOPSIS: After leaving a doctor visit with the worst news, Valerie Dreyfuss and her sister Melissa come to a stop on a lonely stretch of road. Their car is engulfed by a blinding light….12 hours later Valerie wakes to the horror that her sister is gone, nowhere to be found.
Read More »Film Review: Ouija (2014)
SYNOPSIS: A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board. REVIEW: Universal Pictures team up with Hasbro to bring the board game “Oujia” to cinematic life much like Battleship (2013) but with a far reduced budget and an equal reduction of imagination, passion and effort. The resulting film, …
Read More »The Good, The Bad and The Insidious: What’s in a Sequel
Insidious Chapter 2 – Comparison Points Analysis Insidious Chapter 2 is enjoying remarkable box office success on its opening weekend, bringing in a whopping $42 million on a small $5 million budget. Incredible. The reviews have been mixed as best, however. At the time of this writing, the film has a 37% on Rotten Tomatoes, a 39% on Metacritic and …
Read More »Film Review: FDR: American Badass! (2012)
SYNOPSIS: While chin wagging and carousing in a remote Americana forest on a hunting trip Franklin Roosevelt is attacked and bitten by a werewolf. Surviving the horrific ordeal FDR is afflicted with paralyzing polio. Confined to a wheelchair he over comes the odds getting elected into the oval office defeating all adversaries and non-believers in his relentless path. REVIEW: FDR …
Read More »Hell Hunters Adds Lin Shaye to New TV Series
“Insidious” and “Something About Mary” star, Lin Shaye will be joining horror icons Bill Moseley and Michael Berryman in the new TV Series Pilot “Hell Hunters”, created by Lawrence Donini and Directed by Jourdan McClure. Known for some of the most prolific and horrific characters of all time, Lin Shaye will be playing her most terrifying and grotesque role yet; …
Read More »Podcast: Horror News Radio – Eps 114 – Insidious Chapter 3 – We Are Still Here
Leigh Whannell steps into the director’s chair for the latest James Wan productions, INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 3. Santos starts the reviews off with a surprising positive review of latest film starring Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Lin Shaye, Tate Berney, Michael Reid MacKay, Steve Coulter and Hayley Kiyoko. For the “What Have You Been Watching” segment, the grue-crew review the …
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