Tag Archives: Mike Mendez

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When an ancient demon is accidentally unleashed in a sparsely populated Mississippi town of Chicory Creek, their only hope of survival lies in the hands of grizzled old demon hunter Jebediah Woodley and his reluctant partner FBI agent Evelyn Pierce. REVIEW: Director: Mike Mendez Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Kristina Klebe Director Mike Mendez is a personal fave …

SYNOPSIS: A heartfelt Irish wake for an old friend accidentally awakens three ghosts — a rapist, an ax murderer and a pint-sized pyromaniac — who wreak havoc on the drunken revelers who danced on their graves (Dominic Purcell, Josie Maran, Marcus Thomas and Clare Kramer). Tchéky Karyo and Megahn Perry co-star in this horrific tale of cause and effect from …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A giant alien spider escapes from a military lab and rampage the city of Los Angeles. When a massive military strike fails, it is up to a team of scientists and one clever exterminator to kill the creature before the city is destroyed. REVIEW: Although I’m not particularly afraid of spiders, I’m not necessarily a big …

SYNOPSIS: A group of college students break into an abandoned convent and become possessed by demonic spirits. REVIEW: It’s 1960 and a Catholic school girl arrives outside the gates of the St Francis boarding school. In one hand, she carries a duffel bag containing a baseball bat and shotgun, and in the other hand, a can of petrol. Wearing shades, …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A safety deposit vault heist descends into violent chaos when one of the hostages turns out to be a serial killer. Trapping the well-organized team of bank robbers in the building, the killer is now picking them off one by one. REVIEW: Here’s a little known fact about your old pal, The Black Saint, I’m a …

SYNOPSIS: Volcanic eruptions in Los Angeles unleash a swarm of gigantic, lava-breathing tarantulas.

Big fans of the work of director Mike Mendez here at HNN and this one sounds like a crazy, silly good time. Mike’s next film with return him to the world of giant arachnids  – his last film being of course – ‘Big Ass Spider’.  This time around he’s tackling a different beast though.  Not only are the spiders huge …

Mike Mendez, the director of such goofy, gory fare as “The Gravedancers” and “Convent” , has recently stepped behind the camera again, this time orchestrating there mayhem wrought on the City of Angels by one hell of a bug in Epic Pictures “Big Ass Spider!”  He took the time to talk to HorrorNews.net about defying expectations, the joy of killing …

This is another one of those films that I feel like I’ve been talking about it forever and am still waiting to feast my peepers on it. Good news is the VOD premiere is right around the corner. Oct. 18th will bring the film to cable and other platforms and we’ll finally get to see director Mike Mendez’s giant spider …

We’ve talked about this one before and I’m excited to pass along the news Mike Mendez’s BIG ASS SPIDER has gotten itself distribution and will be hitting VOD and enjoying a limited theatrical release on Oct. 18th thanks to EPIC PICTURES. That means a Blu-ray can’t be far off. In the film, which stars Greg Grunberg, Lombardo Boyar, Clare Kramer …

I love this, I really do. Got wind of a new trailer for the latest from director Mike Mendez with the catchy title BIG ASS SPIDER. Guess what it’s about, come on guess. Yep, you got it, this flick features one BIG ASS SPIDER. The big news for this big ass spider is that is has gotten chosen to be …