SYNOPSIS: George Romero and Dario Argento’s modern takes on two of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short stories, “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” and “The Black Cat,” both set in Pittsburgh in the 1990s. REVIEW: Review-I am a bit of a literature nerd (I have a degree in English and have taught middle and high school Language Arts …
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Film Review: Paranoia (1998)
SYNOPSIS: Years after seeing her entire family brutally murdered in front of her Jana leans that the psychopath responsible is getting out of prison. Of course he sets his sights on her as soon as he is released and makes it his mission to finish what he started decades earlier by killing her as well. REVIEW: Every once in a …
Read More »Film Review: Fatal Games (1984)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Someone is using a javelin to kill off a group of Olympic hopefuls at the Falcon Academy of Athletics. Will anyone survive to win a gold medal or all they all destined to die? REVIEW: Fatal Games was one of those rare 80’s slasher flicks that somehow managed to elude me for years. I always wanted …
Read More »Film Review: Apartment 212 (2017)
SYNOPSIS: An abused woman leaves her husband and moves into an apartment only to discover that she isn’t as alone as she thought. You see, something evil resides within her apartment, and its hungry for her flesh. REVIEW: I didn’t know much about Apartment 212 (AKA Gnaw) before I saw it so I did a little research on it before …
Read More »Film Review: Buddy Hutchins (2015)
SYNOPSIS: Buddy Hutchins is just a regular guy doing his best to support a wife and two kids. A recovering alcoholic, Buddy hasn’t had a drink for the better part of a year, but it turns out the only reward for his good behavior is a failing business and a cheating wife. Throw in a ruthless bounty hunter and an …
Read More »Film Review: Jack The Reaper (2011)
SYNOPSIS: A group of high school students on a class trip are involved in a bus accident that leaves them stranded in the desert. They happen upon a mysterious abandoned carnival in the middle of nowhere and soon find themselves being stalked and picked off one-by-one by a creepy hulk of a man called Railroad Jack who gets his jollies …
Read More »Film Review: Flexing with Monty (2010)
SYNOPSIS: Outrageously arrogant bodybuilder Monty (Trevor Goddard) relishes torturing his smart, sensitive gay brother, Bertin (Rudi Davis), with sexual taunts. But their bizarre routine is turned upside down one day when a Catholic nun (Sally Kirkland) arrives in search of donations for an unusual cause. Soon Monty and Bertin find their relationship in complete upheaval in this strange and twisted …
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