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Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: 2016 was the third year of Etheria, a film festival for the best new horror, science fiction, action, fantasy, and thriller films directed by women. These are the films. All the shorts in this Season 2016 release are official selections that played at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, California to a live audience on June …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A deadly man-made virus, “Captain Trips”, ravages the world’s population. A number of survivors, immune to the virus, gather in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. REVIEW: After years of production hell and multiple parties involved Stephen Kings The Stand lives again in a new mini-series on CBS All Access. King’s post-apocalyptic thriller follows survivors of a worldwide killing …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Based on Joe Hill’s New York Times best-selling novel of the same name, “NOS4A2” is a different kind of vampire story. It follows Vic McQueen, a gifted young woman who discovers she has a supernatural ability to find lost things. This ability puts her on a collision course with the evil and immortal Charlie Manx. Manx …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Award-winning horror film director, writer, producer and actor Eli Roth brings together the masters of horror – the storytellers and stars who define the genre – to explore its biggest themes and reveal the inspirations and struggles behind its past and present. Each one-hour episode will take viewers on a chilling exploration of how horror has …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Teenager Courtney Whitmore joins the Justice Society of America. Based on the character from DC Comics. REVIEW: Warners Brothers supplied me with a free copy of the bluray, I reviewed in this blog post. The opinions I share are my own. As a fan of the CW super hero universe, I can honestly say that the …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Investigators are confounded over an unspeakable crime that’s been committed. REVIEW: “The Outsider” is the latest miniseries crime/horror drama to arrive under the Stephen King novel-based releases. In typical King fashion, the series is intriguingly complex and yet harrowing much in the tradition of his past works and films. The series premiered on HBO and consists …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Cursed Films is a five part documentary series which explores the myths and legends behind some of Hollywood’s notoriously cursed horror film productions. REVIEW: Cursed Films from SHUDDER. This is a fascinating subject. Jay Cheel wrote and directed the five episodes. I remember growing up and hearing all sorts of stories about Poltergeist and then of …

Rate This MovieWhile it’s feasible that there’s the odd person over thirty years of age out there that didn’t see the Twin Peaks series when it was first televised in 1990, it’s unlikely that they are unaware of the cultural run-off from the groundbreaking show. Catchphrases like “She’s dead – wrapped in plastic” and “Who killed Laura Palmer?” adorned T-shirts, …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young twenty-something diver living in the Florida Keys discovers he has the power to breathe underwater. REVIEW: The TV pilot that never aired, Aquaman was the debut episode for a new series to broadcast based as an off shot from the Smallville TV series. Planned for the Fall schedule of 2006, the series never got …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “The Alienist” is a limited series based on a Caleb Carr novel of the same name. The story centers around criminal psychologist (once known as an “alienist”) Dr. Laszlo Kreizler and his work on a horrific case of child prostitute murders in 1896 New York. With companions – newspaper illustrator John Moore, police secretary Sarah Howard …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The fictional Creepshow comic books come to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales hosted by the silent Creepshow ghoul. REVIEW: The Creepshow franchise has always been one that demanded repeat viewings of its classic campy anthology horror stories. The tales were inventive and yet diverse enough that they flowed from one tale into the …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Investigators are confounded over an unspeakable crime that’s been committed. REVIEW: The Outsider is a terrifying mystery The Stephen King renaissance continues with HBO’s new miniseries, The Outsider based on King’s novel of the same name. The story is set in Cherokee City Georgia and revolves around the brutal murder of an 11-year-old boy. The boy …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In a world threatened by huge prehistoric creatures and invading aliens, the high-tech Science Patrol defends civilization with its sophisticated weaponry and spacecraft. But, unbeknownst to the rest of the team, patrol member Hayata can transform himself into Ultraman — a metallic superhero who steps in and saves the day when the team is unable to …

Rate This Movie REVIEW: Season 4 of “Legends of Tomorrow” franchise is upon us with a brand new blu ray release being offered in its support. Being a fan of the series, I first encountered this super hero team in season 1, but have since found myself unable to keep the pace letting season 2-3 slip past without proper time …

Rate This Movie Supergirl hits season 4 running strong with focal character Kara Zor-El at its core. First premiering on CW, this Warner Brothers release continues the ongoing drama of our alien superhero who has her fill with bad guys, villains, and haters wanting to see the world crumble. Set in what is referred to as the Arrowverse, the TV …