While I tend to enjoy post-apocalyptic films, they have been overdone lately, a slew of more of the same and less of something new. When I heard about the post-apocalyptic film, Hostile, it sounded like something with the potential to put a fresh spin on a well-worn genre, and I knew …
Read More »Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Freaks’ (2018) – A Genre-Reshaping Movie Review
When I first read about Filmmaker Zach Lipovsky’s (Afflicted 2013) film, Freaks, I made a few assumptions about what I was about to watch. I assumed it was about a little girl breaking free from her paranoid father’s grasp and discovering the world for the first time like the little …
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Boarding School’ (2018)
Most horror movies have a set theme: supernatural, psychological, slasher, thriller, creature feature… Normally, those themes and/or genres are pretty easy to spot from the very beginning of the film. Movies like those have a very distinct formula, and it’s rare that they stray from that. But sometimes, there are …
Read More »Body Horror Film ‘Trench 11’ (2017) Delivers on the Guts and Gore
I don’t like war movies. I don’t like period pieces. I especially don’t like period pieces about war. But Trench 11 is different. Set during the last days of WWI, this film is full of slimy worms, biological weapons, and one of the best exploding head scenes I’ve ever seen… …
Read More »‘Lost Child’ (2018) Is A Haunting Tale Of Loss
Lost Child is a thriller from Director Ramaa Mosley (Girl Rising 2013). Also known as Tatterdemalion, Lost Child is about an Army vet named Fern (Leven Rambin: The Hunger Games 2012) returns to her hometown in the Ozarks looking for estranged brother. She meets up with an old friend named Mike (Jim …
Read More »Documentary ‘The Bray Road Beast’ (2018) Is A Fascinating Tale – Movie Review
The Bray Road Beast, directed by Seth Breedlove (The Flatwoods Monster: A Legacy Of Fear, Boggy Creek Monster), is a documentary set in the rural Wisconsin community called Elkhorn. For three decades, the citizens of the surrounding county have reported seeing a mysterious wolf-type creature. Wisconsin itself seems to be a …
Read More »‘Animalistic’ is the Revenge Film You’ll Definitely Want to See
The 1970s were all about revenge movies. The remakes of I Spit on Your Grave and The Last House on the Left are two prime examples that the genre that is making a resurgence in a big way. I saw the trailer for Animalistic and the female warrior inside myself knew …
Read More »‘VooDoo’ (2016) Review: A Gross Misrepresentation
Voodoo has long since fascinated the general population. Its mysticism and supernatural emphasis makes it seem magical and taboo to most people. People forget that Voodoo is an actual religion that has its reaches from the southern United States to Cuba, Haiti and the Caribbean and stretching all the way …
Read More »‘Revenge’ Movie Review: How Far Will You Go to Get Your Revenge?
How far will you go to get revenge for someone you love? In Uncork’d Entertainment’s film, Revenge, (also known as Hevn)we get to experience exactly how far someone will go. Check out the trailer below! Revenge is directed by Kjersti Steinsbø (Liten Knute 2008), story by Ingvar Abjørnsen and screenplay by …
Read More »A New Breed of Predator? – ‘The Dawnseeker’ Film Review
We are closing in on the final weeks before the highly anticipated new film in the Predator franchise, The Predator, hits theaters. To get us geared up for it, we watched Uncork’d Entertainment’s sci-fi horror film, The Dawnseeker, which is advertised as an explosive new sci-fi horror actioner that pits five …
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