Fugue: “a loss of awareness of one’s identity, often coupled with flight from one’s usual environment, associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy.” According to Google’s dictionary, the definition of Fugue is as unnerving and ambiguous as Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska’s (The Lure 2015) 2018 release of the same …
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Bobby Canipe Jr’s KARATE GHOST, aka BLACK BELT JOE: A review… Karate Ghost (2023) Synopsis: “Death and destruction fall upon all who enter the dojo from the Karate Ghost! The undead legend of Black Belt Joe is as real as a judo chop cutting though a wood board. One thing …
Read More »Review – Anthony DiBlasi’s Brutal Exercise In Occult Terror: ‘MALUM’
Billed as a “reboot” of Director Anthony DiBlasi’s 2014 underground classic Last Shift, Malum further fleshes (pun intended) out the premise of premise of the first film, and adds more context, details and intricacies to the occult shocker. MALUM Synopsis “On a search to uncover the mysterious circumstances surrounding her …
Read More »Bold Futures’ ‘ALL THE WORLD IS SLEEPING’ (2023) – Full Review
All The World Is Sleeping is a powerful new drama that features SCREAM VI star, Melissa Barrera. All The World is Sleeping Synopsis Chama (Melissa Barrera), who as a young girl in New Mexico, strived to be different from her mother. Now in her twenties, she’s found herself falling into …
Read More »Retro Blu-ray Review: Traveling In Time For ‘THE GRAND TOUR’ (1991)
Streeting this month, in a fresh high-def scan from Unearthed Classics, The Grand Tour (aka-Grand Tour: Disaster In Time and Timescape) is a little known sci-fi gem from director David Twohy (Pitch Black) that adds generous helpings of feel good family drama to a well conceived time travel premise. THE …
Read More »Review: Kevin Ko’s ‘INVITATION ONLY’ (2009)
Although most of our interactions with death are through the screen or on the pages of a book, it gives off a scent that is unmistakable and irresistible to horror fans. The love of that forged scent is what brought us all to this website, isn’t it? And we love …
Read More »‘THE REAPER MAN’ Cometh: Spoiler-Free Review
‘The Reaper Man‘ scores a major win for independent horror. Jaron Lockridge is a filmmaker who can make a lot happen with just a fraction of what Hollywood offers its directors. His talent is on full display with his latest film, The Reaper Man (2023). An independent filmmaker hailing from …
Read More »Subconscious Dangers: ‘HYPNOTICA’ (2023) Review
Are There Hidden Dangers in the Subconscious Mind? Movies like Stir of Echos and Get Out play in a subgenre of horror that I feel is rarely explored. There are still so many things we don’t know about the subconscious mind. Let alone the complexity of human consciousness in general. The …
Read More »Trauma Bonding: An ‘AMERICAN CHERRY’ (2023) Review
I’m sure a lot of people can relate to how insane young love is. The sum of intensity, drama, and no equitable frame of reference to compare it to. I mean, who hasn’t had their car hood jumped on or had some shoes thrown at them by their first significant …
Read More »Lou Simon’s ’73 MINUTES’ (2021) – Movie Review
Writer/Director Lou Simon’s (All Girls Weekend 2016, Agoraphobia 2015) 73 Minutes was filmed entirely during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. What did Simon achieve under such restrictive circumstances? Read on for our review! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpj1kr3YjuI 73 Minutes (2021) Synopsis “After leaving an adulterous tryst, a lawyer gets a call on …
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