Reviews

Filmmaker Alex Wesley (AKA Alexander Sharoglazov) has been on the movie industry scene for a while, scraping up budgets in his homeland of Russia to pull off his innovative films. To underground horror fans, Wesley has a number of flicks under his belt, including the impressive Zombie Infection (2011) and Demon …

Next up on our films to review for the Cinepocalypse 2018 Festival is Heavy Trip. This one is definitely unlike any other on the lineup and was quite the treat to watch. Read our review and find out why. This unique film is co-directed by Juuso Laatio and Jukka Vidgren. The cast …

Written and directed by Leigh Whannell, Upgrade follows Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green), a traditional man living in the technologically encompassed near future whose life is left shattered after being attacked by a pack of mysterious men. Now broken and alone, Grey’s only way back to a seemingly normal life is …

Ed Wood’s 1955 sci-fi horror film, Bride of the Monster, may be silly, but it said a lot about mankind’s future. Yes, I’m being serious! If you don’t believe me, keep reading. “Home? I have no home. Hunted, despised, living like an animal! The jungle is my home. But I …

A rainy day and a road trip with my husband gave way to a discovery of spectacular proportions. Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum is a hidden gem tucked away in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. If you are looking for the creepy and unique in arcade game form, then you will …

It’s that time again! Time to review some amazing films for the critically acclaimed festival, Cinepocalypse 2018! Last year, I had a blast covering it (read my reviews of The Crescent, Charismata, and Downrange). It’s such an honor to have a chance to watch films from independent artists who put their …

Spanish filmmaker Vick Campbell has clearly been inspired by some of the great directors before him, such as Jess Franco, Paul Naschy and Armando Ozssario. It’s clear to see these styles in much of Campbell’s work on 2016’s Derangement (AKA Transtorno Mental). In the film, we get a plethora of these filmmaking …

The other day, I was watching an episode of NCIS featuring a young(er) Millie Bobby Brown from Stranger Things, and the NCIS crew was trying to figure out who killed her mother. It turns out that SHE killed her mother, and she did it so she could be closer to …

There is absolutely no question that Jaws is one of the most impactful films of all time, a cultural and global phenomenon of epic proportions. It holds a deeply special place in my heart, being the very first horror film I ever saw, starting me on this lifelong addiction with …

When I first came across Bodies (also known as Paramedics), I expected a potentially gruesome story of unsuspecting medical patients falling victim to organ harvest operation for black market profit. As it turns out, this was only the beginning for this feature from writer and director Rodney Wilson (Junkies). What …