Reviews

The Italian visionary Domiziano Delvaux Cristopharo is back to deliver yet another film drenched in equal parts Shakespeare and Mad Max post-apocalypse film. The appropriately titled Mad Macbeth is the latest project from Cristopharo which he has filmed in Kosovo, similar to some of his previous work. The movie has …

Midsplatternight Pictures presents Verbintenis, a horror film from Director Wesley Remory. Remory and his crew have delivered a dark, moody, dreary feeling short film here. Big on atmosphere and enveloped in a feeling of utter hopelessness, Verbintenis succeeds in being a memorable film excursion. It revolves around a pact a couple of …

Based on the horrifying true 1993 murder of two-year-old James Bulger, Bartosz M. Kowalski’s Playground sets the story in a stark, bleak Polish town. The movie revolves around three very different characters, each with their own very personal and sometimes terrible secrets that will propel them towards a shocking conclusion. …

“Do you dare to open doorways you cannot shut?” If you’re the kind of person who revels in the occult or dark mysteries of the unknown, A Dark Song is most definitely one to add to your viewing list! It’s also just happens to be one of my favorite films …

Christmas Eve is upon us and I’m trying to overdose on as much Holiday horror as I can. I had heard several people rave about the horror shot Humbug so I thought I’d give it a shot. Did it live up to its hype? This gleeful horror short is directed …

There is nothing quite like Grind metal. I love grind/death/goregrind/thrash/black/tech whatever and this time of the year I love a little Christmas cheer shaken into my grind, not stirred. VHS definitely shake the shit out of you this holiday season with their latest ep simply titled A Very Merry VHS …

Belgium filmmaker Rob Ceus has been plugging away at numerous projects and has collaborated with many others. Ceus has the shorts Bride Zombie and Slime under his belt and has acted in stuff such Alexander Sharglaznov’s Demon Mind, Death Cases and the upcoming Post Apocalyptic Desolation. Ceus is also finishing …

Christmas is just around the corner and I love holiday horror films. They deliver Christmas spirit along with plenty of mayhem and bloodshed. I recently watched the horror comedy Best Christmas Ever and loved the originality of it. The short is written and directed by Mike Lenzini (Beast: A Monster …

Elves in a late ’80s Christmas schlocker hopefully seeing a legit Blu-ray release soon. For now, you can find VHS copies or DVD-R copies lifted from the VHS. Elves, or more appropriately titled Elf because there is really only one of the evil critters running around in the movie, is …

Among the first films to introduce horror with a Christmas theme, Lewis Jackson’s 1980 Christmas Evil boldly brings horror to the holidays. For the times, this cult classic and the few titles that came before, risked being perceived as taboo. While they weren’t widely received, these films found a niche …