Reviews

Night Kaleidoscope (2017): Bringing Vamps Back to Darkness

Ever since Max Schreck starred as Nosferatu back in 1922, vampires have been reimagined and adapted to film for decades. Well-known features and actors such as The Last Man on Earth (Vincent Price, 1964), Fright Night (Chris Sarandon, 1985), The Lost Boys (Kiefer Sutherland, 1987) and Blade (Wesley Snipes, 1998) have …

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Tethered (2017) – Isolated Short Film Review

Those that say that there’s no originality in horror anymore are dead wrong! There are up-and-coming filmmakers that bring beautiful and creative ideas that just need some light shined on them. I’m happy to shine some light on one of the best horror shorts I’ve seen this year called Tethered.  https://vimeo.com/206481703 (Synopsis …

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3 Hours Till Dead (2017) – Movie Review

The horror community has been inundated with zombie movies over the past decade. It seems as if every walking dead trope has been done – slow zombies, fast zombies, unkillable zombies, talking zombies, pet zoombies, soldier zombies, zombie hordes, radioactive zombies, virus-infected zombies, rabid zombies… we’ve even had intelligent zombies. The synopsis …

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Sadako Vs Kayako (2016) – Movie Review

The battle that horror fans have been waiting for has finally arrived! In this corner, we have Sadako, the vengeful spirit that spreads her killing curse through a video tape. In that corner, we have Kayako, the hostile entity that curses and kills anyone who enters her house. This should be …

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Two Paws Up For Stephen King’s ‘Cat’s Eye’

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Written by Stephen King and directed by Lewis Teague, Cat’s Eye (1985) is among the greatest anthology movies of all time. It’s been 32 years and yet we still love everything about it. Let’s go into some reasons why! First but not least, you have that darn cat, General. Cat’s Eye …

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The Sacrament (2013) – Movie Review

What makes religious cult films so terrifying? It’s the realistic aspect that puts fear in people’s minds. Was The Sacrament successful in that aspect?  (Synopsis provided by IMDb.com): A news team trails a man, Patrick (Kentucker Audley), as he travels into the world of Eden Parish to find his missing …

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New Edge To Sacrilege: Nicholas McCarthy’s ‘Easter’ From 2016’s ‘Holidays’

What happens when you take the tale of a cute little bunny who delivers candy and mix it with a serious story such as Christ’s resurrection? That’s what Nicholas McCarthy’s short film Easter is all about. Part of the hit-or-miss anthology film Holidays (2016), Easter accomplishes in a few short …

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The Void (2017) Movie Review

There is a hell. This is worse. Right from the tagline of the poster, you know you are in for something special with The Void. Written and directed by Astron 6’s Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski, this dark, supernatural tale tells a story of Lovecraftian proportions. Released on April 7th, …

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Fear (1996) – The Teenager’s ‘Fatal Attraction’ Turns 21

When James Foley’s Fear was first released 21 years ago on April 12th, teenage girls everywhere swooned at the sight of former Calvin Klein model and Funky Bunch member Mark “Marky Mark” Wahlberg seducing innocently sexy Reese Witherspoon. There was no denying that the sexual tension between these two blazed through the …

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VooDoo (2016) Found Footage Movie Review

As I got ready to watch Tom Costabile’s VooDoo, I found myself reading a few reviews about the film before I hit the Play button. I just wanted to know what I as getting into. Everything I read said it would be fantastic. Of course, this made me wonder if my …

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