Blood Paradise, 2018. Directed by Patrick von Barkenberg. Starring Andréa Winter, Patrick von Barkenberg, Bauer, Christer Cavallius, Martina Novak, and Rolf Brunnström. SYNOPSIS: A pampered writer goes to a rural retreat for inspiration and falls foul of a few oddball characters. There are already more fish-out-of-water horror movies than you can shake a rusty chainsaw […]
DVD Review – The Hole in the Ground (2019)
The Hole in the Ground, 2019. Directed by Lee Cronin. Starring Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, Kati Outinen, David Crowley, James Cosmo, and Simone Kirby. SYNOPSIS: A single mother and her young son move to a rural area of Ireland but a huge hole in the ground near their home appears to be having some […]
Movie Review – Escape Plan 3 (2019)
Escape Plan 3, 2019. Directed by John Herzfeld. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, Jin Zhang, Harry Shum Jr., Jaime King, and Devon Sawa. SYNOPSIS: Security expert Ray Breslin and his cohorts have to break into a prison to rescue a billionaire’s daughter from the clutches of a former colleague’s son out […]
Blu-ray Review – American Horror Project Vol. 2
American Horror Project Vol. 2 Directed by John Hayes/Martin Goldman/Robert Voskanian Starring Edmund O’Brien, Brooke Mills, Michael Pataki, Kim Hunter, J.J. Barry, Laurel Barnett, Frank Janson, Rosalie Cole. SYNOPSIS: Second box set from Arrow Video containing three obscure horror oddities from 1970s American cinema. Back in 2016 Arrow Video released American Horror Project Vol. 1, […]
Blu-ray Review – The Running Man (1987)
The Running Man, 1987. Directed by Paul Michael Glaser. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Jesse Ventura, Mick Fleetwood, Richard Dawson, Jim Brown, Dweezil Zappa. SYNOPSIS: In 2017 a TV show host seems to hold sway over what happens in America – yeah right! Viewing The Running Man in 2019 is a very […]
Movie Review – Avengement (2019)
Avengement, 2019. Directed by Jesse V. Johnson. Starring Scott Adkins, Craig Fairbrass, Thomas Turgoose, Nick Moran, Louis Mandylor, Terence Maynard, and Kierston Wareing. SYNOPSIS: An escaped convict seeks revenge on the people that put him in prison, including his own brother. One look at the blurb for Avengement tells you pretty much all you need […]
FrightFest Presents Review – Terror of Hallow’s Eve (2017)
Terror of Hallow’s Eve, 2017. Directed by Todd Tucker. Starring Caleb Thomas, Sarah Lancaster, Annie Read, Mcabe Gregg, Doug Jones, and Eric Roberts. SYNOPSIS: A bullied teenager summons the Trickster and wishes revenge on his tormentors. If the John Carpenter-esque font of the title cards and the opening shot of three teenage girls walking down […]
Blu-ray Review – Def-Con 4 (1985)
Def-Con 4, 1985. Directed by Paul Donovan, Digby C. Cook & Tony Randel. Starring Lenore Zann, Maury Chaykin, Kate Lynch, Tim Choate, and Kevin King. SYNOPSIS: During World War III a satellite containing three astronauts crashes to Earth where they become the target of gangs of diseased humans. The 1980s was a creative and productive […]
Blu-ray Review – Escape Room (2019)
Escape Room, 2019. Directed by Adam Robitel. Starring Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, and Kenneth Fok. SYNOPSIS: Six strangers find themselves trapped in a building where they must solve puzzles in able to move onto the next room before the inevitable traps kick in. So in Escape Room we […]
Movie Review – Rondo (2018)
Rondo, 2018. Directed by Drew Barnhardt. Starring Brenna Otts, G.C. Clark, Ketrick ‘Jazz’ Copeland, Reggie De Morton, Luke Sorge, and Gena Shaw. SYNOPSIS: A veteran suffering from PSTD is offered a chance at therapy that opens up a world of sex, murder and revenge. “Ordinary is not the thing that I want,” says Jill […]