Director’s Cut, 2016 Directed by Adam Rifkin Starring Missi Pyle, Penn Jillette, Harry Hamlin, Hayes MacArthur, Lin Shaye, Gilbert Gottfried SNYOPSIS: Herbert Blount aspires to replace the real director of a movie and make it his own by capturing the lead actress and inflicting much horror upon her in his version. Right, so here’s the pitch. […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – Train to Busan (2016)
Train to Busan, 2016 Written and directed by Sang-ho Yeon Starring Yoo Gong, Dong-seok Ma, Yu-mi Jeong, Eui-sung Kim, Soo-an Kim, Sohee SYNOPSIS: While a zombie-virus breaks out in South Korea, a couple of passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan. George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead was released in 1968, […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – Let’s Be Evil (2016)
Let’s Be Evil, 2016 Co-written and directed by Martin Owen Starring Elizabeth Morris, Isabelle, Allen, Kara Tointon, Elliot James Langridge, Jamie Bernadette SYNOPSIS: A vision of augmented reality. Martin Owen co-writes and directs this very slick sci-fi horror which plays on the idea of augmented reality and the failing education of American youth. While the two […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – Found Footage 3D (2016)
Found Footage 3D, 2016 Written and directed by Steven DeGennaro Starring Carter Roy, Alena von Stroheim, Chris O’Brien, Tom Saporito, Scott Allen Perry, Jessica Perrin, Scott Weinberg SYNOPSIS: A group of filmmakers sets out to make the first 3D found footage horror movie, but find themselves IN a found footage horror movie when the evil entity from […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – Cruel Summer (2016)
Cruel Summer, 2016 Written and directed by Phillip Escott and Craig Newman Starring Danny Miller, Reece Douglas, Richard Pawulski, Natalie Martins, Grace Dixon, Gary Knowles SYNOPSIS: Young Autism sufferer Danny enjoys the serenity and solitude of camping. That’s all about to change when enraged teens Nicholas, Calvin and Julia find him, each with their own […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – Sadako vs. Kayako (2016)
Sadako vs. Kayako, 2016 Directed by Kôji Shiraishi Starring Mizuki Yamamoto, Tina Tamashiro, Aimi Satsukawa, Misato Tanaka, Mashahiro Kômoto, Masanobu Andô, Rina Endo, Maiko Kikuchi, Elly Nanami, Rintaro Shibamoto SYNOPSIS: The vengeful spirits of the Ring and Grudge series face off. Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman, King Kong vs. Godzilla, Freddy vs. Jason, Puppet Master vs. Demon Toys. […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – Pet (2016)
Pet, 2016 Directed by Carles Torrens Starring Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, Jennette McCurdy, Nathan Parsons, Janet Song SYNOPSIS: A psychological thriller about a man who bumps into an old flame and subsequently becomes obsessed with her, leading him to hold her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works. But what will the victim have in […]
FrightFest 2016 – Preview of Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
Back at FrightFest 2013, writer and director Michael Mort premiered his short stop-motion animation Chuck Steel: Raging Balls of Steel Justice, which was met with rapturous applause (you can watch it online here). The short, a tribute to action cop movies of the 1980s, was a pure delight with over the top violence, excellent parodies of […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – The ReZort (2015)
The ReZort, 2015 Directed by Steve Barker Starring Dougray Scott, Jessica De Gouw, Martin McCann, Jassa Ahulwalia, Claire Goose, Shane Zaza, Elen Rhys, Lawrence Walker SYNOPSIS: The ReZort, a post apocalyptic safari, offers paying guests the opportunity to kill zombies in the wake of an outbreak. Jurassic World meets Dawn of the Dead in Steve Barker’s […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – Cell (2016)
Cell, 2016 Directed by Tod Williams Starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Clark Sarullo, Ethan Andrew Casto, Owen Teague, Stacy Keach SYNOPSIS: When a mysterious cell phone signal causes apocalyptic chaos, an artist is determined to reunite with his young son in New England. Although Steven King is often hailed as the greatest horror […]
