Glass, 2018. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, James McAvoy, Sarah Paulson, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Spencer Treat Clark, and Charlayne Woodard. SYNOPSIS: Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass doesn’t fail because it’s nineteen years […]
Movie Review – Dry Blood (2018)
Dry Blood, 2018. Directed by Kelton Jones. Starring Clint Carney, Jaymie Valentine, Kelton Jones, and Graham Sheldon. SYNOPSIS: In a rural mountain town, an unstable drug addict must unravel a surreal murder mystery as he’s terrorized by malevolent ghosts, a deranged sheriff, and the frightening hallucinations from his withdrawal. Throughout horror’s canon, addiction metaphysically represents […]
Second Opinion – Rust Creek (2018)
Rust Creek. 2018. Directed by Jen McGowan. Starring Hermione Corfield, Micah Hauptman, Daniel R. Hill, Sean O’Bryan, Jay Paulson, and Jeremy Glazer. SYNOPSIS: An overachieving college student gets lost on her way to a job interview. A wrong turn leaves her stranded deep in the Kentucky forest. The woman must defend herself against the harsh […]
Second Opinion – Escape Room (2019)
Escape Room. 2019. Directed by Adam Robitel. Starring Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Tyler Labine, Jay Ellis, Nik Dodani, Jessica Sutton, Adam Robitel, and Yorick van Wageningen. SYNOPSIS: Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive. Adam Robitel’s Escape Room pieces together bits from every horror […]
Movie Review – Christmas Presence (2018)
Christmas Presence. 2018. Directed by James Edward Cook. Starring Charlotte Atkinson, Elsie Bennett, Lorna Brown, Mark Chatterton, Orla Cottingham, William Holstead, and Danny Webb. SYNOPSIS: A diverse group of friends gather for the festive season in a remote lodge but soon plans go awry. One of the friends goes missing and the truth behind why […]
Movie Review – Bumblebee (2018)
Bumblebee. 2018. Directed by Travis Knight. Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Dylan O’Brien, Justin Theroux, John Cena, Angela Bassett, Pamela Adlon, and John Ortiz. SYNOPSIS: On the run in the year of 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her […]
Second Opinion – Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Mary Poppins Returns, 2018. Directed by Rob Marshall. Starring Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, and Colin Firth. SYNOPSIS: Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael’s children through a difficult time in their lives. […]
Movie Review – Slay Belles (2018)
Slay Belles. 2018. Directed by Dan Walker. Starring Barry Bostwick, Kristina Klebe, Susan Slaughter, Hannah Wagner, Stephen Ford, Diane Salinger, and Richard Moll. SYNOPSIS: It’s Christmas Eve, and three cosplaying women come across the malevolent Christmas demon Krampus. The girls must team up with Santa Claus himself to battle the creature and save the world. […]
Movie Review – Christmas Blood (2018)
Christmas Blood, 2018. Directed by Reinert Kiil. Starring Helene Eidsvåg, Stig Henrik Hoff, Yassmine Johansen, and Sondre Krogtoft Larsen. SYNOPSIS: After being in solitary for almost 6 years, psychopath escapes a couple days before Christmas night. Reinert Kiil’s Christmas Blood gains a favorable comparison versus this year’s avalanche of Z-grade Xmas Horror for a simple […]
Movie Review – All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018)
All the Creatures Were Stirring, 2018. Directed by Rebekah McKendry and David Ian McKendry. Starring Constance Wu, Jonathan Kite, Jocelin Donahue, Ashley Clements, Mark Kelly, Graham Skipper, Matt Long, Amanda Fuller, Catherine Parker, Morgan Peter Brown, Peter Cilella, Megan Duffy, Brea Grant, Matt Mercer, Herve Clermont, Chase Williamson, and Jesse Merlin. SYNOPSIS: When an awkward […]