Happy Death Day, 2017. Directed by Christopher Landon. Starring Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Charles Aitken, Jason Bayle, Phil Vu, and Rob Mello. SYNOPSIS: A college student relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she discovers her killer’s identity. Sitting through Happy Death Day is […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 11 – Aliens (1986)
Aliens, 1986. Directed by James Cameron. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, Carrie Henn, and Bill Paxton. SYNOPSIS: After her warnings about the monstrous creatures that killed her crew go unheeded, Ellen Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo, is recruited by the military to return to the cursed alien planet when […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 10 – The Thing (1982)
The Thing, 1982. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, and David Clennon. SYNOPSIS: The crew of an American research facility in the Arctic is forced to battle with a shape-shifting alien life form that is able perfectly to mimic the appearance and characteristics of any living thing it […]
DVD Review – Freehold (2017)
Freehold, 2017. Directed by Dom Bridges. Starring Javier Botet, Mim Shaikh, Mandeep Dhillon, Kola Bokinni, and Michael McKell. SYNOPSIS: An oily, amoral estate agent is preyed upon by one of his victims, who quietly moves into his flat and, unseen, begins a deliciously malicious campaign of revenge Have you ever been alone in your home […]
DVD Review – Cage Dive (2017)
Cage Dive, 2017. Directed by Gerald Rascionato. Starring Joel Hogan, Josh Potthoff, Megan Peta Hill, Pete Valley, Mark Fell, and Christopher Callen. SYNOPSIS: Three friends go shark cage diving in a bid to get on a TV reality show, only for things to go very wrong. In some territories Cage Dive comes with the prefix […]
Blu-ray Review – The Howling (1981)
The Howling, 1981. Directed by Joe Dante. Starring Dee Wallace, Christopher Stone, Patrick Macnee, Robert Picardo, Dick Miller, John Carradine, Elisabeth Brooks, Dennis Dugan, Belinda Belaski, and Kevin McCarthy. SYNOPSIS: A female reporter is attacked by a notorious murderer so to get over her trauma she is sent to The Colony for relaxation. And then […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Blade of the Immortal (2017)
Blade of the Immortal, 2017. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sôta Fukushi, and Kazuki Kitamura. SYNOPSIS: In ancient Japan, a young girl watches as her entire family are butchered by a master swordsman and his gang. Swearing vengeance, she seeks the help of an immortal samurai to train her for battle. When we talk […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 7 – American Psycho (2000)
American Psycho, 2000. Directed by Mary Harron. Starring Christian Bale, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon and Willem Dafoe. SYNOPSIS: Patrick Bateman is a wealthy and successful banker living a luxurious life of expensive dinners and coke-fueled nights of clubbing in 1980s New York. Unbeknownst to his friends, Bateman is also a crazed serial killer divulging in […]
61st London Film Festival Review – The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected) (2017)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected), 2017. Directed by Noah Baumbach. Starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Marvel, Grace Van Patten, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Adam Driver, Judd Hirsch, Candice Bergen, Rebecca Miller, Danny Flaherty, Adam David Thompson, Ronald Peet, Matthew Shear, Michael Chernus, and Sigourney Weaver. SYNOPSIS: A dysfunctional family comes together when the […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 6 – The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Silence of the Lambs, 1991. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, and Ted Levine. SYNOPSIS: A serial killer dubbed “Buffalo Bill” is kidnapping and murdering women, with the authorities struggling to apprehend him. To help the hunt for the elusive killer, young FBI recruit Clarice Starling seeks the help of […]
