Angel Heart, 1987. Directed by Alan Parker. Starring Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, and Charlotte Rampling. SYNOPSIS: It’s 1955, and New York-based private investigator Harry Angel is hired by the mysterious businessmen Louis Cyphre to track down Johnny Favourite, an elusive lounge singer who owes Cyphre a very large debt. As he investigates, […]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival Review – Tragedy Girls (2017)
Tragedy Girls, 2017. Directed by Tyler MacIntyre. Starring Brianna Hildebrand, Alexandra Shipp, Jack Quaid, Kevin Durand, Josh Hutcherson, Rosalind Chao, Timothy V. Murphy, and Craig Robinson. SYNOPSIS: Tragedy Girls, a twist on the slasher genre following two death-obsessed teenage girls who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small mid-western town into […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 20 – The Loved Ones (2009)
The Loved Ones, 2009. Directed by Sean Byrne. Starring Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, Richard Wilson, and John Brumpton. SYNOPSIS: Brent is still struggling with the grief of having lost his father in a tragic car accident, an accident in which Brent was the driver. With prom rapidly approaching, Brent is asked to the dance by […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 19 – Frailty (2001)
Frailty, 2001. Directed by Bill Paxton. Starring Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O’Leary, and Jeremy Sumpter. SYNOPSIS: A young man arrives at the Dallas offices of the FBI claiming to have vital information regarding the elusive “God’s Hand” killer who has been terrorising the local area. Speaking with the agent in charge of […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 18 – Alien: Resurrection (1997)
Alien: Resurrection, 1997. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet Starring Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Michael Wincott and Brad Dourif. SYNOPSIS: Aboard the ship USM Auriga, 200 years after her death, Ellen Ripley is resurrected via cloning, still impregnated with the alien queen that was with her when she died. The creature is subsequently removed for […]
Movie Review – Bunnyman Vengeance (2017)
Bunnyman Vengeance, 2017. Directed by Carl Lindbergh. Starring Diana Prince, Boriana Williams, Carl Lindbergh, Michael Shaun Sandy, Omari Washington, Hunter Johnson, Marshal Hilton and Pucci Tres. SYNOPSIS: In this concluding chapter of the Bunnyman franchise, the titular serial killer (AKA Michael) returns home after an unfortunate run-in with the law. Upon arriving at his domicile, Michael soon […]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival Review – Rabbit (2017)
Rabbit, 2017. Written and Directed by Luke Shanahan. Starring Adelaide Clemens, Alex Russell, Jonny Pasvolsky, and Veerle Baetens. SYNOPSIS: A year after Maude’s twin sister goes missing, Maude goes looking for Cleo, believing her dreams are the key to bringing her sister back home. This month special screenings of Psycho will run in theaters for […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 17 – Prince of Darkness (1987)
Prince of Darkness, 1987. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Donald Pleasance, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, Lisa Blout, and Dennis Dun. SYNOPSIS: A group of university students are recruited by their professor and a local priest to solve the mystery regarding the nature of a large container with a mysterious green fluid within it. Unbeknownst to […]
Movie Review – The Death Of Stalin (2017)
The Death Of Stalin, 2017. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Simon Russell Beale, Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Andrea Riseborough, Jason Isaacs, Paddy Considine, Michael Palin, and Paul Whitehouse. SYNOPSIS: The leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin, has the entire country in his grip and rules through fear. Then he dies suddenly, throwing the regime into […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 16 – Martin (1978)
Martin, 1978. Directed by George A. Romero. Starring John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, and Tom Savini. SYNOPSIS: A young man by the name of Martin lives a life of alienation and loneliness, spending his days working as a delivery boy for a distant relative. Martin is also a vampire, prowling the streets at night […]
