1922, 2017. Directed by Zak Hilditch. Starring Thomas Jane, Molly Parker, Dylan Schmid, Kaitlyn Bernard, Brian D’Arcy James, and Neal McDonough. SYNOPSIS: A Nebraskan Farmer, Wilfred James, convinces his son, Henry, that the only way to preserve their way of life is by murdering his bitter wife, Arlette. However, once the two have committed their […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 24 – Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Jacob’s Ladder, 1990. Directed by Adrian Lyne. Starring Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pena, Danny Aiello, and Matt Craven. SYNOPSIS: Jacob Singer is a seemingly normal man living a seemingly normal life when he is suddenly confronted with a series of strange events and even stranger visions. With his life becoming ever more chaotic and his visions […]
Movie Review – Call Me By Your Name (2017)
Call Me By Your Name, 2017. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. Starring Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Amira Casar. SYNOPSIS: It’s the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17- year-old American-Italian boy, spends his days in his family’s 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 23 – Society (1989)
Society, 1989. Directed by Brian Yuzna. Starring Billy Warlock, Connie Danese, Ben Slack, Evan Richards, and Devin DeVaquez. SYNOPSIS: Billy Whitley enjoys a life of wealth, popularity, and privilege in Beverly Hills, but he feels isolated from his family, feeling like he doesn’t belong. Suspecting he is adopted, Billy begins to dig deeper into the […]
Movie Review – Live-Evil (2015)
Live-Evil, 2015. Directed by Ari Kirshenbaum. Starring Vladimir Kulich, Charlene Amoia, Vincent M. Ward, Tony Todd, J. Richey Nash, and Karen Wheeling Reynolds SYNOPSIS: Supernatural forces are locked into a college town police force’s basement jail. The sheriff and his deputies are subjected to psychic attacks, preying on the fears of the loyal officers and only those […]
Blu-ray Review – The Thing (1982)
The Thing, 1982. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Richard Masur, Charles Hallahan, and Joel Polis. SYNOPSIS: A group of researchers in Antarctica fall foul of an alien organism that can mimic anything it comes into contact with, resulting in paranoia as the trust between the […]
Blu-ray Review – George A. Romero: Between Night and Dawn (1971 – 1973)
George A. Romero: Between Night and Dawn, 1971 – 1973. Directed by George A. Romero. Starring Lynn Lowry, Raymond Laine, Jan White, Judith Ridley, Will MacMillan, Richard Liberty, Anne Muffly, and Bill Hinzman. SYNOPSIS: A collection of three Romero films There’s Always Vanilla (1971), Season of the Witch (1972) and The Crazies (1973) created between […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 22 – Angel Heart (1987)
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 […]
