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Blu-ray Review – Friend Request (2016)

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Friend Request, 2016. Directed by Simon Verhoeven. Starring Alycia Debnam-Carey, William Moseley, Connor Paolo, Brit Morgan, Brooke Markham, Sean Marquette, and Liesl Ahlers. SYNOPSIS: Enjoying college life as a popular student, Laura shares everything with her more than 800 friends on Facebook. But one day, after accepting a friend request from a social outcast named Marina, […]

Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – Director’s Cut (2016)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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 […]

Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – My Father Die (2016)

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My Father Die, 2016 Written and directed by Sean Brosnan Starring Joe Anderson, Gary Stretch, Candace Smith, John Schneider, Kevin Gage SYNOPSIS: Deaf and mute since having his hearing knocked out at the age of 12, Asher has been training for almost two decades to avenge himself on Ivan, the man that killed his older brother, […]

Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – The Chamber (2016)

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The Chamber, 2016 Written and directed by Ben Parker Starring Johannes Kuhnke, Charlotte Salt, Elliot Levey, Christian Hillborg SYNOPSIS: A claustrophobic survival thriller set beneath the Yellow Sea off the coast of North Korea where the pilot of a small submersible craft and a three man Special Ops team on a secret recovery mission become trapped […]