Thursday, June 23, 2022
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Thursday, May 19, 2022
The Barge People (2018)
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
The Ghost Beyond (2018)
Monday, May 16, 2022
White Zombie (1932)
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Clowntown (2016)
Clowntown (2016)
Saturday, May 14, 2022
The Hearse (1980)
The Hearse (1980)
A recently divorced school teacher moves into the home of her deceased aunt for the summer and soon finds herself being plagued by mysterious events and a phantom hearse. The Hearse was directed by George Bowers and starred Trish Van Devere, Joseph Cotton, and David Gautreaux. The Hearse was released the same year as The Changeling, featuring Ms. Van Devere. While both films deal with the supernatural, The Hearse has a different plot and style from The Changeling and lacks the brutal scares of that movie. While the film does have a made-for-TV feel, the cast and setting make for a creepy story and pair well with The Changeling.
Friday, May 13, 2022
Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)
Cockneys vs. Zombies (2012)
Dir- Matthias Hoene
If Guy Ritchie had done a zombie movie, this is pretty much what one would expect from director Matthias Hoene. A group of young friends plans a bank robbery to help their grandfather but discover the city has been overrun by zombies released by work crews tearing down their grandfather's rest home. Cockneys vs. Zombies follows the style of zombie comedies Shaun of the Dead and Army of Darkness. The film features a great cast of young actors, with Alan Ford and Honor Blackman in support roles. While not as polished as Shaun of the Dead, Cockneys vs. Zombies makes a great companion film to this horror classic and should be fun for Guy Ritchie-style dialogue and action fans.
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Abraham Lincoln vs Zombies (2012)
Bloody Mary (2006)
Bloody Mary (2006)
Dir- Richard Valentine
Nurses from a psychiatric hospital haze a new employee by having her summon Bloody Mary in the abandoned tunnels under the facility, but an unexpected event occurs. Her sudden disappearance and the mysterious deaths of some of the patients call into question the possibility that a dangerous and evil entity may haunt the asylum. Bloody Mary is a supernatural horror movie directed by Richard Valentine and starring Kim Tyler, Matt Borlenhi, and Cory Monteith. Bloody Mary is a decent indie horror film that does feature some unique kills and a spooky urban legend tale. While Bloody Mary does have some flaws, it is worth checking out for the creepy kills and the cameo by the late Glee actor Cory Monteith.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Mr. Halloween (2007)
Mr. Halloween (2007)
Dir- Andrew Wolf
A small town haunter named Mr. Halloween fascinates the local children with his haunted house. An urban legend is told that his attraction uses genuine body parts, and when children begin to disappear, Mr. Loomis, aka Mr. Hallowen, is the main suspect. Mr. Halloween is a low-budget made for video horror movie directed by Andrew Wolf and featuring Bill Loomis in a fictionalized version of Mr. Halloween. The film has many flaws, including being overly long and poorly paced. Too little happens to make the movie worth recommending, as most viewers will likely turn the movie off or fall asleep. The film has a great-looking poster and unfortunately, this is probably the best that can be said of this bargain bin film.
Sunday, May 8, 2022
The Ridge (2005)
The Ridge (2005)
Dir- Brett Haley
College friends take a trip to a remote vacation home in the woods and become victims of a killer who may be based on a local urban legend. The Ridge is a low-budget home invasion horror movie directed and written by Brett Haley, who appears as Blake. The movie is a routine slasher inspired by the legend of The Ridge Runner. While the story has potential, the film spends too much time with characters talking and nothing happening until an hour into the film. In addition, many of the kills are made with poor lighting, and the killer's motives are not explained. The few interesting characters are killed too early, and we are left not caring about those toward the end. The Ridge isn't terrible, but the low-budget hampers what could have been a better movie.
Saturday, May 7, 2022
The Raven (2012)
Thursday, May 5, 2022
Nightmare Sisters (1988)
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Killjoy (2000)
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Puppet Master II (1990)
Puppet Master II (1990)
Dir- Dave Allen
A group of paranormal investigators gathers in an old house to investigate the death of a woman killed in the previous movie and soon find themselves attacked by the army of puppets created by Andre Toulon. This sequel to the 1989 Full Moon cult classic returns the killer dolls that made the first film a fan favorite and staple of video store horror shelves. Following the same formula, Puppet Master II delivers more kills and some fun stop motion puppet fun with the iconic collection that made Charles Band a favorite among horror movie watchers.
Monday, May 2, 2022
Island of the Fishmen (1979)
Thursday, April 28, 2022
A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio (2019)
A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio (2019)
On a dark and stormy night, Rod, a radio DJ, spins tales of terror for his audience, but on this night, he gets a disturbing call that scares him intensely. A Night of Horror is an anthology featuring eight tales of terror, including a mother and daughter who takes photos of the dead, a woman being chased by a hunter in the woods, a prisoner facing punishment for his crimes, and a hairstylist secret for his perfect wigs. While not all the tales are perfect, they offer a great series of scary stories that are primarily original and reasonably well made as a collection.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Pentagram (2019)
Pentagram (2019)
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Midnight Devils (2019)
Sunday, April 24, 2022
Getaway (2020)
Saturday, April 23, 2022
Snowbeast (1977)
Friday, April 22, 2022
House of Shadows (2020)
House of Shadows (2020)
Dir- Nicholas Winter
A woman inherits a house from her mother that she did not know she owned. Once she arrives, she encounters a series of ghostly events that suggest the deaths of her mother and sister may be related to a curse she fears will take her next. House of Shadows is a ghost story directed by Nicholas Winter and starring Elena Delia. While the cast and setting are acceptable, the story is slow and predictable with terrible ghost effects. Overall not much happens that hasn't been seen before in better movies.
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Freaks (2018)
Freaks (2018)
Dir- Zach Lipovsky
A little girl who is kept inside and sheltered from the outside world wishes to be like a normal kid but soon learns there truly is something dangerous outside her door. Yet after escaping her father's control, she learns some secrets from a mysterious older man selling ice cream. Freaks is a 2018 sci-fi thriller directed by Zach Lipovsky and starring Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park, and Lexy Kolker. While the film at first seems to show a disturbed and paranoid father, the viewers learn that his paranoia is genuine and that protecting his daughter is his priority. Freaks has a great cast and expand on ideas shown in the XMen franchise without ripping off the mutants in peril storyline. Lexy Kolker stands out in an important role that helps carry this compelling and tight thriller.
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Carny (2009)
Carny (2009)
Dir- Sheldon Wilson
A small-town sheriff and his deputies encounter trouble when a traveling carnivals star attraction escapes and begins to kill random people in the community. Carny is directed by Sheldon Wilson and stars Lou Diamond Phillips. As one of the films of the Maneater series, Carny is a made for tv creature feature that was broadcast on the SyFy Channel. In this film, the central monster is a Jersey Devil, and as terrifying as the creature is, it suffers from the apparent low-budget CGI treatment. Despite this, the film is better than most of the other Maneater films, and Phillips performs well as the town sheriff.
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Freaks of Nature (2015)
Monday, April 18, 2022
Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz
Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz (2013)
Dir- Kieran Parker
A squad of Russian soldiers ambushing German supply trucks is captured by a secret unit of Nazi troops who pit them against zombified soldiers in gladiator-style fights. In the third installment of the Outpost franchise, director Kieran Parker presents an origin story that shows the creation of the army of the dead featured in the trilogy. As with the previous movies, this Outpost entry is also a war movie with Nazi zombies fighting soldiers who wander upon their forest hideout. The action scenes are pretty intense, and the zombies are vicious as ever in this third entry that will not disappoint fans of Nazi zombie movies.