This year the holidays are so crammed together, the holiday spirit seems to be escaping us. We had Thanksgivukkah and Christmas is biting at it’s heels a mere three weeks later. To remedy my lack of spirit I spent some quality time with Black Christmas recently. I’m speaking of the original 1974 film and not […]
I love Friday the 13th. It’sa chance to pretend it’s October for a day and indulge in horror. For most people, that means a marathon of all the Friday the 13th movies. But I say there is no need to limit horror to this one franchise just because it shares the same name as the […]
Short synopsis (from the film’s website): When a young couple move into a converted shop, they are filled with excitement and ideas as to how they will make the house their own. But it would appear the property is still clinging to its past, and unbeknown to them they are living inside its shadows. My […]
Indie thriller “Nobody Can Cool” is the first feature from DPYX. Who is DPYX you ask? This is the writing, producing and directing team comprised of Marcy Boyle and Rachel Holzman. Filmed over the span of fourteen days in Castaic, Ca on a small budget, “Nobody Can Cool” is a smart and tidy “woman in […]
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Directed by Spike Lee, Oldboy is a “re-imagineing” of a beloved Korean film by the same name. This is the story of Joe Doucett, played by Josh Brolin. Joe is a functioning alcoholic who wakes up to find himself locked in what appears to be a hotel room and he is never given a reason […]
Warning: this review is for the consumption of people who have seen the original “Oldboy”. It is full of spoilers, so, please do not read any further if this does not describe you. So here we are again, facing down a “re-imagineing ” of a beloved film. Spike Lee has some serious chutzpah to even […]
“Centuries ago, a peaceful hamlet was terrorized by a beast. Born not of man, but spewed forth from the firiest pits of Hades with an evil fueled by a hatred of men and a love of women. It’s name: Camilla The Vampire Queen” In the small village of Cragwich, all of the women live under […]
From Ryuhei Kitamura, the director of “Midnight Meat Train”, comes “No One Lives”. What initially seems like a movie about a group of thieves/killers kidnapping a wealthy couple on the road turns into something so much more. Luke Evans (The Raven, Blitz) is the unnamed lead character of the movie and he’s perfectly suited […]
Written by Phil O’Shea and directed by Mark James and Phil O’Shea, “Vampire Diary” brings us the story of Vicki and Holly. While Holly is making a documentary, following around a group who calls themselves “The Kindred”, she realizes she is being filmed as well. Vicki is a beautiful and mysterious woman who also carries […]