Head Count is a good thriller that has a fairly crazy climax. Callahan is definitely one to watch and she has a few things headed our in the next few years.
Movie Review: Head Count
Movie Review – Godzilla: King Of The Monsters
Godzilla: King Of The Monsters...Director: Michael DoughertyWriters: Michael Dougherty, Zach ShieldsStars: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, Ziyi Zhang, Bradley Whitford, Charles DanceReviewGodzilla was originally created as a response to nuclear dangers and mankind's relationship to and co-existence with nature. Not much has changed, we're still shit scared of nuclear... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: Body At Brighton Rock
Body At Brighton Rock...Director: Roxanne BenjaminWriter: Roxanne BenjaminStars: Karina Fontes, Casey Adams, Emily Althaus ReviewWendy (Fontes) is a new national park guide/ranger. She isn't a very good one either, she cares nothing for the job, is wildly out of her depth and it shows. She trades trails with another guide and after going on her... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: I Trapped The Devil
I Trapped The Devil...Director: Josh LoboWriter: Josh LoboStars: AJ Bowen, Scott Poythress, Susan BurkeReviewVisiting family at Christmas is always fraught with worry but what if you had to deal with normal family issues plus a family member that has a terrible secret?When Matt (Bowen) and his wife Karen (Burke) turn up unexpectedly at Christmas at Matt's... Continue Reading →
What The Fest!? Review: One Cut Of The Dead
One Cut Of The Dead...Director: Shin'ichirô UedaWriter: Shin'ichirô Ueda (screenplay)Stars: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi ShuhamaReviewPlaying as part of What The Fest!? One Cut Of The Dead is a Zombie film that is not a Zombie film or it is? Call it what you want but one thing is for sure this film has a... Continue Reading →
What The Fest!? Review: Depraved
Depraved...Director: Larry FessendenWriter: Larry FessendenStars: David Call, Joshua Leonard, Alex Breaux, Chloë LevineReviewPremiering at What The Fest!? is Larry Fessenden's Depraved.Updating a classic, possibly THE classic horror story would probably not be recommended, there a number of things that can go wrong but Depraved - an update of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein - hits the right... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Relaxer
Relaxer...Director: Joel PotrykusWriter: Joel PotrykusStars: Joshua Burge, David Dastmalchian, Andre HylandReviewRelaxer is a nightmare for couch potatoes, a slow building slacker dread framed around the Y2K bug and the laziest motherfucker that just can't or won't help himself.Abbie (Burge) is a gamer nut that lives (or squats) with his brother Cam. Cam likes to punish... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Mega Time Squad
Mega Time Squad...Director: Tim van DammenWriter: Tim van DammenStars: Anton Tennet, Morgan Albrecht, Yoson An, Jaya Beach-Robertson, Jonny Brugh, Milo CawthorneReviewNew Zealand has a long and proud history of producing low key, good and funny genre mashups and Mega Time Squad joins that list.Johnny (Tennet) is a small bag man, driver and all round shit... Continue Reading →
Film Review: A Hole In The Ground
A Hole In The Ground... Director: Lee Cronin Writers: Lee Cronin, Stephen Shields Stars: Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, Simone Kirby Review There are a lot of creepy children films, some good, some bad and a whole bunch in the middle. A Hole In The Ground firmly falls into the good category. Sarah O'Neill and... Continue Reading →
Film Review: The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot
For a title that reads like the greatest exploitation film you've never seen The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot is surprisingly nuanced but don't worry the title isn't just window dressing and it's certainly not what you expect.
Film Review: (Short) That Night
That Night...Directors: Joseph R. Davis, Brian GersonWriters: Jennifer Nangle, Garrett LeeStars: Jennifer Nangle, Amanda Cano, Raymond Williams, Garrett LeeReviewThat Night is nihilistic, depressing and it's also very good.When Rachel (Nangle) and Josh (Lee) make their way to an engagement party, it is pretty clear that everything is not going well for this couple. Rachel doesn't... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Wretch
WRETCH...Director: Brian CunninghamWriters: Brian Cunningham, Janel Nash (story)Stars: Riker Hill, Spencer Korcz, Megan Massie ReviewWretch plays with the found footage genre by switching from found footage to traditional filming and by placing some events out of order and changing the point of view of who is behind the camera.Caleb and Abby are in a somewhat... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Mandy
@TigersMS78 reviews...Director: Panos CosmatosWriters: Panos Cosmatos, Aaron Stewart-AhnStars: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus RoacheReviewPanos Cosmatos has created something special with Mandy. It's not that the story of Mandy is new (it's a pretty linear revenge film) but the direction, cinematography, lighting, performance and every other component push the film up.Red (Cage) and Mandy (Riseborough) live... Continue Reading →
REVIEW: TRAUMA
I can't really recommend this film, but its power is undeniable. If you like your horror extreme then this is for you, if not then I would steer clear, you can't unsee this.
Film Review: BOO! @ The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
@TigersMS78 reviews...Director: Luke JadenWriters: Luke Jaden, Diane MichelleStars: Aurora Perrineau, Jaden Piner, Jill Marie JonesReviewPlaying at The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival BOO! is an examination of a family in decay...It's clear from the jump that not all is right in this family. There is tension between everyone of them and no one seems to know... Continue Reading →
Film Review: House Of Sweat And Tears @ The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
@TigersMS78 reviews...Director: Sonia EscolanoWriter: Sonia EscolanoStars: Eudald Font, Haydée Lysander, Paula MateuReviewPlaying as part of The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival the House Of Sweat And Tears lives up to its name with a gruelling look inside a cult. The mental disintegration, the physical abuse are all laid bare and it is excruciating viewing.We are thrown... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Canaries
@TigersMS78 reviews...Director: Peter StrayWriter: Peter StrayStars: Hannah Daniel, Robert Pugh, Kai OwenReviewCanaries starts off skipping through previous years 1980, 1996, 2012, 2014 all with one thing in common Alien abductions, only problem is the abductees are turning up dead years later and some are even turning up dead from the future. We get introduced to... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Housewife
@TigersMS78 reviews...Director: Can EvrenolWriters: Can Evrenol, Cem ÖzüduruStars: Clémentine Poidatz, David Sakurai, Alicia KapudagReviewFrom the outset Housewife unsettles you and continues to attempt to do so with each new scene. Sewn together with a slight through line, the film plays seemingly as a series of segments. Each one of them relates to the main story... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Trench 11
@TigersMS78 reviews...Director: Leo SchermanWriters: Matt Booi, Leo SchermanStars: Karine Vanasse, Rossif Sutherland, Shaun Benson, Adam Hurtig, Robert Stadlober ReviewTrench 11 plays on the horrors of war, claustrophobia and body horror and mixes it all together with great success - Trench 11 is a very good film.WWI is reaching its end and that can’t come soon... Continue Reading →
Film Review – Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
@TigersMS78 reviews...Director: Sonny Laguna, Tommy WiklundWriter: S. Craig Zahler Stars: Thomas Lennon, Michael Paré, Charlyne Yi, Udo Kier, Barbara Crampton, Nelson Franklin ReviewRighto, full disclosure - I have never, ever seen the original Puppet Master film or any of the subsequent sequels. So if I miss any connections in this film, then I am throw... Continue Reading →