Last night at the theater before walking into see WONDER WOMAN, I’m ordering drinks at the bar for me and my sister. A wee little man with something to prove (maybe that he was short and needed validation, I dunno) walks up. He asks about the Coco Banana. My sister holds up her drink and says it’s not too sweet. He tells the bartender (who’s ( Read more... )

The Gallows (2015)

Starring: Cassidy Gifford, Pfeifer Brown, Ryan Shoos, Reese Mishler, Travis Cluff, Price T. Morgan

Writer/Director: Travis Cluff, Chris Lofing

Produced companies: Blumhouse Productions, Management 360, New Line Cinema

Distributor: Warner Bros. (2015) (USA) (theatrical)

Rated R for disturbing violence and terror

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Almost a year ago, I was approached by Gerald Rice and asked if I’d like to be in an anthology. I hesitated. At the time he didn’t have a lot of details but he managed to convince me that it would work out and everyone would leave happy. He told me who is was for and I did a little digging. Then I had to submit a writing sample (!) and then ( Read more... )

Housebound

2014

Starring: Morgana O’Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru, Ross Harper, Ryan Lampp

Writer/Director: Gerard Johnstone

Produced by: Semi-Professional

Distributor: XLrator Media (2014) (USA) (Theatrical)

(info courtesy of imdb)

I am not a huge fan of horror-comedy (or comedy horror, depending on ratio). I like my horror scary, with ( Read more... )

Oculus

2014

Starring: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff, Rory Cochrane

Writer/Director: Mike Flanagan

Produced by Intrepid Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, WWE Studios

Distributor: Relativity Media (2014) (USA) (theatrical)

(info courtesy of imdb)

If you don’t want to be even a tiny bit spoiled, I saw it, I liked it and you’ll ( Read more... )

The future has promised us a lot - fly­ing cars, per­sonal jet­packs, ten days aboard the Fhloston Par­adise. So far, despite advances in mod­ern med­i­cine and instant com­mu­ni­ca­tion, the future has been an incred­i­ble disappointment.


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I was really set for this mini-series (this bit is impor­tant, but I’ll be back) looked promis­ing, based on a book I really enjoyed. It’s a typ­i­cal King Tale - small town, unusual cir­cum­stances, unimag­in­able ter­ror, more ter­ror from peo­ple who called them­selves “neigh­bors”, FINALE!

I wasn’t crazy about how the book ended and the rea­son ( Read more... )

2009

PG-13, 84 min­utes

A group of thrill-seeking teens deter­mined to find out whether para­nor­mal activ­ity exists on remote Munger Road uncover secrets of a deadly vari­ety. Mean­while, local cops race to con­tain the hor­ror the teens have unleashed. (Netflix)

Star­ring: Bruce David­son, Ran­dall Batinkoff, Trevor Mor­gan, Brooke Peo­ples
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2009

R,  84 minutes
Troubled high school senior Brent’s (Xavier Samuel) plans to spend prom night with his caring girlfriend, Holly (Victoria Thaine), go awry when secret admirer Lola (Robin McLeavy) and her father kidnap him for their own macabre evening in this spine-chiller. Now Brent is in for the battle of his life as he tries to escape while ( Read more... )

The Grave­yard

2006

NR, 93 minutes

“A group of friends expe­ri­ences a night of hor­ror in this shock­ing tale of ter­ror. Mourn­ing the loss of a mutual buddy, they visit his grave on the anniver­sary of his death. But the evening takes an unex­pected turn when buried secrets are revealed - and the trip to the grave­yard turns into a night of ( Read more... )