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You’re Past it, Frank
Slaughter High Review
When Skip and his crew target the school nerd, Marty, an overly demeaning April Fool’s Day prank ends up causing Marty to be horribly disfigured. Ten years later, the crew is invited back to their old school for a reunion, but things take a sinister turn when they discover Marty invited them all back for his own personal April Fool’s Day.
This film obviously was originally titled “April Fool’s Day,” but they had to change the name, when director Fred [...]
You Didn’t F*ck Her, Did You?
Contracted: Phase II Mini-Review
Contracted: Phase II picks up directly where the first one ends; Samantha (Najarra Townsend) has come full circle with the disease and is gunned down in the street. It doesn’t take long for all of her interactions from the previous film to start having dire consequences. Riley (Matt Mercer, Madison County, Auteur) is now feeling the effects of the disease and races against the clock to search for a vaccine.
Man, oh man, did Josh Forbes and Craig [...]
I’ll Play Along
Goodnight Mommy Review
I have to admit that I am a total sucker for foreign horror films. I like the fact that they don’t typically follow the American horror template. Films like Dead Alive, Cub, and Haute Tension are perfect examples. Sometimes things get lost in translation and leave us with muddled messes of cinema. Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz’s film, Goodnight Mommy, has had a tremendous amount of good press. Not to mention, an absolutely amazing trailer to hook [...]
She’s Taking Minutes?
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension Review
When Ryan and Emily find a house that’s too good to be true, it seems like they really got the deal of a life time… until Ryan and his brother, Mike, stumble upon some old VHS tapes and an impressive camera. Soon after viewing the tapes and fooling with the video equipment, Ryan and Emily’s daughter, Leila, begins talking to an imaginary friend named “Tobe.” Soon, it becomes obvious that Tobe is no friend and something very strange is going [...]
Pussy… on the Floor!
Morbid Mini-Review
Not every slasher film can become as memorable as the greats from the 80’s. The promises of amazing cover art and a clever tag line are used frequently to dupe an unsuspecting person to fall victim to another bad movie. Such is the case with Chuck Conry’s film, Morbid.
Synopsis:
A small town becomes the playground to a masked killer stalking and killing the locals for no apparent reason. With the town’s sheriff and locals still more worried about [...]
It’s the Millennium
Scream Review
With the 20th anniversary of Wes Craven’s Scream fast approaching, along with his recent passing, I felt it necessary to write a review on the film that put him back on the map. Most people know that this film was almost not even a “Wes Craven” feature; He actually passed on directing it a few times before finally agreeing, once he learned Drew Barrymore was attached to the project.
I could write a gigantic review explaining all of the hardships [...]
