Short Film: Affirmations (2019) Review
Short Film: Affirmations (2019) The security guard goes to work, sits down, and turns on her guided meditation CD. She dozes off and dreams that she finds a strange woman giving birth to a pig…
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Death House (2017) Review
Directed by: Harrison Smith Written by: Gunnar Hansen and Harrison Smith Starring: Cody Longo, Cortney Palm, Adrienne Barbeau 1 hour, 35 minutes Death House (2017) Amazon Link This one starts out with Tony Todd and…
The Skin I Live In (2011) Review
Amazon Link Directed by: Pedro Almodovar Written by: Thierry Jonquet Starring: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet Two hours, subtitled Antonio Banderas plays doctor Ledgard, who specializes in face transplants. He brings some opium for…
The Black Cat (1934) Review
Pick it up here (Amazon Link) Directed by: Edgar G. Ulmer Written by: Edgar G. Ulmer and Peter Ruric (Suggested by Edgar Allen Poe) Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, and Julie Bishop 1…
Late Phases / The Night of the Wolf (2014) Review
Director: Adrián García Bogliano Writer: Eric Stolze Stars: Nick Damici, Ethan Embry, Lance Guest 1 Hour, 35 Minutes Late Phases / Night of the Wolf (2014) Ambrose is a grouchy old blind veteran. He and…
Short Film: The iMom (2018) Review
13:09 Minutes The iMom Ariel Martin’s “The iMom” explores the future of A.I. and asks who is to blame when technology turns on us. It starts out with a bunch of insecure mothers being interviewed,…
The Tunnel (2011) Review
Directed by: Carlo Ledesma Written by: Enzo Tedeschi, Julian Harvey Starring: Bel Deliá, Andy Rodoreda, Steve Davis 1 Hour, 30 Minutes The Tunnel (2011) There’s a whole hidden world beneath the streets of Sydney Australia….
The Invisible Man (1933) Review
Directed by: James Whale Written by: H. G. Wells Starring: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan 1 Hour, 11 minutes The Invisible Man (1933) The film starts with a man in bandages walking through a…
Contracted (2013) Review
Directed by: Eric England Written by: Eric England Starring: Najarra Townsend, Caroline Williams, Katie Stegerman 1 hour, 23 min Film starts off with a body on a table with a toe tag; we’re in another…
Contracted: Phase II (2015) Review
Directed by: Josh Forbes Written by: Craig Walendzia Starring: Matt Mercer, Marianna Palka, and Morgan Peter Brown Contracted: Phase 2 (2015) We start off with a flashback to the very end of the previous movie,…
The Bells (2018) Review
Written and Directed by: Virat Pal Starring: Danny Barclay and Nell Rutledge-Leverenz 7.5 minutes The Bells (2018) Jim is talking on the phone to Caitlin about his uncle’s funeral. Bells start ringing, like on a…
The Old Dark House (1932) Review
Directed: by James Whale Written: by J.B. Preistly Starring: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond 1 hour, 12 minutes The Old Dark House (1932) Three travelers are lost in a rainstorm in an…