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…
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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…
The Endless (2018) Review
Directed by: Aaron Moorhead Written by: Justin Benson Starring: Aaron Moorehead, Justin Benson, Callie Hernandez The Endless (2018) Aaron receives a videotape in the mail. On the tape, a girl talks about looking forward to…
Short Film: Invaders (2014) Review
Under 5 minutes A couple of robbers sit in the car and debate their methodology, including creepy pilgrim masks. One stabs the other accidentally, but that only makes him mad. They go up to the…
Cabin in the Woods (2011) Review
Directed by: Drew Goddard Written by: Joss Whedon Starring: Kirsten Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchinson 1 hour and 35 minutes We begin in a well-lit shop with a couple of guys who are walking through…
The Mummy (1932) Review
Directed by: Karl Freund written by: Nina Wilcox Putnam Starring: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners 1 hour and 13 minutes We open on a museum in 1921. They’ve dug up a mummy, but he’s…
The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) Review
Directed by: Andre Overdal Written by: Ian Goldberg Starring: Brian Cox, Emile Hirsh, Ophelia Lovibond 1 hour, 26 minutes We start out at a murder scene; there are numerous bodies. While investigating, they find an…
Short Film: Turn Around (2016) Review
14 Minutes Nathan and Amber are in the car on their third date, driving to a camping trip. It’s a perfect, off-the-grid location. He’s very nervous, but she’s the confident type. She stops for a…
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) Review
Directed by: Rutgers Deodato Written by: Gianfranco Clerici Starring: Robert Karman, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen 1 hour, 36 minutes The credits roll over peaceful and beautiful jungle scenery, all shot from a helicopter; happy, light…
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) Review
Directed by: Robert Flory Written by: E. A. Poe, Robert Flory, Tom Reed Starring. Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames 61 minutes Takes place in 1845 in France, at a circus. Dancing girls, American Indians…