BreadCrumbs (2011) Studio: Green Apple Ent. Release Date: January 25, 2011 Directed By: Mike Nichols Cast: Marianne Hagan, Amy Crowdis, Dan Shaked & Douglas Nyback. Review By: Annie Riordan Whew. You know, I was starting to get a little worried there for a while, afraid that there would never be a horror movie made about [...]

The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (2009) Studio: Dark Sky Release Date: February 15, 2011 Directed By: Henry Saine Cast: Kyle Davis, Devin McGinn, Barak Hardley, Gregg Lawrence & Ethan Wilde. Review By: Annie Riordan It was bad news for Lovecraft fans this week as Universal studios announced that Guillermo Del Toro’s long awaited and [...]

Phenomena (1985) Distributor: Arrow Video DVD Release date: 7th March 2011 (UK) Directed by: Dario Argento Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi Review by: Stephanie Scaife I should probably start with saying that I’m not the biggest Argento fan in the world. I think he’s a little overrated and whilst he has made a couple [...]

DVD Review: Case 39 (2010) Studio: Paramount Vantage Directed by: Christian Alvert Starring: Renee Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Bradley Cooper, Ian McShane Review by: Kayley Viteo I did not have high hopes for Case 39, but I went into it with an open mind and the eagerness to be proved wrong. The thing is – my [...]

DVD Review: Piranha (2010) Studio: Dimension Films Directed by: Alexandre Aja Starring: Steven R. McQueen, Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Jerry O’Connell, Christopher Lloyd Review by: Kayley Viteo Here’s the thing about Piranha: I have not met one person who didn’t like it, which is in and of itself kind of fascinating. I was one of [...]

Don’t Look Back (2009) Studio: MPI Home Video Release Date: November 16, 2010 Directed By: Marina de Van. Cast: Sophie Marceau, Monica Bellucci, Andrea Di Stefano & Thierry Neuvic. Review By: Annie Riordan Can you imagine the pure horror of looking into the mirror one day and realizing that you are turning into Monica Bellucci? [...]

DVD Review: All About Evil (2010) DVD Release Date: December 1, 2010 Distributed by: Peaches Christ Productions Directed by: Joshua Grannell Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Dekker, Cassandra Peterson, Mink Stole and Noah Segan Review by Robert Saucedo For more than ten years, Joshua Grannell has performed as the drag queen Peaches Christ, bringing regular cult [...]

The Haunting (No-Do) (2009) Studio: Phase 4 Films Release Date: September 28, 2010 Directed By: Elio Quiroga Cast: Ana Torrent, Francisco Boira, Rocio Munoz, Hector Colome & Jorge Casalduero. Review By: Annie Riordan Never having had children, I know nothing of the phenomena of postpartum depression. However, the symptoms of PPD are virtually identical to [...]

Best Worst Movie (2009) Release Date: November 16, 2010 Distributed by: New Video Group Directed by Michael Stephenson Starring: George Hardy, Michael Stephenson, Darren Ewing Review by Robert Saucedo An elephant munches in a grassy field. As he chows down, somewhere between the grass and vegetation the elephant is stuffing down his palate, a simple [...]

DVD Review: The Lost Tribe (2009) Distributor: Image Entertainment Directed by: Roel Reine Starring: Emily Foxler, Brianna Brown, Hadley Fraser, Terry Notary and Lance Henriksen Review by: Robert Saucedo What separates homage from plagiarism? The Lost Tribe is a film determined to find out. The movie, a low-budget direct-to-DVD horror film, shamelessly borrows from its [...]

DVD Review: The Disappearance of Alice Creed Directed by: J Blakeson Starring: Gemma Arterton, Eddie Marsan, Martin Compston Review by: Kayley Viteo In The Disappearance of Alice Creed, two ex-convicts concoct a plan to kidnap a young woman from a rich family. It’s a tricky little movie – for the first fifteen minutes, you think [...]

Blu-ray Review: Children of the Corn (2009) Studio: Anchor Bay Directed by: Donald P. Borchers Starring: David Anders, Kandyse McClure, Preston Bailey and Daniel Newman Review by: Robert Saucedo Praise be to He Who Walks Behind The Rows. Only a vengeful god could have shepherded the production of a film as mind-numbingly awful as the [...]

DVD Review: The Taint (2010) Studio: Bolson Media Alliance Directed by: Drew Bolduc & Dan Nelson Starring: Drew Bolduc, Coleen Walsh Review by: Taro Hanrahan Prior to receiving my copy of The Taint, I had only seen the teaser trailer and knew very little about the actual film. I went in thinking someone had made [...]

DVD Review: Antichrist (2009) DVD Release Date: November 9, 2010 Distributor: Paradox Directed by: Lars Von Trier Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe Review by: Kayley Viteo The first time I saw Antichrist was at Fantastic Fest about a year and a half ago. It was truly a cinematic experience to remember, but an experience I [...]

Circle Of Eight (2009) Studio: Paramount Release Date: February 2, 2010 Directed by: Stephen Cragg Cast: Austin Highsmith, John Bishop, Ryan Doom, Jesse Johnson, DJ Qualls & Kirk Bovill. Review by: Annie Riordan Mountain Dew: there’s so many reasons I hate it. It tastes like that syrupy crap that the doctors make you chug before [...]

Butchered (2009) Studio: Eleven Bravo Productions, LLC Release Date: February 9, 2010 Directed By: Charles Stewart Jr. Cast: Tim Woodward Jr., Melissa Lukon & D.J. Naylor. Review By: Annie Riordan Oh goody. Another low budget slasher film. My favorite. There are no words in the English language to describe just how thrilled I am to [...]

Tell Tale (2009) Studio: Vivendi Ent. Release Date: May 25, 2010 Directed By: Michael Cuesta Cast: Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, Brian Cox & Beatrice Miller. Review By: Annie Riordan Taking its title from Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale of murder and guilt, Tell Tale has less in common with Eddie’s gothic novella than it does [...]