Make-Out With Violence (2010) Studio: Factory 25 Release Date: October 25, 2010 Directed By: The Deagol Brothers Cast: Cody DeVos, Eric Lehning, Leah High, Shellie Marie Shartzer & Brett Miller . Review By: Annie Riordan Make-Out With Violence. It’s a strange title for a film which depicts very little making-outing and even less violence. It’s [...]

Necromentia (2009) Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: September 14, 2010 Directed By: Pearry Teo Cast: Chad Grimes, Layton Matthews, Santiago Craig, Zelieann Rivera & Zach Cumer. Review By: Annie Riordan You have to draw the line somewhere. At some point, you just have to say: “Okay, that’s it. No more movies featuring obese guys cavorting [...]

Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) Studio: VCI Entertainment Release Date: September 28, 2010 Directed By: Frank De Felitta Cast: Charles Durning, Tonya Crowe, Larry Drake, Jocelyn Brando & Ed Call. Review By: Prudence J. Figgypudding Few things are as mentally distressing, nor as psychologically scarring, as the sight of irriguous, morbidly obese male inhabitants [...]

Bitter Feast (2010) Distributed by: Dark Sky Films / Glass Eye Pix Release Date: January 4, 2010 Directed by: Joe Maggio Starring: James Le Gros, Joshua Leonard, Amy Seimetz, Mario Batali, Larry Fessenden Review by Marc Patterson You might say Bitter Feast is a film with “bite”. You could say it was a sumptuous film [...]

The Possession of David O’Reilly (2010) Studio: MPI Home Video Release Date: November 16, 2010 Directed By: Andrew Cull & Steve Isles. Cast: Giles Anderson, Nicholas Shaw, Zoe Richards & Francesca Fowler. Review By: Annie Riordan Well, it’s been a week and the annual poppyseed-strudel/cookie/cake and Toblerone orange binge (known as “Christmas” to some) has [...]

And Soon the Darkness (2010) Released by: Anchor Bay DVD – December 28, 2010 Directed by: Marcos Efron Starring: Amber Heard, Odette Yustman, Karl Urban Review by Marc Patterson And Soon the Darkness is your typical stranger in a strange land travel terror film based on a forgotten remake of the same name, who, until [...]

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 [...]

Blu-ray Review: Videodrome (1983) Distributor: Criterion Release Date: December 7, 2010 Directed by: David Cronenberg Starring: James Woods, Deborah Harry Review by Robert Saucedo One of the many things that separates horror movie fans from, say, romantic comedy junkies is the thrill of discovery. Horror movie aficionados are always on the prowl for something darker, [...]

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead (2009) Studio: Indican Release Date: September 21, 2010 Directed By: Jordan Galland Cast: Jake Hoffman, Devon Aoki, John Ventimiglia, Kris Lemche & Ralph Macchio. Review By: Annie Riordan Fear not, horror lovers. An appreciation for the works of William Shakespeare is not required in order to enjoy this film. I’m [...]

In Search Of Lovecraft (2009) Studio: Hohlographic Films Release Date: March 3, 2009 Directed By: David J. Hohl Cast: Renee Sweet, Tytus Bergstrom, Denise Amrikhas & Saqib Mausoof. Review By: Annie Riordan You’d think I’d know better by now. A three star rating on Netflix and the name “Lovecraft” in the title does not necessarily [...]

Ticked Off Trannies with Knives Distributed by: Breaking Glass Films DVD Release Date: November 9, 2010 Written and Directed by Israel Luna Cast: Krystal Summers, Kelexis Davenport, Willam Belli, Jenna Skyy, Erica Andrews, Tom Zembrod Review by Marc Patterson I have a question, and I’m going to do away with any euphemisms and get right [...]

The Daisy Chain (2008) Studio: Image Ent. Release Date: April 13, 2010 Directed By: Aisling Walsh Cast: Samantha Morton, Steven Mackintosh, Mhairi Anderson, David Bradley & Flora Montgomery. Review By: Annie Riordan Dear DVD Distribtution Companies: Please stop putting totally misleading artwork on your box covers. Kthxbye. There are two (that I know of) covers [...]

DVD Review: Four Boxes (2009) Studio: E1 Ent. Release Date: October 12, 2010 Directed by: Wyatt McDill Starring: Justin Kirk, Terryn Westbrook, Sam Rosen Review by: Annie Riordan Watching security cam footage: not exactly my idea of an exciting hobby. Frankly, I don’t know how FBI officials or paranormal investigators can do it for hours [...]

XII (Twelve) (2009) R2 DVD Release Date: 27 September 2010 Distributor (UK): Chelsea Films Directed by: Michael A Nickles Starring: Mercedes McNab, Steven Brand, Emily Hardy, Jeremy Fitzgerald Review by: Ben Bussey Five years have passed since Leonard Karlsson (Fitzgerald) was sent to the big house for child abuse. As we all know, kiddie fiddlers [...]

Not Like Others (AKA Vampyrer) (2008) Distributor (UK): Chelsea Films R2 DVD Release Date: 25th October 2010 Directed by: Peter Pontikis Starring: Jenny Lampa, Ruth Vega Fernandez Review by: Ben Bussey At a glance, twentysomething sisters Vera (Lampa) and Vanja (Fernandez) look like any other young women hanging out in a club on a relatively [...]

Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide (2010) Distributor: Nucleus Films DVD Release Date: October 11, 2010 Review by: Ben Bussey The Video Nasties era arguably changed the horror genre forever, at least as far as the UK is concerned. Begin with some lurid, provocative VHS sleeves and video trailers which threaten to shock the viewer to [...]

The Horde (2009) Distributor (UK): Momentum Directed by: Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher Starring: Claude Perron, Eriq Ebouaney, Doudou Masta, Jean-Pierre Martins Review by: Ben Bussey As a dark night approaches, a small team of police officers sneak into a condemned high rise block of flats in a dead end part of town. Given that the [...]