Dark House (2009) Studio: Phase 4 Films Release Date: September 28, 2010 Directed By: Darin Scott Cast: Meghan Ory, Jeffrey Combs, Matt Cohen, Diane Salinger and Bevin Prince. Review By: Annie Riordan Late in the 1995 film Seven, serial killer John Doe (Kevin Spacey) mildly asks cop David Mills (Brad Pitt): “How happy would it [...]

Fragile (2005) Studio: Phase 4 Films Release Date: September 28, 2010 Directed By: Jaume Balaguero Cast: Calista Flockhart, Richard Roxburgh, Elena Anaya, Gemma Jones & Yasmin Murphy. Review By: Annie Riordan Run down hospitals, abandoned insane asylums, empty prisons; they’re all tough to beat when it comes to the setting of a ghost story. Such [...]

Tony (2009) Studio: Revolver Ent. Release Date: April 6, 2010 Directed By: Gerard Johnson Cast: Peter Ferdinando, Lorenzo Camporese, Ian Kilgannon, Vicky Murdock & Francis Pope. Review By: Annie Riordan Serial killers lead such glamorous lives, don’t they? They’re dashing globetrotters with pockets full of money and impeccable taste in the arts. Television and film [...]

DVD Review: Frozen (2009) Distributor: Anchor Bay DVD Release Date: September 28, 2010 Directed by: Adam Green Cast: Shawn Ashmore, Kevin Zegers, Emma Bell Review by Marc Patterson How do I write a review of Frozen without sounding like a gushing idiot, salivating at the bit over Adam Green’s most accomplished film to date? To [...]

DVD Review: Suck (2010) Distributor: E1 Entertainment DVD Release Date: September 28, 2010 Directed by: Rob Stefaniuk Cast: Rob Stefaniuk, Jessica Pare, Dimitri Coats, and a whole lot of rock n’ rollers Review by Marc Patterson Oh Rock n’ Roll horror… where would we be without you? Suck is the latest in a long line [...]

She’s Crushed (2009) Studio: Maverick Ent. Group Release Date: February 16, 2010 Directed By: Patrick Johnson Cast: Natalie Dickinson, Henrik Norlen, Caitlin Wehrle & Robert Paschall Jr. Review By: Annie Riordan In autumn of 2004, the Bravo Channel aired a miniseries called The 100 Scariest Movie Moments, an in-depth look at the most frightening, upsetting [...]

by Richard Romero Alpha Incident-1978 (DVD) Rated: Unrated Directed by: Bill Rebane Starring: Ralph Meeker, Stafford Morgan This 70s drive-in favorite delivers the tension-filled tale of a deadly space virus that crash-lands on earth and is being secretly transported cross-country on a covert government train. When a leak occurs during a stop at a remote [...]

Meat Grinder (2009) Distributor: 4Digital Media Directed by: Tiwa Moeithaisong Starring: Mai Charoenpura, Anuway Niwartwong, Wiradit Srimalai Review by: Ben Bussey At a glance, no one would think there was anything untoward about Buss (Mai). She’s a quiet, somewhat stern but on the whole fairly reserved woman running a noodle stand in the marketplace. She [...]

Squeal (2008) Studio: E1 Ent. Release Date: August 27, 2010 Directed By: Tony Swansey Cast: Allison Batty, Kevin Oestenstad, Stephen Dean, Joe Burke & Esther Claire. Review By: Annie Riordan Once upon a time, there was a movie that really wanted to be The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, so it set out for B-movie land. Along [...]

DVD Review: Grimm Love (2010) Distributor: Fangoria Fright Fest / Phase 4 DVD Release Date: September 28, 2010 Directed By: Martin Weisz Cast: Keri Russell, Thomas Kretschmann, Thomas Huber Review By: Kayley Viteo First things first – if you ever want to lose several hours reading a fascinatingly gruesome story, search for Armin Meiwes, the [...]

Burning Bright (2010) Studio: Lionsgate Release Date: August 17, 2010 Directed By: Carlos Brooks Cast: Briana Evigan, Garrett Dillahunt & Preston Bailey. Review By: Annie Riordan A teenage girl and her little brother are trapped in a house with a man-eating tiger. What? Seriously? Did a kindergarten class come up with that premise? I mean, [...]

Neighbor (2010) Studio: Lionsgate DVD Release Date: July 27, 2010 Director: Robert Angelo Cast: America Olivo, Christian Campbell Review By: Marc Patterson I first caught wind of Neighbor via a trailer on the Open House DVD (review here) and was shocked that I had somehow missed a film that stars America Olivio (Bitch Slap) as [...]

Open House (2010) Studio: Lionsgate DVD Release Date: August 3, 2010 Director: Andrew Paquin Cast: Brian Geraghty, Tricia Helfer, Rachael Blanchard, Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin Review by: Marc Patterson Open House is a serial killer film that puts its stakes down more in the camp of thriller than horror, though for those who might quickly [...]

Don’t Look Up (2009) Studio: E1 Entertainment Release Date: July 27, 2010 Directed By: Fruit Chan Cast: Kevin Corrigan, Henry Thomas, Daniela Sea, Alyssa Sutherland & Eli Roth. Review By: Annie Riordan Boy loves girl. Girl dumps boy for terminal illness. Girl convinces boy to bugger off to Eastern Europe in order to shoot his [...]

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2009) Studio: Music Box Films Home Ent. Release Date: July 6, 2010 Directed By: Niels Arden Oplev Cast: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Haber & Peter Andersson Review By: Annie Riordan If Watchmen vigilante Rorschach had a ton of facial piercings, a shitload of tattoos, and a [...]

The Wolfman (2010) (DVD Review) Studio: Universal DVD Release Date: June 1, 2010 Directed By: Joe Johnston Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt, Anthony Hopkins, Hugo Weaving & Geraldine Chaplin Review By: Annie Riordan You know what I found to be the most disappointing thing about The Wolfman? No, not the fact that it was [...]

Vampire (AKA Demon Under Glass) (2002) Distributor: Stax Entertainment Directed by: Jon Cunningham Starring: Jason Carter, Garrett Maggart, Jack Donner, Kira Reed Review by: Ben Bussey The cops don’t know what’s going on when some unidentified but heavily armed gentlemen speed away with a suspected serial killer. Nor does an unassuming doctor have any idea [...]