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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

DVD Review: Cannibal Girls (1973) Studio: Shout! Factory Directed by: Ivan Reitman Starring: Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Ronald Ulrich Review by: John Carpenter Here is a fun game. With Halloween right around the corner, give your friends a choice. Ask them if they would rather watch a movie directed by Ivan Reitman which stars Eugene [...]

DVD Review: The Chaser (2008) Studio: IFC Independent Film Release Date: October 19, 2010 Directed by: Hong-jin Na Starring: Kim Yoon-seok and Ha Jeong-woo Review by: Robert Saucedo There’s a reason why the film The Chaser was a blockbuster hit in its native South Korea upon its release in 2008. Director Hong-jin Na’s tense thriller [...]

DVD Review: The Girl Who Played With Fire (2010) Directed by: Daniel Alfredson Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist Review by: Kayley Viteo Second in the millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Played With Fire is without question an interesting film simply because of what came before it – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Unfortunately, as [...]

DVD Review: Altitude (2010) Directed by: Kaare Andrews Starring: Jessica Lowndes, Julianna Guill, Ryan Donowho, Landon Liboiron, Jake Weary Review by: Kayley Viteo As far as supernatural horror thrillers set in an airplane go, Altitude doesn’t exactly crash and burn, although there is some serious turbulence. Still, there’s something about this film that is engaging [...]

DVD Review: Giallo (2009) Studio: Maya Home Entertainment Release Date: October 19, 2010 Directed by: Dario Argento Starring: Adrien Brody, Emmanuelle Seigner, Elsa Pataky Review by: John Carpenter Have you had your V8 today? For those who recall the commercial, people who don’t drink V8 are destined to walk through life off balance. The advertisement [...]

DVD Review: The Psycho Legacy (2010) Directed by: Robert V. Galluzzo Starring: Jason Allentoff, Jeff Fahey, Sharen Camille, Mike Cucinotta, Juliette Cummins, Paul Ehlers Review by: Richard Romero Documentarian Robert Galluzzo’s The Psycho Legacy, plays to Psycho fans what Never Sleep Again was to Freddy fiends earlier this year. Although this represents the “ultimate” Psycho [...]

DVD Review: Coffin Rock Directed by: Rupert Glasson Starring: Lisa Chappell, Robert Taylor, Sam Parsonson Review by: Kayley Viteo I love Australian genre films. There’s just something about the spartan landscape that is immediately creepy to me, not to mention the fact that everything else I have a substantial fear of lives there and could [...]

DVD Review: Lost Boys: The Thirst Directed by: Dario Piana Starring: Corey Feldman, Tanit Phoenix, Jamison Newlander, Casey B. Dolan Review by: Richard Romero There is a scene in the latest Lost Boys franchise film Lost Boys: The Thirst, that basically sums up the DVD as a whole. In the shot, famed vamp hunter Edgar [...]