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 [...]

Dear Mr. Gacy (2010) Directed by: Svetozar Ristovski Screenplay by: Kellie Madison, based on the memoir The Last Victim by Jason Moss Release Date/Distributor: December 14, 2010 / Anchor Bay Starring: William Forsythe, Jesse Moss Review by Marc Patterson Serial killer films don’t excite me in the least. Generally the filmmakers who take on these [...]

by Britt Hayes Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Walking Dead season 1 finale and the comic book. This week opens with a flashback, and one of a few moments that evokes memories of Lost. In this flashback we finally find out what happened when Rick was in a coma and Shane had to [...]

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 [...]

Instant Review: Exam (2010) Directed by: Stuart Hazeldine Starring: Luke Mably, Adar Beck, Nathalie Cox, John Lloyd Fillingham, Pollyanna McIntosh Review by: Kayley Viteo It should be said right from the start that Exam really isn’t a horror film – it falls more into the psychological thriller category… sans too many thrills. If you’re looking [...]

Criterion Blu-ray Review: The Night of the Hunter (1955) Blu-ray Release Date: November 16, 2010 Directed by: Charles Laughton Starring: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters Review by: Taro Hanrahan The Night of The Hunter is adapted from Davis Grubb’s book of the same name. Set to the backdrop of the Depression-era South, The Night of the [...]

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 [...]

by Britt Hayes Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Walking Dead series season 1, episode 3, as well as the comic book. Merle Dixon is still on a roof in Atlanta, and he’s starting to go a little crazy. He feverishly talks to himself as zombies press against the locked door to the roof, [...]

Blu-ray Review: Tremors (1990) Studio: Universal Directed by: Ron Underwood Starring: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, Reba McEntire and Victor Wong Review by: Robert Saucedo Tremors is a movie whose legacy has been somewhat tainted by direct-to-video sequels with ever-decreasing production quality. With three sequels and a short-lived television series giving the [...]

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 [...]

Book Review: Pariah (2010) Release Date: August 3, 2010 Publisher: Tor Books Written By: Bob Fingerman Review By: Kayley Viteo Here’s the thing about Pariah: it’s a novel about zombies, but it really isn’t about them. It’s not even about the apocalypse that the humans of an Upper East Side walk-up find themselves living in. [...]

by Britt Hayes Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Walking Dead season 1, episode 2 and the volume 1 of the graphic novel series. It’s hard to believe there are only four episodes left in this very short season. I want to note before jumping in that the opening credits blow my mind with [...]

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 [...]