SILVER SCREAMERS Review: A Documentary With Heart And A Pension
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DEAD MEDIA Review: The Format Might Be Dead but The Horror Lives On
Dead Media is available now on VOD at Amazon Prime from Antenna Releasing Dead Media is the story of three 20 something roommates Maggie (Sammi-Jack Martincak), Brenda (Jessica Fenton), and Daniel (Antonio Teodoro) who decide to stream Night of the Lurchers, a campy cult classic horror movie from the 90’s, but when Maggie invites her hipster Gen X uncle Heppy (Sam Landman) over to join them, he brings over his rare DVD copy of the movie and things take a unexpected turn. The disc contains a cursed hidden special feature that when activated breaks down the wall between the world of the movie and their reality, unleashing a nightmare they struggle to survive & escape from. Full disclosure: I am a Gen X physical media obsessed uncle who loves to share movies with my nieces and nephews, so take that into consideration that I may be biased in how much […]
GHOST IN THE CELL Review: Joko Anwar’s Latest Is A Death Sentence With Laughs
Coming this week to digital from Well Go USA!
The New SLAYGROUND Teaser Trailer promises Murder And Mayhem
The official trailer for writer/director Jeremy Saulnier’s (Blue Ruin, Green Room) latest film Slayground, a project from A24 that has been shrouded in mystery is now online. This is our first chance to learn more about the movie originally developed in secrecy under the title October that has teased audiences with a viral marketing campaign and clips for a fictional haunted house attraction. Slayground is Saulnier’s follow up to the outstanding action thriller Rebel Ridge, and stars Cory Michael Smith, Chase Sui Wonders, Sophie Wilde and Stanley Simons. The film slashes it’s way into theaters on January 29th 2027 from A24. Scare-actor “Metal Mike” Graves wakes up in a haunted attraction surrounded by the dead bodies of his co-workers with no memory of how they got there. As a state-wide manhunt closes in, he races to uncover the truth – even if the trail leads straight back to him
BACK TO THE PAST Review: Louis Koo’s Time Travel Revival Delivers More Than Nostalgia
Back to the Past is available on VOD October 13th from Well Go USA Entertainment The new Louis Koo film, Back to the Past, is aptly named not just because it’s about a man from the future who went back in time and is now living in ancient China, but because it turns out that it’s the follow up to A Step into the Past, a TV series that ended around 25 years ago. This was clearly a passion project for Koo who also serves as producer and seems to have spent years trying to will its return into existence. The story focuses on Hong Siu Lung (Koo) a former elite police officer who has been stuck living in the Qin dynasty for 20 years after traveling back in time to document historical events, only to be unable to return to the future. He now has a family (two wives […]
DEATHGASM 2: GOREMAGEDDON Review: The Band Is Back For A Bloody Encore
Deathgasm 2: Goremegaddon is now in theaters from Raven Banner Entertainment. Beware of spoilers in case you haven’t seen Deathgasm (2015). Deathgasm 2: Goremegaddon, the sequel to the 2015 New Zealand horror comedy, is set in the present day after the events of the first movie where the band unknowingly unleashed an ancient evil by playing cursed sheet music. We find lovable loser, metal head and lead guitarist Brodie (Milo Cawthorne) and his friend and drummer Giles (Daniel Cresswell) living in squalor and a state of arrested development. Brodie still struggles to deal with the loss of former front man Zakk (James Joshua Blake) whom he was forced to kill in the first film. His guilt has made it hard for him to hold down a job and put his welfare checks at risk of being canceled by the hilariously sadistic bible thumping welfare worker Jonno (Harrison keefe). To make […]
MAN OF WAR Review: A Gritty And Grim Action Thriller From The Director Of ‘The Channel’
The film is currently available on VOD and arrives on September 8th on Blu-ray from Well Go USA.
SEVEN SNIPERS Review: A Tense Genre Bender From Down Under
Seven Snipers is currently available on VOD and arriving August 11th on Blu-ray from Well Go USA Set in the Australian countryside Seven Snipers is an action thriller about Kris Hendricks (Radha Mitchell) codename Voodoo Child a former elite sniper living quietly off the grid raising her daughter until learning she is the target of the infamous “Dragon” (Tim Roth) a past rival she believed was long dead out for revenge. Out of concern for her and her daughter, Kris calls in a favor and enlists a team of mercenaries to help her make a stand against the lethal “ Dragon.” The siege film genre was popularized by westerns like Howard Hawks’s Rio Bravo where John Wayne and Dean Martin were forced to defend the jail from a ruthless gang out to free the imprisoned brother of the rancher they work for. However over the years it’s has proven flexible and […]
WARRIORS OF THE WASTELAND Review: Director Nemanja Ceramic Wears His Influences On His Sleeves And Travels An Often Familiar Path In The Post Apocalyptic Folk Tale
Warriors of the Wasteland is now available for rental or purchase on VOD. Originally released in Serbia as Son’s Will in 2024, Warriors of the Wasteland is an epic adventure set in a dystopian future after a nuclear war, centered on a fabled sword a lone stranger and his journey to fulfill his destiny told through a series of flashbacks as if it were a campfire legend handed down over generations. Fans of the Mad Max franchise or the various post apocalyptic tales it spawned like Fist of the North Star will recognize numerous borrowed elements both visually and thematically. In addition, there are noticeable spaghetti western and samurai film influences throughout with the lifted touches all handled with loving care and affectionally executed. That passion for genre cinema is also evident in the ambitious and impressive scope and scale of the production design and story with detailed lore as well […]