Let’s face the fact, folks: Vampire films are not one in a million. There are so many of them, both original and unoriginal, that besides the classics that stand out, they are pretty much six of one, a half dozen of the other. The stories have similar plotlines and,...
John Carpenter is one of my favorite horror directors, so when I heard he was going to make a film for the series, I imminently became interested in what he had to offer. Cigarette Burns is his entry into the Masters of Horror series. A cigarette burn is a small dot...
SYNOPSIS: From the land that brought us RINGU (The Ring) comes UZUMAKI (Spiral). The inhabitants of a small Japanese seaside town come under the influence of a strange force that causes an obsession with spiral forms. One by one, the townspeople fall under its spell....
Douglas Cheek’s C.H.U.D. is admirable in that it houses style and tact but doesn’t attempt to do the monumental as the director contents himself with taking a standard, B-movie premise and polishing it to near perfection. The quality of the script is reflected in the...
At the turn of the millennium, an ever-so-slight quake occurred. Its referred to as Chuck and it is Alex Turner’s debut film. As can be expected, Chuck is by no means perfect but, all things considered in respect to the genre of short film, the work is an outstanding...
In 2009, I came across a film that had an excellent trailer. Normally I never judge a film by how great the trailer is, and as I’ve learned recently, by how bad one can be. Laid to Rest, had an amazing trailer and it turned out that the film was not half bad either,...
