16th Jul2021

‘Till Death’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Megan Fox, Eoin Macken, Callan Mulvey, Jack Roth, Aml Ameen, Lili Rich | Written by Jason Carvey | Directed by S.K. Dale It doesn’t seem like that long ago that Megan Fox was starring in the Transformers franchise, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Jennifer’s Body. Now she’s starring in Machine Gun Kelly videos and […]

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16th Jul2021

‘Ripper Untold’ DVD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Phil Molloy, Jonathan Hansler, Chris Bell, Jacob Anderton, Sylvia Robson | Written and Directed by Steve Lawson Ripper Untold is writer/director Steve Lawson’s fourth consecutive film with a historical setting after Bram Stoker’s Van Helsing, Saltwater: The Battle for Ramree Island and The Haunting of Alcatraz. And like them, it was filmed on a […]

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14th Jul2021

‘The Toll’ Review (Shudder)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Jordan Hayes, Max Topplin, James McGowan, Rosemary Dunsmore, Daniel Harroch | Written and Directed by Michael Nader Michael Nader wrote the script for one of the more interesting and overlooked monster films of the last couple of years, Head Count. Now he’s back with The Toll, which he not only wrote but is the […]

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07th Jul2021

‘Occupation Rainfall’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Jason Isaacs, Temuera Morrison, Ken Jeong, Daniel Gillies, Dan Ewing, Jet Tranter, Mark Coles Smith, Trystan Go, Ken Jeong, Izzy Stevens, Dena Kaplan, David Roberts, Vince Colosimo, Katrina Risteska | Written by Luke Sparke, Dale Dye, Felix Williamson | Directed by Luke Sparke Released in 2018 the Australian alien invasion film Occupation caught a […]

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06th Jul2021

‘Son’ Review (Shudder)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Andi Matichak, Luke David Blumm, Cranston Johnson, Emile Hirsch, Blaine Maye, David Kallaway | Written and Directed by Ivan Kavanagh A hellfire and damnation preacher’s sermon blares from the car radio as Laura (Andi Matichak; Halloween, Assimilate) and her infant son David (Luke David Blumm; The Sinner) escape from the cult she was raised […]

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05th Jul2021

‘The Dark and the Wicked’ Blu-ray Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr., Julie Oliver-Touchstone, Lynn Andrews, Tom Nowicki, Michael Zagst, Xander Berkeley, Charles Jonathan Trott, Mindy Raymond | Written and Directed by Bryan Bertino Bryan Bertino gained widespread acclaim with his debut feature The Strangers. However, neither of his following films, Mockingbird and The Monster found the same reception. The Dark […]

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02nd Jul2021

‘Baphomet’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Colin Ward, Ivy Opdyke, Stephen Brodie, Rebecca Weaver, Matthan Harris, Dani Filth, Charlotte Bjornbak, Nick Principe | Written and Directed by Matthan Harris As Baphomet opens, a Satanic cult sacrifices a naked woman while their leader Henrik Brandr (Giovanni Lombardo Radice; Beyond Fury, Crucified) promises soon they won’t have to hide […]

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29th Jun2021

‘Woe’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Adam Halferty, Jessie Rabideau, Ryan Kattner, James Russo, DeVaughn LaBon, Jerilyn Armstrong, Russell Becker, Flora Rubenhold, Jason Tippet | Written and Directed by Matthew Goodhue Writer/director Matthew Goodhue’s debut film Woe certainly opens on an intriguing note. An unkempt looking man, Charlie Dennistoun (Adam Halferty) walks out of the back door of an unkempt […]

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29th Jun2021

‘Blackstock Boneyard’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Terry Milam, Jonathan Fuller, Ashley Whelan, Creek Wilson, Brittany Lucio, Richie Stephens, Laura Flannery, Bryan McClure, Sara Morgan, Adam Stephenson, Aspen Kennedy Wilson | Written by Stephen George | Directed by Andre Alfa The plot of Blackstock Boneyard has its roots in the 1913 conviction and eventual execution of Thomas and Meeks Griffin, two […]

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25th Jun2021

‘Werewolves Within’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Sam Richardson, Wayne Duvall, Milana Vayntrub, George Basil, Michaela Watkins, Glenn Fleshler, Cheyenne Jackson, Sarah Burns, Harvey Guillen | Written by Mishna Wolff | Directed by Josh Ruben Josh Ruben (Scare Me) opens his new film Werewolves Within with what may be a first, a quote from Mr. Rogers. Being as that was a […]

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23rd Jun2021

‘Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One’ Blu-ray Review

by Jim Morazzini

Features the voices of: Jensen Ackles, Billy Burke, Josh Duhamel, Troy Baker, Naya Rivera, David Dastmalchian | Written by Tim Sheridan | Directed by Chris Palmer While I’m not much of a comic fan, I did enjoy the faux Bruce Wayne/Bruce Lee team up Batman: Soul of the Dragon enough that when I saw Batman: […]

22nd Jun2021

‘Rebirth’ Review (aka Night of the Living Dead: Rebirth)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Roger Conners, RJ Messenger, Aswan Harris, Alvin Hudson, Hailey Moltz, Bradley Michael Arner, Taylor Nelms, Rachel Anderson | Written and Directed by Roger Conners Writer/director/star Roger Conners’ film Rebirth is the latest remake of George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. It was even shot under the title Night of the Living Dead: Rebirth. […]

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18th Jun2021

‘Road Head’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Clayton Farris, Damian Joseph Quinn, Elizabeth Grullon, Adam Nemet, Paul T. Taylor, Misty Bones, Clay Acker | Written by Justin Xavier | Directed by David Del Rio Director David Del Rio and writer Justin Xavier, the duo who gave us the twisted Christmas story Sick for Toys, are back with Road Head, a bizarre, […]

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17th Jun2021

‘FEAR (aka F.E.A.R. Forget Everything And Run)’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Marci Miller, Jason Tobias, Danny Ruiz, Cece Kelly, Susan Moore Harmon, Justin Dray, James Schuler, Denver Isaac, Ivana Rojas | Written and Directed by Geoff Reisner, Jason Tobias FEAR, the debut film from writer/directors Geoff Reisner and Jason Tobias is pitched as a post apocalyptic action film. When it was released in the UK […]

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14th Jun2021

‘In The Earth’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Joel Fry, Hayley Squires, Reece Shearsmith, Ellora Torchia, John Hollingworth, Mark Monero | Written and Directed by Ben Wheatley In the Earth, the new film from Ben Wheatley (Kill List), begins with images all to familiar images of people in masks and hazmat suits. Here, as in real life, the world is in the grip […]

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11th Jun2021

‘Unit Eleven’ DVD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Theo Cane Garvey, Ieuan Parry, Helen Andrzejowska, Carl Kendall, Aaron Slack, Bradley Morton, James Caroll, Paul Barlow | Written and Directed by Theo Cane Garvey Unit Eleven looks fifteen years into the future and sees a world in which, for reasons we’re not told, crime in the UK has risen out of control. To […]

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10th Jun2021

‘Scare Us’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Tom Sandoval, Michael C. Alvarez, Michelle Palermo, Richard Lippert, Ethan Drew, Brad Grubenhoff, Charlotte Lilt, Jason Wiechert, Jennifer Jones Nesbit | Written by Will Hirsch, Ryan Henry Johnston, Charlotte Lilt, Ryan Kjolberg, Jordan Pillar, Carl Jensen IV, Tom J. McCoy | Directed by Ryan Henry Johnston, Charlotte Lilt, Ryan Kjolberg, Jordan Pillar, Carl Jensen […]

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08th Jun2021

‘Caveat’ Review (Shudder)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Ben Caplan, Jonathan French, Conor Dwane, Leila Sykes | Written and Directed by Damian Mc Carthy In the first few minutes of writer/director, Damian Mc Carthy’s debut feature Caveat Barret (Ben Caplan; Call the Midwife, RocknRolla) offers Isaac (Jonathan French; Bravado) 200 GBP, about $290, a day to watch over his niece Olga (Leila […]

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03rd Jun2021

‘Amityville Poltergeist’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Parris Bates, Conor Austin, Sydney Winbush, Rebecca Morse, Jon Ashley Hall | Written by Calvin Morie McCarthy, Jon Ashley Hall | Directed by Calvin Morie McCarthy After Amityville Island, Amityville Asylum, Amityville Cornfield and Witches of Amityville Academy I was actually surprised to find out that nobody had made a film called Amityville Poltergeist […]

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01st Jun2021

‘Enhanced’ DVD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: George Tchortov, Alanna Bale, Adrian Holmes, Chris Mark, Eric Hicks, Michael Joseph Delaney, Patrick Sabongui, Elvis Stojko, Stefano DiMatteo, Jeffrey R. Smith, Dorren Lee | Written by James Mark, Matthew Nayman, Peter Van Horne | Directed by James Mark Humans with enhanced powers are being hunted down and captured by an Above Top Secret […]

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31st May2021

Grimmfest May Madness: ‘Lapsis’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Dean Imperial, Babe Howard, James McDaniel, Madeline Wise, Ivory Aquino, Dora Madison, Frank Wood, Arliss Howard | Written and Directed by Noah Hutton Welcome to the world of the gig economy gone quantum, literally. Lapsis, the first fictional feature from documentarian Noah Hutton (Crude Independence, Deep Time) posits a near future/alternative present where quantum […]

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27th May2021

‘The Devil Below’ DVD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Will Patton, Adan Canto, Jonathan Sadowski, Alicia Sanz, Chinaza Uche, Zach Avery, Jesse LaTourette, William Mark McCullough, Alpha Trivette, Tom Proctor, Nathan Phillips | Written by Stefan Jaworski, Eric Scherbarth | Directed by Bradley Parker The Devil Below is visual effects expert Bradley Parker’s second film as a director, his first was Chernobyl Diaries […]

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