02nd Oct2024

‘Beware the Boogeyman’ DVD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Elissa Dowling, Airisa Durand, Chynna Rae Shurts, Rollyn Stafford, Nicolette Pullen, Jason Reynolds, Khail Duggan, James Luster, Steve Larkin, Jax Kellington, Calvin Morie McCarthy, Marcella Laasch | Written and Directed by Calvin Morie McCarthy, Josh Dietrich, Kai Pacifico Eng, Tim Coyle I would have expected the new indie anthology film Beware the Boogeyman to […]

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26th Oct2023

‘8 Found Dead’ VOD Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Jenny Tran, Alisha Soper, William Gabriel Grier, Aly Trasher, Eddy Acosta, Tim Simek, Rosanne Limeres, Patrick Joseph Rieger, Laura Buckles | Written by Jonathan Buchanan | Directed by Travis Greene Opening his feature debut across a long stretch of road, director Travis Greene showcases the isolated location where the story will unfold. Arriving at […]

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20th Oct2023

‘Herd’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Ellen Adair, Mitzi Akaha, Jeremy Holm, Timothy V. Murphy, Corbin Bernsen | Written by Steven Pierce, James Allerdyce, Matt Mundy | Directed by Steven Pierce Director Steven Pierce, whose resume – until now – consisted of short films and Concert features, turns his hand to his first full-length scripted film with Herd – the […]

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21st Sep2023

‘What Remains’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Cress Williams, Kellan Lutz, Anne Heche, Juliana Destefano, Stelio Savante, Korey Scott Pollard, Major Dodge, Lindsay Walker, Brannon Cross, Marcus Gladney Jr., Maria Gajdosik | Written and Directed by Nathan Scroggins A small-town pastor is forced to reckon with an act of forgiveness when the convict he forgave for murdering his wife returns to […]

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17th May2023

‘Night of the Bastard’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: London May, Mya Hudson, Hannah Pierce, Henry Mortensen, Victoria Goodhart | Written by Christian Ackerman, Chuck Foster | Directed by Erik Boccio After an injured young woman, Kiera (May Hudson) takes refuge in his secluded home, gruff recluse Reed (London May) must fight off a bloodthirsty cult and an insatiable priestess (Hannah Pierce) to […]

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27th Mar2023

‘Ripper’s Revenge’ DVD Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: ‎ Chris Bell, Rachel Warren, Carl Wharton, Rafe Bird | Written and Directed by Steve Lawson One year after the notorious “Jack the Ripper” murders, the killings have stopped and his identity remains a mystery. Having made his career on those stories, newspaper reporter Sebastian Stubb (Chris Bell) is struggling financially as he is […]

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23rd Feb2023

‘The Headless Horseman’ DVD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Ethan Daniel Corbett, Amanda Jones, Nic Caruccio, Sean Whalen, Michael Paré, Kate Hodge, Jonathan Huynh-Mast, Adam Pepper | Written and Directed by Jose Prendes The Headless Horseman is one of the latest horror films from The Asylum to hit DVD here in the UK, and it;s what sounds like a mashup of Ghost Rider […]

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01st Dec2022

‘Graphic Desires’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: David Wayman, Sian Altman, May Kelly, Ocean M Harris, Jack Edwards, Valis Volkova, Caidney Simone, Eva Rya, Felicia Westring, Fahad Salman, Richard Sandling, Jenny Miller, Robin Kirwan | Written and Directed by Andy Edwards One of the earliest films featuring the name Scott Jeffrey, that we reviewed here on Nerdly, was Darker Shades of […]

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01st Dec2022

‘Power of Grayskull’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

There’s been a whole slew of television shows and documentary films about nostalgia lately, with many focusing on a number of toy lines from the 80s and other decades of the past. The Toys That Made Us is likely the most well-known of the lot, landing on Netflix, talking about toys from Star Wars to […]

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09th Nov2022

‘The Legend of Hawes’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Emily Whitcomb, Mike Markoff, Richard Tyson, Karin Brauns, Tony Jackson | Written by Rene Perez, Kent Hill | Directed by Rene Perez Writer/director Rene Perez (Playing With Dolls) is back with horror western The Legend of Hawes, which tells the story of survivors of a ravenous marauder attack, marauders who we’re told, in the […]

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20th Oct2022

‘Murder House’ DVD Review

by Guest

Stars: Chloe Brooks, Edward Finlay, Ed Morrone, Anita Leeman Torres, Dave Baez | Written by Ty Leisher, Ed Morrone | Directed by Ty Leisher A team of crime scene cleaners experiences ghastly hallucinations and must confront their most personal regrets and fears when they are trapped at a recent murder site by an ancient Nordic […]

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29th Sep2022

‘Terror on the Prairie’ DVD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Gina Carano, Donald Cerrone, Tyler Fischer, Gabriel Kane Day-Lewis, Heath Freeman, Nick Searcy, Rhys Becker, Matthias Hues | Written by Josiah Nelson | Directed by Michael Polish Terror on the Prairie opens with a gang of outlaws, Long Hair (Tyler Fischer; Jr Lab Ratz, Giving Up), The Kid (Gabriel Kane Day-Lewis; Adolphe), and Gold […]

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28th Sep2022

‘Painted in Blood’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Deiondre Teagle, Deborah Seidel, Brad Belemjian, Zach Lazar Hoffman, Allison Shrum, Alice Raver, David Ditmore, Dylan A. Young | Written and Directed by Aaron Mirtes [NOTE: With the film finally getting a UK release, here’s a reposting of my review of Painted in Blood from its US VOD debut] Director Aaron Mirtes has been […]

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13th Sep2022

‘Jurassic Valley’ DVD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Clint Gordon, Mark Haldor, Antonia Whillans, Chelsea Greenwood | Written and Directed by Scott Jeffrey Jurassic Valley is set in 2030. We’re told that nations have been pushed increasingly apart and the world is on the brink of disaster. And that government investment in the war effort has produced a breakthrough “of Jurassic proportions”. […]

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06th Jul2022

‘Thor: God of Thunder’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Daniel O’Reilly, Vadim Brunell, Eva Ceja, Myrom Kingery, Vaune Suitt, Neli Sabour, Tyler Christopher | Written by Steve Doucette | Directed by Noah Luke Thor: God of Thunder is the latest “mockbuster” from The Asylum and their second film about this hammer-wielding Norseman. There’s no connection however between this and their 2011 film Almighty Thor, […]

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06th Jun2022

‘Narco Sub’ DVD Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Tom Vera, Robert LaSardo, Tom Sizemore, Lee Majors, Johnny Ray Gibbs, Jim Jimenez, Jon Fiore, Jen Barbeito, Alexis Arnold, Sydney Ruddock, Nick W. Nicholson | Written by Shawn Welling, Derek H. Potts | Directed by Shawn Welling [NOTE: With the film now out on DVD, here’s a reposting of our review of revenge thriller […]

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11th May2022

‘Don’t Return’ DVD Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Richard Harmon, Echo Andersson, Sara Thompson, Marina Stephenson Kerr, Erik Athavale, Gwendolyn Collins, Zoe Fish, Kristen Sawatzky, Adam Brooks | Written by BJ Verot, Ken Janssens | Directed by BJ Verot Don’t Return focuses on a college student who, after the death of his father, returns to his family home (the opposite of the […]

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05th May2022

‘The Next Girl’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Lacey Cofran, Marcus Jean Pirae, Paula Marcenaro Solinger, Rachel Alig, Larry Wade Carrell, Melissa Arras, Sarah Lingle, Steve Joseph | Written by Zeph E. Daniel, Michael Muscal | Directed by Larry Wade Carrell Opening with a scene featuring a young woman strapped to a chair, legs in stirrups and screaming for her life as […]

15th Apr2022

‘Gates of Darkness’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Randy Shelly, Tobin Bell, John Savage, Adrienne Barbeau, Mary Mouser, Alexandra Davies, Lesley-Anne Down, Brandon Beemer, Carlene Moore | Written by Robert Hickman, Lesley-Anne Down, Chris Kanik | Directed by Don E. FauntLeRoy Cinematographer Don E. FauntLeRoy, who helmed one of Steven Seagal’s last great movies, Renegade Justice (aka Urban Justice), before hitting the […]

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08th Apr2022

‘The Haunting of Pendle Hill’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Lowri Watts-Joyce, Noel McAlley, Jeffrey Charles Richards, Mark Topping, Jimmy ‘The Bee’ Bennett, James Hamer-Morton, Nicolas Ball | Written and Directed by Richard John Taylor Having grown up in the shadow of Pendle Hill, there’s no way I could not check out a horror film set in the very area we learnt about in […]

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29th Mar2022

‘The Highwayman: The Legend of Dick Turpin’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Mollie Hindle, Morgan Rees-Davies, Tom Hendryck, Ciaron Davies, Stacey Gough, Melvyn Rawlinson, Steve Dolton | Written and Directed by Steve Lawson After a disastrous attempt to rob the carriage of the Earl of Pembroke, famed highwayman Dick Turpin finds himself on the run in the English countryside with the only thing of value he […]

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09th Mar2022

‘The Fourth Musketeer’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Jonathan Hansler, Nathan McGowran, Matt Ingram-Jones, Mollie Hindle, Sean Cronin, Ade Dimberline, Morgan Rees-Davies, Richard Ingle, Melvyn Rawlinson | Written and Directed by Steve Lawson Independent Midlands filmmaker Steve Lawson, who has been exploring rather familiar horror characters in the likes of Bram Stoker’s Van Helsing, Ripper Untold and Jekyll & Hyde, is back […]

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