Month: July 2018

The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) – By Baron Craze

July 31, 2018
Archived Reviews

The Universal Studios Frankenstein series, which started with the monster (pun-intended) hit Frankenstein (1931), came with a letdown with the fourth entry from director Erle C. Kenton 1942’s The Ghost of Frankenstein, marking the first time not to star, the legendary actor Boris Karloff in the primary role. Kenton, stuck to a standard, by-the-numbers shooting style…

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Malpraxis – Gutted in Gluttony Press Release

July 31, 2018
Music NewsMusic/ Metal Press Releases

Brutal Death Metal act Malpraxis announce debut album, Gutted in Gluttony Cluj-Napoca, Romania based Brutal Death Metal squad MALPRAXIS announce their highly anticipated debut album Gutted in Gluttony will be released by the end of the year in collaboration with Loud Rage Music. Gutted in Gluttony’s cover artwork is signed by Indonesian artist Kating Egepe and perfectly illustrates the total debauchery happening…

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e-Demon Press Release

July 31, 2018
Horror NewsPress Releases

DARK CUTS SLICES FIRST THEATRICAL RELEASE, E-DEMON Dark Cuts Pictures has acquired North American rights to Jeremy Wechter’s e-Demon, planning a fall theatrical and VOD release. The pic, produced by Wechter, Michael Gonzalez, PJ Starks, and Emily Pojman, tells of an escaped demon on a dark and twisted mission that manipulates a group of friends hanging…

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Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich New Release

July 31, 2018
Horror NewsNew Horror Releases

From the Producers of 1408 and the Writer & Producers of Bone Tomahawk RLJE Films Presents We are excited to be working with RLJE Films on the terrifying new vision of Charles Band’s horror classic, PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH. The film made its World Premiere earlier this year at the Overlook Film Festival and will be released in…

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Occupation (2018) – By Baron Craze

July 30, 2018
Film Reviews

When horror and sci-fi fans see cinema from Australia, it often fits into the Ozploitation genre with movies such as The Survivor (1981), but director and writer Luke Sparke (Red Billabong [2016]) presents this independent film Occupation from Saban Films. Sparke takes inspiration from many action, sci-fi movies and television series, such as blending together…

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House of Salem (2016) – By Baron Craze

July 30, 2018
Film Reviews

The occult horror subgenre, a strange attraction for the horror and thriller fans, it attracts so many viewers, that mysterious appeal, enhancing each film in a different manner. Director and writer James Crow (Nightmare on 34th Street [2017]), mixes a strange potion of British crime thriller and supernatural horror twists, yet keeps everything in a…

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DOA Review: 5-Headed Shark Attack (2017) – By Baron Craze

July 30, 2018
Film Reviews

Well this month, and the 30th Anniversary of Shark Week, felt it was only proper to venture down to the coast that borders one side of the DOA graveyard, to the other side there’s swamp, however not going to tell what else surrounds these wretched grounds. Hence I located another hideous creation, masking itself with…

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Escape From Cannibal Farm (2017) – By Baron Craze

July 30, 2018
Film Reviews

This film from director and writer Charlie Steeds is clearly influenced by the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, earning release on Video on Demand via High Octane Pictures, and thanks to Dark Temple Motion Pictures production isn’t overly reliant on gore, but delivers on some low-level thrills while attempting not to foreshadow too much.  Steeds shows…

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The Devil’s Well (2017) – By Baron Craze

July 30, 2018
Film Reviews

An interesting spin in the crowded found footage movies, this time embarking on the tale of visiting a supposedly haunted basement in an abandoned building, okay not an original location, they can’t all be Eastern State Penitentiary. However, writer and director Kurtis Spieler (Sheep Skin [2013]) delves into a paranormal and Satanism, and actually contains…

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The Sentinel (1977): Still Guarding Against Evil – By Baron Craze

July 30, 2018
Archived Reviews

In the seventies, a slew of occult movies flooded the market, most hatched from novels, those among the books The Exorcist, Rosemary’s Baby and others, but then there’s author Jeffrey Konvitz’s contribution of sinister religious overtones with his 1974 creation of The Sentinel. Three years later director Michael Winner delivered a strange horror film, which…

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