Month: October 2018

Halloween 2018 Soundtrack Review – By Baron Craze

October 11, 2018
Soundtrack

A weeks before the release of the new Halloween movie I received the soundtrack from EVP Recordings, however while I promoted the film and its music via playing selected songs on my various podcast shows Baron’s Crypt, Shredding Metal Beasts, Sinister Death and Hard Rock Madness, I avoided many of the principle tracks for good…

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DOA Review: Shark Lake (2015) – By Baron Craze

October 11, 2018
Film Reviews

    This review, originally posted in March of 2016 on the now defunct Rogue Cinema site, however at the time DOA Reviews didn’t exist then, but revisiting this review and the movie, clearly it’s one for the graveyard of DOA. CASE NUMBER #0023: Shark Lake was originally listed as an action thriller, then changed…

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Monster Party (2018) – By Baron Craze

October 11, 2018
Film Reviews

While the box art cover doesn’t appear very horror-like for Monster Party and makes early comparisons to Don’t Breathe, it shall in generating a seriously intense bloodbath to even ridiculous proportions, with many graphic scenes. Therefore, one could label it a sleeper independent movie, as it first lulls the viewer in one direction with a thriller…

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Mara (2018) – By Baron Craze

October 11, 2018
Film Reviews

There are two schools of thought when making a directorial debut, either go with gusto, or play it relatively safe, of course it deals with the budgets, crew and content, hence no clear cut rules layout before the aspiring filmmaker. Herein is Clive Tonge, making usage of the nightmares in sleep as the main subject…

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An Hour to Kill (2018) – By Baron Craze

October 10, 2018
Film Reviews

Lately, in the horror genre, comes the interesting trend of increasing distribution of anthology themed films, and often not every story gets a grand slam, but Aaron K. Carter served as producer, director and writer, aided by Ronnie Jimenez as co-writer to create a series of stories along with a wrap-around story involving two hitmen….

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The Rezort (2015) – By Baron Craze

October 10, 2018
Archived Reviews

As each month passes in the horror genre, more zombie flicks find themselves stumbling out of the shadows, only to vanish into the vast darkness of the internet and store shelves, however, occasionally, one does find something a tad different, maybe not completely original, but a variation none the less. Director Steve Barker known for…

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Butterfly Kisses (2018) – By Baron Craze

October 10, 2018
Film Reviews

First, this film contains no connection to director Rafael Kapelinski’s dramatic film of the same name released in 2017, rather as many others state, and I agree, is a documentary inside a documentary inside a documentary found footage horror film, which makes it hard to review without exposing many spoilers, therefore be forewarned it might…

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Pay the Ghost (2015) – By Baron Craze

October 10, 2018
Archived Reviews

Screenwriter Dan Kay adapts the story from Bram Stoker Award Winning author Tim Lebbon, which director Uli Edel creates a masterful job presenting a Halloween spooky tale and involving a parent’s worst fear, the abduction of their child. The fear alone extends and affects so many in real lives, that conjure more on the subject…

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Mandy (2018) – By Baron Craze

October 10, 2018
Film Reviews

Revenge themed movies, hold a special secure footing in the horror genre, however this movie balances the line of revenge and straight-up horror quite well, while continues the same path of arthouse horror, that director and writer Panos Cosmatos, did with his first movie while setting in the same year of 1983. A truly a…

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JeruZalem (2015) – By Baron Craze

October 10, 2018
Archived Reviews

JeruZalem is another found footage horror where the implementation of new technology enters into the fray and provides a slight improvement on the genre. Sadly, when horror fans hear the term “found footage” a depressive sigh escapes the mouth, slight tilt of the head however The Paz brothers (Doron and Yoav) use the backdrop of the…

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