Category: Archived Reviews

The House (2011) – By Baron Craze

The audience takes an emotional, haunting rollercoaster, bouncing from fear to anger, happiness and joy of relief following a character driven storyline from director and writer Desiree Lim, with her creation The House that follows and explores a soul searching of Jean Kaneko (Natalie Skye). Jean just quit her coveted and yet shallow, soulless job…


Decay (2012) – By Baron Craze

Decay truly adapts and takes on the independent film market from a new angle with first time director and writer Luke Thompson, who is actually an Accelerator Physics PhD, but decided to put his own money into this ultra-low budgeted production using a slightly more intriguing plot, however battling the same creations – zombies. First,…


Legend of the Hillbilly Butcher (2012) – By Baron Craze

Whacked Movies and Sledgehammer Studios in combination with writer and director Joaquin Montalvan creator of Mobius [2009] and writer Eunice Font, designed a gritty sick horror complete with cannibalism and good down-home cooking followed by a few rules on both family values and punishments for trespassing. However, one must note the style first, using old…


Vampire Diary (2006) – By Baron Craze

The classic vampire tales seem misplaced in the horror genre, replaced by the subgenres of increasingly found-footage, paranormal stories, and a breeding ground of zombies, with highly intelligent serial killers stalking the edge of the landscape, however, directors Mark James and Phil O’Shea conjure a new version of the undead creatures everlasting eternity blood feeding…


Black Mountain Side (2014) – By Baron Craze

Have you heard of this one before, a group of men mainly archaeologists held in distant cabin in the woods in the north during a Canadian winter find something in the ground? Well, Black Mountain Side brings together another chapter in this version but with some twists to work on the basic concept all thanks…


Ghostkeepers (2012) – By Baron Craze

Paranormal films constantly whisper in the darkness, with chills to the horror genre, from films ranging from the big screen to the overflow in the DVD Market, always good for the scare from The Uninvited [1944] to The Haunting [1963] and then numerous Amityville and Paranormal Activity sequels, and yet rough films linger in the…


A Measure of Sin (2013) – By Baron Craze

A Measure of Sin is not a film everyone will want to see or going to enjoy and understand all the hidden meanings and secrets laying the darkness, as it slowly build, yet the symbolism fills every nook and cranny of the screen creating art-house religious horror reality film from director Jeff Wedding and author…


Arkham Sanitarium: Soul Eater (2014) – By Baron Craze

Filmmaker Julian Grant, a professor for over 20-years, returns to low and micro budgets, known for his zombie art house film The Defiled [2010] and before that Electra (1996) which starred Shannon Tweed, now delivers an H.P. Lovecraft inspired film, and new avenue in the tiresome genre of found footage. His film presents ghosts, possessions,…


The Terror Experiment (2010) by Baron Craze

Director George Mendeluk, most known for made-for-television projects, and most recent horror film, Forever 16 [2013] works with D. Todd Deeken’s screenplay bringing forth a high rise zombie film, at nearly 80-minutes (including the credit scroll), which is 10-minutes under the normal scale for horror features, entitled The Terror Experiment. The film contains numerous b-movie…


Vile (2011) – By Baron Craze

Director Taylor Sheridan enters into the horror genre, with his first venture entitled Vile, from one could perceive as the most depraved and demented mindsets of screenwriters Eric Jay Beck and Rob Kowsaluk (executive producer), assisting in adding another volume to the torture-porn sub-genre. Eric also served as producer and actor in a filthy piece…