Tag: Film Reviews

The Forest of the Lost Souls (2017) – By Baron Craze

August 31, 2018
Other Worldly Cinema

An excerpt of a suicide note is how The Forest of the Lost Souls starts, from first feature director and writer José Pedro Lopes (World of Death [2016]), with his Portuguese flick done in black and white. This arthouse horror drama gives deep penetrating drama, depressive however, this movie simmers slowly, with a limited cast, as it…

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Along Came the Devil (2018) – By Baron Craze

August 31, 2018
Film Reviews

Before I begin this review, allow a moment to understand the concepts of both Religious Horror and Occult stories, both exist and have rightfully places in the horror genre, often enough the occult tales find themselves under the religious and yet crossing over into paranormal films. However, when mixing (demonic) possession movies, many times the…

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Trench 11 (2017) – By Baron Craze

August 31, 2018
Film Reviews

Taking tips from Alien, John Carpenter’s The Thing, throwing in a dash of 28 Days Later and then the classic Steve McQueen’s The Great Escape (1963) and you find a weird horror film from Canada called Trench 11. All of this wrapped up in director and writer Leo Scherman responsible for many television episodes including twelve…

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Boarding School (2018) – By Baron Craze

August 31, 2018
Film Reviews

Unsure if you know of Boaz Yakin, well likely you do, if cinema appeals to you, some of the films he directed included the dramas Remember the Titans (2000) and Max (2015), however Boarding School marks his horror directorial debut, although he wrote the script as well. He’s experienced in that craft too, with work…

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Dead Envy (2018) – By Baron Craze

August 31, 2018
Other Worldly Cinema

Dead Envy is written, directed and starred Harley Di Nardo, the lead singer of Closer and White Light Motorcade, who created a dramatic music thriller, all shot on a budget of $50,000, so state it’s an indie production very true to its belief and concept. This indie thriller tries to keep two different storylines flowing while allowing them…

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Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2018) – By Baron Craze

August 30, 2018
Film Reviews

When this movie started making the rounds with critics, reviews in advance found themselves barred or privately listed, the interviews welcomed, and finding a positive remark equal to finding a pin in pile of sewing needles, and so soon after Romero’s demise. As horror fans know some movies absolutely do not need to be done…

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Don’t Fuck in the Woods (2016) – By Baron Craze

August 15, 2018
Film Reviews

Obviously, this movie is made for a very specific market, the horror film fans who love their stories full of raunch, cheese, and gore, while mixing it with love and perhaps bloodlust for the slasher sub-genre, all wrapped in a crass offensive title, Don’t Fuck in the Woods (DFITW).  After all, it plays on the…

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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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Heidi (2014) – By Baron Craze

July 30, 2018
Film Reviews

A low budgeted offering of a creepy doll named Heidi as one already knows it’s a vindictive and thoroughly possessed doll, but not in the sense of Chucky, rather more guarded and eager to inflict harm than just wanting to play. This is a found footage horror film produced by Neon Mirage, written and directed by…

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