Tag: Horror Films

Ghostquake (2012) – By Baron Craze

September 30, 2019
Archived Reviews

Danny Trejo, a name that has become more synonymous with the horror genre with each passing month, and stars in director Jeffery Scott Lando’s Ghostquake (originally known as Haunted High) which aired on the Syfy channel, with him performing duties as a janitor named Ortiz, who seems to a high degree of spiritual integrity. Screenwriters…

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The Final (2010) – By Baron Craze

September 30, 2019
Archived Reviews

This movie serves as a standout among both the After Dark Horrorfest series and the numerous revenge style movies especially involving bullies and their victims, in the high school setting, and with location reveal thoughts traveling back for many to school shootings. Hence the word generates immediate mixed reactions that occurred, the overall condemnation of…

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Haunt (2019) – By Baron Craze

September 16, 2019
Film Reviews

The screenwriters Scott Beck and Bryan Woods wrote the script for Haunt [2019] while also writing the screenplay for A Quiet Place [2018], which received overwhelming audience approval, and critical acclaims, however Haunt doesn’t exactly achieve that hype. The film, didn’t visit theaters on a nationwide release, but achieved production from Sierra/Affinity and distribution on…

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The Wax Mask (1997) – By Baron Craze

August 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

When one sees the names Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento joining to together to work possibly on new horror projects, many across the horror genre have great aspirations for the future project. However, death played the spoils, as intended director Fulci passed on, March 13, 1996 (at the age of 68) and it crippled the…

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The 16th Episode (2019) – By Baron Craze

June 30, 2019
Film Reviews

Jérôme Cohen-Olivar who wrote and directed this film that tries to mix together both the found footage and possession genres, but switches over to a narrative storytelling at the strangest times. It’s an ambitious project, but the limitations of budget wreaked havoc, and allowed for some plot holes, however that doesn’t mean discount the movie…

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The Shallows (2016) – By Baron Craze

June 30, 2019
Archived Reviews

Since one week out of the year for the past 30 or so, Discovery announces a shark week, though it’s definitely become more of a commercialism adventure, and even Syfy joined with the Sharknado movies, so here is The Shallows. Director Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax [2005]) brings to life, with screenwriter Anthony Jaswinski (Backwoods…

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The Norliss Tapes (1973) – By Baron Craze

June 30, 2019
Television Reviews

This movie was intended as a pilot for a TV series of the same name; however NBC didn’t place an option as they saw it as another version of The Night Stalker [1972] (TV Movie). Nevertheless, it’s the person who was behind the creation, that garnishes quite a bit of the attention, Dan Curtis, by…

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Bloodwork (2012) – By Baron Craze

June 30, 2019
Archived Reviews

Director Eric Wostenberg, no stranger to the horror genre, brings a refreshing script from David Nahmod, about medical doctors playing in the realm God, with good intentions and then bypassing the guidelines of FDA exchange for exceeding initial stages and bribing test subjects humans with more money and power. This vein of horror (pun intended)…

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It Came from the Desert (2017) – By Baron Craze

June 30, 2019
Film Reviews

Director Marko Mäkilaakso  (War of the Dead [2011]) makes a lovely tribute and homage to previous creature features of both the recent past and those of long ago, including  Starship Troopers (1997) and Eight Legged Freaks (2002) and of course Them! (1954), in addition it wears its badge of b-movie tie-ins proudly, never taking itself…

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Girl House (2014) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

Actor Trevor Matthews noted for his roles in Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2007) and The Shrine (2010), steps up to the director’s chair for the first time, co-directed with Jon Knautz and embarks with an independent horror feature from first time writer Nick Gordon, and delivers a fresh take on the slasher genre with cunning…

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