Starring: Zoe Daelman Chlanda. Robb Leigh Davis, Katherine O’Sullivan, Tom Reid
Directed By: Jeremiah Kipp
Contact is a suspenseful and chilling short film displaying a drug trip gone horribly wrong and its repercussions, offering us a very unique anti-drug film. The entire film is shot in black and white. Through the  cinematography we get a dark […]

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25. Zodiac

Zodiac really stands out as a serial killer film, because it takes a very different approach and in the end the true value lies in the man searching to find the true zodiac killer more than the actual killer himself. The film begins with a number of brutal murders by the murderer pinned The […]

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Starring: Debbie Rochon, Nathan  Dashwood,  Dan Ellis, Ronald Patrick Thompson, Wade Gibb
Directed By: Ryan Nicholson
Written By: Ryan Nicholson, Patrick Coble
Ryan Nicholson’s last feature, Gutterballs, was a gritty 80’s throwback revenge film. Many films have tried to use this as a selling point, but Gutterballs was the first that really felt authentic, almost feeling like it […]

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Starring: Aaron Bernard, Rebecca Hartley, Shayna Hickman, Mike Valley
Written By: Eddie Mahalick, Justin Sago
Directed By: Eddie Mahalick
Grade: C-
Hatchet Jack has a very stylistic opening. We are shown flashes of the infamous serial killer, Hatchet Jack, next to his murdered and very lifeless victims. These flashes come quick and rapidly, coupled with the sharp noise of […]

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Starring: Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Malcolm McDowell
Written & Directed By: Rob Zombie
Grade: B
What made the Halloween remake stand out was how it brought a new identity to Michael Myers. Rob Zombie brought his own interpretation on Myers past to the table and explored that. The first half of the movie […]

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Starring:  Henry Thomas, Kelli Garner
Directed By: Bruce Dickson
Written By: Anthony Burns
Grade: B
Red Velvet pushes the need for creativity in horror films. It does this through following the stories of a creative mind, a writer, Aaron (Thomas), who tries to impress another by the twisted story his mind thinks up on the spot. The stories we […]

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REC, which spawned the near shot by shot American remake, Quarantine, is by no surprise the superior of the two films. The gore is more bloody, the zombies maintain an empty and ghostlike aura, and most importantly it makes the most of its mockumentary epidemic capabilities. It’s not necessarily the most fun movie of its […]

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Starring: Morjana Aloui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin
Written & Directed By: Pascal Laugier
Grade: B+
Martyrs takes the theory that what comes after death will always be unknown to the living and challenges it through extreme violence and institutionalized torture. An ambitious attempt at justification is presented, but not in a way that is necessarily trying to convince […]

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Starring: Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith
Directed By: Patrick Lussier
Written By: Todd Farmer, Zane Smith
Grade: B
In my opinion the original My Bloody Valentine is vastly overrated. It had some good gore, but it quickly became repetitive and even annoying. I really didn’t have very high expectations for this one and the remake seemed to be […]

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Starring: Camilla Metelmann, Kim Sønderholm
Written & Directed By: Emil Ishii
Alternative Titles: Rovdrift (Denmark),
Grade: B+
 Bleed With Me is a Danish horror film that has been in the works for the past 3 years and is heading towards an international release. It shows us an environment where everyone seems to be an enemy. This theory is escalated […]

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