Mandy (2018) Directed by Panos Cosmatos. Starring Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough and Linus Roache. In a rural mountaintop community in 1983, a lumberjack and his girlfriend are terrorized by a crazed cult and drawn into a wave of violence and madness. By day, Red Miller (Nicolas Cage) clears out forest … Read More
Dead Night (aka Applecart) (2017) Directed by Brad Baruh. Starring Brea Grant, AJ Bowen and Barbara Crampton. A vacationing family finds an unconscious woman near their cabin and takes her in, setting off a chain of insanity, murder and monstrous creatures prowling deep in the woods. We open in June … Read More
The Meg (2018) Directed by Jon Turteltaub. Starring Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson. The staff of a futuristic oceanic research station off the coast of China reaches out to a troubled deep sea rescue expert after they come under attack by a 75-foot long prehistoric species of shark called a … Read More
It Came from the Desert (2017) Directed by Marko Makilaakso. Starring Mark Arnold, Vanessa Grasse and Harry Lister Smith. During an extreme sports festival in the New Mexican desert, a group of motorcyclists and others battle murderous alien ants grown to gigantic size by corporate genetic tampering. Like … Read More
Cargo (2017, Australia), starring Martin Freeman, written by Yolanda Ramke, directed by Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke. A Father goes to extraordinary lengths to save his toddler daughter during the Zombie Apocalypse. Currently on Netflix. Running time: 145 minutes. Cargo (2013, Australia), starring Andy Rodoreda, written by Yolanda Ramke, … Read More
Incident In A Ghostland (2018) Directed by Pascal Laugier. Starring Crystal Reed, Mylène Farmer and Anastasia Phillips. 14 years after murderous home invaders nearly destroyed her family and sanity, a successful horror author finds fresh terror waiting when she returns to the scene of the crime with her sister and … Read More
There are certain words in film titles that are indicators as to what you are about to see. Take Film Franchises. Words like “Star Wars”, “Spiderman” and “Marvel” tend to indicate a film worth seeing. Often words like “Batman” and “DC” tell us that there will soon be a portion … Read More
Hereditary (2018) Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro and Gabriel Byrne. In the wake of a gruesome tragedy, a family is torn apart by loss and seemingly under attack by mysterious and malevolent forces related to a recently deceased loved one. Very mild spoilers below. … Read More
Primal Rage (2017) Directed by Patrick Magee. Starring Casey Gagliardi, Andrew Joseph Montgomery and Jameson Pazak. A young couple’s drive through the mountains turns deadly when they encounter creepy locals and a legendary monster called Oh-Mah in the mist-shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest. We begin with Ashley picking … Read More
I’ve always been a fan of visiting the West Coast; not one who wanted to live there. With its wildfires, earthquakes, freeway traffic and vegan menus, it really doesn’t entice me to stay. But I love to visit. It’s mostly because of the television. More specifically, it’s the commercials. … Read More
