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The Sacrament (film review by Frank Ochieng).
The vastly underrated ‘The Sacrament’ dares to bring a chilly psychological spin on the disenfranchised in society that have willingly checked out of a nightmarish…
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December 2014
May 2014
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Proxy (film review by Frank Ochieng).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-chvqkdo5wU Writer-director Zach Parker’s slow burn and chilly-minded ‘Proxy’ is an intensifying horror vehicle that sneaks up on one’s nervous system with its observational dark…
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Godzilla (film review by Frank Ochieng).
Cinema’s legendary large lizard is back trampling over the escapist dreams and desires of those humans that dare to stand in the way…
March 2014
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Almost Human (2013) (film review by Frank Ochieng)
Writer-director-photographer Joe Begos certainly shows a passion for low budget horror flicks, particularly the variety from the 1980s where these vintage frightfests were…
February 2014
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Vaastu Shastra (2004) (a film review retrospective by Mark R. Leeper).
‘Vaastu Shastra’ is an (Asian) Indian ghost story made very much in the style of American horror films. It ignores Bollywood conventions like…
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Nurse 3-D (film review by Frank Ochieng).
Sometimes what is considered someone’s trashy findings is indeed another person’s treasure. Co-writer/director Douglas Aarniokoski may very well fit this sentiment with his…
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Vampire Academy (film review by Frank Ochieng).
The giddy vampire vixens showcased in director Mark Waters’s horror fantasy ‘Vampire Academy’ do not seem to have any considerable choppers while sinking their fangs…
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After The Dark (film review by Frank Ochieng).
The ambitious juggling act that is writer-director John Huddles’s ‘After The Dark’ is somewhat of a challenging one courtesy of its revolving themes. After all,…
January 2014
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Knights Of Badassdom (film review by Frank Ochieng).
The 2011 horror comedy ‘Knights Of Badassdom’s behind-the-scenes shenanigans may unintentionally rival the cheeky antics you see in front of the camera. The fact that…
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I, Frankenstein (film review by Frank Ochieng).
Sure, horror movies are supposed to be hideous by nature…you know…grotesque, macabre, twisted, unhinged and off-the-wall. However, co-writer/director Stuart Beattie’s disjointed disaster ‘I, Frankenstein’ gives…
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Devil’s Due (a film review by Frank Ochieng).
The derivative shock-schlock wagon continues to roll on with the dull and unimaginative frightfest ‘Devil’s Due’, a monotonous hybrid of ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ and…
August 2013
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You’re Next by Frank Ochieng (film review ).
One can make the argument that the home invasion thriller feels rather familiar in the wake of this particular genre’s omnipresence at the…