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8/10 Linkeroever

"Linkeroever plays as a dramatic horror film. Events that in any other genre would add up to perfectly banal relationship tensions and melodrama, instead lead to surprising and sometimes supernatural conclusions."

Posted 05/27/09 by Chrissie
7/10 Re-cycle

"With their skin-crawlingly scary 2002 masterpiece 'The Eye,' Hong Kong-born filmmakers the Pang brothers (aka Danny and Oxide Pang) helped define the Asian horror genre, giving birth to an endless stream of sequels and rip-offs..."

Posted 05/27/09 by Todd
5/10 Growing Out

"Some people might mistake 'Growing Out's' kitchen sink kookiness for genuine originality but the hard truth is that just being different doesn't make a movie good."

Posted 05/25/09 by John Shelton
2/10 House

"Holy f@#$ing sh*t, it took me 45 minutes to figure out that I was watching a Christian horror film."

Posted 05/22/09 by Tor
6/10 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

"While it does nothing to shake things up, 'Underworld: Rise of the Lycans' is a decent entry to the franchise."

Posted 05/21/09 by Casey
3/10 S. Darko

"Despite the filmmakers' many interviews where they profess to be 'huge fans' of Kelly's original film, they show a clear lack of understanding as to what made 'Donnie Darko' so compelling in the first place."

Posted 05/20/09 by Eric
4/10 Otis

"An intriguing premise and gimmicky characters will only get you so far, especially when we’re dealing with a dark comedic spin on familiar material."

Posted 05/19/09 by Todd
7/10 Stuck

"... Most people wouldn’t consider it a glamorous lifestyle, but for a girl who is a love triangle and a midget away from being a guest on the Jerry Springer Show, things could be much worse."

Posted 05/18/09 by John Shelton
6/10 American Zombie

"Zombies walk among us, shop among us, scrapbook among us, and in some cases have cat allergies among us...."

Posted 05/15/09 by Tor
6/10 Tooth & Nail

"Man, a post-apocalyptic flick starring Vinnie Jones, Louis Skulnick (Robert Carridine), and Michael Madsen? Sign me up, this shit’s gotta be off the hook! At least that’s what I was hoping for as I approached the DVD player."

Posted 05/14/09 by Casey
4/10 Otto: or, Up with Dead People

"Meandering around through the countryside, dressed in an emo-fabulous hoodie and jeans, eating roadkill and stumbling around, Otto has a lot of time to be existential."

Posted 05/13/09 by Chrissie
8/10 The Great Yokai War

"Beneath its warm and fuzzy family-friendly exterior beats the heart of a hard-hearted horror/fantasy picture helmed by a director who continues to amaze us with his ability to grow and evolve."

Posted 05/12/09 by Todd
6/10 Amityville II: The Possession

"Bad acting, bad writing, bad directing, bad effects – what else could you possible put in this movie to push it over the edge into pure absurdity? There’s always incest. Yeah, they went there."

Posted 05/11/09 by John Shelton
5/10 Dead Meat

"After watching no-budget horror films for review purposes over the last month I have come to a few inescapable conclusions...."

Posted 05/08/09 by Tor
6/10 The Seduction of Dr. Fugazzi

"To be honest, you're left wondering what she's going to wear next, which helps to increase the feeling that this movie is nothing more than a glorified headshot for Kingsley"

Posted 05/07/09 by Casey
6/10 Shiver

"Shiver could be a sharp little monster film if it would commit to one idea, but ultimately it flounders, remaining uncommitted to anything."

Posted 05/06/09 by Chrissie
10/10 Sauna

"Anti-Jussi Annila's savagely beautiful "Sauna" is easily one of the best horror films I've seen thus far this year, driving a nasty, surrealistic stake into the cinematic hearts of both Dead Snow and Martyrs."

Posted 05/05/09 by Todd
7/10 Encounters of the Spooky Kind

"The Chinese Hopping Vampire has to be one of the weirdest monsters ever to terrorize the screen that didn’t spring from Lloyd Kaufman’s imagination."

Posted 05/04/09 by John Shelton
4/10 The Bloody Ape

"If you have no frame of reference for what 'The Bloody Ape' is paying homage to then it is to be avoided like dysentery."

Posted 05/01/09 by Tor
4/10 The Broken

"A movie filled with potential yet leaving you hungry for more, 'The Broken' is a classic case of falling short of the mark."

Posted 04/30/09 by Casey
8/10 Sheitan

"While it fails miserably at giving any straight answers, you'll still enjoy the jaunt through Chapiron's bizarre piece of French countryside."

Posted 04/29/09 by Chrissie
8/10 Oneechanbara: The Movie

"Yohei Fukuda’s 2008 bikini cowgirl epic “Oneechanbara”... straddles that splintery wooden fence between mindlessly entertaining camp and brain-clogging video game-inspired vomitus."

Posted 04/28/09 by Todd
9/10 Death Line (Raw Meat)

"Sometimes it feels like the days of discovering a new cult film are gone. With the internet and the DVD revolution a movie can go from obscurity to widespread discussion to fanboy backlash before it’s even had a proper release..."

Posted 04/27/09 by John Shelton
5/10 Thicker Than Water: The Vampire Diaries Part 1

"I have a lot of appreciation for the effort; this makes it all the more frustrating that I cannot put aside the film’s problems and appreciate it for what is working."

Posted 04/24/09 by Tor
5/10 Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations

"...it quickly begins to feel like watching badly edited home videos belonging to a coworker."

Posted 04/24/09 by Casey
7/10 Eden Lake

"The uneasy feeling of wanting to see a group of noxious, tech-savvy teenagers who always seem to be one step ahead of their prey, get beat to death with tree limbs or some other nearby object, should make any audience member feel unsettled."

Posted 04/23/09 by Chrissie
4/10 Slaughter

"It's unfortunate because of what could have been, but "Slaughter" falls straight to the bottom of barrel when it comes to the After Dark Film Fest titles this year."

Posted 04/23/09 by Casey
6/10 Laid To Rest

"New from Anchor Bay, [Rob Hall's] second directorial effort "Laid To Rest" gives you the chance to see what [he's] is capable of bringing when his work is done behind the camera."

Posted 04/22/09 by Eric
6/10 Gong tau: An Oriental Black Magic

"...a cavalcade of grotesque imagery and illogical nonsense. And by illogical, I mean vampiric disembodied heads complete with spinal cords and internal organs casting spells and sucking blood."

Posted 04/21/09 by Todd
7/10 Fermat's Room

"It might seem contradictory to recommend a movie about mathematicians solving problems as something to enjoy with your brain switched off, but that's exactly what 'Fermat's Room' is."

Posted 04/20/09 by John Shelton

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