My quick rating - 4.1/10. This one does a great deal to look like a 70s/'80s flick. Shot with a grainy look and a pan and scan aspect ratio gives that vibe completely. Everything so far just screams out quality filmmaking, the camera work, the sounds, and the scenery, but it is missing one key component: the story. The first words out of my mouth when the end credits just started were, "Pretentious nonsense." Nice experimental film, but quite pointless as a movie. I really wa

My quick rating - 2.7/10. I watched the FIRST one a year and a half ago and wasn't impressed, so I figured I'd better check out the sequel since I am a glutton for punishment. YAWN. This crew does have the mockumentary style nailed, making that portion of it nice and believable. However, found footage was DOA, and your idol Blair Witch Project , always sucked in the first place. So these attempts, still trying to use the "no money, no problem" approach, are pointless. I did

My quick rating - 5.2/10. The poster got me. This girl has to have a new level of stupidity in trying to get away with something. McKaley Miller plays the high school girl who invites herself to a heaven and hell party with an ulterior motive. But she seems to stumble across something that is far more sinister than her attempt to get a letter of recommendation from some rich kid. At the beginning, we are informed of a girl who has gone missing at school. This comes into play

My quick rating - 3.9/10. This is a 75-minute flick I know nothing about. Seems a woman ( Jocelyn Saenz ) wakes up with blood on her and realizes that her brother is dead. She has no recollection of what happened the night before and calls her buddy, Billy ( Mark Simich ), to come and get her. Apparently, blacking out from too much drinking isn't unheard of with this woman. In attempting to flee the scene, she realizes she doesn't have her medication for her bipolar disorde

My quick rating - 4.3/10. One of these two on this road trip cannot die quickly enough in this flick. Such an irritating character, which means he is playing his role well. Strangely better than I thought it would turn out, but still nothing worth the size or the time to watch. The flick is just a mish-mosh of far better flicks, and even with the outline from the others, they still find a way to let you down. The whole Duel meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a simple mix to f

My quick rating - 3.3/10. Right now, it says 5.6/10 from me, which is a wild difference from what IMDB says, and I don't remember seeing this at all. I suspect I might have mixed up movies, so we'll see. It does have a gritty look to it, which helps the atmosphere of being isolated. The sound quality is very suspect, though. There is no way that was the flick I gave a 5.6/10. It is also better than the 2.8 it currently has on IMDB . Ok, aside from arguing with myself, this fl

My quick rating - 3.0/10. "A prospector in the year 2047 must rescue a girl enslaved by a mutant race of gold-injecting vampires." That caught my attention for potential amusement. It is a prime example of how a catchy tagline can be used to deceive people into watching a terrible movie . And the initial monster I saw was amusing, although budget constraints aren't always funny. The monsters were not scary at all, and looked more like something from an elementary school play

My quick rating 1.7/10. Sometimes, just the title of a movie alone should clue you in to how bad it is going to be. In this case, it lured me in to see just how bad it would be. Yes, I am a glutton for bad movie punishment. Yes, occasionally B-budget flicks will amuse, gore out, and might have a shining star in the making, but guess what, this movie has none of these things. And don't let the name Joe Estevez fool you. He must've lost a night of poker to owe someone this fav

My quick rating - 4.0/10. Ok, this and its sequel popped up on Radarr, and it is under "horror," so I absolutely had to get it by title alone. Yes, I do actually screen what I add to the library, I swear. It also helps that it is 64 minutes long. OK, I am just saying this. WHO in the hell shaves their balls with a STRAIGHT RAZOR? As soon as this one got going with an opening scene showing toxic waste dumped into a lake, I said to myself, TROMA . And then I saw one victim sitt

My quick rating - 5.7/10. I recently enjoyed the first one ( review ), and now that the sequel is out, there is no reason not to hit it. It seems after the events of the first, the team of Aniston and Sandler has taken up detective work full-time. And following in their same level of aptitude, they are in way over their heads in doing so. Still bumbling along trying to make ends meet, they get an unexpected invite to their buddy The Maharajah's wedding (returning Adeel Akh

My quick rating - 4.8/10. I just got the sequel to this, and I haven't seen the first one, but when I see a Troma logo on the front, I know it is right up my alley. There is always a difference between MADE by Troma and distributed by Troma , and this one is the latter. So it is already doing its best to imitate, starting with the quirky characters and immediate killing. We have 5 girls having a sleepover while the parents are away for the weekend. For no good reason, they

My quick rating - 6.8/10. Ok, slightly behind (I kind of forgot to watch this), but excuses aside, I enjoyed this movie. EDIT: I was even behind on reviews back then LOL . Yes, I am a comic geek, so maybe a tad biased, although admittedly I did not read "Thor," so the rating is on movie merits alone. The movie follows the life of a "G-d" in the form of Thor( Chris Hemsworth ), who is the god of thunder. He is raised in Asgard to become the heir to the throne in a pseudo-Greek

My quick rating - 6.2/10. Even though I'm more of a Marvel guy, it's time to check this one out. The flick is an entertaining and action-packed sequel, building on the success of the first film. The movie takes us on a wild ride as we follow the adventures of Billy Batson in being Shazam and trying to balance his superhero life with his normal teenage existence. And the casting was also one of its strong features. Zachary Levi is perfectly cast as the lovable, goofy superh

My quick rating - 2.0/10. Another one was selected only due to the length (63 minutes). Jason Impey is a name I have seen pop up on some of the Grindsploitation and other shock videos before, so I expect some twisted gore out of him. The knife looks like a plastic prop. Anyone can perform this level of blood effects, seriously. I have literally done better myself, live. There is not an ounce of plot going on here. So you don't get to find out why this couple is roped up and

My quick rating - 3.6/10. Looks crappy, but a quick skim on IMDB mentions "campy" and "cult b-budget goodness" so I felt like I had to give it a shot. Pretty ambitious-looking homemade project with an interesting mix of effects. Geez, the one robot who constantly just gives the Hulk "HUURRAAARRGGGHHHH" the whole movie is really damn annoying. If you saw a 5-minute YouTube video such as this, I would think you would be quite impressed by the creativity and visual prowess that

My quick rating - 3.5/10. One of those choices by length (70 minutes), I wasn't aware this was an anthology flick, but the idea of the scenes playing from the film festival they are viewing beginning to play out in real life in the theater does work. The first Banshee story was a bit bland, but it did work for a thrill when it interjected itself into the theater-going and did its job, introducing the method the stories will come to life for the audience. Second, Werewolf. The

My quick rating - 6.4/10. For what they had to work with and being in lockdown during making this, I am very impressed. By far exceeds any of the nonsense the Paranormal Activity flicks did for scares. The actors were perfectly annoying as all hell, as I know they were supposed to be. This may bug you, but realize it was a necessary component of it. I would score it even higher had one thing constantly bugged me during this. No one on the planet if they were going through w

My quick rating - 3.4/10. When the creator of the flick takes the time to put this in his own film synopsis on IMDB , I have to go check and see if the 3.8/10 rating is warranted or not. "*NOTE: This movie's star rating was review-bombed by a right-wing snowflake.* As you can see, not only is the 3.8/10 warranted, I think it is overshooting this one. The only review bombing I saw on IMDB was all the 10s, which this flick is a far cry from. First off, the 8 characters we meet

My quick rating - 6.4/10. Well-made and acted out film that includes your scares, some misdirection, and nice flashback material into the plot fairly seamlessly. It's nice to sit back and watch a movie that intends to scare and make you think without trying to give a gorefest. As you all know, I love me some brutal violence, but it isn't always necessary. This movie's focus is on a mirror that basically encompasses and possesses those who gaze into it. When a family is en

My quick rating - 6.7/10. I enjoyed the other two, so why not? Oh, that was supposed to be some surprise? Please, I saw that a mile away. No spoilers, but c'mon now. Aside from that hiccup of thinking, this is a decent entry into the series. I did see this one as a minor step down from the first two, though. The buildup, having Creed ( Michael B. Jordan ) retire from boxing on top and moving into training, is a logical move. At this point, he is visited by an old neighborhood