Nine members of an extremely rich and spiteful family spend an annual vacation on a small, and very rocky, Mediterranean island. Family patriarch Uberto brings his three children and their spouses. The ninth member is Uberto’s sister. There they indulge in adultery, binge drinking, bickering and general belittling towards each other. Among them is someone with devilish designs... The post Nine Guests for a Crime (1977) first appeared on Oddur B.T ..read more

Review The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 (1985) Director Wes Craven Writer Wes Craven Cast Tamara Stafford, Kevin Blair, Janus Blythe, John Laughlin, Willard Pugh, Peter Frechette, Penny Johnson, Colleen Riley, Robert Houston, John Bloom and Michael Berryman “We should all just get out. Right now!” – Rachel A cannibalistic clan slaughtered members of Bobby’s (Houston) family seven years before in the desert en route to California and he was fortunate enough to get out along with his sister, brother-in-law and his small baby and Ruby (Blythe), a member of the clan who turned again ..read more

Review I, Madman (1989) Director Tibor Takács Writer David Chaskin Cast Jenny Wright, Clayton Rohner, Randall William Cook, Michelle Fozounmayeh, Vance Valencia and Stephanie Hodge “If you don’t believe me, you should just read the book” – Virginia After a pulpy horror paperback catches the imagination of bookstore clerk and wannabe actress Virginia (Wright), she seeks out the author’s second book, “I, Madman”. Once she begins to read the novel detailing an eerie tale of obsessive love the lines between real-life and fiction become blurry. Virginia believes that the tale’s ..read more

Review Shattered (1991) Director Wolfgang Petersen Writer Wolfgang Petersen (Screenplay). Based on a novel by Richard Neely Cast Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi, Joanne Whalley and Corbin Bernsen “You’ve never had an affair, Mr. Merrick?” “As a matter of fact, I did…but I can’t remember who with” – Gus and Dan The Merricks, Dan and Judith (Berenger and Scacchi), survive a catastrophic car accident on New Year’s Eve. Dan got the worse end of the deal as he went all the way down with the car while Judith was thrown clear before impact. Disfigured and suffering from ..read more

Review Terminal Invasion (2012) Director Sean S. Cunningham Writers Lewis Abernathy, John Jarrell and Robinson Young Cast Bruce Campbell, Chase Masterson, C. David Johnson, Kedar Brown, Andrew Tarbet, Sarah Lafleur, Marcia Bennet, Jason Jones and Stephen Joffe “Afraid my list of wicked deeds is too long” – Jack Inside an isolated airport, a group of people learn that their charter flight has been grounded. Things don’t get any better when two guards escort convicted murderer Jack (Campbell) to the premises after their car skidded off the road. But soon things get even wors ..read more

Review The Watcher (2000) Director Joe Charbanic Writers Darcy Meyers, David Elliott and Clay Ayers Cast James Spader, Keanu Reeves, Marisa Tomei, Ernie Hudson, Robert Cicchini, Yvonne Niami and Chris Ellis “What I need…is you!” – Griffin David Allen Griffin (Reeves) is a killer. He chooses a female victim, studies her and finally strikes when the time is right and administers a torturous death. FBI agent Joel Campbell (Spader) came the closest to catching him but at a price. Eventually Joel gave up, relocated to another city, Chicago, and is on disability leave. He’s in ..read more

Review Nothing But Trouble (1981) Director Dan Aykroyd Writers Dan Aykroyd (Screenplay) and Peter Aykroyd (Story) Cast Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Demi Moore, Valri Bromfield, Taylor Negron and Bertila Damas “I don’t know how much more crap I can take!” – Diane Financial advisor Chris Thorne (Chase) takes a road trip headed for Atlantic City with sexy Diane (Moore) and two Brazilian friends, Fausto (Negron) and Renalda (Damas). On the way they take a detour and inadvertently wind up in a small town called Valkenvania. There Chris misses a stop sign and is pulled ..read more

Review A Christmas Horror Story (2015) Directors Grant Harvey, Steven Hoban and Brett Sullivan Writers James Kee, Sarah Larsen and Doug Taylor Cast George Buza, Zoé De Grand Maison, Alex Ozerov-Meyer, Shannon Kook, Amy Forsyth, Jeff Clarke, Michelle Nolden, Adrian Holmes, Olunike Adeliyi, Orion John, A.C. Peterson, Corrine Conley, Percy Hynes White and William Shatner “What the hell is it about Christmas in Baily Downs?” – “Dangerous” Dan In the town of Bailey Downs terror reigns on Christmas Eve. This 2015 effort combines four separate tales of Christmas horror that hav ..read more

Review Gymkata (1985) Director Robert Clouse Writer Charles Robert Carner – Based on the novel “The Terrible Game” by Dan Tyler Moore Cast Kurt Thomas, Tetchie Agbayani, Richard Norton, Edward Michael Bell, John Barrett, Conan Lee, Bob Schott and Buck Kartalian “It’s not over yet. So put your hardware back in your pants” – Jonathan Parmistan; a tiny mountain nation in the middle of the Hindu Kush range. There a terrible game is played regularly and anyone who comes to Parmistan must enter. It’s a game of survival and death that includes obstacles in a tour around the count ..read more

Review Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (1993) Director Adam Marcus Writer Jay Huguely and Dean Lorey Cast John D. LeMay, Kari Keegan, Steven Williams, Steven Culp, Erin Gray, Richard Gant, Billy Green Bush and Kane Hodder “In a Voorhees was he born. Through a Voorhees may he be reborn. And only by the hands of a Voorhees will he die” – Duke The first Friday the 13th film I saw in theatres; I was beyond psyched to see Jason on the big screen having devoured the first eight instalments on VHS in my early teens. What I got was this: In the opening scene Jason (Hodder ..read more