Return of the Killer Shrews (2012) – Film

“Return of the Killer Shrews”

#24 of the 31 days of horror challenge.  (These reviews will be more raw due to the nature of the challenge.)

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After more than 50 years, Thorn Sherman returns to the island where he battled killer shrews.  He takes a TV producer to join the crew filming a reality wildlife show to the island, only to find that the killer shrews are thriving, due to the machinations of his old nemesis. Continue reading “Return of the Killer Shrews (2012) – Film”

The Killer Shrews (1959) – Film

“The Killer Shrews”

#23 of the 31 days of horror challenge.  (These reviews will be more raw due to the nature of the challenge.)

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On an small, isolated island, a scientist working on solving overpopulation by making humans smaller, accidentally creates giant shrews.  Now he, his daughter, his assistants, and the captain of a boat are trapped on the island during a hurricane and must survive not only the storm, but the killer shrews. Continue reading “The Killer Shrews (1959) – Film”

John Carpenter’s Cigarette Burns (2005) – TV

“John Carpenter’s Cigarette  Burns”

#22 of the 31 days of horror challenge.  (These reviews will be more raw due to the nature of the challenge.)

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An eccentric, wealthy, film collector with a terminal illness hires a talented, but nearly bankrupt, theater owner with a torrid past, to find a print of an infamous movie, “Le Fin Absolue du Monde” which was long believed destroyed.  The only screening of this film had driven its audience into madness and murder.  Continue reading “John Carpenter’s Cigarette Burns (2005) – TV”

Lair of the White Worm (1988) – Film

“Lair of the White Worm”

#21 of the 31 days of horror challenge.  (These reviews will be more raw due to the nature of the challenge.)

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Archeologist, Angus Flint, discovers the skull of  a giant serpent, possibly the D’Ampton Worm of local folk legend, while excavating the ruins of a convent, now a Bed & Breakfast run by the Trent sisters.  The eccentric and mysterious  Lady Sylvia Marsh returns to her manor, Temple House, after an extended absence.   Soon, people start acting strangely and disappearing.  As Angus and James D’Ampton decide to investigate these strange occurrences, they discover that the Worm was once worshiped as a god by a cult. Continue reading “Lair of the White Worm (1988) – Film”

Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) – Film

“Repo! The Genetic Opera”

#20 of the 31 days of horror challenge.  (These reviews will be more raw due to the nature of the challenge.)

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A young girl, afflicted with a genetic disease in a dystopian world obsessed with genetic perfection, searches for a cure and instead finds that all her life has been built on deception.  With the assistance of a grave robber, a blind opera singer and the machinations of the bitter, manipulative, evil owner of GeneCo,  and an overbearing father with a terrible secret, she discovers whether or not she is bound by her genetics or if her choices will set her free. Continue reading “Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) – Film”

The Frighteners (1996) – Film

“The Frighteners”

#19 of the 31 days of horror challenge.  (These reviews will be more raw due to the nature of the challenge.)

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Frank Bannister was an architect who lost his wife in a car accident.   Now, he can see and communicate with ghosts.  He uses that ability, along with some ghost friends, to cause fake hauntings so he can get paid to exorcise homes.  After he notices creepy numbers carved onto the forehead of the man whose home Frank is exorcising, then that man suddenly dies, Frank has a run in with a demon resembling the grim reaper and it’s up to him to save the living and the dead from it. Continue reading “The Frighteners (1996) – Film”

Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection (2012) – Film

“Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection”

# 18 of the 31 days of horror challenge.  (These reviews will be more raw due to the nature of the challenge.)

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The dead have risen and a family, in Wales, is trapped in their cottage trying to survive the zombie apocalypse and their own poor choices.  Continue reading “Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection (2012) – Film”

Black Swarm (2007) – TV Movie

“Black Swarm”

# 17 of the 31 days of horror challenge.  (These reviews will be more raw due to the nature of the challenge.)

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A town is overrun by genetically engineered mutant wasps.  It’s up to a small town exterminator, an entomologist, a Deputy Sheriff and the man who engineered them to stop them. Continue reading “Black Swarm (2007) – TV Movie”

Sasquatch (2002) – Film

“Sasquatch”

#16 of the 31 days of horror challenge.  (These reviews will be more raw due to the nature of the challenge.)

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Harlan Knowles is a billionaire and president of Bio-Comp industries.  His daughter was in a plane crash in the Pacific Northwest while on an expedition for the company.  Knowles hires a guide and a group of experts to go on a rescue mission for his daughter as well as a prototype machine she had with her.  When they find the airplane, they discover that his daughter’s group may have encountered bigfoot.  Continue reading “Sasquatch (2002) – Film”

Pinata: Survival Island (2002) – Film

“Pinata: Survival Island”

#15 of the 31 days of horror challenge.  (These reviews will be more raw due to the nature of the challenge.)

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A group of college students go to an island for an initiation of a scavenger hunt for underpants and pinatas full of booze.  Unbeknownst to the group, an ancient pinata has washed ashore.  This pinata holds the collective evil that was cast out of an ancient tribe.  Continue reading “Pinata: Survival Island (2002) – Film”