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Storm War Trailer
01 year ago
by ScreamOrDie Admin
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Storm War recently aired on the SyFy channel and I had the pleasure of watching a recording of it…enjoy the trailer.
Update on ‘Hostel Part III’
01 year ago
Plot
“High stakes gambling takes on a sinister new meaning in this third chapter of the terrifying HOSTEL series. While attending a bachelor party in Las Vegas, four friends are enticed by two sexy escorts to join them at a private party way off the Strip. Once there, they are horrified to find themselves the subjects of a perverse game of torture, where members of the Elite Hunting Club are hosting the most sadistic show in town.”
Trailer can be found here.
Just Before Dawn (1981)
11 year ago
Plot
Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by the forest ranger Roy McLean that a huge machete-wielding maniac has been terrorising the area. Ignoring the warnings, they set up camp, and start disappearing one by one. If that sounds too run-of-the-mill, there’s a genuinely shocking plot twist half-way through…
Review
Wasn’t really expecting the punch this low budget slasher gave as it was they first time I had checked the film out after numerous attempts by one friend who shallr main anonymous haha.
The one thing you take away from all the camp slashing and scene splicing (you’ll see it when one second she’s at the bonfire and next second the guy is sat beside her) is the creep-tastic score. God it’s one of those show, brooding scores that builds up to something crazy.
The make-up effects as well were well done for being a bad print on the DVD I have (thin green lines every so often) so I’ll be looking for better print or if there’s a ‘remastered’ version floating about.
Screaming kids in a backwoods atmosphere is never nice and this just seeps and before you think something is abut to happen then BAM – something else does. Think Friday 13th or the weirdness of Black Christmas to truly appreciated this small gem of a film.
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[Trailer] Blithe Ghost (1945)
01 year ago
by ScreamOrDie Admin
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I’ll be booking into watch this at the ‘Apparitions’ event at the Queens Film Theatre, and here’s the trailer for it:
Ignore the start, just that ‘Technicolor’ happy-go-lucky intro that made my think ‘damn is this it’ – but keep watching.
Ninja Cheerleaders (2008)
01 year ago
Plot
Three college cheerleaders use their martial arts know-how to save their Sensei from mafia kidnappers, but must keep their extra curricular activities a secret in order to make it into an Ivy League school.
Review
What a fun film this turned out to be! I’d heard of it before but never gave it a second thought but damn it’s like a Mean Girls type crossed with some babe-tastic action. This is definitely one for the guys!
Of course there’s the obvious scenes of cheerleaders strutting their stuff, strip clubs, oh yes and ninjas…what makes this film a ‘fun night in’ watch. Quite a good number of action scenes follow (Army guys for one) and the ‘profile’ scenes are quite well done too.
The sailor scene was a bit of a wash-out (their acting) but the girls see them off in good fashion – plus I mistakingly thought that the actor ‘Omar J. Dorsey’ was someone else completely (it’ll come to me).
George Takei plays his role well as Hiroshi who trains the girls, as well as running a strip club and in his spare time trains people in karate. Phew that was a lot.
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Grave Encounters (2011)
11 year ago
Plot
Lance Preston and the crew of “Grave Encounters”, a ghost-hunting reality television show, are shooting an episode inside the abandoned Collingwood Psychiatric Hospital, where unexplained phenomena has been reported for years. All in the name of good television, they voluntarily lock themselves inside the building for the night and begin a paranormal investigation, capturing everything on camera.
Review
Right so really this is sort of the same plot as ‘Atrocious’ but slightly better. We’re introduced quickly to the characters of the TV show that is their ‘final’ one due to, well, this being another ‘found footage’ film.
A lot of the footage is mixed from various cameras that’s installed within the building and catches a lot of spooky noises – especially the night vision shots which are quite cool.
The film touches on EVP and EMF which I thought to be very interesting and piqued my own brain into writing a web series (well it’s I’ve been thinking about it for months).
Arguments start to happen as they can’t seem to find a crew member and with the lights out it get’s very creepy. Never go walking alone in a Mental Institute or you’ll fall on your face – like one member.
It’s actually a good premise for a film but if too many of these come out in the next few months (‘Evidence’ for instance) then the novelty will die very quick, if it hasn’t already.
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Not released in the UK at present.
Blood Snow (2009)
01 year ago
Plot
In 2009, six friends arrive at an isolated cabin to enjoy a long weekend in the snow. An epic snowstorm interrupts their vacation, trapping them on the mountain and resurrecting the haunting ghosts of the Donner Party.
Review
The first thing you’ll probably recognise is one of two actors; the first is James Kryson-Lee (from Heroes) and the bald guy from the original ‘Hills Have Eyes – sorry his name escapes me at the moment!
Well the story takes place on a snow mountain and we get some good scenery shots of the landscape but that doesn’t last long as someone (almost always) rolls down a small snow hill. Frightened and wanting to get back they start go back but Jerry (James KL) sees a ghost or spirit in the bushes as he got off his snowmobile.
The Donner Party Massacre starts being explained in the cabin which turns out to be a story about cannibals who haunt that area.
It’s a step above a B movie with some good scares and the action ain’t half bad really. The generator goes as usual and strange noises come out of the blue, oh and did I mention a dead body is found? No reception as usual on their mobiles with some sexual tension going on but I like the tension that builds and the character changes stand out quite a bit.
Definetely worth a rent and if you find it (like I did) for cheap then I’d recommend a purchase.
Oh and nice job on the poster, the title ‘Necrosis’ looked far better.
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Paranormal Ascendancy (2008)
01 year ago
Plot
Wake Up Its Time To Die. A Film Inspired by terrifying true events. Housemates Michael and Kenny have experienced some strange events in the middle of the night and Kenny is now convinced that he has a ghost living in his room who becomes active at 3.00 am every night. Expecting to see nothing but a few tricks, Michael visits Kenny’s room himself one night and is totally freaked out by the experience.
Review
First of the bat it’s a very low budget ‘let’s jump on the bandwagon’ of the Paranormal Activity success. Even from the start of the film you can see the production values and it can be quite hard to watch sometimes.
Green hues on the lens is sometimes that should have been used less in this film as it just lowers whatever tension or horror that it tries to put through.
Anyway, now the story starts about a ghost visiting one of the characters at 3AM every night (or is that morning?) but the actors are so wooden it’s totally unbelievable if you just picked it up or watched online and it was labelled ‘found footage’ – thank god it wasn’t marketed that way.
Strange knocks, lots of screaming ensues but really that’s all the film is.
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Night Terrors (1993) Trailer
03 years ago
by ScreamOrDie Admin
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A young girl travels to Cairo to visit her father, and becomes unwillingly involved with a bizarre sadomasochistic cult led by the charismatic Paul Chevalier, who is a descendant of the Marquis de Sade.
Psycho Girls (1985) Trailer
03 years ago
by ScreamOrDie Admin
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A woman breaks out of an insane asylum, accompanied by two crazed inmates, to kill her sister.
**Edit – I can’t find this film anywhere, if you have it please contact me!
