Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal (2012)

Starring: Thure Lindhart, Dylan Smith, Georgina Reilly, Stephan McHattie, Paul Braunstien
Director: Boris Rodriguez


Premise:
A famous painter moves to a small town to teach. He ends up caring for a local mute who has ties to the university. The man also sleepwalks and devours living things. The painter finds inspiration him the mute doing this and begins painting again.

My Take:
It's a movie that grows on you as it keeps going, mainly due to the character development and their odd relationship.

Rating: In the middle


Watched: Shudder

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Teen Lust (2015)

Starring: Jesse Carere, Daryl Sabara, Annie Clark, Cary Elwes, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Jon Dore
Director: Blaine Thurier


Premise:
A high school virgin finds out he is to be sacrificed by his Satan Church on this 18th birthday.

My Take:
An enjoyable movie that's part virgin comedy and part satanic ritual. At times it meshes well together but there are a lot of cringing moments as well.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Hoopla

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Hellions (2015)

Starring: Chloe Rose, Rachel Wilson, Peter DaCunha
Director: Bruce MacDonald


Premise: A teenager tries to survive Halloween when trick or treaters come to her door with evil plans in mind.

My Take:
A movie that definitely was not what I expected, but in a very good way. It's refreshing, fun, and strange all at the same time.

Rating: So Good

Watched: Netflix DVD

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The Sound (2017)

Starring: Rose McGowan, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Eklund, Richard Gunn, Stephan McHattie
Director: Jenna Mattison


Premise:
A paranormal debunker sets off to prove an abandoned subway station is not haunted by ghosts.

My Take:
I enjoy the take on how the main character debunks hauntings based off sound waves and frequency levels playing tricks with the mind. Too bad the movie didn't go deeper in the process.


Rating: In the middle

Watched: Starz

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Naked Massacre (1976)

Starring: Mathieu Carries, Christine Boisson, Leonora Fani
Director: Denis Heroux


Premise:
A disturbed vet returns home from the Vietnam War and invades a house shared by a group of woman who proceeds to murder.

My Take:
The movie definitely shows some age but it managed to get under my skin. There are a couple of intense scenes, like a forced lesbian rape scene, which are cringworthy.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Amazon Prime

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Orphan Black, Season 5 (2017)

Starring: Tatiana Maslany, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Jordan Gavaris, Kevin Hanchard, Kirstian Bruun, Ari Millen, Evelyne Bochu, Josh Vokey, Rosemary Dunsmore, Krya Harper, Stephen McHattie


Premise:
Season 5 has the clones banding together against Rachel, who know is in charge of the company, and the mysterious man who has been behind it all, P.T. Westmoreland.

My Take:
The series wraps up everything in a nice, neat little bow with a positive outcome for the sestras (a little too convenient). Tatiana Maslany is incredible as always and damn near the reason to watch alone.

I am still split on the series. At times it was outstanding and incredible television. At other times it was too convoluted and smart for it's own good. Overall, it's will remain one of the more interesting series of the decade.

Rating: So Good

Watched: BBC America

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Aegri Somnia (2008)

Starring: Tyhr Trubiak
Director: James Rewucki


Premise:
After his wife's death a widower's psyche starts to fall apart.

My Take:
The movie tries to take arthouse horror approach and it really doesn't work. There are a few decent individual scenes but not a lot of substance behind it all.

Rating: Warning

Watched: Hoopla

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Reality (2015)

Starring: Alan Chabat, Jon Heder, John Glover, Eric Wareheim, Elodie Bouchez,
Director: Quentin Duplieux


Premise:
A cameraman is promised to get his film financed by a producer if he can produce an award winning grown in 48 hours.

My Take:
A movie about a man making a movie with one strange sequence after another which somehow fit together into the madness. It stays within the patterns of the director's other works

Rating: So good

Watched: Netflix Instant

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13 Eerie (2013)

Starring: Katharine Isabelle, Brendan Fletcher
Director: Christian Piers Betley


Premise:
College students travel to a remote island used for experimental medical testing and find out it is over ran with the infected.

My Take:
The movie does have some really good gore scenes but its not enough to keep the viewer interested.

Rating: Warning

Watched: Netflix DVD

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Long Pig (2007)

Starring: Anthony Alviano
Director: Nathan Hynes, Chris Powers


Premise:
Two filmmakers make a movie about a cannibal and serial killer.

My Take:
I'm not sure if the filmmaker was trying to be shocking or preachy. Either way it lost my interest early on and never quite recovered.

Rating: Warning

Watched: Hoopla

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Darknet, Season 1 (2013)

Starring: Michelle Alexander, Carlyn Burchell, Peter Outerbridge, Natalie Brown, Jeanne Goossen,


Premise:
A website called Darknet allows people to watch it's horrific videos.

My Take:
A unique series with each episode containing two or three interweaving tales. It often keeps the viewer guessing and scratching their head.

Rating: So Good


Watched: Netflix Instant




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Girlhouse (2015)

Starring: Ali Cobrin,
Director: Jon Knautz, Trevor Matthews


Premise:
A young girl moves into a house with other girls where everything is streamed over the internet. One of their fans becomes obsessed with her and after feeling jaded, he comes looking for her.

My Take:
What is a decent premise to the slasher film is ruined by huge gaps of logic and time continuity.

Rating: Warning


Watched: Showtime




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Tales of Halloween (2015)

Starring:Adrienne Barbeau, Greg Grunberg, Barry Bostwick, Adrianne Curry, Adam Pascal, Tiffany Shepis, Trent Haaga, Rebekah McKendry, Lin Shaye, Lisa Marie, Barabara Crampton, Marc Senter, Pollyanna McIntosh, Adam Green, John Landis, Cerina Vincent, Pat Healy, Kristina Klebe, Sam Witwer, John Savage, Noah Segan, James Duval, Elissa Dowling,
Director: Darren Lynn Bouseman, Neil Marshall, Lucky McKee, Mike Mendez, Paul Solet, John Skipp, Dave Parker, Ryan Schifrin, Axelle Carolyn, Adam Gierash, Andrew Kasch,

Premise:
An anthology film dealing with loosely connected Halloween stories in the same town.

My Take:
A slick and fun movie with gore, laughs, cameos, and creatures galore!

Rating: So Good

Watched: Amazon Prime





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The Editor (2014)

Starring: Paz de la Huerta, Udo Kier, Laurence R Harvy, Matthew Kennedy, Adam Brooks, Conor Sweeney, Tristan Risk
Director: Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy


Premise:
A film editor gets caught in the middle of murders while cutting his latest movie.

My Take:
The team of Astro Six does it again with a wild homage to 70's Italian giallo movies. They do an great job of playing within the rules of the genre while firmly holding tongue in cheek and going for a little shock value. This group clearly has fun making films and it shows on screen.

Rating: So Good


Watched: Netflix DVD

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The Mask (1961)

Starring: Paul Stevens
Director: Julian Roffman


Premise:
An archaeologist finds a curse masked which causes him to murder.

My Take:
Not a very good movie. It uses the 3D gimmick, which was new back then, to try for some trippy scares. It fails.

Rating: Warning


Watched: Youtube

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Backcountry (2015)

Starring: Missy Peregrym, Eric Baflour, Nicolas Campbell
Director: Adam MacDonald


Premise:
A couple goes on a hiking weekend only to get lost deep in the wilderness and into the territory of a grizzly bear.

My Take:
A slick film which builds the characters as they get into their bad situation and manages to keep the suspense high until the end. A outstanding gore scene too (but I wont spoil it).

Rating: So Good


Watched: Netflix DVD Rental

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Sea Beast (2008)

AKA: Troglodyte

Starring: Corin Nemec, Miriam McDonald, Daniel Wisler, Camille Sullivan, Brandon Jay McLaren
Director: Paul ZIller


Premise:
A fishing boat stirs up a deep sea monster which follows them to shore.

My Take:
This one is hard to watch. The actors play each scene so seriously and it just didn't work on any level for me.

Rating: Steaming Pile

Watched: Netflix Instant

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