31 Days of Halloween: Nightmare City 31 Days of Halloween Nightmare City (1980) Directed by: Umberto Lenzi Written by: Antonio Cesare Corti, Luis María Delgado and Piero Regnoli Starring: Hugo Stiglitz, Laura Trotter and Maria...
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Oct
10
2009
If you’re like me, the whole month of October is pretty much Halloween. I love the holiday and start celebrating it on October 1st by beginning to watch mass amounts of scary movies. So, in order to help you plan your Halloween viewing parties, here is a list of my top 5 Horror Blu Ray/DVD releases of 2009. I’ll even include Netflix links so you can easily add them to your list.
Apr
17
2009
Category : Blu-Ray Reviews
Splinter
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Directed By: Toby Wilkins
Starring: Jill Wagner, Paulo Costanzo, Shea Whigham, Rachel Kerbs
Plot Synopsis:
A young couple has retreated to the wilderness for a romantic camping weekend-but the trip quickly spirals into a nightmare when they are car-jacked by an escaped convict and his girlfriend. Thrown together by chance, no one can imagine the terrifying horror that awaits the two couples at a remote and isolated gas station.
Review:
I love a good monster flick. The plots are simple (man vs. creature) and are a great excuse for some clever visual effects work. Since the CGI revolution, monster flicks have been a bit underwhelming. It seems there has been a resurgence of practical effects making their way back to movies. I noticed this with the great (yet poorly titled) Alien Raiders and now with Toby Wilkins low budget monster movie Splinter. Both these movies owe a lot to The Thing, and I think things are looking up for the Monster Flick.
