Synopsis: Marcos Vela is a prestigious gastronomic journalist who accepts the request of an independent publisher to write an article on the recent emergence of the Clandestine Restaurants. What started as a usual journalistic investigation, will turn into a terrible nightmare where no one is who seems to be and which will end in a surprising […]
Funny Games (2007) Review
November 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Synopsis: Two psychopathic young men take a family hostage in their cabin. Quick Review: I can’t believe I actually wasted almost 2 hrs of my time on this patronizing, self-satisfied exercise in style. Love him or hate him, Michael Haneke’s movies won’t leave you indifferent. So. kudos for him to create a movie that will have […]
Imprint (2006) Review
November 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Synopsis: In the 1800s, an American returns to Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with, but instead learns of the psychical and existential horror that befell her after he left. Quick Review: This segment of Masters of Horror was considered so violent that it wasn’t even shown on cable. While I’m not cautioning […]
Undocumented (2010) Review
October 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Synopsis: A documentary crew accompany a group of illegal immigrants crossing the Border, but their plans run afoul when they are captured by a gang of sadistic radicals in New Mexico My Quick Review: What starts as a classic documentary about illegal migrants turns out to be an interesting twist in the crowded found footage genre. […]
I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013) Review
September 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Synopsis: (from IMDb) Katie is trying to make it in the cutthroat world of modeling. When she innocently accepts an offer to have new photos taken for her portfolio, the experience quickly turns into an unthinkable nightmare of rape, torture, and kidnapping. When a twist of fate finally frees her from her captors – beaten, battered, […]
I Spit on Your Grave (2010) Review
September 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Synopsis: A writer who is brutalized during her cabin retreat seeks revenge on her attackers, who left her for dead. My Quick Review: Since the sequel is being released now, I thought it would be a good idea to revisit the remake of one of the classic of rape-revenge movies, I spit On Your Grave. It’s […]
Art of the Devil 3 (2008) Review
August 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Original Title: Long Khong 2 Synopsis: The youngster Ta returns to his hometown. He misses his mother Daun, who was poisoned by his father Prawase, and soon he learns that his family will use black magic to bring her back. However, Ta’s family will quickly discover the price of the black magic. My Quick Review: I […]
Art of the Devil II (2005) Review
August 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Original Title: ลองของ (Long Khong) Synopsis: A group of high school friends reunite after two years when one of their fathers’ committed suicide. They all spend the night at their friend’s place. When darkness falls, strange things begin to happen to them one by one. It is as if someone is using the black arts on […]
Invitation Only (2009) Review
July 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Original Title: Jue ming pai dui Synopsis: Five people arrive at a party, fully unaware that the special night is just a cover for an evening of torture and murder. My Quick Review: I remember when Invitation Only was released in Asia a couple of years back, everybody was talking about the presence of Maria ozawa (one […]
The Final (2010) Review
July 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Synopsis: A group of high school outcasts get revenge on the students that torment them. My Quick Review: The Final is quite similar to Truth or Die, another survival game that I watched recently, in a sense that it never really delivers on what is an exciting pitch. Here we have a bunch of school outcasts […]
