American Mary (2013)

Running Time: 102 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 27, 2012 (London FrightFest Film Fest) & May 31, 2013 (US limited theatrical)

Review by: Stacey

I saw American Mary some time last year when it first came out on Netflix and being a film that was highly anticipated in the horror community, I thought I'd give it a shot.  What did I think?  Well, I didn't like it the first time I viewed it.  Maybe I didn't pay enough attention, maybe I didn't get it, hell, maybe I went to take a piss and missed a pivotal scene.  All I know is I didn't see what everyone was losing their shit about.  Okay, I think I know why and it comes in the form of fringe-haired, tall, brooding and very boob-y Katherine Isabelle (Ginger Snaps).  For that I can't blame y'all, but c'mon now.  Fast forward to today and I felt like the now-cult classic venture by the Soska Twins (Dead Hooker In A Trunk), who seem to have taken the genre by storm, deserved another watch to see if maybe my opinions had changed.

 

Blood Glacier (2013)

Running Time: 98 minutes

Release Date: September 6, 2013 (TIFF) & May 2, 2014 (US limited release)

Review by: Stacey

Blood Glacier.  The name alone reeks of cheesy B-grade horror.  I've been hearing the name float around in the horror community the last few weeks but surprisingly, didn't hear many reviews on it.  I imagined it was a movie about a killer glacier so I tried to distance myself as much as possible from it.  Then I saw it was put up on Netflix and decided to bite that bullet and sit down for a watch.  Wait, researchers (in a desolate, cold wasteland known as the Austrian Alps, fighting off otherworldly monsters that use humans or anything it lands on, really, as incubators?  Wait a minute...did John Carpenter make this?

The Tortured (2010)

Running Time: 79 minutes

Release Date: August 28, 2010

Review by: Stacey

Looking at the cover, my eyes were immediately drawn to the words at the top right: "From the producers of Saw".  I knew what I was about to get myself into because anything with the name Twisted Pictures attached to it is going to be in the vein of it's previous films that gave "the house that Wan built" it's torture porn notoriety; most notably Saw.  Unlike Saw and it's many sequels that followed, The Tortured was straight to VOD and as the title suggested, it was torture to watch a lot of the time.  

The Happy House (2013)

Running Time: 120 minutes

Release Date: May 3, 2013
Review by: Stacey

 

Today was a lazy Sunday as Adam had to be in the studio all day and I was left home alone.  Obviously that meant movies and reviews!  I did one of those "blind picks" on Netflix and landed on 2013's The Happy House directed/written by D.W. Young.  It seems that The Happy House is Young's first feature length film (using his directing skills on shorts and documentaries for the most part.)  Before watching I managed to catch a glimpse of a few of the Netflix reviews and let's just say, most weren't too pleased with what they saw.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes review!

Once again I offered my writing services to Horror Movies Uncut in the form of a review for the newly released Dawn of the Planet of the Apes!

I attended the press screening this past Tuesday and was blown away!

Click the link below to read my review!

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes --- Horror Movies Uncut 

~Stacey-Beth

Resolution (2012)

Chris and I got together a second time to make a quick video review for 2012's Resolution.  Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Scott Moorhead.

Excuse my excessive ADD.

Enjoy!

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Update!

In case anyone that reads our blog is wondering why it's looking a little lonely, I promise we're still alive and well....ok, I don't think we've ever been well, but we're definitely alive!

Chris and I haven't forgotten about our horror blog love child but we've been hard at work with another amazing horror site, Horror Movies Uncut, lending our review writing skills alongside some pretty great folks who are bringing you the latest and greatest in indie horror news.  

Below I've provided the links to all of the reviews Chris and I have contributed to HMU so far for your little eyes to feast on.  Give them a look and support horror!

Stacey-Beth reviews:

Blood Widow (2014)

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Filth (2014)
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Ghostlight (2013)

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Borgman (2014)

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Quad X: Porn Movie Massacre (2014)

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Cabin Fever: Patient Zero (2014)

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Don't Go To The Reunion (2014)

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Anna (2014)
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Deliver Us From Evil (2014)

Chris reviews:

Killervision (2014)

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Chastity Bites (2013)

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Under The Dark Wing *short* (2014)

Go forth and read.  Watch movies.  And don't forget to subscribe to our blog with your email to the right of this post and receive notifications when a new post goes up!

-Stacey