Tag: slasher

  • Madison County (2011) Review

    Madison County (2011) Review

    Synopsis: A group of college kids travel to a small, mountain town called Madison County to interview the author of a tell-all book on the accounts of several grisly murders that happened there. When the kids start digging around to get their own answers, they find out that the stories may be more real than the…

  • Short of the Week: Sicko (2013)

    Short of the Week: Sicko (2013)

    Pitch: Sicko is a “A short experimental horror film, made in a grindhouse style…” featuring a serial killer nightly routine. Director: Luke Adey and Vincent Gallagher Origin: UK Quick Review: I don’t know how I feel exactly about Sicko since it’s not really original (it reminded me of Maniac, which is a good thing actually) but if…

  • Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) Review

    Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) Review

    Synopsis: Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant. Is it Mrs. Voorhees’ son Jason who didn’t drown in the lake some 30 years before? My Quick Review: Since I was quite disappointed while re-watching the first Friday the…

  • High Tension (2003) Review

    High Tension (2003) Review

    Original Title: Haute Tension Synopsis: Two college friends, Marie and Alexa, encounter loads of trouble (and blood) while on vacation at Alexa’s parents’ country home when a mysterious killer invades their quiet getaway. Quick Review: It’s interesting how the perception you had of a movie can change over the years. I first watched High Tension about…

  • Friday the 13th (1980) Review

    Friday the 13th (1980) Review

    Synopsis: Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child’s drowning. My Quick Review: It’s funny how my perception of some movies have changed over the years. Take Friday the 13th for instance. I had absolutely no recollection of the…

  • Laid to Rest (2009) Review

    Laid to Rest (2009) Review

    Synopsis: (from IMDb) A young girl who wakes up in a casket with a traumatic head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a Deranged Serial Murderer and in an isolated rural town she must survive the night and outsmart the technologically inclined killer who is hellbent on finishing…

  • Cold Prey (2006) Review

    Cold Prey (2006) Review

    Original Title: Fritt Vilt Synopsis: 5 young people are on a snowboarding vacation in Jotunheimen. They are forced to take shelter in an abandoned hotel when one of them breaks his leg and their car is too far away for them to reach within nightfall. Unknown to them, someone is still living in the hotel, and…

  • The Burning (1981) Review

    The Burning (1981) Review

    Synopsis: A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement. My Quick Review: The Burning was one of the many movies that followed the success of Friday the 13th, and it’s also the first feature film bearing the…