Hands down THE BEST CLOVERFIELD MOVIE. Period. John Goodman at his finest. Possibly his best performance ever, in my opinion. (Don't hold me to that.)
The movie starts as a "possible" post apocalyptic thriller. Our main character gets into a car crash and wakes up in an underground bunker. John Goodman plays a survivalist named Howard who has set up this bunker and says that the outside world as we know it is gone. He claims he's saved her life.…
Saturday Night Shorts: Film 60
A man is walking home alone a night when he encounters a creepy smiling stranger.
2AM: The Smiling Man is one of a few short film projects based on a CreepyPasta called The Smiling Man by Blue_Tidal. This one was created by Michael Evans who does a great job at bringing the plot to life. The smiling man himself isn't a physically imposing character but his contorted movements and creepy smile go a long way…
"You are watching 50 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen" - P.J. Soles
That line of dialogue will be stuck in your head for fifty days after watching this show. That's because she says it before and after every film summary and segment. Sometimes multiple times in a row! This is like one of those early 2000's VH1 shows that would count down things with little factoids and brief summaries from minor celebrities and crew members. Sort of like Pop…
31 DAYS OF HORROR 2022 - Film 6
Saturday Night Shorts: Film 65
For the month of October, I am going to do things a little differently. I usually do one short film for my Saturday Night Shorts project per week, but I've decided to extend that to two per week all of which will be horror shorts until the month is over. It is 31 Days of Horror after all!
A man wakes up alone while his mind deals…
"I need a shower. I smell like an armpit's asshole." - That's a good one!
Daniel Riley has been missing for years and his wife Tricia has not been able to accept that he is very likely deceased. Her sister, a reformed drug addict named Callie comes to live with her temporarily to help get her affairs in order. As pressure mounts for Tricia to declare him 'dead in absentia' Callie finds herself extremely interested in a tunnel near their…
Hank inherited an old family home in the middle of nowhere, so he brings his girlfriend Abby there for her birthday. Not long after she leaves a note behind about how she has to go away and she disappears. Hank is heartbroken and left with many questions but he has other problems when something starts coming to his door every night. A monster that claws, trying to get in.
After randomly watching The Battery two nights ago and loving it,…
Saturday Night Shorts: Film 48
Franco is having a tough time dealing with the loss of his ex girlfriend, Alexia. Some time ago he dumped her and she killed herself. His grief is on a level that is hard to understand, and he finds himself looking at her old social media page far too often. He finally gets to the point where he unfriends the page. That is when he starts receiving messages from that profile. Messages from a dead…
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs - Joe Bob's Helloween - Film 2
31 DAYS OF HORROR 2023 - Film 32
All Hallows' Eve marks the feature length debut of the sinister and mysterious Art the Clown, but it's his third stint on film overall, following 2008's The 9th Circle and 2011's Terrifier twenty minute short. In those three films David Howard Thornton hadn't worn the costume yet, instead original Art the Clown actor Mike Giannelli did. It also…
Damien Leone, director and writer of the first All Hallows' Eve and the infamous Terrorizer franchise serves as a producer but does not write or direct anything here this time around. The first All Hallows' Eve film had three segments with a wraparound story but this time we have eight. Oh boy. I will do my best to keep my summary and review of each segment as short as possible...
Trickster (Wraparound Story) - ★★ - A woman is home…
Wraparound Plot - (★★½) - Two lonely souls meet up to go on a date on Christmas Eve. They go to the only live theater in town that is open and watch performances of five Christmas horror stories.
The Stockings Were Hung - (★★★) - What's an office Christmas party without a game of secret Santa? The employees of this particular office are in for a holiday surprise when deadly gas and a dangerous stranger's voice pipes into the room.…
Rachel returns home to her small town to visit her grandmother. What she doesn't know is that this small town has a big problem. She's not the only new arrival. A large man with a mask and a Santa Costume has also shown up and he's hunting people with a set of garden shears. When Rachel and her friends decide to accept a job helping the creepy neighbor set up her Christmas decorations, "Santa" drops by to pay them a…
Saturday Night Shorts: Film 114
On a night that started no different from any others, a custodian at a prison is doing his duty and cleaning up the electric chair used to kill death row prisoners. This time a routine that he has performed many times before turns ugly when he is forced to come to terms with horror.
For anyone who reads these micro reviews that I do for my Saturday Night Shorts project, you've seen me write this…