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HAYRIDE TO HELL | REVIEW


Rating
: ★★★★

Plot: A small town farmer exacts his bloody revenge on unscrupulous town folk who try to steal his land.

Film: Hayride to Hell 

Director: Dan Lantz

Writer: Kristina Chadwick and Robert Lange

Starring: Bill Moseley, Kane Hodder, Graham Wolfe, Allyson Malandra, Jared Michael Delaney, Shelby Hightower, Melanie Martyn, Brooke Stacy Mills and Denise Parella

ALIEN: ROMULUS | REVIEW

Rating: ★★★★

Plot: Space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life-form in the universe while scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station.

Film: Alien: Romulus 

Director: Fede Álvarez 

Writer: Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues and Dan O'Bannon

StarringCailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn and Aileen Wu

THE CROW | REVIEW


Rating: ★★★★

Plot: Soulmates Eric Draven and Shelly Webster are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Draven returns to seek bloody revenge against the killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right.

Film: The Crow

Director: Rupert Sanders

Writer: James O'Barr, Zach Baylin and William Josef Schneider

Starring: Bill Skarsgård, FKA twigs, Danny Huston and Josette Simon

DEMON BEHIND THE GLASS | REVIEW


Rating: ★★

Plot: A journalist seeks redemption in the quiet countryside, hoping to unearth his next big story. Yet, his quest takes a macabre turn when he discovers a secret within the wall of his rented home, the remains of someone who previously went missing.

Film: Demon Behind the Glass

Director: Joshua Recene

Writer: Joshua Recene

Starring: Jessica Nogaret, John Govern, Josh Sedelmeyer, Janna Holley, Adam Holley, Jan DeAngelo, Tim O'Hearn and J.W. Kiefer

A HALLOWEEN FEAST | REVIEW


Rating: ★★★

Plot: As Angela Long, a former dancer, apparently descends into madness, her family tries to cope the best they can. After an infamous dinner, their lives collectively spiral to new levels of chaos, including, but not limited to, a sadomasochistic power dynamic, a bloody endeavor where a dinosaur may or may not be present. All of the skeletons will come out at a Halloween night feast.

Film: A Halloween Feast

Director: Guile Branco

Writer: Guile Branco and Arthur McClen 

Starring: Lynn Lowry, Julia Coulter, Guile Branco, Lou D'Amato, Asia Lynn Pitts, Pancho Moler, Richard Long, Nika Khitrova and Jackson Leighton

IT ENDS WITH US | REVIEW


Rating: ★★★

Plot: Lily overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life. A chance meeting with a neurosurgeon sparks a connection but Lily begins to see sides of him that remind her of her parents' relationship.

Film: It Ends With Us

Director: Justin Baldoni

Writer: Christy Hall and Colleen Hoover

Starring: Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Brandon Sklenar, Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj, Alex Neustaedter and Isabela Ferrer

ABIGAIL | REVIEW


Rating: ★★★★★

Plot: A group of would-be criminals kidnaps the 12-year-old daughter of a powerful underworld figure. Holding her for ransom in an isolated mansion, their plan starts to unravel when they discover their young captive is actually a bloodthirsty vampire.

Film: Abigail

Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett 

Writer: Stephen Shields and Guy Busick

Starring: Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Alisha Weir, Kathryn Newton, William Catlett, Kevin Durand, Angus Cloud and Giancarlo Esposito 

LONGLEGS | REVIEW


Rating: ★★★

Plot: FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes an unexpected turn, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.

Film: Longlegs 

Director: Osgood Perkins

Writer: Osgood Perkins

Starring: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Michelle Choi-Lee and Kiernan Shipka

THE BIKERIDERS | REVIEW


Rating: ★★★★

Plot: Over the course of a decade, a Midwestern motorcycle club evolves from a gathering place for local outsiders to a sinister gang, threatening the original group's way of life.

Film: The Bikeriders 

Director: Jeff Nichols

Writer: Jeff Nichols

Starring: Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist, Boyd Holbrook and Norman Reedus

MONSTER | REVIEW

Rating: ★★

Plot: After being abducted and taken to a desolate house, a girl sets out to rescue her friend and escape from their malicious kidnapper.

Film: Monster

Director: Rako Prijanto

Writer: Alim Sudio

Starring: Marsha Timothy, Alex Abbad, Anantya Rezky Kirana, Sulthan Hamonangan

WHY WE NEED MORE FILMS LIKE CAPTAIN MARVEL

Captain Marvel
Rating: 5/5
Worth Watching? Yes
Source: Cinema

The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

TELL ME A STORY | REVIEW

TELL ME A STORY
Rating: 5/5
Worth Watching? Yes
Source: Online
The world's most beloved fairy tales are re-imagined as a dark and twisted psychological thriller set in modern day New York City. The first season of this serialized drama interweaves "The Three Little Pigs," "Little Red Riding Hood," and "Hansel and Gretel" into an epic and subversive tale of love, loss, greed, revenge, and murder. (Source)

"YOU" TV SERIES | REVIEW

YOU
Rating: 5/5
Worth Watching? YES
Source: Netflix

Based on Caroline Kepnes' best-selling novel of the same name, YOU is a 21st century love story that asks, "What would you do for love?" When a brilliant bookstore manager crosses paths with an aspiring writer, his answer becomes clear: anything. Using the internet and social media as his tools to gather the most intimate of details and get close to her, a charming and awkward crush quickly becomes obsession as he quietly and strategically removes every obstacle - and person - in his way. (Source: IMDB)

THE CHANGEOVER | FILM REVIEW

The Changeover
Rating: 5/5
Buy/Borrow: Buy
Source: Early preview courtesy of Lionsgate

BUY THE BOOK HERE: THE CHANGEOVER
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While looking after her little brother one day after school, teenage Laura loses sight of him and desperately searches for Jacko. She finally finds him in a strange shop under the care of the creepy owner Carmody Braque.

Jacko suddenly falls ill, and Laura realises there was more to their meeting with Braque than she thought. As her brother’s condition worsens, she fears that something supernatural is at work and enlists the help of Sorensen Carlisle, a prefect at school to whom she is mysteriously drawn.

Thirteen Reasons Why Review

Thirteen Reasons Why
Rating: 4/5
Buy or Borrow: Buy
Source: Copy via Amazon

You can't stop the future. You can't rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play.

Clay Jensen comes home from school to find outside his front door a mysterious box with his name on it. Inside he discovers a series of cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker - his classmate and crush. Only, she committed suicide two weeks earlier. On the first tape, Hannah explains that there are 13 reasons why she did what she did - and Clay is one of them. If he listens, Clay will find out how he got onto the list - what he hears will change his life forever.

13 Reasons Why I Want To...

“Hello, boys and girls. Hannah Baker here. Live and in stereo. No return engagements. No encore. And this time, absolutely no requests. I hope you’re ready, because I’m about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically, why my life ended. And if you’re listening to these tapes, you’re one of the reasons why.

So, if you've been on social media at all recently, you will have seen at least one thing about the book/Netflix TV series, 13 Reasons Why. It seems to have taken the world by storm and everyone is talking about it, whether they love the series or not. If you don't know, the general idea of the story-line is a teenager called Hannah commits suicide and leaves tapes behind with 13 reasons why she killed herself. I wanted to make this into something positive and want to start a tag of 13 reasons why you want to live, why you're grateful for living, what you love about life etc. It can be anything. My 13 are all going to be people but it can be anything; objects, animals, celebrities, your blog, social media, anything. (I also made graphics, very bad ones at that). It can be as serious or as fun and light-hearted as you want, as long or as short as you want, but the main thing, is to spread love and positivity!