Reviews

Honestly, first I think HOPE LOST is another cheap flick with some B-Movie Stars (You know: Danny Trejo and Michael Madsen). But the surprise was big, very BIG, when I realize that HOPE LOST is far away from a cheap flick. In fact HOPE LOST is pretty good and delivers more as just sex and violence. From the beginning to the very bloody end tells the movie a good story and delivers some very deep and believable emotions. Main actress Francesca Agostini is great as Sofia, but the real show stealer is Alessia Navarro as a female client of Sofia with a war background – her strong performance is just WOW!!! And the stars? Everyone of the famous faces delivers also a good performance: Mischa Barton is very strong, Michael Madsen is very evil, Daniel Baldwin is very sadistic and Danny Trejo is very frighting. HOPE LOST is truly a great movie – highly recommended and so much better as many other movies out there!!!

EAT tells the story of the unsuccessful actress Novella McClure how hasn't landed a role in three years. Someday she starts to eating her own flesh and developing a bloody cannibalistic addiction. With his first feature length movie delivers director Jimmy Weber a strong mix between gory horror and deep human drama. Main actress Meggie Maddock gives a very, a VERY strong performance as a young woman how falls deeper and deeper into a dark addiction. Another strong point of the movie is the way the story is told. Thanks full the movie takes his time to work out a realistic scenario and becomes after that more and more dark. To the finale some very great gore scenes comes up how are not easy to watch.

David Blyth, the director behind the cult classic DEATH WARMED UP and the high controversial WOUND is back with a new flick. This time he picks up a ghost story in the vein of Asian horror cinema. The movies starts slow but get's faster and faster till the hear beating final. The acting is great, the shock moment are intense and Blyth managed to get the story interesting and suspenseful. With GHOST BRIDE David Blyth gives us a unique masterpiece of a movie. Sure, not everybody will love the movie, but GHOST BRIDE is one of these kinds of movies how are worth to be discovered. GHOST BRIDE is with not doubt a future to be cult movie.

What a great and intense drama in the vein of SIN NOMBRE. The acting is powerful and the storytelling understands to create some deep emotions. The pacing of the movie is very slow after all, but this is a real strength of the movie. The audience gets the time to find his way in the sad world of the main character. Greisy Mena delivers a great and natural performance - I think she deserve an Oscar for that. The influence of the MS 13, the most dangerous Latino gang of the world, is also a big topic of the movie. When you get the chance to see this movie, do it without doubt. I love this movie - it's a masterpiece of his own. Everybody how is interest about the topic of gang

Ittenbach ist zurück und das besser den je. Nachdem er mit seinem letzten Werk NO REASON nur bedingt überzeugen konnte, liefert er mit SAVAGE LOVE einen wahren Knaller von einem Film ab. SAVAGE LOVE ist ein wahres Splatter-Eldorado, bei welchem keine Wünsche offen bleiben. Die Story dient dabei lediglich als Vorwand für ein Blutbad von epischem Ausmaße – schon lange wurde in einem Film nicht mehr soviel Kunstblut vergossen wie in SAVAGE LOVE. Da stört es auch nicht, dass der Film mit seinem Szenario an FROM DUSK TILL DAWN oder RITTER DER DÄMONEN erinnert. Ich als bekennender Gorehound bin absolut begeistert von SAVAGE LOVE und kann diesen Film nur allen Splatter-Fans wärmstens ans Herz legen.

Tim T. Cunningham – special effects creator of such great movies like X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, THE WOLFMAN and SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN – bring us with SICK BOY a intense mix between horror and thriller with a original story and a great amount of chilling moments. The acting – especially the two leading lady's Skye McCole Bartusiak and horror legend Debbie Rochon – is absolute strong. The story is very dark and take his time to build up a scenario of terror and fear. The final 20 minutes are a non stop heart beating tour the force with a surprise twist at the end. For my is SICK BOY one of the best genre flicks that I see in a long time. Can't wait to see more from Cunningham, I think he will have a bright future as director. Two dumbs up for SICK BOY!!!

A few days ago I got the chance to see JUSTIFY (aka. A DOMINATRIX STORY). I think the movie is a great example for a unique underground movie. The whole background of the story (the story is set up in the SM – and Bondage-Scene of LA) is very refreshing and interesting. For me as a person who is not into these scene is the movie a good opinion to take a look on a alternative life and love style. The acting is also very good especially because of the fact Heather Lemire as example is a real life dominatrix. This gives the movie a nice touch of reality. I also love the way the movie told his story. Director Insung Hwang is with no doubt one of the most promising young director in the international underground cinema. JUSTIFY is the best proof, that he has a bright future in this field.