Elisha Cuthburt is a supermodel who is drugged at a bar and wakes up to find she is being held captive in a sealed room. Her captor begins to torture her in both mind games and pain to make her submit. She soon realizes that someone else is being held captive in an adjoining room and the two of them try to escape. Everything however is not how it seems.

This movie may have been doomed from the start. There were extra gore scenes added before it was released in the U.S.  The problem is that these scenes really look like they were thrown in and it ruins the movie. The acting is fair but not good. Even Elisha, who I normally like, is not her best.  There are also several really stupid things like why Elisha’s character would make love to someone when she knows her captor is watching. Honestly overall this movie seems poorly written and badly put together.

Overall 4

Gore 6

Fun 4

Creepy 6

Scary 5

Deaths less than 10

Ending 3

Rewatch 3

Review by Elvis Lawson

A group of rich people that love to gamble begin betting on races of their own super expensive luxury cars. A young woman who happens to be an incredible driver gets herself caught up in their crazy world of cars, guns and gambling.

I figured this was trying to cashing on the Fast and Furious craze, but it doesn’t do a good job if it is. This doesn’t have very much o do with street racing at all and the last third plays like a bad Stallone movie. Much of the acting is bad, I mean really bad. The lead male was as stiff as a board. I don’t see how he got the part. Eddie Griffin was just like he always is and was the best part of the movie (yes this is the movie he was promoting when he wrecked that million dollar car) The writing is bad in parts and absolutely awful in others. They put some parts in that make it feel very video game like, but they almost universally failed in that. This is movie is not what I thought it would be and save for some nice cars and a very pretty lead female there is nothing worth watching here.

Overall 3

Fun 3

Ending 2

Rewatch 2

Review by Elvis Lawson

People are going missing from the streets of NYC at a rate that alarms some local police and a soup kitchen owner who notices that many of his regulars that live underground have not returned in weeks. They enlist the help of a photographer that specializes in photographing the homeless. The group tries to stop the Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers.

I always had affection for this movie. I saw it when I was 10 at the theaters and loved it. I saw it several times after it came out on video. This was the first time I have seen it in maybe 15 years. Well as with all things from your childhood, it didn’t live up to my memories. Don’t get me wrong though, it was a pretty good movie. I just wasn’t jumping for joy. Since I hadn’t seen it in so long I was very surprised at all the recognizable actors in this. It even has John Goodman in it for a bit. The story was not the best as it was pretty muddled and drawn out much longer than it should have been. The acting was good in many parts but mediocre in others. The CHUDS were not a model of special effects genius but were very funny despite their cheesiness. The ending was also a bit anti-climatic. So overall not the best movie but one any horror fan should see.

Overall 6

Gore 5

Fun 7

Creepy 6

Scary 5

Deaths more than 10

Ending 4

Rewatch 6

Review by Elvis Lawson

Based on the novel “I am Legend” this is the story of Renchard, played by Mark Dacasos star of the American Iron Chef, Who believes he is the last man on earth. The world’s population has been infected by a virus that turns them into cannibalistic mutants. He soon finds out that there are other people left, including a woman who is immune and may hold the key to mankind’s survival. He must rescue her before it si too late.

This is yet another Asylum “Hollywood tie-in” released to piggy back on the Will Smith fueled I am Legend coming out at the end of the year. This film was really pretty decent. It had allot in common with The Asylum’s War of the Worlds, in that they tell similar stories as their big budget counterparts but do it with very little special effects and using much cheaper locations. I thought the locations worked well and the mutants looked really pretty good for such a low budget film. The story was not bad but did get drawn out a bit. They could have added a few more story elements and cut down on some of the slower parts. The acting was good for the most part. Mark turned in a good performance and only seemed to struggle based on the writing. The female lead was not quite as good though and seemed very stiff in parts. This is defiantly the best Asylum film I have seen yet and one I would recommend to fans of B-movies.

Overall 7 (b-movie rating)

Gore 3

Fun 6

Creepy 5

Scary 4

Deaths more than 10

Ending 5

Rewatch 5

Review by Elvis Lawson

The T-Virus has spread throughout the world killing not only most of the humans but affecting the eco-system so badly that the world has turned into a barren wasteland. Alice meets back up with Carlos and LJ who are riding in a convoy with Claire Redfield. The group decides to make their way to Alaska where they think the Virus has not spread. Alice however must still contend with Umbrella Corp. who can still track her.

There were some parts I like much more in this one and some stuff less. I really enjoy dystopian movies and this one has that feel much more than the second one. I really like the story of this one the best of the three. This one also has much more and better gore than the previous two which is always a plus in my book. My main problem is that some of the acting and writing seemed very B-movieish and that is a shame from a major studio release. Overall my favorite of the three and a great stand alone movie.

Overall 8.5

Gore 8

Fun 7

Creepy 6

Scary 7

Deaths more than 10

Ending 7

Rewatch 8

Review by Elvis Lawson

Alice is back and her life just keeps getting worse.  This film starts with Raccoon city still up and running, not yet knowing what Umbrella Corp has unleashed on them. Panic hits the streets when the virus begins to spread. Disgraced former S.T.A.R.S. member Jill Valentine reports back to help handle the ongoing rioting. Umbrella Corp decides to quarantine off the city to make sure no infected make their way out. The group get a proposal from a doctor whose daughter is in the city. If they get her out, he will help them escape. Alice and the crew fight their way through zombies and other umbrella monsters to find the girl and escape the city.

I thought this was better than the first. Since they had already moved past the idea of the video game they were able to move the story further. While I could have done without a few bits, namely the doctor, and the umbrella leader was a bad actor. Overall I liked the action better and I think the movie flowed better.

Overall 7.5

Gore 6

Fun 6

Creepy 6

Scary 5

Deaths more than 10

Ending 6

Rewatch 7

Review by Elvis Lawson

The umbrella corporation is one of the worlds largest, producing products contained in 90% of the world’s homes. Unfortunately to gain the money to fund making all the products people buy, The Umbrella corp. deals in military weapons and viral weaponry. A saboteur purposefully breaks open a vile of the deadly T-virus on an unsuspecting research facility. Mila Jovoich plays Alice, a security operative for Umbrella Corp. suffering from memory loss. When the computer of the research facility kills everyone because of the viral contamination, a team of soldiers is sent to check it out, taking Alice with them.

I was unsure how I would take to this movie, with me being a very big fan of the video game. Honestly I was not as put off as I thought I would be at the plot changes (well completely new plot) I actually enjoyed the new story and didn’t really mind that it didn’t have much at all to do with the video game.  Mila is pretty good as the heroine and does a pretty good job in the action scenes. I was not as impressed however with Michele Rodriguez though. She seemed much stiffer that her other performances. The special effects were done pretty well and the creatures looked pretty good, although the Lickers were a bit to CGI looking. All in all, I would say it is defiantly worth a watch.

Overall 7

Gore 6

Fun 6

Creepy 6

Scary 5

Deaths more than 10

Ending 6

Rewatch 7

Review by Elvis Lawson

A couple of friends vacationing in New Orleans during Mardi gras decide to take a haunted swamp tour. The tour boat sinks and they have to face their fears of a local legend about Victor Crowley who was a deformed child accidentally killed by his father. Unfortunately for them their fears are not unfounded and they soon have to run for their lives from a brutal killer.

I was pretty skeptical of this movie, from the movie posters. They claim an original American horror movie and usually when companies put such boasts on a movie poster it is designed to trick people into seeing a piece of crap. I will say that I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. I was happy to see some familiar faces in the cast and I thought for the most part the acting was very good. I especially liked Robert Englund in his cameo. The gore was pretty awesome and was very well done. They used some very funny shots of the clichéd blood splattering on bushes and trees. This film did a very nice job of having some comedic parts in ti without taking away from what they were trying to accomplish. The ending is one of the best I have ever seen in a slasher.

Overall 8

Gore 7

Fun 8

Creepy 7

Scary 6

Deaths less than 10

Ending 10

Rewatch 9

Review by Elvis Lawson

A young man from New Zealand has an irrational fear of sheep because of a prank played on him when he worked on a sheep farm as a child. As he returns some meat is murder type activists uncover a genetic lab that is altering sheep and accidentally let one of their failures loose. Turns out that the mutation is meat hungry and his bite infects and spreads the cannibalistic urges.

This may have been my best surprise of the entire year’s worth of movies. I watch a lot of movies and often just watch one without knowing much about it. In this case I was given the movie with no case and no knowledge other than it was about killer sheep. I expected a B-movie cheese fest and was blown away at the special effects (by WETA) of a movie with a plot line like this one. The acting was also pretty good and the scenery was beautiful. The story was very comedic and pretty well put together. I honestly had no real criticism on this movie and have actually recommended it to anyone that would listen, although I usually lose most people when  mention it is about killer sheep.

Overall 8.5

Gore 9

Fun 8

Creepy 8

Scary 5

Deaths more than 10

Ending 8

Rewatch 8

Review by Elvis Lawson

An activist group raids a Chimpanzee testing facility to rescue them. A doctor there tells them to be careful since they are infected with RAGE. The rage is a virus that makes the infected crazy and bloodthirsty. 28 days later Jim wakes up in an empty hospital and walks out to an evacuated London. After finding out that his family is dead  and the Rage virus has infected most of the population,he meets up with a few other people and set out to see if they can find out anything about the virus. They end up at a mansion that is now a barricaded haven for survivors that are trying to rebuild. The safe haven isn’t exactly what they had in mind though. They must fight to escape with their lives.

There was a lot I loved about this movie. For starters, I loved the look of it. Some of the shots were stunning and the look of desolation when Jim was walking around deserted London was brilliant. It is rare that a post apocalyptic movie really conveys the sense of loneliness in my eyes but this film did it in spades. I really liked the way the infected move. It is very much like the Dawn of the Dead remake in that they run and it really gives a sense of fright and the need to run. The fact that these are not zombies spares the film from slow zombie purists. The film really had great suspense and it held that suspense extremely well throughout, especially in the action scenes. This movie was not exactly true horror in that it delved a lot into Sci-Fi range but the character development and drama was leaps and bounds beyond most horror movies. The soundtrack is fantastic and really makes the end of the movie outstanding.

Overall 9

Gore 8

Fun 7

Creepy 8

Scary 7

Deaths more than 10

Ending 8

Rewatch 9

Review by Elvis Lawson