Shark. Shark? SHARK: The Reef: Stalked

Nic (Teressa Liane) and her sister Cath (Bridget Burt) love to go diving with their friends Jodie (Ann Truong) and Lisa (Kate Lister). They venture off to beautiful places, snorkel the shallows, go spear fishing, and otherwise maintain their deep bonds over shared company and shared interests. They have plans to go on a longer […]

Beware the Folk and Their Wise Ways: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched

The topic of folk horror has come back into vogue over the last few years, reaching a kind of pitched fury with the release of Ari Aster’s sophomore flick Midsommar (2019) and then subsiding back into the background hum. At least, I thought it had. As it turns out, folk horror (like any other mode […]

Get In, Get Out: Death Valley

James Beckett (Jeremy Ninaber) and Marshall (Ethan Mitchell) are brothers at arms, mercenaries who go where the money tells them to go, do the jobs the money directs them to do, and GTFO when the time is right. What they do is dangerous work, sure, but that’s a bonus for adrenaline junkies like these. Although […]

Valerie in the Dark: The Power

In 1974, as blackouts dominate the evening hours, Valerie (Rose WIlliams) begins her new job as a nurse at an established London hospital. The Matron (Diveen Henry) is a domineering sort, who dictates uniform skirts be three inches below the knee and threatens to measure them, her colleagues are a bunch of bitter types, and […]

Plenty of Bangs and No Whimpers: Police Story 2

Synopsis: After the high-flying action of the first Police Story (1985), Jackie Chan returned to the role of Chan Ka Kui in the sequel. This time, the policeman finds himself front and center for a pair of seemingly unrelated cases that weave around one another. First, Chu Tao (Yuen Chor) the villain from the first […]

Glass Story: Police Story

Synopsis: When Chan Ka Kui (Jackie Chan) manages to turn a blown stakeout PR nightmare into a real bust, he becomes a media darling as well as a target for drug lord Chu Tao (Yuen Chor). Part of that revenge scheme involves covering his ass, which means removing a troublesome secretary/witness, Selina Fong (Brigitte Lin). […]

Crushed Nuts & Flying Kicks: Martial Law II: Undercover

Synopsis: After successfully busting gun runners in the city park, Detective Sean Thompson (Jeff Wincott) gets a promotion and a transfer. His partner, Billie Blake (Cynthia Rothrock) is still needed back at the old precinct, so she won’t be joining him. When she’s not bust bad guys, she’s serving drinks at her dad’s bar downtown. […]

Chalk Up Another One: Marshal Law

Synopsis: Sean Thompson (Chad McQueen) is a cop with martial arts skills and the nickname Martial Law. His brother Michael (Andy McCutcheon) seems to be falling in with a bad crowd. When Michael is picked up as a passenger in a hot car, he tries to claim he was just hitchhiking and got picked up […]

I Am Not One Of A Million Girls: Starry Eyes

Synopsis: Sarah Walker (Alexandra Essoe) is a young actress trying to make enough of an impression in Hollywood to jumpstart her career. Alas, she gets auditions but not a one of them is doing anything to lift her up from the day-to-day grind of working as a waitress at Big Taters, an exploitative restaurant in […]

Don’t Breathe, He’ll Hear You: The Burning

Synopsis: When a prank goes awry a mean son of a bitch catches fire. He is not killed in the blaze, but everything that was human about him dies a nasty death. All that remains is rage, pain and a desire to see harm done to others. When Cropsy (Lou David) tries and fails to […]

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