Movie Review: The Graves

Synopsis: Two inseparable sister's visit to a remote mine town turned tourist trap turns into a mind-bending fight for survival against menaces both human and supernatural.

Well, there are a few good things to note from this After Dark Horrorfest 4 entry so I'll do just that. First, there are not 1 but 2 horror legends as Tony Todd (Candyman) and Bill Moseley (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) are in it, but they both suck here. Todd hams it up way too much and Mosely puts on a pig nose and acts like an idiot. But while I'm on the casting, at least one of the "Grave sisters" is super hot (Jillian Murray), so that's a plus. Also Randy Blythe (lead singer of Lamb of God) is in it and that's sort of cool if you're a fan of the band.

But overall the acting is pretty much atrocious, thanks in no small part to the script and dialogue. There's no tension, no scares and 90% of the gore and violence occur off-camera. Add to that the fact that there is zero originality here as it begins like a billion other horror films as the girls go to an isolated location and begin to get chased by a big killer ala every slasher movie you've ever seen. Then cliche after cliche occur and it becomes a supernatural movie or sorts, followed by more of a cult town movie ala Children of the Corn. I'm not sure they really decided what type of movie to make and it's just all over the place and by the end doesn't really make a damn bit of sense.

I will add to the plus list that the pace was good and it's not a boring, slow movie by any means. So watch it for that and to see Jillian Murray running around in a tank top and you'll be satisfied I guess.

One of the weaker After Dark Horror Fest titles for my money.

4/10

Movie Review: The Reeds

Synopsis: A weekend boating party turns into a nightmare for a group of young Londoners when they stumble upon a terrifying secret hidden in the reeds.

Sometimes I like a horror movie that's a bit convoluted and tough to figure out what the hell is going on. But by the end, I do like there to be a good payoff with explanations and everything falls into place. Sadly with The Reeds you get neither a good payoff or everything falling into place. I thought it did a little bit, but then there's another ending tacked on after a few credits roll that put it right back in the WTF territory. And it wasn't even that good a payoff to begin.

It's just so full of stupid plot points, hallucinations and visions that are never really explained worth a flip. At the end I tried to go back through the film in my mind and explain some things and it really only made them worse. I think the director just didn't know where he was going with it quite honestly and thought if he made it ridiculously confusing enough that it might be seen as deep. Well it's not.

The good? Well it's got a terrific eerie atmosphere and setting as the location out among the reeds is great. It's set in the Norfolk Broads, a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English countryside. It starts out with a whole lot of promise as the set-up of an isolated location with what I assumed was some "evil kids" is a pretty tried-and-true formula for crazy goings-on. It feels like something bad is about to happen as the tension builds, and it does with a couple of big slices of horrific gore... then the downhill plunge begins, and unfortunately never ends. My hopes were getting built up only to be leave me scratching my head and wishing for so much more, starting with explanations.

Decent premise, poor execution.

4/10

Movie Review: The Final

Synopsis: A group of high school outcasts plan a big party so they can exact brutal revenge on the obnoxious gang of alpha males and stuck-up prom queens who have abused and belittled them.

I saw an early review on this film that said it's sort of "Saw goes to Columbine" and that's not too far from the truth. It's nowhere near as well done as most of the Saw series, nor as brutal, but it does have it's moments. And it's definitely a script right out of the headlines of today's regular school violence occurrences. But is it a good film and does it really have a big social message? Well, maybe 10 years ago. Nowadays it's just sort of cliched and a little bit ho-hum.

That's not to say it's not a decent and watchable for a cheaply done horror film. It's just probably not as powerful as it once would have been, nor as shocking. The kids all seem a bit over-the-top with their actions and stereotypical, so much so that the early high school bullying scenes seem almost satirical I thought. Then once the plan is put into motion, it gets pretty interesting and brutal, but nowhere near as brutal as it could have been as there's just too much talking and arguing going on and not enough action. It has a few gory, torture scenes but there's really not a lot of suspense or tension and then the payoff is just sort of meh.

A few other points... the kids getting revenge set up a camera at the beginning and say they're going to be Internet legends, but they never really touch on that again. If they would have shown them broadcasting live over the Internet or something that would have added something. Also all the outcasts wear masks at first, but say they weren't going to kill any of the bullies, yet they were going to kill themselves at the end? Why wear masks? Wouldn't the whole point have been to show the bullies who was getting revenge on you? It's sort of moot after a bit as they remove their masks, but it sort of made me feel like the writer just did it because it looked cooler. And frankly, the masks did look cooler. Lastly, they imprison the cool kids by slipping something in their drink. Something apparently magical that makes them all pass out and then wake up at the same time just a bit later. What the hell is that and where do I get it? Is it like a 30-minute roofie or something? Sort of silly and convenient I thought.

Most of the films it borrows so heavily are done better, but this one is still worth watching as teen revenge fantasies go. It's got a mean-spirit and some disturbing moments but doesn't really deeply address any of the problems at the root of it, but simply puts them on display yet again. If I hadn't seen it all so many times before it might be more memorable. Let's just hope we don't ever see this story again in the real world.

5/10

Movie Review: Lake Mungo

Synopsis: A sixteen-year-old girl drowns while swimming in the local lake. When her body is recovered and a verdict of accidental death returned, her grieving family buries her. The family then experiences a series of strange and inexplicable events centered in and around their home. They turn to a psychic and set-up cameras around their home to see if they can catch anything, and are startled with the results.

This is almost as much a movie about grief as it is about the supernatural, and it works on both levels. It's done documentary style, borrowing from the same sort of formula Paranormal Activity used. It's unsettling and very sad, I would think especially so for anyone who has lost a child. It feels real and at times can be a little depressing.

But it's also a mystery of sorts. It turns out the girl led a secret, double life and as the clues unfold and the family discovers her secret past the movie turns into a supernatural mystery yet still remains a family drama and documentary.

It's well-made and I found it pretty captivating. There are some really creepy scenes that I thought worked very well and the tone of the movie is very well done by the director (props to Joel Anderson) and all the actors involved. Again, it all just feels very real, which is difficult to pull off. It's got some chills, some twists and a satisfactory finish. I'm very impressed with this subtle, low budget flick and recommend checking it out.

7.5/10

Movie Review: Kill Theory

Synopsis: Whilst celebrating a graduation at a secluded vacation home, a group of college students find themselves targeted by a sadistic killer who forces them to play a deadly game of killing one another in order to survive.

While it's really more a slasher movie, this does have sort of a Saw feel to it with the killer communicating via recorded messages and walkie-talkie and such. But the movie is nothing like the Saw series other than that. And I say killer like there's only one, but it turns out that really the killers are the students turning on one another. A lot of human psychology comes into play as to who is going to die next and who will turn on the others and so forth. It's all actually quite interesting character study.

It's a pretty cheaply done film that was picked up by After Dark Films for their Horrorfest and DVD releases but it doesn't really look like it. It's well shot, well acted and feels like a much bigger release. I thought the overall feel of it reminded me of many of the 90s slashers like I Know What You Did and Scream. There were no "big name" stars of course but most of the young actors have solid performances, like Patrick Flueger (The 4400), Taryn Manning (Sons of Anarchy) and Teddy Dunn (Veronica Mars). I felt like their character's reactions were pretty realistic and believable, like sometimes these movies aren't.

Obviously there's plenty of violence and blood, but nothing over-the-top really and it doesn't rely on that. Well, perhaps 1 scene with a shovel...

This isn't mind-blowing great or anything, but it's a smart little slasher film worth a watch. I loved the reveal at the end as well. Nice touch.

6/10

Movie Review: Hidden (Skjult)

Synopsis: Strange events occur and painful memories arise when Kai Koss goes back to his childhood home after 19 years and inherits his dead mother's house.

All-in-all a decent little psychological horror film from Norway. It's also mixed with serial killer/slasher themes and is all a big mystery to boot. In the end all the build-up and guessing is really still left up in the air pretty much. A lot of the ending is left up to your interpretation, and I won't get into mine here as to not spoil it if you haven't seen the film. A lot of times these open-ended horror flick leave me feeling like I've been cheated, but this one actually works... mostly. I would have enjoyed knowing a bit more about a few of the characters or things from the past. I like having a few questions at the end, but not questions about major plot points and things that would really be helpful to knowing just what the hell is going on. Again I realize it's supposed to be open-ended, it's just too much so for me.

The setting of the old home in pretty creepy and thanks to this and the excellent score it keeps a good, eerie atmosphere. Also there are plenty of great shots of the Norwegian landscape. It's pretty suspenseful at times and I actually fell for a few of the jump scares which I usually see coming. It seemed a bit slow at times but overall the pacing actually works for it without getting boring, it just gives the tension a bit of time to gel and get under your skin while your imagination gets used.

So overall it's well shot, well acted, creepy and has enough twists and turns to hold interest... but left me with too many major questions to score any higher.

5.5/10

Movie Review: Unrest

Synopsis: A young pathology med student suspects that the spirit of a dead cadaver in the hospital morgue where she works is killing off all those who handle or desecrate the body.

I guess I'd call this sort of a medical horror movie. There's a lot of gross stuff with the human cadavers going on, as you'd expect with the students being in the Gross Anatomy class, and it advertises that there are actual real human bodies used in some scenes, which is sort of creepy. The setting is mostly in a hospital and this helps build a lot of good tension as it's actually a pretty creepy place. Our heroine spends a lot of time slowly walking down long corridors and the film uses the lighting really well in many of these sequences to make it spooky.

I thought it was going to be one of those "the spirit is trying to tell us something" films but it's not, merely a pissed off spirit putting the smack down on those who disrespect it's corpse. The ghost never really manifests itself so it actually makes the film a bit slow and dull pretty often I thought. There are still some good scenes, like one in particular involving a big vat of cadavers, and overall it's pretty watchable and enjoyable as they don't behave too supidly. There's a body count but so much what happens to the victims happens off screen or bodies just turn up without us seeing what happens. Seems like for an R-rated horror movie they cut down on a lot of the horror.

Corri English plays the heroine and I found her pretty fun to watch as she's really cute and plays the role very believably (and spends a good deal of time in just a bra).

Overall it's fairly unique and eerie enough to give a look.

5/10

Movie Review: Dread

Synopsis: Based on a Clive Barker short story, a group of 3 grad students conducting a "fear study" as a graduating thesis project gather footage of countless participants relating their worst, most personal fears. The project evolves into something much more unsettling as the days and weeks unwind.

I've always liked Clive Barker's writing, but it seems like his stories haven't really translated to movies very well (notable exceptions for me: Hellraiser and Midnight Meat Train). So I didn't have very high expectations that this film would wow me, and it didn't, but I did find it to be a pretty good little film and one of my favorite of this year's crop of After Dark Horrorfest titles.

Although there is some gore and even a bit of torture, it's a pretty psychological, character-driven horror story... at times even thought-provoking. Don't expect all out action and typical slasher movie fare as this film has nice pacing, but it's more cerebral than in-your-face for the most part. The best way to describe the tone is uneasy I guess. It's just a nice atmosphere of suspense that washes over it all. The feeling builds to a conclusion that is very memorable and satisfactory I felt.

The main actors are all OK, although I found Shaun Evans as Quaid a bit over-the-top at times and bordering on silly. His decent into madness was excellent however. Jackson Rathbone, who is apparently in the Twlight movies, is solid and I thought had some great screen charisma with both leading ladies. All the characters have roles that call for a lot of emotion and I really felt each performance was spot-on. Hanne Steen has a particularly difficult scene when forced to "face her fear" and I must say, she was excellent to the point that I was really uncomfortable watching it.

This is a pretty engaging, ruthless and emotionally taxing film overall.

"There is no delight the equal of dread."
~ Clive Barker

7/10

Movie Review: Zombies of Mass Destruction

Synopsis: Life is wonderful for the people in the quiet, island town of Port Gamble....until a zombie virus outbreak!

Another in the recent long line of zombie/comedy films, which all seem to borrow from each other pretty closely. The best I've seen I think are Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland, and this isn't anywhere near either of those. Nor should it be, as it's pretty much just a low-budget b-movie that would have gone straight-to-dvd if not for After Dark Films. The production values and acting quality are pretty poor I thought, but probably about what I expected.

Other than that, I thought it tried a bit too hard with the humor and satirical bits, and most fell pretty flat. There are a couple of funny moments, mainly the commentary on small town prejudice and homophobia, but I didn't laugh often enough to call it a funny movie.

The gore isn't shocking but usually more comedic and over-the-top. Eyeball-eating and face-ripping are a bit entertaining, but most kills are pretty simple. There is one great kill though when a little girl gets hit by a car (wow, that sounds bad). Also, anytime a guy gets his arm ripped off and beaten with it you gotta give some kudos.

But overall as zombie/comedies go, I didn't hate it but it's a bit dull and derivative to rate any higher to me.

4/10

Movie Review: Seconds Apart

Synopsis: High schoolers Seth and Jonah are twins with a dangerous ability: telepathy. Things start to spiral out of their control as their classmates end up dying in twisted and bizarre ways. With the police suspecting them and closing in, jealousy begins to divide them and soon they can no longer trust each other.



I like how this movie starts out with a (literal) bang and instantly drew me in. Unfortunately then it drags a bit but finally explodes again in the third act. There are no real scares and a majority of the gore is implied, but it's pretty violent and has a disturbed, sadistic, mean streak to it with some supernatural elements. It's probably falls more under suspenseful chiller than horror. It's got some style of it's own and sort of unique, thought not incredibly clever. A couple of twists are offered to an otherwise fairly predictable plot.



The only actor I recognized was Orlando Jones, but I thought the acting was all pretty top notch really for a b-movie/indie film of this budget. I must say I enjoyed the fact that real-life twins actually starred in the role as the twins as many of these films will just do a lot of editing and special effects to make 1 person appear as twins. They surprised me with their acting too, as it's a very believable performance. If I were their classmates in real life I'd be scared of them I think.



Within the slightly cliche' horror plot is a nice movie about darkness and relationships. The relationship between the brothers, between them and a girl, their parents, their classmates and also between the detective and his past. There's some pretty good emotional drama behind the surface and some might find it boring, but I found it a nice addition to what might have been an otherwise slightly stale tale.



The film is well-shot and edited and feels like a much bigger budget Hollywood type film, but I mean that in a good way. I've watched almost every one of the After Dark Films (as you can see if you click this label) and this is probably in my top 5. It's a nice little psychological horror/drama worth your 90 minutes.



7.5/10

Movie Review: The Task

Synopsis: A group of unlucky reality show contestants must survive the night in a haunted prison.

Anybody remember the old MTV reality show called "Fear"? Where they put a group of kids in a supposedly haunted location and had them perform tasks? That's essentially what this is, with a dash of the movie Cry Wolf (2005) perhaps. It's about as boring as that MTV show was with the same cardboard characters and lack of much action sadly. Cool premise, poor execution.

And it's rated R for "Rated R for violence and language" but I'm not sure why. You could remove about 1 bloody scene and a few words and it would probably be PG-13, or hell maybe even PG. There's no nudity, very little gore and very few chills or thrills, just a whole lot of nothing. If you're going for an R rating you might as well crank up the gore and craziness or else just cut it back to a PG-13. Really, what's the point?

The poster on the right has the cool looking clown in it, but the only time you see that evil looking bastard is on a TV giving instructions, sort of like Billy The Puppet in the Saw series. What a waste of potential creepiness ala Stephen King's It.

The film does have a decent set design and good location and setting, it just doesn't really use it to the full effect. Or even close. A few of the characters might be interesting if we knew anything about them, but character development is pretty non-existent here.

They try for a few twists at the end but none of it worked for me and seemed rushed.

I've seen nearly all of the 40-or-so After Dark movies for their 5 years and this is in my bottom 5 easily.

3/10

Movie Review: Fertile Ground

Synopsis: Emily and Nate Weaver leave the city for the rural comfort of Nate's ancestral home in the country. Once there, Emily is plagued by horrifying visions and haunted by the ghosts inhabiting their isolated new home.

The story isn't too bad but you've seen all of this before so I was hoping they'd do something to make it stand out a bit. No such luck. It's often boring with only a few jump scares, thanks mainly to very loud "music", and borrows from every other haunted house film you've seen probably.

The lead actress pretty much needs to carry the movie with all her screen time and I just found her really unpleasant. Right off the bat you do get a nice topless, close-up of her and she does have quite the bod, but her voice annoyed me and the fact that the entire movie she was mopey and whiny about everything had me hating her. I like my female leads to have some moxy and stand up for themselves. Her character was just pitiful and depressing. She's also supposed to be a clothing designer and she dressed sloppy and often like she was partially retarded, and I really wanted her to wash her hair for the entire film.

Then the logic (or lack thereof) for the whole thing. They move to an old house that's in the family and proceed to discover there were at least 5 murders there, including family members. Didn't know about that? And after finding a skull buried in the yard and hearing of all the murder, death and evil there... 99% of the people on the planet would move. Especially after 1 strange incident. Hell I wouldn't even pack probably. Of course, another murder occurs while they're there but it's written off as accidental. Yes, accidentally getting thrown (not falling) from an upstairs window. No police seem concerned about it either.

Anyway, pretty much 1 big cliche... a few scares that you see coming a mile away if you watch haunted house movies, not much violence (1 big stabby scene), an overly long sex scene and a boobie scene in the first 10 seconds. That's about it. It does have a satifactory ending though and the production values are good. Not a total waste of time but don't get your hopes up for too much.

4/10

Movie Review: Prowl

Synopsis: Amber dreams of escaping her small town existence and persuades her friends to accompany her to find an apartment in the big city. When their transportation breaks down, she and her friends gratefully accept a ride in the back of a semi. But when the driver refuses to stop, they begin to realize they've just made a huge mistake.

The good things about this movie are that it's pretty gory and bloody and the vampires aren't all sparkly teen heart throbs, but nasty feral throat-rippers, similar to the ones in 30 Days of Night. Also I thought the characters were all pretty likable and realistic.

The bad things about it would start with the stupidity of the set-up to begin with. Why they all would just leave their vehicle on the side of the road and climb in the back of a freakin' tractor-trailer for a long ride is absurd. Also it begins with all the usual cliches... from the teen party to the misunderstood girl wanting to leave her small town. Also, most or all of the action scenes use, or overuse, the shaky cam to the point of where I couldn't tell what was going on most of the time and it almost made me motion sick even.

But really once it gets past the normal, predictable set-up it goes off on a fairly creative direction. The warehouse is a cool setting and like I said earlier the "vampires" or "strays" look pretty cool and are all kinds of violent. It throws a little curve ball as well, but then misses with the weak ending I thought.

Overall, it's a fairly entertaining, low budget entry to the vampire genre but nothing too memorable.

5/10

Movie Review: Scream of the Banshee

Synopsis: An archeology professor unearths a dangerous artifact, unwittingly releasing a creature that is able to kill with the power of its bone-splitting scream.

Another production from the fine folks at SyFy and also After Dark Films, this one is a bit better than most of the (lovable) schlock that SyFy produces I thought. Sure, the story is pretty much exactly the same... take a monster (in this case a banshee) and have it knock off people while they try to solve the mystery of what's going on and how to kill it. Insert big showdown at the end and presto... a SyFy network movie.

So that all being said, it's usually acting, special effects and script that set these movies apart. The script in this one is good but there are some head-scratchers in the storyline for sure. The cast I thought was pretty good with the best being Lauren Holly and Lance Henriksen. The directing is very competent. The creature and special effects? Well they're sort of hit and miss. Some of it, like a banshee head-in-a-box, look sort of cool. But then again, some of the more gory effects are pretty crapola and funny.

Overall the concept and mythology of the banshee is sort of fun as it kills you only if you scream. The story moves along at nice pace and kept me wanting to see what happened next. But it's still a little too formulaic and full of cliches with a pretty predictable conclusion. Still though, it provides an adequate amount of fun, thrills, chills and suspense to be watchable.

5/10

Movie Review: Area 51

Synopsis: Political pressure from the American public forces the Air Force to provide a few well-known reporters with limited access to the most secretive base on the planet: Area 51. When one of the base's hidden "long term visitors" exploits this unprecedented visit as a chance to liberate himself and his fellow alien captives, Area 51 turns from a secure government base to a horrifying destination of terror.

Bits and pieces from various films like "The Thing", "Alien" and "Resident Evil" sort of all come together in a very cheap B-movie sort of way to form "51" or "Area 51" from the After Dark Films folks. There are several plots twists and plenty of soldiers vs alien creatures with some blood and gore, but it's all pretty cheesy and generic for the most part. Let's just agree not to talk about the special effects, which consist of blood-spattering and men in costumes as aliens. But hey, all the big fancy effects can be way overdone and I'm sure are way overpriced. It's good to see some old-fashioned movie making for my money (well, it was free... but still).

Jason London (who was actually in another movie called Showdown at Area 51... seriously) stars with Bruce Boxleitner (Babylon 5) and Rachel Miner (Dani on Californication) and they all sort of do their thing, seemingly knowing they're in a tongue-in-cheek (at times... other times it's taking itself pretty serious) schlockfest.

The direction (Jason Connery) isn't bad and the script is actually sort of fun while doing a bit of character building along the way, despite the mostly cliched characters. For the budget, it's about what you should expect and better than the typical Saturday night SyFy Channel fare I thought.

4/10

Movie Review: Husk

Synopsis: When several crows smash into their car windshield causing an accident, a group of young friends are forced to abandon the vehicle, leaving them stranded beside a desolate cornfield. Hidden deep within the cornfield they find a crumbling farmhouse - but they soon discover that instead of a sanctuary, the house is actually the center of a terrifying supernatural ritual of which they are about to become a part.

Equal parts slasher movie and whodunnit ghost story, Husk is loaded with horror movie cliches but does deliver some freaky fun and once things start unfolding as to what's going on, it becomes a bit more original. If you're freaked out by corn fields, and frankly who isn't, you'll be pleased. The setting is really great I think and adds some tension. Most of it takes place in a corn field or in an old house in the middle of the corn field. That alone makes me nervous and if you add in the dreaded scarecrow factor, well then my friends you've got a horror film. Fear the burlap!

The production and acting and such are pretty much just b-movie level, but I sure don't mean that in a bad way. I enjoyed everybody's peformances and was only sorry that Tammin Sursok didn't get more screen time. A lot more screen time actually.

The gore and effects are good, but there's not too much gore really (but enough) and no nudity, just violence. The movie does establish a set of rules for what is occuring and explains everything that is going on as it unfolds, so I have to think they're trying to set-up sort of franchise with this. I'd be on board for it as it's a fun premise.

Not a great horror film by any means but I found it enjoyable.

5.5/10

Another After Dark Originals Trailer

This one for the film "Prowl." It looks pretty wild.

Writer: Tim Tori (Hysteria, Trespassers)
Director: Patrik Syversen (Manhunt)
Cast: Bruce Payne (Bernard), Courtney Hope (Amber), Saxon Trainor (Veronica)

SYNOPSIS: Amber dreams of escaping her small town existence and persuades her friends to accompany her to find an apartment in the big city. When their transportation breaks down, she and her friends gratefully accept a ride in the back of a semi. But when the driver refuses to stop and they discover the cargo is hundreds of cartons of blood, they panic. Their panic turns to terror when the truck disgorges them into a dark, abandoned warehouse where blood-thirsty creatures learn to hunt human prey, which, the friends realize, is what they now are…

After Dark Films Releases New Zombie Film

Re-Kill Comes To Life As Part of After Dark Originals "A New Brand of Fear" Series

Los Angeles, CA (Thursday Jan 26th, 2011) — After Dark Films CEO Courtney Solomon announced the newest zombie feature, RE-KILL, written by Mike Hurst (Hardwired, Ninja) and directed by Val Milev. Roger Cross (The Day The Earth Stood Still), Jesse Garcia (Quinceanera), and Daniella Alonso (Wrong Turn 2, The Hills Have Eyes II) star. The film, produced as part of the AFTER DARK ORIGINALS “A New Brand of Fear” series, was originally intended for release in this year’s January 28th theatrical festival, but producers say RE-KILL has shown so much promise that it is being pulled from the festival, and will most likely enjoy a wider theatrical release, on it’s own, later this year.

Solomon said, "The original reason we made these films was to give filmmakers a chance to shine while participating in the “Originals” film festival. By making a great film they open the door giving that film a chance to be released on a wider basis. It's only a good thing for everyone if this happens".

Re-Kill, from Producer Courtney Solomon, and Executive Producers Stephanie Caleb, Allan Zeman and Moshe Diamont was shot in Bulgaria and is currently in post-production.

The remaining After Dark Originals Films, Prowl, Seconds Apart, Fertile Ground, The Task and Husk will all be released theatrically on Friday January 28th in select theaters. See the official site for a list of the theaters.

SYNOPSIS:

It’s been 5 years since the outbreak that wiped out 85% of the world’s population, but the war between Re-Animates (Re-Ans) and Humans wages on. Most of the major cities are still uninhabitable. Within the few surviving cities, the Re-Ans have been segregated into “zones” and are policed by the R-Division of the QUASI S.W.A.T. Unit who hunt to re-kill the Re-Ans in the hope of quelling a second outbreak.

“R-Division, Frontline” is America’s #1 TV show in this Post-Apocalyptic world. Weekly, the show follows different R-Division units on the battlefield as they work to keep America Safe and Re-An free. Jimmy, the videographer for the Outbreak Network, thought this week’s episode would be like every other. He was wrong. Through the lens of his eyes and camera, we see raw, revealed and uncut, that which could be mankind’s last day.

The footage you are about to see is graphic and disturbing and may not be suitable for children. Viewer discretion is highly advised.

After Dark Films Is Back!

You know how I love After Dark Films, and if you don't just click here. Once again though this year I'm left out on the real fun as this year's 8 new films hitting the theater just next weekend won't be coming to a theater near me it appears. Well, at least we're not on the short list yet. The closest is a mere 5 hour drive to Grapevine, TX. But hopefully my city will pop up on their website soon. I won't be hating on the people who get to see them on the big screen though, the lucky dogs. *sigh* Well, I'll have all of the DVDs in hand as soon as they're out anyway, just like the other 4 sets of "8 Films To Die For" they've put out. Giant movie marathon possible soon?

Here's the posters for this year's batch:


Again, go to their site for info on the movies. They did change it up a bit this year with all originals from their new venture "After Dark Originals". They're comprised of 100% original scripts and not from acquired, previously created films. A nice mix of paranormal, black magic, space aliens, psychopaths, vampires and the undead. The gangs all here!

Here's the nifty new trailer: