In 2006, Fred Vogel and TOETAG Pictures, the crew that found stardom in the underground horror arena with AUGUST UNDERGROUND and AUGUST UNDERGROUND’S MORDUM, looked to give horror fans a new film that differentiated from the serial killer found footage genre. The result of that effort would be THE REDSIN TOWER, an original low budget film blending […]
SPOOKFIELD (2015) Director: Alexis Gonzalez Reviewed by Mario Dominick For a good many months, I had been hearing a lot about a project called SPOOKFIELD from filmmaker Alexis Gonzalez. Alexis had been promoting it in many Facebook groups dedicated to low budget horror cinema. Having been finally given the opportunity to view the film, I’ve […]
Razor Days (2012) Director: Mike Watt Cast: Amy Lynn Best, Debbie Rochon, Bette Cassatt, Jeff Monahan, David Marancik, Alyssa Herron, Alan Rowe Kelly, Michael Varrati. Happy Cloud Pictures, a Pittsburgh-based independent production company, for the last 15+ years has been known for their snazzy, witty, and original B-movie filmmaking styles giving the world films such […]
A Dark Place Inside (2014) Director: Mike O’Mahony. Cast: Chris Dalbey, Genoveva Rossi, Rob Dimension, Anthony Edward Curry. A Review by Mario Dominick Filmmaker Mike O’Mahony of Maniac Films for the past four years has given us some of the sickest and most outrageous but fun, humorous and absurd underground slasher/gore flicks. Deadly Detour is […]
Hellhounds (2013) Review by Mario Dominick At a moment in time when the direct-to-video market is being flooded by various indie horrors of the slasher, zombie, creature feature, and torture porn varieties, the number of horror flicks in the art house/surrealist style (with the exception of Jeff Wedding’s A Measure of the Sin) seems to […]
COYOTE (2014) Directed by Trevor Juenger Review by Mario Dominick 2014 has proven to be a productive and busy year for many microbudget horror filmmakers with several new underground gore films and art house efforts seeing distribution. Among the many new flicks that have helped several filmmakers hit the ground running (including Scott Schirmer’s […]
THE GREAT AMERICAN SERIAL KILLER (2011) Review by Mario Dominick Director: Saint Matthew Stars: Todd Servo, Eddie Benevich, Angelina Leigh, Katie Russell, Debbie D, Erica Mooney, Jason Senior Saint Matthew and Raw Footage Films, the Northwestern PA crew responsible for the sick underground extreme horror hit STOCKHOLM SYNDROME, return to give us another look […]
BEYOND THE GRAVE (2010) Review by Mario Dominick Director: Davi de Oliveiro Pinheiro Stars: Rafael Tombini, Álvaro Rosa Costa, Ricardo Seffner As a major world cinema enthusiast and fan of the horror and avant garde genres of film, I always gravitate towards the most horrific-looking, original, and most artsy films whether they come from Europe, […]
DEAD NUDE GIRLS (2014) Review by Mario Dominick Director: Ryan Nicholson Stars: Carley Anderson, Amanda Finnamore, Ryan Nicholson For the past decade, Ryan Nicholson has become one of the busiest and most iconic filmmakers in the underground horror scene. Having given us sick, brutal, gory and outrageous films like GUTTERBALLS, HANGER, LIVE FEED, etc., he […]
THE KILLING GAMES (2012) Review by Mario Dominick Director: Barry J. Gillis Stars: Yunona Anders, Edwin Autridge, Vanessa Avik This film is being released on Apple Itunes, Google Play, on April 22 by Typhoon Films Canadian filmmaker Barry J. Gillis is best known in the underground circles as the writer, producer and star of the […]
