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Noel Live - a short film masterpiece.

Synopsis: Noel Live follows Noel, a man with a mysterious case of short-term memory, who has lost everything. As he seeks to kill the man who took everything from him, he finds himself with a choice: forgiveness or revenge. Which will he choose? Noel Live is a beautiful piece of short film mastery, definitely, worth watching if you are looking for something that breaks the mould of the generic mainstream cliché. Noel Live’s wife, Hope (Nora Dooley) is killed in tragic circums

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My Guardian Angel

Synopsis: Twin sisters Hannah and Angel (played by Libby Hill), have always been very close to each other, but after Angel's death, Hannah is about to experience a completely new type of bonding with her beloved sister. So the synopsis doesn't really give you a lot to go on, but a need to step away from over explained horror synopsis drove me the watch My Guardian Angel , after all what did I have to lose after my last disappointing choices? Although more on the darker side,

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Girl on the Third Floor

Synopsis: Don Koch (Phil CM Punk) tries to renovate a rundown mansion with a sordid history for his growing family, only to learn that the house has other plans. Even though the poor, unimaginative synopsis, I thought, why not! It was late, I felt like a haunting type horror and choice wasn't really something that had the luxury of time. Honesty the intro titles were hard to read, given the ill-spaced Old English Victorian feel font and movement, so I skipped them all togethe

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The Watcher (2000) - A Superb Thriller?

Synopsis: After years of pursuing psychotic killers in Los Angeles, FBI Agent Joel Campbell (James Spader) wants out. His now nemesis, serial killer David Allen Griffin (Keanu Reeves), has tracked him all the way to Chicago, just to torment him. Before each murder Griffin sends Campbell a photograph of his intended victim and dares him to find her before he strikes again. Now with every tick of the clock and amidst the pulse-pounding action, this stone cold killer turns up th

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House of the Dead (Directors Cut) - You'll Die Laughing (NOT)

Synopsis: It's Spring Break and these typical college kids just want to have fun - killing Zombies! This 'side splitting' directors cut of House of the Dead features new dialogue, alternative takes, popup commentary, animation from the original video game and commentary from the director. Even the most hardcore fans of the original cult classic will relish this hysterically tasteless funny version. Wow, what a disappointment of a film! There were one or two jokes that were de

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My Soul to Take - Worth Watching

Synopsis: In the sleepy Massachusetts town of Riverton, legend tells of a tells of a serial killer who swore he'd return to murder seven children born on the night he died. Now 16 years later, people are disappearing again. Has the psychopath been reincarnated as one of the seven teens, or did he survive the night he was left for dead? Adam 'Bug' Heller, (Max Thieroit), cut from his dead mothers womb, on the last night the Riverton Ripper, wreaked havoc, is unaware of the ter

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - Freddy's Revenge (1985)

Synopsis: A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world. Starring Robert Englund, Mark Patton and Kim Myers. Mark Patton, who played Jessie Walsh, a teenage boy tormented by Freddy Kruger (Robert Englund), did a really good job in this role. Everything from the facial expressions, to the way he delivered his dialogue echoed what his character was going thro

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 Original)

Synopsis: The monstrous spirit of a slain child murderer seeks revenge by invading the dreams of teenagers whose parents were responsible for his untimely death. A Nightmare on Elm Street was the first horror film, I ever watched and honestly the reason I feel in love with horror. I know there's a lot of controversy regarding the comparison with the Original Nightmare on Elm Street and the 2010 Remake with the same title. Although I have see the remake, I will wait until I re

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Something Beneath - Highly Underrated

Synosis: When the panic starts to spread, so does the slime - pulsating, dripping and oozing around the conference site, awaking everyone's worst nightmares. A massive cellular organism, highly intelligent and deadly, is living in the sewer system beneath the conference centre. As unexpecting attendees of the Clean Planet Conference are picked off one by one by a mysterious oily black slime, a group of scientists band together to try and stop it in its tracks. Starring Kevin

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Drag Me To Hell - Better the Second Time Around

Synopsis: Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is on her way to having it all: a devoted boyfriend (Jason Long), a hard earned job promotion and a bright future. But when she is forced to make a tough decision, that evicts and elderly woman from her home, Christine becomes a victim of an evil curse. Now she only has three days to dissuade a dark spirit from stealing her soul before she is dragged to Hell for an eternity of torment. Director Sam Raimi (Spiderman, Evil Dead Trilogy)

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