Let Us Prey (2014)

Let Us Prey (2014)

Actors:

Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones) Pollyanna McIntosh (the Woman) & Bryan Larking (London has Fallen)

Director:

Brian O'Malley

Runtime:

1 hr 32 minutes

Plot:

A mysterious man arrives at the police station in a rural secluded Scottish town and unleashes terror on the cops and criminals inside. 

Trailer:

Liam Cunningham plays a mysterious man (if you pay attention you can figure out who early on) and starts getting into peoples minds. 

Since starting this blog I have watched more foreign horror than I have before. And I have noticed that no matter what the budget they tend to be very well made (including this film). The set, plot, lighting and special effects (including the blood looking real not fake) are excellently done. Hot giving away spoilers, there police officers are worse than the criminals they have in the cells. This is one messed up film that I totally loved. 

  Highly Recommend.

The Blood Lands (2014)

The Blood Lands  (2014)

Actors:

Pollyanna McIntosh, Lee Williams & Joanne Mitchell

Director:

Simeon Halligan

Runtime:

1 hr 23 minutes

Plot:

It's Ed and Sarah's first night at their new home - an isolated farmhouse on the Scottish borders. Fleeing London's rat race they find unexpected horrors.

Trailer:

Review: (spoiler)

This film takes some time to get started. The set design, lighting and camera work are top notch. The setting is a beautiful country side. What is it about horror movies & pig masks? Just asking there.

While categorized as a horror/ thriller this film falls more on the thriller side. The male lead disappears when the action actually gets going leaving the female lead (Pollyanna McIntosh) to play the smart wife who has to save her husband. An evected family wants their land back, so they torture the new home owners to take it back.

Patrick: Evil Awakens (2013)

Patrick: Evil Awakens (2013)

Actors:

Jackson Gallagher, Sharni Vinson & Charles Dance

Director:

Mark Hartley

Runtime:

1 hr 36 minutes

Plot:

Kathy (Sharni Vinson) is a young nurse that is eager to prove herself in her new job in an isolated psychiatric clinic. She's intrigued by Patrick (Jackson Gallagher), a comatose patient that her boss Dr. Roget (Charles Dance) assures her is incapable of truly responding to any external stimuli. Kathy is horrified by the experiments that Roget and his nurse Matron Cassidy (Rachel Griffiths) inflict upon him, and she's initially pleased when she finds a way to communicate with him. This quickly turns to horror when Patrick uses his psychic abilities to interfere with her life outside of the hospital, as Patrick has grown obsessed with Kathy and will harm anyone that he deems to be interfering with his relationship with her.

Trailer:

Review:

This is a low budget (remake) Australian horror film. The special effects are very well done for a low budget, I've seen some higher budget films with worse to be honest. The cinematography in this film was done by Garry Richards and he did a splendid job. The lead actress Sharni Vinson (You're Next) was great as always. And the rest of the cast was good in general.

The plot itself makes you think twice about comatose people and telekinesis in a whole new light. Basically the movie is about a stalker in a coma with the ability to make your life hell. I would highly recommend this to anyone.

The House at the End of Time (2013)

The House at the End of Time (2013)

Actors:

Ruddy Rodriguez, Gonzalo Cubero & Rosmel Bustamante

Director:

Alejandro Hidalgo

Run time:

100 minutes

Plot:

Dulce is a mother who has encounters with apparitions in her old house, where it unleashes a terrible prophecy. Thirty years later, turned into an old woman, she returns home to unravel the mystery and tragedy that has tantalized her.

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Review:

This is a foreign supernatural horror.  The story goes back and forth between the past and the present for the main character as she remembers the events that happened in her house. The film itself is well written and directed by Alejandro Hidalgo. This film will surpass your expectations because of the story and cinematography. if you don't mind subtitles or know the language I would highly recommend giving this film a go.

Wyrmwood: The Road of the Dead (2015)

Wyrmwood: The Road of the Dead (2015)

Actors:

Jay Gallgher, Bianca Bradey & Leon Burchill

Director:

Kiah Roache-Turner

Run Time:

1 hour 38 minutes

Plot:

A man in the outback must rescue his sister from a mad scientist conducting experiments of a plague that is turning humans into zombies.

Trailer:

Review:

The cinematography in this film is amazing. Wyrmwood's action starts off before the title of the movie even hits the screen. This is NOT your typical zombie movie! It switches between the brother and the sister's side of the story. 

I can see reminences of other movies in this storyline, for example; mad scientist messing with a zomnie viras (Resident Evil) & Apocolypse gear and car (Mad Max). As the poster says Mad Max meets Dawn of the Dead. And it seriously works, making this an original zombie film. I highly recommend this film to everyone.

London Voodoo (2004)

London Voodoo (2004)

Actors:

Doug Cockle, Sara Stewart & Grace Sprott

Director:

Robert Pratton

Runtime:

1 h 39min

Plot:

A young man relocates his family from New York to London. There his wife discovers a new sexuality and power that threatens to tear apart his family.

Trailer:

Review:

An independent British film. While you can see the film makers have talent, it's frustrating to see it compromised by the lack of funding. The ideas of this film you can tell come from Omen and Amityville among others. I've seen it all before and was not told it in a new way as to actually make me like it.



Storage 24 (2012)

Storage 24 (2012)

Actors: 

Colin O'Donogue, Noel Clarke & Antonia Cambell- Hughes

Director:

Johannes Roberts

Run Time:

 1h 27 min

Plot:

An emergency power shutdown in London leaves 4 friends trapped in a cavernous storage facility with something alien looking for them in the dark.

Trailer:

Review:

Let's start off by saying there is some solid acting chops in this tale of friends trapped in a storage facility in London, who are being hunted by a insect like alien monster. The cinematography is well done as are the special effects. That being said this movie has a slow start and a even slower ending. There is a touch of drama going on in the story line that I feel gives you background between the characters, but slows the movie down. 

Sadako 3D (2012)

Sadako 3D (2012)

 

Actors: 

Koji Seto & Satoni Ishihara

Director: 

Tsutomu Hanabusa

Runtime: 96 Minutes


Plot: When a group of high school kids hear rumors of a suicide video on the world wide web, some suspect that it is an elaborate hoax. As the local police race to find answers, a familiar figure in white emerges from the static, beckoning the curious into eternal darkness. Akane (Satomi Ishihara), a high school teacher, fights against Sadako and Kashiwada to save her life and her boyfriend from a video's curse.This is part of the Ringu Trilogy.

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Review: 

This is a sequel to the 1998 Japanese movie "Ringu". If you like either version of the Ringu movies (Japanese or American " The Ring"), you will like this movie. This is a subtitle movie.

While "The Ring" and others like it are not my cup of tea, I'm kinda on the fence with this one. The main character has a banshee type ability that brung something different to the table. the ending well that was sorta anti-climatic.

 I personally wouldn't watch it again but it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be.

Found on Netlfix.