CHEAP THRILLS in a Bleak Economy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLiWbTn1RpE Cheap Thrills. 2014.  Dir. E.L Katz. Starring Pat Healy, Sara Paxton, Ethan Embry, and David Koechner. Pacific Northwest Pictures. Rated 14A. 88 minutes. Comedy/Crime/Drama ★★★★1/2 Cheap Thrills begins as Craig (Pat Healy) loses his low paying job. On top of that, he and his wife, as well as their new baby, are on the …

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SUMMER OF BLOOD: Unlikeable Hipster Vampires

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAtJwbxIrec Summer of Blood. 2014. Directed & Written by Onur Tukel. Starring Onur Tukel, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Vanna Pilgrim, Jason Selvig, and Melodie Sisk. Dark Sky Films. Not Rated. 86 minutes. Comedy/Horror ★★1/2 Erik Sparrow, played by writer and director Onur Tukel, seems to have a stable life - he has a nice job, he …

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Zack Parker’s PROXY: Twisting Tales of Extraordinary Madness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dmJ5ap8lh4 Proxy. 2014.  Dir. Zack Parker. Starring Kristina Klebe, Joe Swanberg, Alexa Havins, and Alexia Rasmussen. IFC Midnight. Unrated. 120 minutes. Drama/Horror/Thriller ★★★★★ Previously, I've seen Zack Parker's work with his earlier film Scalene, which I actually really enjoyed. Perhaps enjoy is not the best verb to describe the experience of that film, but either way …

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BLUE RUIN’s Honest Amateur Revenge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0XGOxFnm9A Blue Ruin. 2014. Directed & Written by Jeremy Saulnier. Starring Macon Blair, Tyler Byrne, Richard Peete, Vincent Savino, Alex Orr, and Anish Savjani. Anchor Bay Entertainment. Rated 18A. 90 minutes. Crime/Drama/Thriller ★★★★★ Personally, I love revenge thrillers just because they satisfy the real life need at times to dive into something similar to our …

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ALMOST HUMAN: Help, My Best Friend is a Murderous Alien!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXK0XSA8XE8 Almost Human. 2013. Directed & Written by Joe Begos. Starring Graham Skipper, Josh Ethier, Vanessa Leigh, Susan T. Travers, and Anthony Amaral III. IFC Midnight. Not Rated. 80 minutes. Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller ★★★1/2 While this was made in 2013 and released in certain areas, this didn't make its way to Canada until 2014, so it's one …

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Not Everyone’s Cut Out for POKER NIGHT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhaqpgsN-lY Poker Night. 2014. Dir. Greg Francis. Screenplay by Dough Buchanan & Francis. Starring Beau Mirchoff, Ron Perlman, Titus Welliver, Halston Sage, Ron Eldard, Corey Large, Giancarlo Esposito, and Michael Eklund. XLrator Media. Not Rated. 104 minutes. Action/Crime/Thriller ★★★★ I'd anticipated this movie just because of the trailer. Now, sometimes this can come back to …

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THE LORDS OF SALEM: Worship at the Haunted Neon Altar with Rob Zombie

All hail the Lords of Salem!

Madison County is Weak & Trite Backwoods Horror

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zUOJHGqF6M Madison County. 2011. Directed & Written by Eric England. Starring Colley Bailey, Matt Mercer, Ace Marrero, Joanna Sotomura, Natalie Scheetz, Nick Principe, Dayton Knoll, Adrienne Harrell, and Katie Stegeman. Image Entertainment. Rated R. 81 minutes. Horror/Mystery/Thriller ★1/2One of the young characters asks the question "where did he get the ideas if they weren't true?" at …

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