Horror Asylum Movies Reviews

Quarantine 2: Terminal

Set one day after the events of Quarantine, Mercedes Masohn and Bre Blair are stewardesses on an interstate flight who encounter serious problems when an obese passenger (George Back) appears to have contracted a horrible virus that turns him into a flesh-eating loon. I guess you wouldnt complain about him taking up two seats, at this point. After making an emergency landing, the passengers and crew (the passengers include a kid played by Mattie Liptak and a high school science teacher played by Josh Cooke, who has brought some hamsters onto the plane) find themselves sealed off in an airport terminal without any explanation whatsoever. And now more people are starting to get sick and all ragey and bitey.

Mask Maker

I had never heard of this film until it hit DVD and Blu-ray in the UK this week, but Im glad I noticed it, as it was the best slasher movie Id seen since the 90s heyday.

Hellraiser: Hellworld

Pinhead returns in this 8th entry in the Hellraiser series as a group of friends who are addicted to an online MMORPG based on the Hellraiser mythos are invited to an exclusive party at a rich eccentrics mansion house only to fall afoul of the cenobites.

5150 Elms Way

Film student Marc-Andre Grondin falls off his bicycle and gets a few cuts and grazes. He knocks on the door at the title address and asks homeowner Normand DAmour if he can make a call for a taxi. Unfortunately, once inside, Grondin sees something he shouldnt, and before long he finds himself imprisoned, until DAmour can figure out what to do with him. It turns out that DAmour is a very righteous man, and he does not like anyone he does not see as being righteous, and sees fit to kill those who are not as righteous as he. Sonia Vachon is DAmours completely submissive wife, who appears to believe in the policy of ignorance is bliss. Mylene St-Sauveur is the eldest daughter, whom daddy has ideas of grooming into his apprentice. DAmour is also quite the expert at chess, in fact he claims never to have been beaten. Grondin will attempt to use all of these elements to his advantage in order to escape his current predicament.

The Tortured

Opening June 15th in New York Cinemas and hitting VOD, XBOX, iTunes, Sony PlayStation, Amazon, and Sundance Now on May 11th (thats 18 months after the UK DVD and Blu-ray release for any UK readers who are currently experiencing deja vu) The Tortured sees Jesse Metcalfe and Erika Christensen star as Craig and Elise Landry, a happy couple whose lives are shattered when their young son is abducted and murdered by a psychopath played by genre vet Bill Moseley. When the killer is apprehended and taken to court to stand trial he manages to plea bargain for a reduced sentence. Angered at this miscarriage of justice the couple turns vigilante and exact their own brand of justice, but theres a moral to the story.

The Silent House

Laura (Florencia Colucci) and her dad (Gustavo Alonsos Wilson) arrive at a broken down house in the country and attempt to restore it so the owner can put it back on the market. Spending the night, its not long before Laura starts hearing noises and she decides to explore the house...and thats when the fun really begins.

Daylight Fades

Matthew Stiller and Rachel Miles meet in a bar and quickly fall in love. Unfortunately, the latter isnt much of a commitment gal, and after a brief courtship, the two have a fight. Stiller ends up in a serious car wreck, and might die, if not for the aid of the mysterious Seth (Allen C. Gardner), who saves Stillers life. By turning him into a vampire! Soon, Seth is teaching him the ways of the vampire, and Stiller and Miles reunite. However, as she learns of Stillers transformation into one of the undead, this sets up all new issues between them. Rachel Kimsey turns up as red-headed vampire vixen Raven, who is also on hand to provide complications for our two lovers.

Possession

Sarah Michelle Gellar fans rejoice! This long awaited thriller was finally released on DVD in the UK this week - no less than five years after it was completed.

The Howling: Reborn

This latest entry into The Howling canon which was made 30 years after the original acts as a do-over or re-imagining of the series. However you look at it, the producers basically realised werewolves are popular thanks to the success of Twilight and obviously thought they could make a quick buck by making yet another sequel (this is the 8th film in the series).

The Wicker Tree

This long awaited sequel (which hits DVD and Blu-ray stateside this coming Tuesday) to the 1973 cult classic The Wicker Man sees Robin Hardy return to the directors chair as he adapts his own novel Cowboys for Christ.