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THE HEKS REVIEW

  A grieving British girl unravels her murdered mother’s secrets connected to a South African witch doctor’s curse. Starring: Coco Lloyd, Mari Molefe van Heerden, and Mary-Anne Barlow Directed and written by: Reine Swart   “The Heks” might be on me if this movie doesn’t receive enough pools of blood! Dilanne (Coco Lloyd) is doing what many of us do these days. She's talking to her mom on a video chat when someone appears, and murders her mother. Dilanne is upset, and wants answers to why this happened. She can’t wait, and flies home to South Africa to start an investigation of her own.   Usually this would be a good time to get reacquainted with family and friends, but Dilanne didn’t come home for a visit. She digs into her mom’s things looking for clues to why she was killed. Things get interesting when she finds an unusual looking mask. Throw in a witch doctor and things get cooking.   At times it might seem a little slow when Dilanne is investigating, but the movi...

TRIGGERED REVIEW

  Nine friends, all harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake up with SUICIDE BOMBS strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks. They decide to work out how to disarm the bombs or find help – until they discover they can ‘take’ one another’s time by killing each other. Starring: Sean Cameron Michael, Liesl Ahlers, and Reine Swart   Directed by: Alastair Orr Written by: David D. Jones      “Triggered” sounds like a cool name for a new game show, but this is not a game anyone wants to play. The film opens in the woods where a group of friends are using a camping trip to get reacquainted with each other. It doesn’t take long to figure out that some of these friends are closer to some than others. Some of them are couples which also opens the door for jealousy, and betrayal. While these might be common problems for some groups of friends, they’re about to encounter a much more deadly pr...