HorrO's Gory Reviews

In the dying days of the old west, an elderly sheriff and his posse set out to rescue their town’s doctor from cannibalistic cave dwellers. Starring: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, and Matthew Fox Directed and written by: S. Craig Zahler Check out the video below and find out how many pools of blood it received…

A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil. Starring: Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, and Alice Krige Directed by: Oz Perkins Written by: Rob Hayes Check out the video below and find out how many pools of blood it received…

A woman returns to her family home and discovers it to be inhabited by monsters. Starring: Jessica Madsen, Opal Littleton, and Ed Brody Directed and written by: Padraig Reynolds  Check out the video below and find out how many pools of blood it received…

After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms. Starring: Katie Holmes, Owain Yeoman, and Christopher Convery Directed by: William Brent Bell Written by: Stacey Menear Check out the video below and find out how many pools of blood it received…

A house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. Starring: Tara Westwood, Junko Bailey, and David Lawrence Brown Directed by: Nicolas Pesce Written by: Nicolas Pesce, Jeff Buhler, and Takashi Shimizu Check out the video below and find out how many pools of blood it received…

Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don’t know where they are, or how they got there. They don’t know they’ve been chosen - for a very specific purpose - The Hunt. Starring: Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, and Ike Barinholtz Directed by: Craig Zobel Written by: Nick Cuse, and Damon Lindelof Check out the video below and find out how many pools of blood it received…

A family in the 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic, and possession. Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, and Kate Dickie Directed and written by: Robert Eggers Check out the video below and find out how many pools of blood it received…

Jenn has washed ashore on a small tropical island and it doesn’t take her long to realize she’s completely alone. She must spend her days not only surviving the elements, but must also fend off the malevolent force that comes out each night.  Starring: Kiesey Clemons, Emory Cohen, and Hanna Mangan Lawrence Directed by: J.D. Dillard Written by: J.D. Dillard, Alex Theurer, and Alex Hyner Check out the video below and find out how many pools of blood it received…

After being horrendously embarrassed by the mean girls at school, Faye, a practicing witch, summons the evil Cupid to take revenge on all those who wronged her. Starring: Georgina Jane, Michael Owusu, and Abi Casson Thompson Directed and written by: Scott Jeffrey Check out the video review below and find out how many pools of blood it received…

A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé’s two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place. Starring: Richard Armitage, Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, and Alicia Silverstone Directed by: Severin Fiala, and Veronika Franz Written by: Sergio Casci, Severin Fiala, and Veronika Franz   As horror fans, we’ve seen a lot of horror movies featuring cabins in the woods. It usually sets up for a great blood and guts slasher type movie, but that’s not happening in “The Lodge.” Not only do we get a little bit of a different setting, but we also get a slow burn psychological horror movie. So should horror fans pay a visit to the lodge…lets find out!    Mia (Lia McHugh) and Aiden (Jaeden Martell) are young kids with parents on the verge of a divorce. Their father, Richard (Richard Armitage) has already moved on to a new woman, Grace (Riley Keough). The movie wastes ...

A group of friends rent an isolated lake house owned by a fitness obsessed man with mysterious intentions.  Starring: Kasey Givens, Emily Hiott, and Brady Burleson Johnson Directed by: Chad Werner Written by: Emily Hiott and Chad Werner Check out the video review below and find out how many pools of blood this movie received…

Frank, an opportunistic lawyer, thinks he’s in for the time of his life when he goes out on the town to celebrate an upcoming promotion with his co-worker, Jeff. But their night takes a turn for the bizarre when Frank is dosed with a hallucinogen that completely alters his perception of the world, taking him on a psychedelic quest through broad meetings, nightclubs, shootouts, and alternate dimensions. As Frank ping-pings between reality and fantasy, he find himself on a mission to find a missing girl, himself - and his wallet. Starring: Justin Long, Tommy Flanagan, and Katia Winter Directed by: Gille Klabin Written by: Carl W. Lucas   To start this review I’ll admit that the last couple of movies I saw that were based on someone doing drugs just didn’t work for me. They weren’t bad, and I realize there’s an audience out there for them. However, I just found myself lost in the madness, and it completely losses my interest. So I took a chance with “The Wave,” ...

A medieval warrior’s gruesome collection of heads is missing only one - the monster that killed his daughter years ago. Starring: Christopher Rygh, and Cora Kaufman Directed by: Jordan Downey Written by: Kevin Stewart, Jordan Downey   Sometimes you want to see a horror movie just based on the title. You don’t need to know what it’s about because the name just sparks your imagination, and the possibilities to come. “The Head Hunter” had my head spinning with all the wonderful horrors that could come from that title. So the question is... did it live up to the title?   First, it’s good to see a movie in the olden days because it changes things up, and gives the audience a new environment to take in. The lonely warrior (Christopher Rygh) lives in a home that looks nice, but has some interesting decorations (more on that soon). He tries to keep busy, but there is clearly something that is on his mind. Apparently he lost his daughter to a monster, and is ta...

A workplace robot, AUTO, transforms into a killing machine when he discovers he will be replaced by a more efficient model. Starring: Elissa Dowling, Parry Shen, Graham Skipper, Sarah French, and Sadie Katz Directed by: Garo Setian Written by: Garo Setian, Rolfe Kanefsky, and Matthew L. Schaffer   It’s clear times are changing, and workers are getting replaced all the time. First it was older workers getting replaced by young ones, and now computers are replacing workers of all ages. Skip ahead to the future, like in “Automation,” where robots are starting to take the place of people. No one is ever happy about it, and the robots won’t be either when it’s their time.   Enter AUTO, the only robot employed at Alert Insulation. He’s capable of doing a lot of the heavy lifting, but spends most of his time engaging in conversation to learn more about human behavior. He seems to have found a friend in a contracted employee named Jenny (Elissa Dowling). While...

Five strangers converge at a haunted movie theater owned by The Projectionist. Once inside, the audience members witness a series of screenings showing there deepest fears and darkest secrets over five tales.  Starring: Mickey Rourke, Richard Chamberlain, and Adam Godley Directed by: Alejandro Brugues, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, Ryuhei Kitamura, and David Slade Written by: Sandra Becerril, Alejandro Brugues, Lawrence C. Connolly, Mick Garris, Richard Christian Matheson, and David Slade     Less and less people are going to the cinema these days, and opting instead to watch movies on VOD, Netflix, etc. Older theaters are closing up leaving just a shell of themselves behind. One of those theaters seems to be Nightmare Cinema, although it’s still able to pull a few souls thru its doors. Unfortunately for them, there’s still one person working at the theater, who intends on keeping them their forever!   This anthology of horror starts off with ‘The T...

Examines the infamous homoerotic subtext and the special place the film holds in the Nightmare franchise as well as the gay film canon. Partly in thanks to evolving social mores, Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - which was considered controversial at the time of its release - is now being looked back upon with a new appreciation and fondness by horror aficionados and fans of the series. Starring: Mark Patton, Cecil Baldwin, and Marshall Bell Directed by: Roman Chimienti, and Tyler Jensen   First off, much credit to Mark Patton for doing a documentary so focused on his personal life. Yes, there’s talk about the movie, but this really dives deep into his life before, during, and after “Nightmare on Elm Street 2.” The experiences he went through weren’t easy, and must have been hard to revisit. On the other hand, it seems like he’s gotten some relief from this documentary, and now has found his way back into the Nightmare fandom.   Depending on where this movie fal...

A woman is kidnapped and finds herself an unwilling participant in a deadly game where women are hunted by masked men. Starring: Airlie Doods, Linda Ngo, Ebony Vagulans, and Taylor Ferguson Written and directed by: Tony D’Aquino  With “The Furies” comes another horror movie where people are hunted down. It opens right in the middle of the action with a girl being chased by a guy with a creepy mask. As usual, she trips and falls with the killer closing in until something a little different happens. No spoilers here, as the audience is then introduced to friends Kayla (Airlie Dodds), and Maddie (Ebony Vagulans). The two friends have an argument at a bad time, and get taken to be a part of this killing game in the middle of nowhere.    Kayla has some weird visions before waking up in a box. When she gets out, she finds herself alone in a dense forest. She immediately starts looking for her friend before she runs into two girls. There’s something wrong wi...

On Halloween night in 2015, Patrick “Trick” Weaver massacred his classmates at a costume party. After being arrested, he managed to escape police custody, but not before being shot five times by Detective Mike Denver. Everyone believes Trick must be dead, but when a masked killer reappears the following Halloween after that, they realize the nightmare is not over. With Trick wreaking havoc and killing innocent people increasingly terrifying ways, Denver will stop at nothing to finish what he started and bring the carnage to an end. Starring: Omar Epps, Jamie Kennedy, and Tom Atkins Written by: Todd Farmer and Patrick Lussier Directed by: Patrick Lussier   “Trick” gets off to a great start, and keeps rolling from there. It starts in 2015 at a Halloween party where some high school students are playing a game of spin the knife. Everyone is having fun until it’s a boy named Trick’s turn. He spins the knife, but instead of kissing someone he starts his murder spr...

A skeptic of the paranormal picks up a hitchhiker on a desolate road. We’ve heard the lore but did we miss more of the story? Starring: Jeremy Pratico, Jason Lorefice, Flora Davis, and Tessa Baker Written and directed by: Paul Dulski   This short film opens with a driver (Jeremy Pratico) heading down a road listening to a radio show. The show is describing an urban legend, which the film flashes back to. The audience gets to see a couple in an argument about the guy’s (Jason Lorefice) mistress (Tessa Baker). When she makes an appearance, his wife (Flora Davia) forces his hand, and he kills and leaves the mistress in the swamp. The driver continues on his way, laughing at the rest of the urban legend, and its rules. Maybe he should have paid attention because he soon becomes part of the story when he picks up a hitchhiker.    The first thing that stands out is the use of color. Writer and director Paul Dulski doesn’t shy away from it in his first film....