Category: Horror

Movie Review – Chris Ranson on Leprechaun: Origins (2014)

Title: Leprechaun: Origins (2014) Director: Zach Lipovsky Runtime: 90 minutes — For some reason, on St. Patrick’s Day this year, I thought it would be a great idea to watch the entire Leprechaun series, back-to-back, while getting trashed. Ah, the things I do for Cinefessions. Now, we get a prequel to the series, Leprechaun: Origins,…


The Cinefessions Podcast – Episode 07 – Neil Marshall Retrospective

Welcome back to The Cinefessions Podcast! This month, Chris, Ashe, and Branden take on the entire filmography of English writer/director Neil Marshall. On the docket today is his debut feature, Dog Soldiers (2002), followed by the horror hit The Descent (2005). The post-apocalyptic thriller Doomsday (2008) is next, and we finish it off with a look at (the “and now for…


Movie Review – Chris Ranson on The Bunnyman Massacre (2014)

Title: The Bunnyman Massacre (2014) Director: Carl Lindbergh Runtime: 104 minutes — I was stoked when I found out that I was going to review a film about a killer in a bunny costume. This sounded absurd, and I do love the absurd, but I was worried because I never saw the first film. Thankfully,…


Movie Review – Ashe Collins on Mold! (2012)

Title: Mold! (2012) Director: Neil Meschino Runtime: 86 minutes — I expected Mold! to be something kind of serious; the cover makes it look that way, even with the blurb on the back and comparisons they make. The inside cover has what I’m guessing should have been on the outside of the box in the…


Movie Review – Ashe Collins on Axeman (2014)

Title: Axeman (2014) Director: Joston Theney Runtime: 105 minutes — Axeman is a horror film starring Scot Pollard as the titular axe-wielding psycho. He begins hunting down a group of former college friends who decide to stay at a cabin off Cutter’s Creek where the Axeman has become something of a local urban legend.  That,…


Cinefessions Series Review – Branden Chowen on the Friday the 13th Series

A Cinefessions Series Review is a periodic column that sees one or more writers watching and reviewing an entire film series. Cinefessions considers any film franchise that has two or more films a series, and thus available for review in this column. This is a way to get a quick look at an entire collection…


DVD Review – Chris Ranson on Murder University (2012)

I’d never heard of Murder University before it arrived in my mailbox. It is possible that I saw the DVD at the store, but I’m sure I would have just glanced over it like I do many indie horror outings that I have never heard of. With that being said, I am so happy to…