Title: My Super Psycho Sweet 16 Directed by: Jed Elinoff (The Signal) and Scott Thomas Starring: Juliana Guill (“Friday The 13th”), Lauren Mcknight (“House of Fear”), Chris Zylka (“Cougartown”) and Matt Angel (“Raising The Bar”). MTV kicks-off Halloween a little early with the premiere of the original slasher movie “My Super Psycho Sweet 16″ airing October 23, at 10p.m. ET/PT. The film tells the story of Madison Penrose (Juliana Guill), a spoiled and beautiful high school queen bee, and Skye Rotter (Lauren McKnight), the class outcast whose father Charlie Rotter committed a series of grisly murders a decade before the movie’s events. Madison’s plans for the ultimate birthday bash are…

Title: Dark Woods Directed by: Michael Escobedo Starring: James Russo, Tracy Coogan and John Muscarnero Scores: Technical: 99, Story: 95, Acting: 100, Overall: 99 Dark Woods is the kind of movie that starts out kind of depressing, then gets intriguing, then scary, and back to an intriguing depression. Dark Woods is the story of a loving husband Henry (John Muscarnero-who also wrote the film) and his dying wife Susan (played to an eerie perfection by Tracy Coogan) who travel far away from the city life into the secluded woods so she can die in peace. Sound depressing enough yet? As Susan drifts in and out of consciousness, Henry, out for…

Title: White On Rice Written and Directed by: Dave Boyle (“Big Dreams Little Tokyo”) Starring: Hiroshi Watanabe, (Letters from Iwo Jima), Mio Takada, (Late Night with Conan O’Brien), Lynn Chen, (Saving Face) and Justin Kwong. Produced by: Duane Andersen, Dominic Fratto, and Michael Lerman Scores: Technical: 90, Story: 95, Acting: 100, Overall: 95 Director Dave Boyle both writes and directs the comedy “White on Rice”, a fish-out-of-water love story chronicling the comedic life of Jimmy (Watanabe), an somewhat strange yet charming 40-year-old immigrant as he tries to make it in America. Jimmy lives in his sister Aiko’s and his brother-in-law Tak’s (Takada) basement. Unfortunately Jimmy falls for Tak’s beautiful niece…

Title: Body of Work Scores: Technical: 98, Story: 100, Acting: 100, Overall: 99 Written by Shayla Beesly & Alex Bram (Alex also directed and produced the film along with Renee Pezzotta & Leah Cevoli) Body of Work premiered at the Carnival of Darkness Film Festival at the Crest Theater in L.A. on August 8th along with some other great short films. The film opens with Vogler, a deranged artist, who hires models to pose for his paintings, and then he kills them and finishes the painting with their blood. After the brief, but splatter-satisfying intro, our story begins ten years later and follows a husband and wife, who have moved…

Title: World’s Greatest Dad Directed by: Bobcat Goldthwait Starring: Robin Williams (The Prince of Providence, August Rush), Alexie Gilmore (Descent), Daryl Sabara, Geoff Pierson, Henry Simmons and Mitzi McCall. Scores: Technical: 95, Story: 100, Acting: 100, Overall: 99 Oh man… I just saw World’s Greatest Dad. This film is the funniest thing I have seen in a long time. It follows no formula and pushes the limits to well beyond any normal sense of decency. This is one of the most unbelievably amazing movies I have ever seen. First off, the trailers that I have seen DO NOT do the film justice. Most trailers show the best parts of the…

Title: Acolytes Directed by: Jon Hewitt Starring: Danny Baldwin, Holly Baldwin and Joel Edgerton. Scores: Technical: 90, Story: 95, Acting: 99, Overall: 96 Every now and then I come across a movie that gets no marketing and flies in under the radar. Most of the time, that’s a good thing. Sometimes, it is sad because a film deserves to be seen. Acolytes really needs to be seen. Acolytes is a tale of 3 high school teens who intertwine themselves in a plot for revenge. When one witnesses a body being buried they all decide to hunt down the killer and blackmail him. After all, there is a bully/rapist who needs…

Title: Misery The Beginning…oops, I mean Homecoming. Scores: Technical: 80, Story: 50, Acting: 85, Overall: 65 When Mike (Matt Long) returns to his hometown with his new girlfriend Elizabeth (Jessica Stroup), they are welcomed with open arms from everyone, except for Shelby (Mischa Barton) who still thinks she’s Mike’s true love. When Shelby tries to make a move on Mike, and finds out he has another girlfriend – she snaps. Shelby hits Elizabeth with a car one night, and holds her hostage in her home while trying to work her way back into Mike’s life. Why do I call it Stephen King’s: Misery the Beginning? Sure, the movie has it’s…

Title: Bruno Directed by: Larry Charles Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) Scores: Technical: 90, Story: 90, Acting: 100, Overall: 95 The thing I love about Sacha Baron Cohen is that he is not racist or biased, he will work with anyone. But most of all, he doesn’t make people look stupid. He doesn’t have to. Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest movie is about a very flamboyant Austrian fashionista named Brüno who, after getting fired from his hit show in his homeland, decides he wants to be famous and takes his show to America. His path takes him to a few different places including; a preacher who can make him “ungay”, an…

Title: The Red Machine Directed by: Stephanie Argy and Alec Boehm Starring: Lee Perkins (Carnies), Donal Thoms-Cappello, Meg Brogan, Mo Byrnes and Eddie Lee Scores: Technical: 95, Story: 98, Acting: 100, Overall: 99 I watch a lot of independent films… I mean a lot. So when I started watching The Red Machine, I thought I was in for another mediocre story with sub-par acting and a whole lot of disappointment. Don’t get me wrong, a lot of indy films are really good, then there are the ones that could be good with the right budget, and we can’t forget the terrible ones. Obviously some are great… I give you The…

Title: Drag Me To Hell Directed by: Sam Raimi (Spider Man) Starring: Justin Long (Serious Moonlight, Live Free or Die Hard ) and Alison Lohman (Beowulf) Scores: Technical: 95, Story: 85, Acting: 80, Overall: 87 With all of the hype in the teen-aged horror community surrounding the Twilight series in recent months, it was easy to question how Ghost House Pictures’ new PG-13 release, Drag Me To Hell, would compare. Also being directed and written by Sam Raimi, famously remembered for the smash hit Spiderman trilogy starring Toby Maguire and the revolutionary ‘80s Evil Dead series, and veering away from the slasher sub-genre that has always dominated the box office,…