Gates of Gore's Independent Horror Reviews

Cast: Terry Alexander, Dee Imbert, Elizabeth Piper S, Geoff Lerer, David Morwick, Marcus Slabine, Lori Cardille Director: Marcus Slabine What was supposed to be his last day at WORX, Radio DJ Harry Cunningham takes a mysterious call online that tries to force him to reveal a dark secret from the past. However, when he refuses, bodies start piling up and Harry's last day could really be his last forever. I have known Marcus for many years, ever since he had his own movie review site. I was really disappointed when he had to shut down his website for good. He had such an incredible knowledge for films, so when I found out that he was venturing into his own brand of movie making, I was so excited. THE LAST CALL is his first film and I thought it was so good. It only runs 17 minutes, but it gets down to business and that's what I love. I was so happy to learn that Terry Alexander was starring in this little film. If you are a George Romero fan, then you will know him f...

Directed by: Tony Masiello and Tim Ritter Remember the good old days of USA Up All Night back in the 90's? Those were the best times and those great memories were brought back with Zombarella's House of Whorrors. Very beautiful and very busty Zombarella presents it's viewers with a SOV suck fest called Tales From the Mausoleum from director Fred Olen Wood. We are also presented with lots of commercials, trailers and 1-900 numbers to titilate your senses. First of all, I didn't know what I was in for when I started watching Zombarella's House of Whorrors, but from the very beginning I smiled the entire time. I remember staying up late night watching these kinda of programs including all those adult 1-900 numbers and this film made me extremely happy. Some of them were a bit ridiculous, but I had a lot of fun watching them. I think my favorites are 1-900-Get-Cream and 1-900-Date-A-Mate. I'd call them if I could. I loved all the trailers that are includ...

Cast: Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, Richard Brake, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Dee Wallace, Danny Trejo, Sid Haig Director: Rob Zombie After the shootout with the police, Otis, Baby and Captain Spaulding are finally apprehended and sent to prison. 10 years later Otis, with the help of half brother Foxy escape from police custody and go on a bloody rampage determined to get Baby released from the joint. Now reunited Baby, Otis and Foxy decide to head to Mexico to hide out, but there's an unexpected surprise awaiting for them that could be their final standoff. 3 From Hell takes place right after the events from The Devil's Rejects and was really shocking because that shootout should've killed them, but my some miracle they survived and are finally sent away for their bloody, brutal crimes. I think that The Devil's Rejects had the perfect ending, so we really didn't need a follow-up, but you know what? It worked! Sheri Moon Zombie and Bill Moseley return...

Cast : Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson, Anson Boon, Jose Palma, George Somner, Ami Metcalf, Morfydd Clark, Annamaria Serda, Savannah Steyn Director: Alexandre Aja As a Category 5 Hurricane is approaching, a young woman and her father become trapped underneath their family home. Desperately trying to escape the rushing water that is flooding the house, they are also being hunted by man-eating alligators and now it's become their biggest fight for survival. I have always been a huge fan of disaster films, especially when it comes to massive weather situations, but what's even better is when they include a horror element with it and that's what we get with CRAWL. When I first heard this movie was being made, I was so happy. However, my excitement became even greater when I found out that not only was Alexandre Aja sitting in the director's chair, but Sam Raimi was producing it. Now I knew that this movie was going to be killer and man, was I right....

Cast: Dani Kind, Finlay Wojtak-Hissong, Romeo Carere, Steve Lund, Maria Nash, Naleda Majola, Richard White, Sara Canning, Celina Martin Director: Danishka Esterhazy It's Harley's birthday and his family has a big surprise for him, tickets to attend a live taping of his favorite TV show, The Banana Splits. As the adults and kids begin filling the studio with excitement, the head of the network has announced that they are pulling the plug and this will be The Banana Splits' final episode. However, this doesn't set right with The Banana Splits themselves and they go on a bloody, murderous rampage. The original Banana Splits TV show was way before my time, I wasn't born yet, but thanks to cable, the show aired in reruns, so I had the chance to check out this wonderfully psychedelic kids show and it was amazing. More than 40 years later it was announced that The Banana Splits was going to be turned into a horror movie and I was completely appalled by this i...

Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Gabriel Bateman, Brian Tyree Henry, Mark Hamill, Tim Matheson, Marlon Kazadi, Beatrice Kitsos, Ty Consiglio Director: Lars Klevberg A young boy named Andy receives an interactive Buddi doll from his mother as an early birthday present, but what he doesn't know is that this particular doll had previously been maliciously reprogrammed and will soon go on a gory killing rampage all in the name of a best friend. Hollywood is still at it with all these remakes and now we get CHILD'S PLAY. Why? I get that they don't have many ideas of there own, but why mess with this franchise that is actually still going strong. The last one just came out 2 years ago, but what can we do? We just don't have a say in the matter. With that being said, let me talk about this film. I was a bit hesitant going in because the original CHILD'S PLAY is such a classic and for the most part, remakes are a bit of a disappointment, unless you get the right people invol...

Starring: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligott, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chase Crawford, Tomer Karon, Karen Fukuhara, Nathan Mitchell, Elisabeth Shue Have you wondered what it would be like if your beloved superheroes were really bad and corrupt? Well, that's what you get with the new series now streaming on Amazon Prime and that series is called THE BOYS. Based on the comic book series of the same name, THE BOYS is about a young man named Hugh, who teams up with a few vigilantes to seek justice after his girlfriend is killed by one of his childhood heroes  named A-Train. Billy Butcher, the leader of THE BOYS has his own agenda against the head superhero known as Homelander and wants his own vengeance. As the series moves on, we learn so many secrets as to where these superheroes actually came about and it's shocking. I, for one am not a comic book fan at all, except for very few movies that I did like, but I was actually p...