By Joseph Garza This is the first entry on Scared Stiff Reviews written by the very talented Joseph Garza, who excels in all aspects of his artistic craft. James Rolfe has won many fans with his web series, The Angry Video Game Nerd. Some of those fans nearly packed a […]
Micro Budget
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado (2014)
By Melissa Antoinette Garza I’ve been wicked sick for the last few days. I think it’s a combo of the heat, increasing my meds and insomnia finally working it’s black magic thus making me physicall ill. Nonetheless, I knew Steve really wanted to go see Rifftrax. It isn’t often he […]
Scream Park (2014) – Amusement Park SLASHER HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee An amusement park is a great setting for a horror movie. SCREAM PARK got points right out of the gate for just that, but, sadly, the rest of the film didn’t offer much. Wild Eye Releasing is bringing this film to VOD and DVD on April 22nd […]
The Cinema Snob: Nudies, Rudies & Crudies
By Melissa Antoinette Garza I most certainly needed a laugh yesterday and was absolutely thrilled when my copy of Nudies, Rudies & Crudies came in. It seems whenever I attempt to work extra hours at work, something happens and I need to leave early. Yesterday was such a day. So, […]
Scary Tales (1993) – NO BUDGET HORROR ANTHOLOGY REVIEW
By Geno McGahee The 1980s were a special time for film and although SCARY TALES by Doug Ulrich was technically made in 1993, it has the look and feel of a shot on video low budget horror film. This is the sort of film that would appear at a video […]
Dark Shade Creek (2012) – MICRO-BUDGET SLASHER HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee I love incredibly low budget horror movies. If you are unfamiliar with micro-budget horror flicks, you may not watch more than 2 minutes of it, but as a true horror fan, I believe in patience and forgiveness. You must look beyond their production value, forgive the bad […]
Natalie’s Lose Lose (2013) – A Low-Budget Horror Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza The movie opens with our main character Natalie (Danielle Adams) gagged and bound to a chair in a fairly empty room decorated only with a white bookcase that has very little upon it and dirty cabinets. Everything within the small confines has a purple hue […]
Blood Slaughter Massacre (2013) – 80’s Slasher Horror Review
By Geno McGahee The 1980s were a magical time for horror. The whodunit slasher film monopolized the horror scene at the box office and the fans could not get enough. The mystery and unique death scenes brought the fans, but the ones that truly found their way to stand out […]
The 28th Day: The Wrath of Steph (2013) – Possession Horror Film Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza The best part of writing horror reviews is when a low-budget gem is found. Any true fan of the genre would agree that the amount of money spent on the production matters far less than the plot, characters and pace. If the story is solid, […]
The Bates Haunting (2013) – Horror Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza This film upset me much more than I expected it to. Initially upon renting it, I didn’t expect anything. I figured it would capitalize on the Bates name and most likely be a predictable whodunit. Nonetheless, I had seen every other non-torture porn horror film […]
The Blood Let (2013) – Horror Movie Review
By Geno McGahee I love indie horror for the raw nature and honesty, but when you have the filmmaker totally responsible for the film without a filter, you get some things that aren’t very good. As a filmmaker of the sort, I look back at some of my work and […]
EVIL AWAKENING (2003) – Demon/Slasher Horror Movie Review
By Chris Summerfield Every writer/director that are ambitious enough to see their work on the big screen all have to begin somewhere and this one was the first release for, Geno McGahee, the horror writer and director from Massachusetts, USA. The movie is based in Ludlow, where the legend of […]