Cinemaniac Reviews

 The Black Demon! Chocolatito, Lantica Media, Silk Mass and Mucho Mas Media. Directed by Adrian Grunberg and written by Boise Esquerra. Cast: Josh Lucas, Fernanda Urrejola, Venus Ariel, Carlos Solorzano, Julio Cesar Cedillo and Jorge A. Jimenez. Paul Sturges is an Oil Company Inspector who company wants him to go inspect a rig in Baja. He takes his wife and two kids to with him to show the place that he and his wife have memories of. Kind of like a small family vacation. When they get into town the see that it is no longer the way they remember it and is now run down, almost ghost like. He gets called to head to the rig right away leaving his family at a restaurant until he returns. When he gets to the rig he meets Chato and Junior. When asked about the rest of the crew they explain they either were able to make it back or are no longer with them. When asked what do they mean no longer and Chato explains about The Black Demon. It is a 60ft Megalodon. Thinking he was only coming to ...

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 Death's Roulette. 11:11 Films/ViacomCBS International Studios. Directed by Manolo Cardona, written by Gavo Amiel, Frank Ariza and Julieta Steinberg. Cast: Manolo Cardona, Maribel Verdu, Carla Adell, Dagoberto Gama, Juan Carlos Remolina, Fernando Becerril and Adriana Paz. 7 Strangers are drugged and placed inside a mansion. Business moguls Marta her husband Esteban and their daughter Lupe, Surgeon Armando, Stewardess Teresa, Jose 70+ year old man and a younger man who is a cop. As they start waking up they start helping untie one another and trying to figure out what is going on. The cop goes to drink some water and Lupe tells him it is probably poisoned. He says it isn't because if they wanted them dead they would have killed them already. There is a music box that goes off and someone starts to speak over an intercom. The person tells them they are going to play a game. There are 3 rules. Rule 1, the group must decide on one person to kill. Rule 2, that person must agree to b...

 Adventures in Game Chasing! Directed by Billy Chaser and written by Billy Chaser, Jay Hatfield and Melvin "Melvor" Hatfield. Cast includes Billy Chaser, Jay Hatfield, Eric Perez, Richard Garza, Dave Thomas, Grindhead Jim Deabenderfer, Joe Redifer, Darrell "Dodongo" Hatfield and Tim Hatfield.  We start off with Billy and his grandparents giving him an NES for Christmas and how happy him and his grandpa are. Then Aliens blowing up the Earth and Billy and Jay are in starfighters fighting back. Billy keeps telling Jay to stop and wake up they are being watched and you come to find out Jay was day dreaming. After goofing off they hit a box that causes a vase to drop and break. Not seconds later they are fired. While home with Eric and Chief, Billy keeps telling Jay they need to find a job. Seeing this garage hunter show on tv Jay says that is what they need to do. After telling him no they need a real job Billy then agrees. They go to a yardsale and find some go bots as...

 Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Paramount Pictures. Directed and written by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley. Cast, Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Rege-Jean Page, Hugh Grant, Sophia Lillis, Justice Smith, Chloe Coleman, Daisy Head, Jason Wong and Bradley Cooper. Edwin and Holga have been imprisoned for years now and are up to the counsel to try and get pardoned. Edwin starts to give a back story about himself to the counsel to try and sway them to let them go. They keep asking where Jarnathan is as he is one of the counsel members. Being told to continue because they are capable of giving a decision without Jarnathan. So he continues his story letting them know he was a spy for the Harpers and would help with stopping/capturing thieves, murders, sorcerers. How he did that by day but by night he would go home to his wife and daughter. One day he realized that he had helped capture the Red Wizard and that is was his disciples who had just rode past him. It hit h...

 Super Mario Brothers Movie! Spoilers! Nintendo, Illumination and Universal. Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic and written by Matthew Fogel. Cast, Chris Pratt, Jack Black, Charlie Day, Anna Taylor Joy, Keegan Michael Key, Seth Rogan, Fred Armisen, Sebastian Maniscalco and Kevin Michael Richardson. Two brothers from Brooklyn NY go into plumbing together. The former employer Spike and their father disapprove of their decision. In the middle of town there is flooding coming from the sewer. Going to check out how to fix it they get sucked into a warp pipe. They get separated and end up in two different locations. Mario Mushroom Kingdom and Luigi in Dark Lands. Upon arrival they just want to reunite and go home. They learn quickly of how Bowser wants to marry Peach and take over the world. Mario decides to help Peach and Toad to stop Bowser and to get his brother back. Peach helps train Mario in how there are powers in Mushroom Kingdom and how to use them. Knowing they are g...

 Evil Dead Rise! Warner Bros Pictures! Directed and written by Lee Cronin. Cast, Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols and Bruce Campbell voice only. Jessica her boyfriend Caleb and cousin Teresa are vacationing out at a cabin and enjoying the wildlife. Teresa goes in to check on Jessica whos been in bed not feeling well. She tells her she is tired of her boyfriend and is going to leave if she don't get out of bed soon. As she starts reading a book Jessica sits up and starts reading it from the bed as her voice starts to change. Jessica falls out of the bed and Teresa goes to her to check on her. She begins to have a seizure and looks to have died. Teresa checks for a heart beat and gets scalped. Running out to the docks to tell Caleb, Jessica appears and takes his drone and puts her face in it and falls into the water. Fearing for her life Caleb jumps in to save her only to get his head removed. Jessica begins to levitate out of the water. One day earli...

 Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2! VCI Entertainment! Directed and written by J.D. Feigelson. Cast, Amber Wedding, Adam Snyder, Carol Dines, Adien Shurr, Tim Gooch and Mike VanZant. Chris Rhymer and her son Jeremy move to small town to start over. When they get there Jeremy befriends an older lady that he calls Aunt Hildie aka Hilda Corvis. They have come from a troubled situation and it has taken a toll on Jeremy. Shrevie a local farm hand was caught taking a long break from his boss. The boss told him to get back to work. Later that evening his boss was locking everything up and the radio starts going off on its own. After throwing it on the ground he hears something or someone in the barn. Thinking it is Shrevie tells him he has the money he owes him. But then a Scarecrow is behind him. Trying to escape but the door was locked shut when he turns around the Scarecrow is gone. Thinking he is safe he takes a breath and is killed. At this time Jeremy has started talking to someone call...

 Dark Night of the Scarecrow! VCI Entertainment! Directed by Frank De Felitta, written by J.D Feigelson and Butler Handock. Cast Charles Dunning, Robert F Lyons, Claude Earl Jones, Lane Smith, Tonya Crowe, Larry Drake and Jocelyn Brando. In a small southern town a little girl Marylee Williams befriends a mentally challenged man Charles Ritter aka Bubba. While out in a field playing and picking flowers they are being spied on by Otis Hazelrigg local mailman. Otis tells Harliss Hocker about the situation and tells him they need to get rid of Bubba permanently. Harliss says he will rough him up but thats it. Otis says what if he kills the girl then Harliss said yeah he could because then he would have a reason. Marylee and Bubba start back home and she sees a house that has a backyard full of interesting things. Bubba says he won't go in because he would get into trouble. She goes in but a dog is there. The dog attacks her and Bubba jumps in to help her. Bubba takes Marylee to her mot...

 Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back! Directed and written by George Lucas. 20th Century Fox and Disney. Cast, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, David Prowse/James Earl Jones, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker and Frank Oz. Years after the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Death Star, Darth Vader sends out his Probe Droids to find Princess Leia showing his return of power using the Imperial Fleet. One of the Probes find the Rebels base on the planet Hoth. Luke goes to investigate the probe but before he can he is captured by a Wampa. Luke escapes the Wampa using his Lightsaber and the Force. On the verge of dying from hypothermia Luke is visited by the spirit of Obi-Wan. He instructs Luke to go to the swamps of Dagobah to train to become a Jedi Knight. He tells him to find Jedi Master Yoda. Han finds Luke almost dead and gets them in a dead Tauntaun mount to get out of the weather and try to get warm.  After finding the location of the ...

 Star Wars Episode IV New Hope! Directed and written by George Lucas. Cast, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse and James Earl Jones. A long time ago in a galaxy far away there was a civil war between the Rebel Alliance and The Empire. Spies for the Alliance stole the plans for the Death Star. Princess Leia who was undercover spy got the plans but her ship was intercepted by the Empire controlled by Darth Vader. Before her capture she hid the plans inside a droid named R2-D2. R2-D2 left in a pod with C-3PO for Tatooine.  Unfortunately they are captured by Jawas who sell them to Owen and Beru Lars. They had their nephew Luke clean up the droids and he discovers a holographic image/recording or Leia asking for help from Obi Wan Kenobi. Later R2-D2 comes up missing and Luke is attacked by the Sand People but is saved by Old Ben Kenobi. Ben tells Luke that Obi Wan is his real name and how...

 The Pope's Exorcist. Directed by Julius Avery, written by Michael Petroni and Evan Spiliotopoulos. Based on the book An Exorcist Tells His Story. Distributed by Sony Pictures. Cast Russel Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe, Franco Nero, Peter DeSouza, Laurel Madison, Cornell John, Ryan O'Grady and Ralph Ineson. In 1987 Father Amorth visits an Italian family whos son has become "ill". Once arriving he knows the son is not "ill" but is possessed by a demon. He makes sure the family exits the home and brings in another priest as well as a pig. He taunts the demon who says he can possess anyone or anything. He tells the demon not only does he not believe that he could possess any person but he doesn't even believe he could possess the pig. The demon laughs and then possesses the pig of which the shoot immediately. He saved the young man and got rid of the demon. He later is called upon by the Church Tribunal who says he acted without their knowledge and they...

 Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things 4K! Directed and written by Bob Clark, screenplay by Alan Ormsby. Distributed by VCI Entertainment. Cast, Alan Ormsby, Valerie Mamches, Jeff Gillen, Anya Ormsby, Paul Cronin, Jane Daly, Roy Engleman, Robert Phillip, Bruce Solomon, Alecs Baird and Seth Sklarey. Alan a theater director takes his cast to an island for a night of fun and to dig up a dead body. The island is known for being a very large cemetery of deranged murders, rapist and other crazies. Alan himself is a deranged, sick perverted person. On the boat they take to the island he makes the comment that the newest member of the cast Terry should have to sleep with him. Alan has Paul and Jeff unload the boat and start to the cabin along with Terry, Val and Anya. When they get to the cabin Alan opens the trunk they brought to show a shotgun, then gets out a cloak and a book of spells. He tells the group he is going to summon the dead on this night. He takes the group back out to th...