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The Challenge is a short found footage movie from 2022. The plot is this challenge, I’m not sure where it originates from, I don’t think that’s explained at all in the movie. But the goal is to go to this abandoned hotel and film themselves while they progress to the 4th floor. Rumors have it that the toughest boy in school only got to start the challenge before he fled. So these teenage girls need...
Hate Über Alles is the fifteenth studio album from Kreator. It is again the creation of Mille Petrozza who has written all the songs on it. It sort of brutal, at least if you ignore the opening intro track Sergio Curbucci is Dead. I don’t really get it. Yes, Sergio Cubucci is dead, an Italian film director, died in 1990. Why make a statement of that in 2022? Maybe there’s a point, I don’t know....
After the great nuclear war, two opposing factions emerge: the malevolent Euraks and the revolutionary Federation. Yet neither side is particularly scrupulous about the methods required to achieve its objectives — or to secure its own survival. Humanity has become sterile and is facing extinction, but rumors persist that one fertile woman still remains. She is being kept hidden deep within the ruins of what was once New York City. The mercenary Parsifal (Michael Sopkiw)...
Rating compilations or tribute albums is certainly not the easiest thing. It requires a completely different approach than just giving an opinion on new musical material. When it comes to tributes, it is in a way new material since it is about versions of music that you have not been familiar with before. But since it is about several different artists performing material, it is difficult to find any form of cohesive continuity in the...
Phantom Antichrist is the 13th studio album by Kreator. I find it less aggressive and more melodic than the previous Hordes of Chaos. Is that a good thing? Yes, in this case I think it is. Here, Kreator shows a more dynamic approach than ever before. There are even acoustic guitars in there, at least it sounds acoustic to me. Let me be clear, it’s not anymore a power ballad or anything like that. It’s...
Choir girl is not an easy film to watch. First off, it’s about a very serious subject that you have to tip on your toes about. Both from the filmmakers point of view, but also from a critics point of view. Subjects regarding trafficking, prostitution and voyeurism are handled and it’s very very dark! There’s not really anyone likable in the movie but I think that’s the point. The subject of underage prostitution needs to...
‘ Hordes of Chaos is the twelfth studio album from Kreator. It was the first album I heard with them I think.. At the time I thought it was a little too brutal for my taste. I remember comparing it to a lighter version of Slayer at the time, but when I revisited now, a few hundred album reviews later, I didn’t really agree with my old self. Sure, the brutality and the aggression is...
Mistress of the Dark – Stories of the Macabre (volume 1) is Del Gibson’s debut anthology. I can’t say that my level of anticipation didn’t skyrocket when I got this book just the other day. And though this is not really about the book itself, but rather the first story in it, I must comment on the amazing quality of the cover. It’s like touching something with a texture between silk and velvet! I absolutely...
Adventurer Aron Ralston falls into a ravine while he is out in the mountains. The matter is further complicated by the fact that one of his arms gets stuck so badly in a boulder that he can’t possibly get free. He keeps his calm, assess his situation and starts filming himself with the camera he has with him. Every step towards certain death must be documented and Aron also takes the opportunity to make nonfessions...
Stay out of the F**cking Attic is a movie title that brings a few things to mind. First of all, the phrasing by using the F-word brings a little vibe of comedy and that we should not take this film too seriously. Second of all, it suggests that there is something in the attic that you don’t want to escape. That’s my interpretation of the title anyway. The first part of my conclusion, that we...
That Ace Frehley has never been a great singer is no secret. He has managed to get by with what he can and it has worked quite well. Here I would like to say that he may be giving his best performance ever. Space Invader is light years better than the previous album Anomaly on that level. Of course, that is not the only level it is better on, in almost every respect this one...
Hardwired…to Self-Destruct is a Metallica album from 2016. It is their tenth studio album. At this point the band had existed for about 35 years; the first album was made in 1983, which means that they’ve done a new album on average every 3.3 years. Yet the last few albums have had at least five years between them. The album before this, Death Magnetic, was made 8 (!) years before. You could say that they...
Ninja Dragon – 1986 – Not so much Ninja..
Birdman or (the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – 2014
Till Death Do We Rot – 2018 – A zombie love story
The Night Flight Orcestra – Amber Galactic – 2017
The Hellacopters – Overdriver – 2025
Metallica – Beyond Magnetic – 2011
Aqua – Aquarius – 2000
Heleven – New Horizons Pt 1 – 2023