Ogre (2008)
Mar 19, 2026Village’s Deal with an Ogre
A Syfy Channel film about the present-day discovery of a lost, still extant 19th Century village that has conducted a deal to preserve themselves by annually sacrificing someone to an ogre
Steven R. Monroe
Ice Twisters (2009)
Dec 4, 2014Disaster Movie
Another formula Syfy Channel disaster movie based around a scientifically improbable meteorological premise. This does at least make the characters work with more of a sparring vigour than usual
I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
Mar 10, 2011Rape and Revenge
The harrowing 1970s raped woman on a revenge spree film is given the remake treatment, although is watered down in many key areas. The revenge scenes however are played up for a particular nastiness
Mongolian Death Worm (2010)
Oct 4, 2016Giant Worms
Another low-budget monster movie for the Syfy Channel. Between Sean Patrick Flanery's unconvincing adventurer hero and the filmmaker's failure to even vaguely approximate what Mongolia or its locals look like, this quickly slides down into a tatty, indifferently made copy of Tremors
I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)
Nov 26, 2013Rape and Revenge
These rape-revenge films leave you wanting to conduct the moral equivalent of taking a shower after watching them. This sequel to the 2010 remake also ends up being undeniably brutal and effective
Teardrop (2022)
Dec 11, 2022Haunted Western Town
The director of the I Spit on Your Grave remake makes a low-budget film about a haunted Western ghost town