American Horror Story: Coven - Bitchcraft - Review (S3 Ep1)

Full Plot Summary

The episode starts off with a flashback of Madame Delphine Lalaurie's (played by Kathy Bates) house of torture. Next we see the return of Taissa Farmiga as Zoe, a young witch who accidentally kills her boyfriend... while they're having sex. Wait, let me rephrase that, BY having sex.

Zoe's Parents send her to Miss Robichaux's Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies where she meets a group of other witches including Madison Montgomery (Emma Roberts), Queenie (Gadibe Sidibe) and Nan (Jamie Brewer.) She is also introduced to Cordelia Fox (Sarah Paulson) who is the headmaster of the school. Cordelia tells Zoe of the witch-world and the Supreme, a very powerful witch that has numerous powers where normal witches only have one.

Next we're introduced to The Supreme, Fiona Goode (played by the fantastic Jessica Lange!) who is searching for a way to regain her youth, after failing she decides to go to Miss Robichaux's Academy to help Cordelia, who is actually her daughter, run the school.

Mishka is not amused...

Zoe and Madison decide go a a frat party where Madison is drugged and raped by numerous members of a fraternity. One of the members, played by Evan Peters, finds then and chases them from the party. When he tries to confront hid buddies, they knock him unconscious and start to drive away. Before they can get away Madison comes outside and flips their bus, killing almost all of them, including Evan Peter's character.

The next day Fiona decides to take the girls out to a field trip but end up in Madame Delphine's house, which is now a museum. While they're there we are told that the Madame was poisoned and presumed to be dead even though her body was never found... Nan tells Fiona that she can hear Madame Delphine voice outside. 

Zoe visits a hospital and finds the boy who survived, also realizing that he was the one who drugged Madison. She proceeds to have him enter her, which leads to him dying...

Finally the episode ends with Fiona who goes back to Madame Delphines House and digs up her coffin exactly where Nan said she heard the Madame. Fiona opens it and finds Delphine alive and well...

Bitchcraft Review

WHOOO, American Horror Story is back! After the masterpiece that was American Horror Story Asylum and what can only be described as fantastic marketing, I think we were all pretty exited for Coven! This season is about "Miss Robichaux's Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies" AKA a house fo' witches. Right now I think it's too early to tell if this season is gonna be even more awesome than Asylum but at the moment its looking very promising!

One of my favorite things about the AHS series is the fact that they keep using the same actors but change the story, Coven is no different. This first episode featured so many of the fantastic actors from the previous seasons, the most notably being Taissa Farmiga as Zoe and Jamie Brewer as Nan. The only missing face that I can think of was Zachary Quinto's, but considering that in both the previous seasons he never made his fist appearance in the first episode we will hopefully still see him return! I'm also not sure if Evan Peters' character will make a comeback or if he is actually dead. Coven has also brought in some stellar new actors like Kathy Bates, Emma Robert and Gabourney Sidebe.



Another thing that makes AHS so special is how stylized it all looks. Once again Coven captures this perfectly, from the artistic camera shots and editing to the amazing symbolism, to the costumes and practical effects, everything is awesome and creepy. It also seems as though they aren't afraid to show anything "too disturbing" anymore.

The witch aspect of this season also seems very interesting. Seeing Jessica Lange being a reckless and ruthless bitch and Kathy Bates playing a deranged torturer is awesome, it really seems like they're going full on with this season. I'm also happy to see Taissa back again (but seriously though, I have to say that her power sucks, really badly.)  It was also great seeing Sarah Paulson's character making potions, which suggests that there's a lot more to the witch world than just moving stuff with your mind.

All in all this episode was great, it showcases everything that made Asylum amazing. Taking in to account the previous seasons, it's almost impossible to predict what will happen next but I'm extremely exited to find out! 

So tell me, what did you guys think of this first episode? Are you exited for the rest of the season?

Rating: 8/10

Sleepy Hollow S1, Ep4 - The Lesser Key of Solomon - Review

Sleepy Hollow is a retelling of the classic story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." In this version the story takes place in the present. The series stars Tom Mison as Ichabod Crane who wakes up in modern day New York to find the Headless Horseman is also present in the city. Together with Lt. Abbie Mills (played by Nicole Beharie) and his deceased wife Katrina Crane (played by Katia Winter) they try and stop the Horseman (Death) from bringing back to life the other Three Horsemen of The Apocalypse...

Season 1 Episode 3: For The Triumph of Evil..., Recap:

• Abbie dreams of the Sandman who is busy exacting revenge on everyone who did not help Jennifer (Abbie's sister) when they had the chanceto do so.
• Before the Sandman can get Abbie, she and Ichabod then decide to enter the dream world to try and defeat Rokaronti.
• Abbie admits that she could've and should've helped her sister and by doing so, she wards away Rokaronti.
• Abbie decides to visit her sister but finds that Jennifer has escaped the Asylum.

Read the full review here!

Sleepy Hollow Season 1 Episode 4: The Lesser Key of Solomon - Summary

This week's episode began with Abbie exiting the asylum and telling Ichabod her sister escaped.After Abbs and Ich (yeah, that's what I'm gonna call them from now on because keping on saying, "Abbie and Ichabod", deal with it) speak with one of Jenni's previous foster parents, they find out that Jenni used to visit a cabin up in the woods numerous times when she was younger.

Abbs and Ich decide to go to the cabin and find Jenni but also that it was Sherrif Corbin's Cabin. After Jenni and Abbs have a quarrel Jenni explains that Crobin believed her and that he knew all along about the legend of Sleepy Hollow and what might happen. 

Jenni then proceeds to take out a big wooden box that Corbin asked her to protect. Inside they find a old sextant and a piece of cloth that Ich remembers seeing during the Boston Tea Party. Ich then realizes that the sextant actually projects and old map of sleepy hollow.

Before they can properly look at the projection, they are ambushed by gunfire. After two of the men escape with the sextant, Jenni, Abbs and Ich interrogate another one of them who didn't get away. Ich finds out they are Hessian soldiers (German soldiers who had been laying dormant while they wait for the return of the Horsemen.) They then fin out that the map was showing the location of the Lesser Key of Solomon, a old mythological book that can open a gate for 72 demons who can reign terror down on earth. The Hessian's final words, before he takes a cyanide pill, are, "Moloch shall rise."
They later find out that Moloch is a demon and the one who summoned the Horseman in the first place and is trapping Ich's wife.

They all quickly go to a Church that the map pointed out and find the other two Hessians have already opened the gate but before the souls escape they burn the book and kill both of the men, foiling yet another of Moloch's plans...


Sleepy Hollow Season 1 Episode 4: The Lesser Key of Solomon - Review

Whew, that was a mouthful! So in this week's episode featured The Lesser Key of Solomon. While the ever changing story arcs of Sleepy Hollow does keep the show interesting, it does feel as though they are blazing through them while not showing enough of Death. The last time we saw him was in Episode 2?! Seriously, where is the Headless Horseman? Is he chilling in Sleepy Hollow somewhere? Is he busy plotting his next attack? Because I sure would love to know.

Other then Death's absence from yet another episode I really think they shouldn't have rushed through this story arc in one single episode, I understand that season one was only commissioned for 5 or 6 episodes but then they should have waited and kept this for season 2. It's almost starting to feel like American Horror Story Season 1 where the show has all these different plots and characters that you end up not really caring about any of them.

We were seriously bombarded with new information this episode, from Corbin's involvement with Jenni to more back story for Inc and Abbs to all the Hessian bullshit and finding out that Moloch is the puppeteer causing all these problems. While I think it's awesome that the show has a lush and interesting plot I really think they should SLOW IT DOWN!

I don't know about you guys but I didn't even think that the whole Lesser Key of Solomon and Hessian story was that interesting. The demons were cool but they didn't even get through the gate. The whole episode built up to the scene with exposition, but it was a huge anti-climax which ended in less than five minutes.

I really hope that they will return to the Horsemen's story in the final two episodes while also exploring Moloch's plan since I genuinely find both of then very interesting.

One of my favorite things about the show is it's character design so I'm very excited to see Moloch's full from.

All in all I was not impressed with this episode, I'm definitely going to continue watching the show I just really hope they take everything a bit slower...

Rating: 6/10

The Future of The Scream Franchise!

Ohh, scre-four-um, you big disappointment....

In 2012 it was announced that MTV (that makes me nervous already) is planning on making a Scream TV show! And recently news concerning the TV show and a new sequel was announced (yes, there's gonna be a Scream 5...)


Before you get mad over this hear me out, at the recent Zurich Film festival, Harvey Weinstein was quoted as saying this about the Scream 5, "Everyone lived in Scream 4." He also said that he is begging his brother, Bob Weinstein (head of Dimension Films) to make a final sequel to end the series because they have "milked that cow."


I don't know about you guys, but I really hope this happens. The original Scream trilogy is one of my all-time-favorites and to see how the character's story will really end is going to be awesome, hopefully they don't screw it up!


Weintein also said that there will be no connection between the film series and the upcoming TV show. Adding that the show might even contain some "supernatural" aspects, which does not necessarily excite me but it could still be good, right?

A few months ago it was also announced that Jay Beattie and Dan Dworkin will be writers on the show. Both have previously written for Revenge and Criminal minds, again I'm not sure if this eases my concerns.


So, how are you guys feeling about all of this? I think it's great if they would just end Sid's story. Concerning the TV show, I'm very conflicted... 


You can read the full story here! and here!

Sleepy Hollow Season 1: Episode 3 Review

Sleepy hollow is a TV show which has recently aired on Fox and while I didn't review the first two episodes I think it's still early enough in the series to to do so (also early enough for you to catch up if you're are not yet watching!)

Sleepy Hollow is a retelling of the classic story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." In this version the story takes place in the present. The series stars Tom Mison as Ichabod Crane who wakes up in modern day New York to find the Headless Horseman is also present in the city. Together with Lt. Abbie Mills (played by Nicole Beharie) and his deceased wife Katrina Crane (played by Katia Winter) they try and stop the Horseman (Death) from bringing back to life the other Three Horsemen of The Apocalypse...

Season 1 Episode 2: Blood Moon, Recap:

• Ichabod and Abbie stopped Serilda of Abadon from being completely revived
• Abie had a vision of Sherrif Crobin who tells her to not be afraid of 49
• We see Abbie's sister beefin' it up in her cell and we also learn that she doesn't like to take her meds...

Season 1 Episode 3: For The Triumph of Evil...

Episode 3 started with Abbie's very creepy dream sequence where we are introduced to the awesome Sandman (or as he's referred to in the show, Rokaronti.) In te show Rokaronti is a dream-demon who punishes people who idly stand by when they could be helping others, just like Abbie let everyone believe her sister was crazy by not telling the truth. After Abbie finds out that the demon will come for her, she and Ichabod go into Rokartonti's dream world where she destroys him by finally admitting that she should have helped her sister and told the truth. After Abbie and Ichabod wake up, Abbie decides to go visit her sister only to find that she escaped the asylum...

I think that this was a really great episode. With each week I find myself liking the show more and more. I loved that they are exploring all these different types of myths and not just staying with the Horsemen story arch. That being said, I feel as though this episode was too disjointed from the previous ones, there was absolutely no mention of the Horsemen or Katrina. I understand that the purpose of this episode was to better explain Abbie and Jennifer's relationship and history but I still think they could have tied it in with the rest of the series in a much better way.

But again I have to say that seeing Jennifer and Abbie's story was really interesting and by using the Sandman they did a fantastic job at keeping with the theme and atmosphere of the series. Hopefully we will find out what exactly the demon was planning to do to Abbie and her sis those four days in the woods, since it wasn't explored in the episode. 

Something that I'm really glad about is that the new Sheriff is letting Ichabod and Abbie do their work even if he doesn't exactly believe it's real. Lastly I just wanna say that I think they did a fantastic job with Rokaronti's character model, he kinda looks like a cross between Pyramid Head and the Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth...

dem' moobs

Anyway I think that this series has a lot of potential and is getting better and better with each episode!  Tell me, what did you think of the episode and are you guys enjoying the show so far? 

Rating 8/10

I Spit On Your Grave 2 (2013) - MicroReview

I Spit On Your Grave 2 (2013) - MicroReview
by Insomniac's Cinema

Director: Steve R. Monroe
Writers: Neil Elman, Thomas Fenton
Stars: Jemma Dallender, Yavor,Baharov, Joe Absolom


So if you guys don't know, I Spit On Your Grave was a 2010 remake of a 1978 rape and revenge film of the same name. Number two follows the same basic structure with different characters and settings. Both the original and remake weren't extremely popular so I have no idea why this was even made but lets jump into it!


The film follows Katie, a young model who runs in to some shady photographers, the creepiest of the brother trio becomes infatuated with her and decides to break into her house, BRUTALLY rape her and kill her neighbor. He and his brothers then take her to their home-country and keep her as a sex slave. After the family tries to kill her she escapes and then exacts revenge on each of them in very disgusting and graphic ways...

Now, I have to say that some scenes in this movie are actually quite hard to watch. There are numerous rape, torture and just plain disgusting scenes. Sadly, this is all the film has to offer, character development is almost non-existent (unless you count Katie screaming and crying as development) and you can predict the entire plot within the first 10 minutes of the film. The only twist (that I did not completely expect) was the fact the they took Katie out of New York, which made absolutely no sense at all.


The acting was fine but the characters were also very predictable You hated the bad guys and felt bad for Katie... (Something which isn't extremely hard to do, unless your just as sick as these characters.)

Something that I did find somewhat interesting was that it seemed as the film progressed the gore became more and more gore-y and horrific. I'm not sure if it was on purpose or not but it did work well to show how violent Katie became thanks to the horrible things she had to go through.


Other than that I don't have much to say. If you've seen the first one, I don't think you need to watch this and if you haven't seen any one, watch the first.


All in all, I Spit On Your Grave 2 was a big and hard-to-watch let-down which will leave a bad taste in your mouth... 

Rating: 5/10

Insisious 3 will still be a thing! (without James Wan)

Even more news has recently come out concerning Insidious! On Monday Entertainment One, FilmDistrict and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions have said that they are already planning on making a third Insidious installment!

If  you have not yet heard the Director of the first two Insidious films has recently announced that he will be taking a break from directing horror (read the whole story here!)  They have not released who they want to direct Insidious Chapter 3 but they have said it will be produced by the same company and that Leigh Whannell will be reprising his role as the screenwriter.

Tell me, how do you feel about this. Do you think that it will still be good without Wan or what?

Read the full story here!

Could James Wan have brought back Horror? And Jack Black in Goosebumps?!

The box office ratings for the weekend have been released and guess what, Insidisious: Chapter 2 ranked at number 1,  making $41 million in it's opening weekend! Almost triple the amount The Family (starring Robert De Niro) made.  

But, sadly James Wan has recently announced that he is going to "take a break" from making horror films. I just feel as though with all his success with the Conjuring and Insidious he might have been able to bring Horror back to it's former glory!

Hopefully there will be more great horrors coming this year that may reignite the flame that is horror. Carrie's looking promising, right?

In other Horror news, or should I  say scary-kids-movie news, Sony has announced that they're planning to make a new Goosebumps inspired film, starring Jack Black!

The film is also said to be directed by Rob Letterman (Monster vs Aliens, Shark Tale, Gulliver's Travels). It's pretty obvious that is going to be a scary movie for very young kids, something that seems to becoming more and more popular with films like Paranorman, Frankenweenie and Hotel Transylvania coming out. However, I have not been able to find out whether or not their are planning on making this an animation.

Tell me, are you guys exited to see this beloved book series come to the big screen or do you think this will be a failed attempt at exploiting nostalgia? And how do you feel about Insidious doing so good, is horror going to have a comeback?

Read the full story on Insidious here! And about Jack Black and Goosebumps here!