Dr. Giggles (1992) Movie Review

Dr. Giggles (1992) IMDB AMZN

Before I get into this review, I want to note that this is the 100th maze movie review I have done. When I started I never thought I would find so many movies with the theme, but I look forward to watching many more !

How many horror movies have you seen where a mental patient escapes from the hospital and then wreaks havoc ? Well you can add one more if you catch this one on late night television (ok, streaming). This particular mental patient wants to be a doctor and so makes his kills in doctorly ways. I wanted them to be even more over the top, but it was fine. He also tends to giggle a lot when he kills and so that is how we get his name. Anyway, during the movie we get a chase sequence at a fair that ends up in a funhouse mirror maze. Not a good place to be escaping a murderer.

Overall, this is a bad 90’s horror film that you can skip.

I give it a 5.0/10.

Lavender (2016) Movie Review

Lavender (2016) IMDB AMZN

Lavender movie poster

So the storytelling in this movie revolves around a woman who as the result of an accident has amnesia. The amnesia also seems to shake loose some early memories of trauma she had as a young girl. Combine a slow recovery with moving to the country to the house you grew up in and it, well, hinders the recovery. As our main character remembers her past (and the secrets it holds) we get a tense, dark movie. Oh, and it takes place near a farm with a maze made of haybales (thought it was going to be corn, didn’t you !). Overall the story is ok. The acting is ok. It’s just ok all the way around.

I give it a 5/10.

Frankenstein's Army (2013) Movie Review

Frankenstein's Army (2013) IMDB AMZN

This movie has a pretty cool concept. What if Doctor Frankenstein was working for the Nazis and was in charge of experiments to make super soldiers (or maybe just a mad scientist using his writings for inspiration). A group of Russian soldiers goes on a mission to track down a secret lab and stop them. When they reach the underground secret lab ( to someone unfamiliar it feels like a maze) they are met with some really inventive creatures. Like, hey let’s replace an arm with a weapon type stuff. It is a sci-fi horror concept film that is not serious at all. I would classify it as mindless entertainment (and you see plenty of brains throughout!).

Unfortunately, once you see the monsters there’s not much left to keep watching for.

I give it a 5/10.

In Fear (2013) Movie Review

In Fear (2013) IMDB AMZN

When I sat down to watch this movie I knew it was a horror movie but I had no idea it would become a maze movie. The movie takes place in the UK and follows a new couple (2 weeks) on a trip together. They decide to go to a country hotel on their way to meet friends. And they get lost. And remain lost. And our character says these roadways are like a maze. And they are right. This movie reminds me of Vivarium but taking place in a car in the UK. Overall this simple low budget movie works. It has tension at times and is worth watching. Yes, it isn’t perfect, and despite the short length could have been cut by about 10 minutes.

I give it a 5.4/10.