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“Butchers Bluff” (*1/2 out of four) was a hackneyed horror show about four college friends (L.C. Holt, Tyler Shea Cone, Johnny Huang, and Dakota Millett) who go to the town of Emerald Falls to investigate the horror Hogman legend but find out that (yawn) he is alive and well and ready to slice-and-dice anyone and everyone who gets in his path. Permeated and packed with horror cliches to the point that this even (at times) feels like a self-parody. Jeremy London shows up as a surly sheriff but it’s timewasters like these that have severely “butchered” his career.

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“Unintended Consequences” (*1/2 out of four) was a schizophrenic mess that changes tones and styles in almost every scene about a dedicated father (DeWayne Owens) whop confesses a long-ago affair that he had to his son (Aaron Jennings) and his wife (Nancy Brook) and doesn’t anticipate the plethora of personal/religious/ spiritual downfalls and redemptions this will take them all through. Hokey in the extreme and goes on forever and a day. Owens’ sincere performance is film’s sole saving grace.

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“Tow” (*1/2 out of four) was a heavy-going suspense psychodrama about twin sisters (both played by Kit Goldsmith) who are haunted by visions and nightmares of the psychotic killer (Kane Hodder) who stalked them when they were younger and they both realize that to end their torment they must find and put an end to him. But who is he and does he really exist? Intriguing ideas on PTSD and anxiety and anguish from attack survivors are completely lost in the rubble of this unpleasant and uninvolving film. Hodder also played Jason in a few “Friday The 13th” films which were a lot more fun (and intelligent) than this dreck.

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“Field Of Screams” (0 out of four) was a screamingly awful horror show hodgepodge about a group of friends (Jessica Shepherd, Justin Marxen, Justin Heinz, and others) who are helping a friend clean out their farmhouse when they are ravaged and attacked by a killer scarecrow on the loose who wants them to leave immediately. If Ed Wood had survived and were still making horror movies, this absolute mess might be the result although it is unlikely even he would want his name on this. Unbearably low-rent production values are matched by terrible acting and dialogue. Clever title though.

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“Dope King” (*1/2 out of four) was an interminable urban melodrama made for dopes about a street hustler (Pha’rez Lass) who is shot in the head and left for dead and then tries to leave behind his life in the streets and as a drug dealer but the kidnapping of his fiancee (Jennifer Figuereo) and his colossal debt to the Russian mob (led by Catherine Curtin) leave him few choices and seal his doom. A few scattered and effective moments throughout but film’s self-indulgent unpleasantness and overlength will likely numb you and wear you out. Yet another film derived from (i.e. ripped off) from “King Of New York” and also “New Jack City” but is a far cry from either.

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“Sugarcane” (*1/2 out of four) was a sour suspense psychodrama about a sex-trafficking survivor (Josie Juliette Wert) who tries to race against time to track down a teenage girl (Lacey Katena) to protect her from a sadistic serial killer (Kellan Jackson) who is moving in and attempting to abduct her. Recommended only for those who thought “The Silence Of The Lambs” (or even “Red Dragon”) were overrated as film exploitatively rehashes elements of both but without any of their style or conviction. Watch “Sugarland Express” again instead.

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“It’ll Cost You” (* out of four) was a leaden psychodrama that’ll cost you nearly an hour-and-a-half of your life about a millionaire businesswoman (I.O. Brown) who learns that her boyfriend (Xavier Mikal) has been having an affair and she is willing to let his side-girlfriend (Reeko King) have him if she settles his debts but when she doesn’t want to do this- things get really bloody and ugly in the streets. Potentially juicy material is undone by inept filmmaking and amateurish acting that turn this (at times) into an unintentional comedy.

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“When A Woman’s Fed Up” (*1/2 out of four) was a slapdash suspense psychodrama about a woman (Roxanne Neil) who stays loyal to her man (Lashaun Todman) but her loyalty is put to the test when she finds out he is still involved in the streets and with other women and she has to risk her own life to get him out. Opens up fairly well but soon sputters due to unlikable characters that will make viewers “fed up” even more than she is. Final showdown is especially a letdown.

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“Wages Of Sin” (**1/2 out of four) was an uneven but watchable pulp-underworld melodrama about a businessman (Paul Sloan) who is plunged into the brutal L.A. underworld of fetanyl and he has to stay one step ahead of lethal enforcers (Danny Trejo, Stephen Cyrus Sepher, and others) and corrupt cops (Anthony Sinopoli, Nazo Bravo, and others) to clear his name and stay alive. Flavorful mix of the slick and the sordid actually turns out to be anti-drug moralistic melodrama about the genuine fatal dangers of fetanyl and its deadly impact on our country. Imperfect but better-than-average for its type. Sepher also wrote the script.

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“The Neighbor Who Saw Too Much” (*1/2 out of four) was a ludicrous suspense thriller that viewers will most definitely regret once they “saw”; a curious teen (Sage Moore) befriends her handsome new neighbor (Devante Winfrey) but soon comes to realize he is a disturbed killer but no one not even her hard-working mother (Kia Dorsey) believes her. Packed with story holes and plot contrivances and hamstrung by its overall predictability. 2007’s “Disturbia” told almost the same story with more tension and humor nearly 20 years ago.

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