Movie Reviews

Covering everything from major Hollywood to independent films, Cryptic Rock Magazine has it all. Providing thoughtful, well-written reviews of Horror, Sci-Fi, Drama, Comedy, Thriller genres, as well as Documentaries and beyond.

Critters Attack! (Movie Review)

It is said that everything is cyclical: fashion, music, and movies, what once was, will be again. Certainly the case in the world of Horror/Sci-Fi cinema, you do not need to look much further than the scorching hot popularity of retro-styled Netflix series Stranger Things ... Read More

Darlin’ (Movie Review)

Labeled as “the scariest man in America” by the acclaimed Master of Horror Stephen King, Jack Ketchum (the pen name for Dallas Mayr) is responsible for writing some of the most horrifically cruel and realistically violent fiction novels – many of which were later made ... Read More

They’re Inside (Movie Review)

Pain is as authentic to the human experience as love—and we’re all a little mad here. In the brand-new Horror flick They’re Inside, a group of friends retreat to the woods to film a passion project that is about to undergo a major plot twist. ... Read More

Blood Paradise (Movie Review)

You could say that being a best-selling writer is its own form of misery, as is evidenced in the new English-language Swedish Horror-Comedy Blood Paradise. Artsploitation Films deliver this sharp, ironic and murderous good time to DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Best-selling ... Read More

Summer Night (Movie Review)

If someone has absolutely nothing better to do, and would love to watch a 90-minute film filled with straight drama, then look no farther than Summer Night: a “coming-of-age story” featuring a surprise pregnancy, relationship-status “whoas,” and plenty of “what-should-I-do-with-my-life”-shenanigans. All this can be spied ... Read More

Nightmare Shark (Movie Review)

Starring Tony Amendola (Stargate SG-1 series, Dexter series) and Rachele Brooke Smith (Entourage series, Class Act mini-series), Griff Furst’s (Starve 2014, Cold Moon 2016) Nightmare Shark explores what happens when previous survivors of shark attacks find themselves hunted again in their dreams… Out on DVD ... Read More