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.

Brackenmore (Movie Review)

The lot of the “student film” in a director’s canon is to be a buried work. It is to be forgotten in a basement until the director’s friends drag it out of its dusty tomb for a gag at a wedding reception or birthday party to the half-hearted chagrin of its ... Read More

The Cropsey Incident (Movie Review)

The newest Found Footage Horror offering, The Cropsey Incident – which was released to major VOD and DVD in July 2017 thanks to good people at Wild Eye Releasing – sees a backwards group of social justice advocates heading into the woods to track down a ... Read More

Tragedy Girls (Movie Review)

This is a turn-up for the books. From Gunpowder & Sky, in 2017, Tragedy Girls has made its way to several festival viewings, including a screening at the Ithaca Fantastik Film festival on the 3rd of November. It is a Horror Comedy with a twist; after being on ... Read More

Mayhem (Movie Review)

Initially premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2017, new flick Mayhem is one of the best of 2017. Wow, that is quite a bold statement! Directed by Joe Lynch (Wrong Turn 2: Dead End 2007, Knights of Badassdom 2013) and superbly written by Matis Caruso, it is ... Read More

My Italy (Movie Review)

Contemporary art can be difficult to objectively understand because, by its very nature, it is subjective. It reflects its artist’s paradigm in a way that sometimes words cannot accurately encapsulate. It is not made for its beholder as much as it is made for its ... Read More