Tag: Cranked Up Films


  • iPossessed Brings Attention to Veterans’ Struggles, But Misses the Horror Mark

    I applaud any film attempting to bridge the challenging conversations of soldiersโ€™ mental health. Itโ€™s an important issue that doesnโ€™t get a lot of the attention it deserves. Carl Rimiโ€™s new film iPossessed tends to lean a little heavily into haunted house concepts, but any awareness helps. About a month ago, I reviewed the more…

  • Caddyshacking Gothic Slayers Tee Up a Hole-In-One

    Weโ€™ve been leaning into independent films distributed through Cranked Up for a while now. While still relatively new, Cranked Up has been putting out films for over a decade as the genre offshoot of Good Deed Entertainment. Though not every title has been gold, Cranked Up is a studio focused on championing great ideas and…

  • Practical Effects Marvel ‘Replicator’ Needs More Time to Cook

    If youโ€™ve read any of my reviews on this site, then itโ€™s pretty apparent I have a sweet spot for microbudget, b-grade, and independent film. Any film with practical effects and a halfway decent idea has pretty much locked me in for its runtime. Cranked Up Films has been pumping out some really cool titles…

  • Our Reality is Quinn Armstrong’s Fresh Hell Trilogy

    In the spirit of Fear Street, or The Dark Pictures Anthology games, comes the Fresh Hell Presents, three back-to-back releases from writer/director Quinn Armstrong (Survival Skills). Armstrong has taken a trio of recurring horror themes to form an informal trilogy loosely connected through their location and a few scenes. The first film on the ambitious…