Hilltop Horror Movie Reviews

Hellraiser (1987)

IMDB: A man finds he is given more than he bargains for when he solves the puzzle of the Lament Configuration - a doorway to hell. But his ex-lover has found a way of bringing him back, and his niece, Kirsty Lawrence, finds herself bargaining with the Cenobites, angels to some, demons to others, whose greatest pleasure is the greatest pain.

Hosted by: Ray Richards, Helen Stewart, Anne Conley

The Ritual (2017)

IMDB: A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

Hosted by: Anne Conley, Helen Stewart, and Ray Richards

Drink Pairing Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Ghost_Dance

The Conjuring (2013)

IMDB: In 1971, Carolyn and Roger Perron move their family into a dilapidated Rhode Island farm house and soon strange things start happening around it with escalating nightmarish terror. In desperation, Carolyn contacts the noted paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren, to examine the house. What the Warrens discover is a whole area steeped in a satanic haunting that is now targeting the Perron family wherever they go. To stop this evil, the Warrens will have to call upon all their skills and spiritual strength to defeat this spectral menace at its source that threatens to destroy everyone involved.

Hosted By: Helen Stewart, Anne Conley, and Ray Richards

 

Drink Paring Music:

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Ghost_Dance
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The Void (2016)

IMDB: When Sheriff Deputy Carter (Aaron Poole) discovers a blood-soaked man limping down a deserted road, he rushes him to a local hospital with a barebones, night shift staff. As cloaked, cult-like figures surround the building, the patients and staff inside start to turn ravenously insane. Trying to protect the survivors, Carter leads them into the depths of the hospital where they discover a gateway to immense evil.

Hosted by: Ray Richards, Anne Conley, Helen Stewart

Drink Pairing Music Attribution:

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Ghost_Dance
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

[REC] (2007)

IMDB: "REC" turns on a young TV reporter and her cameraman who cover the night shift at the local fire station. Receiving a call from an old lady trapped in her house, they reach her building to hear horrifying screams -- which begin a long nightmare and a uniquely dramatic TV report.

Hosted by: Anne Conley, Helen Stewart, and Ray Richards

Wine Pairing Music Attribution:

URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Ghost_Dance
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Terrifier (2017)

IMDB: A maniacal clown terrorizes three young women on Halloween night and everyone else who stands in his way.

Hosted by: Helen Stewart, Anne Conley, and Ray Richards

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

IMDB: After a bank heist, brothers Richie and Seth Gecko plan to head to Mexico to evade arrest. At a motel, Richie kills their hostage and their journey hits a hard spot, but, just when things could have gotten worse, the Fuller family shows up. Seth takes them hostage and the five successfully cross the border. The five pull to a bar called "The Titty Twister", where Seth will meet his handler in the morning. When moon strikes, the stripper and workers turn into vampires and the survivors must soon fight for their lives.

Hosted by: Ray Richards, Helen Stewart, Jimmy Stewart

Flatliners (1990)

IMDB: Five medical students decide to embark on a dangerous experiment to pierce the veil between life and death in an attempt to learn more about the afterlife. Under their temporary deaths they experience strange visions, and memories long since forgotten. However, what they hadn't bargained for is that when they pierced the veil of life and death, they'd each bring something back with them, something from their past that will not only haunt them, but is also fully capable of hurting them as well.

Hosted By: Helen Stewart, Ray Richards, Anne Conley

Annabelle (2014)

A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.

Hosts for this episode: Ray Richards, Anne Conley, and Helen Stewart

 

The Shining (1980)

IMDB: A man, his son, and wife become the winter caretakers of an isolated hotel where Danny, the son, sees disturbing visions of the hotel's past using a telepathic gift known as "The Shining". The father, Jack Torrance, is underway in a writing project when he slowly slips into insanity as a result of cabin fever and former guests of the hotel's ghosts. After being convinced by a waiter's ghost to "correct" the family, Jack goes completely insane. The only thing that can save Danny and his mother is "The Shining".

Hosted by: Anne Conley, Helen Stewart, and Ray Richards