The Basement (2008) Movie Review

The Basement (2008) IMDB AMZN

The Basement (2008) movie poster

This is a short film, a total of 29 minutes long and it takes place in a hotel where 2 employees check out the basement of the hotel. It is described as labyrinth-like because there are many hidden corners, rooms and hallways and it is easy to get lost - a perfect setting for a horror film. It’s also very dark. Is there a phantom down there ? Better check it out.

When I read the IMDB page for this film I was hoping it would tell me the budget for the film. I would guess it was shot for $240 and a bucket of KFC. Just a guess. The question I want to know is - did it make back that in revenue ? I streamed it on tubitv for free, but I wonder if anyone has ever rented this movie on another site like Amazon for $0.99 ? And if so could it be one of those films that becomes profitable sometime in 2027 from streaming.

I give it a 2.7/10.

I could not find a trailer for the movie to post here, lucky for you !

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Alien Portals: Ancient Labyrinths, Temples and Mazes (2023) Movie Review

Alien Portals: Ancient Labyrinths, Temples and Mazes (2023) IMDB AMZN

Alien Portals Ancient Labyrinths Temples and Mazes movie poster

At the time of me watching this on tubitv, when I checked the movie, considered a documentary on IMDB, it has no votes. I feel like the guy below a video that comments FiRst !. Anyway, this 75 minute doc is broken into # short parts, each which discusses a different ancient mystery. It reminds me in some ways of the show Ancient Aliens.

Part 1 - The Hypogeum Cave Chambers in Malta.

Part 2 - The Vlasovka Labyrinth, which apparently was found in the 1980’s located in Russia. There is not much information on this site, no pictures I could find, and apparently you need to search for it in the Russian language which will lead you to information on the discoveries.

Part 3 - The Ontario Lake Structure. A stone structure hidden beneath MacDonald Lake in Ontario, Canada which you can read about here. Is it part of Canada’s Stonehenge ?

Part 4 - The Pentelli Cave - North of Athens, Greece, this is said to de a place for a lot of paranormal phenomenon. Did it contain a Stargate ? Is it a place of electromagnetic disturbances ?

Part 5 - Gateways to Hell - apparently they can be found all over the world. The documentary talks about a house in Gary, Indiana, and places in Kansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The most interesting place is the Houska Castle in Prague, Czechia which is said to have been built over a bottomless pit.

Part 6 - The Golden Ratio - discusses the history of the Picts and their use of the divine proportion.

Part 7 - The 33rd Line of Latitude - apparently lots of very important things happen and locations happen on the 33rd latitude. Baghdad (Mesopotamia), The White Pyramid in China, Moundville in Alabama, Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Roswell to name a few. And we can’t have a doc like this without talking about the Freemasons !

Personally this was interesting but lacking in scientific research to back up the claims made. I liked that the documentary featured a lot of places that are not commonly known about. Overall worth a look if you enjoy this type of content - and you know who you are !

I give it a 5.5/10.

I could not find a trailer for the movie to post here, but I did find a 37 minute discussion of the Vlasovka Labyrinth.

There's Someone Inside Your House (2021) Movie Review

There's Someone Inside Your House (2021) IMDB

There's Someone Inside Your House movie poster

There's Someone Inside Your House poster

Do you like scary movies ? If you do go ahead and skip this one. Do you like movies about high school kids that justify violence for weird reasons and high school drama ? Then this could be the movie for you ! A masked assailant starts taking out people in their homes while wearing masks that look like the next victim. Each victim has a secret they are trying to forget - they are all bad actors and actresses. No, actually, it is usually about hazing, because, high school. Late in the movie we get people in a corn maze (the movie takes place in Nebraska) and it gets lit on fire - not a good way to die, for sure. Either way this movie is not very good.

I give it a 5/10.

The Scorpion King 2 (2008) Movie Review

The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008) IMDB AMZN

The Scorpion King 2 movie poster

The Scorpion King 2 is a prequel to the first Scorpion King movie showing how Mathayus, originally played by Dwayne Johnson (The Rock), became who he was. It is also as noted on IMDB:

This film is a prequel to a prequel of a sequel of a remake. That is, it is the prequel to The Scorpion King (2002), which is a prequel to The Mummy Returns (2001), which is a sequel to The Mummy (1999) which can be considered as a loose remake of The Mummy (1932).

So there is that. But there is no Dwayne Johnson in this movie. We do get a former wrestling/UFC star with Randy Couture though. Overall this is not a very good movie. The acting is sub-par and the story is just ok. The movie centers around a quest to retrieve the sword of Damocles that is found in the underworld so Mathayus can avenge the death of his father. While completing this quest they enter a labyrinth and must defeat the minotaur. Should I have said spoiler ? Other things happen, more quest, there is fighting, blah blah blah, bad acting, skip it.

I give it a 4/10.