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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Maze of the Week #96 - Laughing Pumpkin

Maze of the Week #96 celebrates Halloween with a new style of maze. I hope you enjoy this Laughing Pumpkin Maze which I made in comic book style. I hope you like it, because I liked making it so much you will be seeing more mazes like this ! If you want some additional kids Halloween themed mazes or a maze/coloring page of La Catrina for Day of the Dead, I have those covered !

The Maze: Comic book style, easy, free hand drawn walls. I really like the way the background makes this maze pop off the page.

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Laughing Pumpkin Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. Download is available on the homepage. Please check out my YouTube channel where you can watch this maze being made and solved!!

Coming next week:

A ship maze

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.

Maze of the Week #95 - Gibraltar Point Lighthouse

Maze of the Week #95 is of the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse in Toronto, Canada. Constructed in 1808, this is the oldest lighthouse on the Great Lakes. As we get closer to Halloween I must ask - Is the lighthouse haunted ? Yes. Would you believe maybe ? Then would you believe it could have been but no longer is ? The very first lighthouse keeper, John Paul Radelmüller, is believed to have been violently murdered and is Toronto’s oldest cold case. You can read about this mystery on this website about Toronto. Or, just watch the video below !

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Photo: Padraic Ryan, wikipedia

Gibraltar Point Lighthouse in Toronto, Canada

Padraic Ryan, wikipedia

The Maze: I went with color but left out the surrounding trees. I added shadows and like how they came out.

Gibraltar Point Lighthouse Maze

Gibraltar Point Lighthouse Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. Maze download is available on the homepage. Please check out my YouTube channel where you can watch this maze being made and solved!!

Coming next week:

A Halloween maze