A disfigured graverobber (Christopher Kahler) digs up the coffin of a beautiful woman (Samantha Hupp), to steal from it a book - full of stories of pure horror:

• The Ties That Bind: Six years ago, Detective Herman (Joseph Martin Jauch) was forced to arrest his own father in law James (Joe DeBartolo) for the murder of his own daughter. Now, in the case of the disappearance of young hiker Judy (Heather Jokiel), he might have found some clues that might exonerate James - thing is, the trail he follows leads back to his own family ...
• Look Towards the Sky: Frank (Will Devokees) has been gone for three days, enough to get his wife Julie (Kristina Santiago) and dad (Joseph DiGristine) mighty worried, and heck, his disappearance has even made the news. And then he returns, pretty much out of thin air, and claims he has been abducted by aliens. What's more worrying though he also claims the aliens are preparing to eliminate humankind ...
• Clean House: Farm girl Andrea (Melisa Reyes) has a miscarriage - and that fact and the grief that comes with it, are enough to let some malevolent being into her house. She calls the church for an exorcism, but it's less than certain that a country priest (Claudio Martin) is a match for whatever it is that has come up from hell ...
• Highway Rivalry: After her husband (Ralph Rey) has died from a heart attack, Terri (Debbie D) decides to hit the road, hitchhicking to a new life. And she's soon picked up by a nice enough guy (Phil Herman) - who might just be the notorious serialkiller they dub the Highwayman ...
  Genre fave Tina Krause plays one of the Highwayman's victims in this one.

As is often the case with Phil Herman's anthologies, it's near impossible to judge this one as a whole as its segments differ considerably in tone. from straightforfard police procedural (The Ties That Bind) to lyrical exorcism  tale (Clean House), from alien invasion singe location dialogue piece (Look Twards the Sky) to serialkiller road movie (Highway Rivalry). What all the episodes have in common though is they show a clear love towards and deep understanding for the horror genre, so much so that it's near impossible for a genre fan to not enjoy at least some of the segments.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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