“The Strangers: Chapter 1” (2024) Horror Running Time: 91 minutes Written by: Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland Directed by: Renny Harlin Featuring: Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath and Ella Bruccoleri Maya: “Why are you doing this to us?” Pin-Up Girl: “Because you were here.” "The Strangers: Chapter 1," directed by Renny Harlin, is a gripping addition to the horror …
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“Happy Death Day 2U” (2019) Sci-Fi/Horror Running time: 100 minutes Written & Directed by: Christopher Landon Featuring: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Phi Vu, Suraj Sharma, Sarah Yarkin, Ruby Modine and Steve Zissis Tree Gelbman:[to Ryan] “Now you're stuck in this day. Congrats. Oh, and by the way? You're going to die. Again... and again... and again.” Ryan Phan:[cringes] “Carter, tell your …
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"Hellboy" (2019) Horror/Action Running Time: 120 minutes Written by: Andrew Cosby Directed by: Neil Marshall Featuring: David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim and Thomas Haden Church Lady Hatton:"On an island off the coast of Scotland, something was summoned from the depths of Hell, something that would end mankind." Hellboy:"And this thing, did it show up?" Lady Hatton:"Oh, yes. …
"Us" (2018) Horror Running Time: 116 minutes Written and directed by: Jordan Peele Featuring: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Elisabeth Moss, and Tim Heidecker Adelaide Wilson:"They look exactly like us. They think like us. They know where we are. We need to move and keep moving. They won't stop until they kill us... or we kill …
“Dark Crimes" (2018) Thriller Running Time: 92 minutes Written by: Jeremy Brock Directed by: Alexandros Avranas Featuring: Jim Carrey, Agata Kulesza, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kati Outinen, Zbigniew Zamachowski and Marton Csokas Kozlow: “The river has an end and a beginning.” There is undoubtedly a dark side to Jim Carrey's professional and personal persona, which has never been fully explored on film, although he …
"The House with a Clock in Its Walls" (2018) Fantasy/Young Adult Running Time: 105 minutes Written by: Eric Kripke based on the book by John Bellairs Directed by: Eli Roth Featuring: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett and Owen Vaccaro Jonathan Barnavelt:"There's a clock in the walls. We don't know what it does, except... something horrible." The new fantasy young adult …
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"Ghost Stories" (2017) Drama/Thriller/Horror Running Time: 98 minutes Written & directed by: Andy Nyman & Jeremy Dyson Featuring: Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Alex Lawther, Paul Whitehouse Mike Priddle:"It's funny, isn't it? How it's always the last key that unlocks everything." The new film "Ghost Stories" (2017) released on DVD this week in is the most unusual of genre …
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