“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 Passage – Episode Two - You owe me a new Unicorn" (2019) Ten Episodes Created by: Liz Heldens based on the novels written by Justin Cronin Featuring: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Saniyya Sidney, Vincent Piazza, Brianne Howey McKinley Belcher III, Jamie McShane, Caroline Chikezie, Emmanuelle Chriqui Doctor:"This could be the cure for... everything.” Well the second episode has arrived of the show based …
"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 …
"Bird Box " (2018) Sci-Fi/Horror Running Time: 124 minutes Written by: Eric Heisserer Directed by: Susanne Bier Featuring: Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, Jacki Weaver, Rosa Salazar, Danielle Macdonald, Lil Rel Howery, Tom Hollander, BD Wong, Sarah Paulson and John Malkovich Gary:"Open your eyes, it's so beautiful." This week Netflix has released the horror movie adaptation of the genre novel "Bird Box" (2018) onto its service, which on …
"Halloween" (2018) Horror Running Time: 105 minutes Written by: David Gordon Green, Jeff Fradley and Danny McBride Directed by: David Gordon Green Featuring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak,Will Patton,Virginia Gardner, Nick Castle Laurie Strode: "Do you know that I prayed every night that he would escape?" Hawkins: "What the hell did you do that for?" Laurie …
"The First Purge" (2018) Action Running Time: 97 minutes Written by: James DeMonaco Directed by: Gerard McMurray Featuring: Y'lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Mugga, Luna Lauren Velez, Kristen Solis, and Marisa Tomei The Architect - Dr. Updale: "Please don't tell me your sending mercenaries into the island disguised as purgers?" This week sees the arrival of the fourth …
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"Hereditary" (2018) Horror Running Time: 127 minutes Written & Directed by: Ari Aster Featuring: Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, and Gabriel Byrne Charlie: "Who's gonna take care of me?" Annie: "Uh, excuse me? You don't think I'm gonna take care of you?" Charlie: "But when you die?" While watching the new familial horror movie "Hereditary" (2018) …
"Hereditary" (2018) Horror Running Time: 127 minutes Written & Directed by: Ari Aster Featuring: Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, and Gabriel Byrne Charlie: "Who's gonna take care of me?" Annie: "Uh, excuse me? You don't think I'm gonna take care of you?" Charlie: "But when you die?" While watching the new familial horror movie "Hereditary" (2018) …
“Insidious: The Last Key” (2018) Horror Running Time: 103 minutes Written by: Leigh Whannell Directed by: Adam Robitel Featuring: Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Spencer Locke, Caitlin Gerard, and Bruce Davison Elise Rainier: "I'm going to get the attention of all the spirits in this house. I need things that were important to Garza. Specs, go upstairs. There is a …
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“A Quiet Place” (2018) Thriller/Horror Running Time: 90 minutes Written by: John Krasinski, Bryan Woods and Scott Beck Directed by: John Krasinski Featuring: John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe Evelyn: “Who are we if we can't protect them? We have to protect them.” Thanks to various decisions as well as new production companies, I am looking at you Blumhouse, there …
“The Strangers: Prey at Night " (2018) Thriller/Horror Running Time: 85 minutes Written by: Bryan Bertino and Ben Ketai Directed by: Johannes Roberts Featuring: Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison and Lewis Pullman Kinsey: "Why are you doing this?" Dollface: "Why not?" Ever since the original home invasion horror “The Strangers” (2008) burst into cinemas it was a completely unusual as well …
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“Pyewacket" (2018) Horror Running Time: 87 minutes Written & directed by: Adam MacDonald Featuring: Laurie Holden, Nicole Muñoz,Chloe Rose and Eric Osborne Author:“Just be careful in what you believe.” As strange as it may sound Canada has a long tradition in the horror genre, so “Pyewacket” (2018) is just the latest in a long line …
“The Terror” (2018) Episodes Four & Five Fantasy/Horror 10 Episodes Developed by: David Kajganich Featuring: Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, Paul Ready, Adam Nagaitis, Ian Hart, Nive Nielsen, Ciarán Hinds “The Terror” is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to locate the Northwest Passage. Franklin and his crew are plagued by …
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“The Ritual” (2017) Horror Running Time: 94 minutes Written by: Joe Barton Directed by: David Bruckner Featuring: Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier and Sam Troughton Dom: "My old scoutmaster used to say 'If the shortcut was a shortcut, it wouldn't be called a shortcut, it would be called a route'." It seems like 2017 was a banner year for horror …
“A Dark Song” (2016) Horror/Fantasy/Drama Running Time: 99 minutes Written & Directed by: Liam Gavin Featuring: Steve Oram and Catherine Walker Joseph Solomon: "You've been looking shit up on the Internet. No, this is Gnosticism." Sophia Howard: "I was told it was based on the Kabbalah." Joseph Solomon: "It's there as grammar. A structure. The Kabbalah is an exploration of god. …
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“The Cloverfield Paradox” (2018) Sci-Fi/Horror Running Time: 102 minutes Written by: Oren Uziel and Doug Jung Directed by: Julius Onah Featuring: Daniel Brühl, Elizabeth Debicki, Aksel Hennie, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Chris O'Dowd, John Ortiz, David Oyelowo, and Zhang Ziyi Mundy: "That's my fucking arm!" In this modern age can a movie still be surprising, when there is twenty four hour coverage of behind the …
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“Annabelle: Creation” (2017) Horror Running Time: 109 minutes Written by: Gary Dauberman Directed by: David F. Sandberg Featuring: Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Anthony LaPaglia, and Miranda Otto Linda: “Janice says she’s seen your daughter.” Samuel Mullins: “My daughter has been dead for a long time.” I have gone on record to say that 2017 has been a very good year …
"Rings" (2017) Horror Running Time: 107 minutes Directed by: F. Javier Gutiérrez Featuring: Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Vincent D'Onofrio, Aimee Teegarden and Bonnie Morgan Holt: “I keep... thinking about this story. There's this video that... kills you. Seven days after you watch it. The second it's over... the phone rings. And this voice …
“The Void” (2016) Horror Running Time: 90 minutes Written & Directed by: Steven Kostanski and Jeremy Gillespie Featuring: Ellen Wong, Aaron Poole, Evan Stern, Kathleen Munroe and Kenneth Walsh Original horror films are so hard to produce, they can be even harder to find for the public with a love of the genre. This year has already …
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