From the director of Barbarian, comes this mysterious tale about school children who go missing at 2:17 AM by running out of their houses like deranged anime characters. As with Barbarian, it’s much better if you go into the film not knowing much about the story. Part of the fun is how it unravels and you, as the viewer, get to piece together the…
In the year 2025, machines will take over the planet Earth and enslave the human race. In an effort to understand humanity better, they will force one human to watch 31 horror movies for the month of October. There will be no clowning around. Starting on October the 1st, 2025, the reviews will be here for your reading pleasure, posted one per day. A…
Before he directed Halloween, John Carpenter made this little made-for-TV movie about a woman (Lauren Hutton) being stalked by a crazy guy. It was based on a true story as most made-for-TV movies were in the 1970s. In addition to directing, John Carpenter also wrote it. There is no denying his talent even in his early years. What should have been a piece of…
A woman is killed under mysterious and frightening circumstances. A year later, the woman's husband has moved on with his life, but her twin sister is skeptical about the details of the murder. It's hard to talk about this one without giving too much away, because the delightfulness comes from how masterfully the story is revealed to the viewer. This is one of those…
Randy (Johnny Berchtold) is a meek fast food worker who gets a day-long life lesson from his co-worker Benson (Kyle Gallner) after Benson blasts the rest of the fast food workers in a fit of rage. As the two drive around their podunk town, Benson attempts to help Randy come out of his shell. They visit Randy’s ex-girlfriend to ask why they broke up…
Based on an H.P. Lovecraft short story, the movie follows a psychiatrist, Dr. Derby (Heather Graham), who is locked in a padded room for viciously killing one of her patients. She tells her insane side of the events to another doctor (Barbara Crampton) in an attempt to win back her freedom. Her claim is that there is some witchcraft causing people to swap bodies…
What started as a movie with similarities to The Strangers turned into this balls-to-the-wall survival of the fittest. You don't quite know what you are getting into with this one and that makes it one hell of a ride. A wealthy family gathers at their remote vacation home in Missouri (?). The parental units arrive first and find the home unlocked. Probably just some…
Stephen Lang returns as the blind man who doesn’t take shit from anyone, especially not a group of thugs trying to kidnap his daughter. The movie takes place 8 years after the first one. The script has been flipped to where the blind Norman Nordstrom character is more of a protagonist than a villain. A few years prior to the story starting, Norman essentially…
Just when you thought it was safe to rob a blind man… Three punk thieves in Detroit receive a tip about a blind veteran (Stephen Lang) with a load of cash in a rundown neighborhood. Little do they know the man is far from innocent. The movie starts as a heist with bumbling idiots and quickly turns to shit getting real ugly. The fast…
After ten of these movies, the question must be asked: Can it do anything new? Answer: Not really. The movie tells the story between Saw and Saw II, filling in some of the background of the Jigsaw/John Kramer (Tobin Bell) and Amanda (Shawnee Smith) characters. John Kramer gets scammed by some medical scammers in Mexico who fake a cancer treatment and leave after being…
