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I Spit on Your Grave (1978)/I Spit on Your Grave (2010)Genre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 07/24/2012 Rating NR Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 209 mins Released By: Anchor Bay/Starz … more less -
American Werewolf in London, AnGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 09/15/2009 Rating R Production Year: 1981 Cast: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine In John Landis' (THE BLUES BROTHERS, ANIMAL HOUSE) dripping black comedy, two American students (David Naughton and Griffin Dunne) on a European vacation wander into a creepy local pub in Northern England and are quickly thrown out. Stranded and alone in the dark countryside, the pair get lost in their search for warm lodging. Little do they know that they are about to be changed forever by an ancient terror as they walk along the moors on a moonlit night. Only one of the students survives a deadly attack by a supernatural beast--at least he thinks he survived, until the next full moon rolls around. Terrific makeup effects (by Oscar winner Rick Baker), clever editing, and raunchy tongue-in-cheek humor made this suspenseful and thrilling horror effort an instant classic. … more less -
Island of Dr. Moreau, TheGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 07/24/2012 Rating R Production Year: 1996 Cast: Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk, Ron Perlman Marlon Brando stars as the scientist in the third adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic. The archetypal mad scientist, the good doctor has been conducting a number of experiments in his remote island kingdom, producing a race of genetic mutants both man and beast in his quest to produce a superior creature. The mutants treat Moreau as a virtual god, carrying out his orders with blind obedience. To deal with the few rebels, the scientist has embedded electrodes under their skin through which he can induce a degree of pain sufficient for his purpose. A plane crash-lands on the island, and the only survivor, U.N. negotiator Edward Douglas (David Thewlis), is taken to Moreau's compound by the doctor's demented assistant, Montgomery (Val Kilmer), where he's soon imprisoned. Shocked by Moreau's experiments, Douglas desperately seeks escape but is badly outnumbered by the army of mutants. At length, the creatures discover how to remove the controlling devices from their bodies and attempt a rebellion, but it soon becomes clear that their collective intelligence was not increased by their physical transformation. This film became an instant camp classic, the result of a troubled production on which John Frankenheimer replaced the original director after only a day of shooting. The fine camerawork of veteran William Fraker stands out above all else. … more less -
1408Genre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 09/16/2008 Rating UR Production Year: 2007 Cast: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub The PG-13 rating given to 1408 belies this film's truly terrifying effects on its audience. Though it's far less gory than its peers, it has frightening moments and a creepy mood throughout. John Cusack (IDENTITY) plays Mike Enslin, a gifted writer who has turned his talents to paranormal travel books. His stays in haunted hotels never shake him, but he's intrigued by New York's Dolphin Hotel. Room 1408 has been the site of dozens of deaths, and this is a selling point for the skeptic in Mike. Despite the warnings of the hotel manager (Samuel L. Jackson, BLACK SNAKE MOAN), Mike resolves to stay in the haunted room. No one has lasted more than an hour in 1408, and Mike has his work cut out for him. Though Cusack got his acting pedigree in comedies, he proves he's able to adeptly carry a horror film. He's in practically every frame of the film, often alone, and he's great at making the audience share in his fear. This is the second English-language film from director Mikael Hafstrom (DERAILED), and he does a good job of establishing tension. A lot of the credit is due to the film's sound crew, whose detailed work goes far in giving 1408 its unsettling feeling. Like THE SHINING, this is based on writing from horror master Stephen King, and it's a similarly creepy tale set in a hotel. But in its execution, 1408 is far more indebted to classic horror films such as the original 1963 version of THE HAUNTING. … more less -
Unborn, TheGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 07/07/2009 Rating UR Production Year: 2009 Run Time: 88 mins Released By: Universal Studios Home Video Cast: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Meagan Good, Idris Elba, Cam Gigandet A horror film combining ghostly children, Nazi experiments, and the Kabbalah, THE UNBORN also features a strong female heroine and plenty of surprisingly gruesome shocks. Writer-director David S. Goyer (BLADE: TRINITY) has seemingly taken inspiration from classics like ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968) and THE EXORCIST (1974), as well as the more recent THE EYE (2002), during the creation of this slick thriller featuring an attractive young cast and some disturbing effects work. College student Casey Beldon (Odette Yustman, CLOVERFIELD) begins having dreams about a spooky little boy with bright blue eyes. She thinks nothing of it as first, but when the image becomes a recurring motif and the boy she babysits for hits her in the face and tells her "Jumby wants to be born now," she begins to get frightened. After learning that she had a twin brother who died in utero, she finds a photo of her late mother with the same ghostly child looming in the background. A newspaper clipping then leads Casey to visit an elderly Holocaust survivor (Jane Alexander) in a nursing home. The woman clues her in to a dark family secret extending back to WWII, which prompts her to employ the services of Rabbi Sendak (Gary Oldman), whose skepticism about evil spirits is vanquished when he sees what he is up against. Goyer’s pacing is brisk, and the THE UNBORN’s jolts start right out of the gate. Yustman is an appealing lead, and the surprising presences of veterans Oldman and Alexander add some weight to the proceedings. The violence is never too graphic, but a few of the sequences are surprisingly icky, as are some of the supernatural beings that pop up. The result is a fun thriller that crams a lot of spookiness into its PG-13 rating. … more less -
Zombie StrippersGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 10/28/2008 Rating R Production Year: 2008 Run Time: 94 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Cast: Robert Englund, Joey Medina, Shamron Moore, Roxy Saint, Jenna Jameson Robert Englund (best known for playing Freddie Krueger) and Jenna Jameson (best known for playing naked), might seem like an odd cinematic pairing, but not when you consider the title of this horror comedy: ZOMBIE STRIPPERS. When the exotic dancers of Sartre, Nebraska, begin getting zombified, it's up to a few of their own to save the day. Jay Lee (THE SLAUGHTER) wrote and directed this blood-and-boob-filled satire. … more less -
RecoilGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 03/06/2012 Rating R Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 94 mins Released By: Universal-V V E Cast: Steve ("Stone Cold") Austin, Danny Trejo, Serinda Swan Steve Auston and Danny Trejo star in this thriller concerning a cop who becomes a ruthless vigilante after his family is gunned down by a gang of vicious criminals. … more less -
Man from Nowhere, TheGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 03/08/2011 Rating R Production Year: 2010 Run Time: 119 mins Released By: Well Go USA, Inc. Cast: Won Bin, Kim Sae-ron A retired special agent forges an unlikely bond with his neglected young neighbor, and vows to bring the girl back home safely after she's kidnapped by violent criminals. When Tae-Shik hung up his guns to open a small pawn shop, he also shut himself off from the world. Tae-Shik prefers to live in solitude, yet he still takes a liking to his precocious neighbor So-mi, whose mother pay her little attention. When So-Mi's mother crosses a local gang of criminals who respond by kidnapping the desperate mother and daughter, Tae-Shik realizes that he may be their only hope of making it out of the situation alive. After entering into a tenuous agreement with the local mob, Tae-Shik becomes the target of an intense police manhunt and finds himself besieged on all sides. Now the closer Tae-Shik gets to So-Mi and her mother, the more his dark past finally begins coming into focus. … more less -
Prophecy, TheGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 11/15/2011 Rating R Production Year: 1995 Run Time: 97 mins Released By: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Cast: Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Eric Stoltz, Viggo Mortensen There is war in heaven when Archangel Gabriel leads a revolt to unseat the usurpers of God's chosen: mankind. But when a homicide investigation takes a turn for the Biblical, a cop and a school teacher learn that they are not just dealing with a string of mysteriously mutilated bodies, but with saving the Earth from becoming a suburb of Hell. … more less -
Grudge, TheGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 05/12/2009 Rating Production Year: 2004 Run Time: 91 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, Clea DuVall, William R. Mapother, Bill Pullman A remake of the Japanese horror hit JU-ON (widely considered to be one of the scariest movies ever made), THE GRUDGE is helmed by its original director Takeshi Shimizu. Like its predecessor, this Hollywood version of the film takes place in Tokyo, but most of the main characters are American, including Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER), a young social worker, and her peers. When Karen enters a seemingly abandoned home to look after a mentally disturbed resident, she soon discovers that there's an evil--and very aggressive--presence in the house, and it's lashing out at every person that sets foot inside. Having directed both the original JU-ON and its sequel in Japan, Shimizu was very familiar with his own tale of terror by the time he directed its 2004 incarnation. Using many of the key actors from the previous films (including Takako Fuji and Yuya Ozeki who have unforgettable roles), Shimizu recreates the story with the added advantage of a Hollywood budget (acquired with the help of producer Sam Raimi of SPIDER-MAN fame, who is also a noted horror-movie director). As with many Japanese horror films (particularly the original RING, which strongly influences this movie), THE GRUDGE relies on atmosphere over plot, resulting a series of utterly chilling moments that will leave viewers fascinated and unbelievely frightened. … more less -
My Bloody ValentineGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 01/04/2011 Rating R Production Year: 2009 Run Time: 130 mins Released By: Lions Gate Home Entertainment Cast: Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith, Betsey Rue, Edi Gathegi Bloodthirsty fans of the classic slashers of yesteryear should be sated by MY BLOODY VALENTINE (2009), a gory trip that’s not just a remake but a retro-amalgam of the greatest hits from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s. The HALLOWEEN-influenced, eerily Canadian 1981 original holds a modest place in many horror hearts despite its notoriously trimmed violence. But even those who haven’t seen it will get the feeling that this VALENTINE sports an amplified blood-and-guts factor, one that brings with it the distinctly outlandish brutality and hulking-masked-killer archetype of a FRIDAY THE 13th installment combined with the polished chase scenes of post-SCREAM teen horror. As if this gore-ucopia didn’t have enough spices already, its premise and structure are also indebted to such cheeky mystery-slashers as HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME and APRIL FOOL’S DAY. A decade after traumatized miner Harry Warden goes on a pickaxe massacre, guilt-stricken Tom (Jensen Ackles) returns to his quaint hometown only to find that a string of similar murders has started up. With Warden believed to be long dead, Sheriff Axel casts suspicion on Tom. It seems his old flame, Sarah, is the only one who truly believes he’s innocent. The movie’s horror-expert filmmakers imbue VALENTINE with the reliably enjoyable entertainment-trumps-logic of slasher films, especially in the way everyone in town--including the police--seems way more interested in proving or disproving Harry Warden’s involvement than actually stopping the in-progress murder spree. Similarly, beloved genre vet Tom Atkins (NIGHT OF THE CREEPS) is on hand to deliver a coolly understated retired-cop performance. But peppered in are some nifty subliminal visual flourishes and at least one off-the-wall sequence (think little people, fully naked, fleeing; and a box-spring-as-cage). The 3-D version is uncommonly well-integrated, subjecting viewers not only to hair-raising projectiles, but to an effective immersion into the mise-en-scène. … more less -
FallenGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 08/14/2012 Rating R Production Year: 1998 Run Time: 125 mins Released By: Turner Home Entertainment Cast: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz, James Gandolfini After capturing and prosecuting a brutal serial killer, detective John Hobbes is puzzled by a string of bizarre murders that seem to suggest that the killer is alive--or at least somehow present on Earth. With the help of a beautiful theosophist and his stalwart partner, Hobbes realizes that the killer's spirit is being transferred between the bodies it possesses--and that it may be impossible to stop him now. … more less -
SchizoGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 02/12/2013 Rating R Production Year: 1976 Run Time: 109 mins Released By: Kino on Video Cast: Lynne Frederick, John Leyton, Stephanie Beacham, John Fraser, Jack Watson A beautiful skating star is stalked by a demented killer while she is en route to her wedding. She later recognizes the killer as the man who murdered her mother. Directed by famed British horror director Pete Walker, SCHIZO is so frightening that it caused many innocent filmgoers to faint in the aisles! … more less -
Hills Have Eyes, TheGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 09/13/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 2006 Run Time: 108 mins Released By: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Cast: Emilie de Ravin, Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw With his 2006 remake of Wes Craven's 1977 slasher THE HILLS HAVE EYES, French director Alexandre Aja manages to accomplish what many directors fail to do by making his film a definite improvement over the original. With Craven on board as producer, Aja sticks pretty closely to the first film's script and storyline, but with the help of a larger budget, special effects, better actors, and slick cinematography, creates a much scarier story. While the film's setting is contemporary, it maintains a 1970s feel in parts, paying tribute to the decade in which the slasher subgenre was born. With an interesting opening-credit sequence consisting of actual nuclear testing footage, we are told that the film's desert setting was the site of nuclear testing during the 1950s and ‘60s. Warned to vacate, the miners that lived there refused to leave, thus subjecting themselves to high levels of toxic radiation, and breeding mutant babies as a result. It is this generation of now-grown mutants that the poor Carter family has the misfortune to encounter while driving through New Mexico on their way to California. When their vehicle breaks down in the desert, the Carters are too busy bickering with one another to realize they have entered enemy territory. But it doesn't take long for the demented creatures living in the hills to make their presence known. The gorefest that follows is packed with terribly frightening scenes of the deformed killers delighting in the torment and intended kill of each family member, young mothers, teen girls, and babies included. Much of the film is set in a government-created test city in which deteriorating mannequins take the place of actual humans. Posing lifelessly alongside their mutant neighbors, these waxy figures provide a chilling backdrop for the graphic war between the mutants and their victims. … more less -
8213: Gacy HouseGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 01/04/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 2010 Run Time: 132 mins Released By: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Cast: Sarah Mynett, Marilene Isaacs, Tracy Bacon, Tim Miller, Ravenwolfe Teu When a group of paranormal investigators decide to explore the house that was constructed on the site where notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy once lived, they quickly discover the horrors of the past live on in the afterlife. … more less -
CujoGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 01/22/2013 Rating R Production Year: 1983 Run Time: 93 mins Released By: Olive Films Cast: Danny Pintauro, Dee Wallace, Ed Lauter, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Christopher Stone Based on Stephen King's novel about a new England family beset by a murderous terror: the family dog. … more less -
Angel HeartGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 11/24/2009 Rating R Production Year: 1987 Run Time: 112 mins Released By: Artisan Entertainment Cast: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Rick Washburn, Stocker Fontelieu In Alan Parker's ANGEL HEART, based on the novel FALLING ANGEL by William Hjortsberg, a New York City gumshoe is hired to find an aging blues singer. Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) follows clues from the ominous ghettos of Harlem to the witchy backwoods of Louisiana, where he takes up with Epiphany Proudfoot (Lisa Bonet), the beautiful young daughter of a voodoo priestess, whom he believes will be able to shed light on the growing mystery surrounding the missing musician. As Angel closes in on the truth of the case, his contacts start turning up dead. He begins to suspect he might be next. Parker (MISSISSIPPI BURNING) threads a commentary on the limitations of modern Western society into his sensual, suspenseful thriller. As the story unfolds, Angel relies less and less on his failing, overwhelmed rational mind (and handgun) and more on Epiphany's ancient mojo. Rourke captures the unraveling protagonist perfectly, and Bonet adds an erotic and mysterious edge with her performance. Robert De Niro is both funny and malevolent as Angel's mysterious client, Louis Cyphre. Shimmering with a beguiling mist of the macabre, ANGEL HEART provides an unexpectedly haunting dose of gothic noir. … more less -
Lost Boys 1-2 Film CollectionGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 11/13/2012 Rating NR Production Year: Run Time: 189 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Corey Feldman, Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, Autumn Reeser, Tad Hilgenbrink THE LOST BOYS - When newly divorced Lucy moves her family to her father's house in Santa Clara, California--"the murder capital of the world"--her teenage son, Michael (Jason Patric), quickly falls in with the town's bad kids: a bike-riding, Jim Morrison-worshipping gang of bloodsucking vampires led by the charismatic David (Kiefer Sutherland). Her younger son, Sam (Corey Haim), and his buddies, the Frog brothers (Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander), are the only ones who recognize the signs of vampirism in Michael, and they plot to battle the legions of the night before they take over the entire town. One of the essential cult movies of the 1980s, THE LOST BOYS ably blends truly terrifying moments with the big laughs of a teen movie. THE LOST BOYS: THE TRIBE - This belated sequel to the horror-comedy follows Chris Emerson (Tad Hilgenbrink) and his sister, Nicole (Autumn Reeser), as they arrive in a California beach town to live with a relative following the deaths of their parents. Ruling the beach are a group of local surfers who turn out to be more than teenage hooligans--they're vampires! The group's leader (Angus Sutherland, half-brother of Kiefer) sets his sights on Nicole, pulling her into their nocturnal brood. To save his sister, Chris seeks out the Frog Brothers (played once again by Feldman and Newlander) to guide him in the ways of vampire hunting. … more less -
HostelGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 10/23/2007 Rating UR Production Year: 2006 Run Time: 94 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Cast: Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Lenka Vlasakova, Shane Daly, Jan Vlasak The hallowed tradition of the post-college European backpacking trip turns into an unimaginable nightmare for two unsuspecting American 20-somethings in Eli Roth's (CABIN FEVER) sensational second outing. Paxton (Jay Hernandez) and Josh (Derek Richardson) have embarked upon a hedonistic tour of the continent, and somewhere along the way they picked up an Icelandic lunk named Oli (Eythor Gudjonsson). In Amsterdam the trio partakes of the pastimes most dear to frat boys everywhere: weed, prostitutes, and nightclubs. But when a fellow traveler tells these thrill-seekers about the decadent scene that awaits them in Bratislava, they find themselves unable to resist its lures; enticed by the promise of a hostel full of beautiful girls who love Americans, they set out for the remote areas of Eastern Europe. There, the sex farce to which the film's first half is devoted slowly turns ominous, as the boys hook up immediately with the gorgeous Natalya (Barbara Nedeljakova) and Svetlana (Jana Kaderabkova), whose eagerness masks more sinister intentions. Soon, the disagreeable backpackers find themselves on the other side of the flesh trade, sold by the girls into an exclusive human trafficking operation that gives its customers the opportunity to torture and kill a helpless victim. Much of what follows consists of the squirm-inducing surgical horrors that characterize precursors such as SAW, with the implications regarding the capitalist system and the human soul becoming ever darker. Produced by Quentin Tarantino, the film amps up the gore factor as much as it can get away with, and, in the tradition of the best horror films, offers a satirical socially conscious commentary. … more less -
Descent, TheGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 12/26/2006 Rating UR Production Year: 2006 Run Time: 99 mins Released By: Lions Gate Home Entertainment Cast: Shauna MacDonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, Nora-Jane Noone THE DESCENT, a claustrophobic and intense British horror film from Neil Marshall (DOG SOLDIERS), follows six courageous young women who venture down a deep, deep cavern in the Appalachian Mountain range. They are expert rafters and rock climbers--particularly the leader, Juno (Natalie Mendoza), and Sarah (Shauna Macdonald), who is still getting over the death of her husband and daughter the year before. Any healing and bonding is scuttled fast, however, once a cave-in cuts off their return route, forcing them deeper down into the darkness, their flashlight batteries dwindling with every wasted minute. The horror builds, the passageways get tighter and tighter, and then Sarah thinks she have seen something moving in the distance, something that looks almost human.... To give away any more would be a crime, but let's just say horror film lovers should find plenty to love here: there's gallons of gore, jump-in-your-seat shocks, and sly references to other films. The women characters are strongly etched, and excellent editing makes it possible to always know what's happening to whom, even as the flashlights are going out, the darkness is moving in, and the unholy screams are echoing off the cavern walls. … more less
