Directed by James Wan. Written by Chad and Carey Hayes. Starring Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor, Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Joey King, Shannon Kook and Mackenzie Foy. Plot: a family is being terrorized by a dark presence so they call on Ed and Lorraine Warren for help This movie is sort of The Exorcist meets Dead … Continue reading The Conjuring (2013)
Directed by Leo Gabriadze. Written by Nelson Greaves. Starring Heather Sossaman, Matthew Bohrer, Courtney Halverson, Shelley Hennig and Moses Storm. Plot: a group of friends finds themselves haunted by something using their dead friend's online chat account So, Laura Barnes kills herself after someone anonymously posts a video of herself messy drunk. People even commented … Continue reading Unfriended (2014)
Directed by Mikael Hafstrom. Written by Matt Greenberg, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. Based on a short story by Stephen King. Starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack and Tony Shalhoub. Plot: a writer checks into a hotel room to debunk rumors that it is haunted So, here comes John Cusack, writer extraordinaire of … Continue reading 1408 (2007)
Directed by the Pang Brothers. Written by Mark Wheaton and Todd Farmer. Starring Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller, John Corbett, Jodelle Ferland, William B. Davis and Dustin Milligan. Plot: a family moves into a run-down sunflower farm and are soon haunted by ghosts So, Kristen Stewart says the house is haunted but no … Continue reading The Messengers (2007)
Directed by Alex Orwell. Written by Kenny Yakkel. Starring Texas Battle, Alexandra Staden, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Marc Pickering and Victor McGuire. Plot: a group of reality show contestants must survive the night in a haunted jail I was pleasantly delighted with this movie. Within twenty minutes we had humor, whole characters, a clown, rules and an … Continue reading The Task (2011)
Directed by Joe and Tess Smalley. Written by the Smalleys and Ian Holt. Starring Josh Folan, Chris Perry, Natalie Wetta and Kieron Elliott. Plot: 2 TV crews team up for a special episode of a paranormal TV show Me and DJ generally love the "inspecting haunted asylum" movies. Not sure why, but we do. We … Continue reading Episode 50 (2011)
Directed by Rob Schmidt. Written by Joe Gangemi. Starring Anna Kendrick and Martin Donovan. Plot: a dead school girl contacts 2 of her classmates during a seance to help her find her murderer This is another one I watched alone, but wish I hadn't. Made me jump. From the director of Wrong Turn, comes this … Continue reading Fear Itself: The Spirit Box (2009)
Directed by Brad Anderson. Written by Matt Venne. Starring Eric Roberts. Plot; a P.I. with a bad past is on assignment in a haunted house and crazy shit starts happening From the director of Session 9, comes this tale about a bad cop who uses violence to solve his cases. When he's fired he takes … Continue reading Fear Itself: Spooked (2008)
The television show, Fear Itself, had 13 episodes and we've decided to score them the same way we score movies. So, for the next 13 days, we'll give you an episode a day, starting with the first episode, The Sacrifice. FYI - You can currently catch all 13 episodes on Shudder.
Directed by Ciaran Foy. Written by Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill. Starring Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Sloan, Dartanian Sloan, Tate Ellington and Nicholas King. Plot: a young mother and her twin boys move into a house marked for death I'm going to give this movie away right now. So, ******SPOILERS AHEAD****** ************************************************* ******************************************************************* This sequel … Continue reading Sinister 2 (2015)
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