Category: reviews

Village of the Damned (1960)

Directed by Wolf Rilla.  Written by Rilla, Stirling Silliphant and Ronald Kinnoch, based on a novel by John Wyndham.  Starring George Sanders, Barbara Shelley and Martin Stephens. Plot: super-enhanced children can read minds and control people and do not always use their powers for good After a whole village falls asleep for no reason, most … Continue reading Village of the Damned (1960) →

Blood Beach (1981)

Directed by Jeffrey Bloom.  Written by Jeffrey and Steven Nalevansky.  Starring John Saxon, Burt Young, David Huffman, Marianna Hill and Otis Young. Plot: people are baffled when victims are sucked into the sand by some creature living underneath So this is a very unintentionally funny movie about a sand monster that sucks people down and … Continue reading Blood Beach (1981) →

Blood Rage (1987)

Directed by John Grissmer.  Written by Bruce Rubin.  Starring Mark Soper, Louise Lasser and Marianna Kanter. Plot: 10 years after a murder, an institutionalized twin comes home and more murders begin Todd and Terry are twins.  Terry is a psychopath who kills someone at a very young age and then framed Todd for it.  So, … Continue reading Blood Rage (1987) →

Creepshow 3 (2006)

Directed by Ana Clavell and James Dudelson.  Segments written by Clavell, Dudelson, Scott Frazelle, Pablo C. Pappano and Alex Ugelow.  Starring A.J. Bowen, Camille Lacey, Ryan Carty, Stephanie Pettee and Emmett McGuire. "Alice" Alice's father's new remote keeps changing things about Alex's life.  It changes her nastily, too.  And then she's a rabbit.  DJ liked … Continue reading Creepshow 3 (2006) →

Creepshow 2 (1987)

Directed by Michael Gornick.  Sreenplay by George A. Romero, based on stories by Stephen King.  Starring George Kennedy, Don Harvey, Holt McCallany, Tom Savini and Stephen King. "Old Chief Wood'nhead" An old couple runs a little store in this tale that is watched over by a Native American statue.  Little do the know, the statue … Continue reading Creepshow 2 (1987) →

Creepshow (1982)

Directed by George A. Romero.  Written by Stephen King.  Starring Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson, Adrienne Barbeau, Ed Harris and Stephen King. Plot: 5 tales of terror are presented, inspired by the comics of the 50's "Happy Father's Day" Sort of pointless.  Everyone was a dick.  Ignorant children, including the one who killed her father, come … Continue reading Creepshow (1982) →

Don’t Breathe (2016)

Directed by Fede Alvarez.  Written by Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues.  Starring Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto and Stephen Lang. Plot: 3 young thieves break into a blind vet's home hoping to walk away with a fortune, but the man isn't as helpless as he seems This movie was quite original.  It had a good … Continue reading Don’t Breathe (2016) →

Friend Request (2016)

Directed by Simon Verhoeven.  Written by Verhoeven, Matthew Ballen and Philip Koch.  Starring Alycia Debnam-Carey, William Moseley, Connor Paolo, Brit Morgan, Brooke Markham, Sean Marquette, Liesl Ahlers and Shashawnee Hall. Plot: a popular college student accepts a strange girl's friend request, leading to a lot of grisly deaths As seen above, the movie is freaking … Continue reading Friend Request (2016) →

High Tension (2003)

Directed by Alexandre Aja.  Written by Aja and Gregory Levsseur.  Starring Cecile De France, Maiwenn, Andrei Finti and Oana Pellea. Plot: best friends decide to spend the weekend at one's parents house but end up in a weekend of terror DJ and I watched this one twice hoping it would get better the second time … Continue reading High Tension (2003) →

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

Directed by Burr Steers.  Screenplay by Steers, based on a novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, based on a novel by Jane Austen, of course.  Starring Lily James, Sam Riley, Matt Smith, Bella Heathcote, Suki Waterhouse, Douglas Booth, Sally Phillips and Lena Headey. Plot: it's basically the original story with zombies So, if you don't know the … Continue reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) →