Category: reviews

Hidden (2011)

Directed by Antoine Thomas.  Starring Jason Blicker, Devon Bostick, Sean Clement and Jordan Hayes. Plot: a man and some friends travel to a building that he's inherited now that his mother is dead, but this building holds terrifying secrets Brian Carter inherits property from his mother, Susan, who was known to be pretty crazy. She … Continue reading Hidden (2011) →

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday(1993)

Directed by Adam Marcus.  Written by Adam Marcus, Jay Huguely and Dean Lorey.  Starring John D. LeMay, Steven Williams and Kane Hodder. Plot: LOL - apparently Jason has more of a family than just his dead mother and that introduces us to a whole new world of horrors If you're one of the people who … Continue reading Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday(1993) →

The Vatican Tapes (2015)

Directed by Mark Neveldine.  Written by Christopher Borrelli, Chris Morgan and Michael C. Martin.  Starring Olivia Dudley, Michael Pena, Dougray Scott and Djimon Hounsou. Plot: 2 priests attempt to exorcise a young woman I'd love to start rambling on and on about how different this movie is than it's exorcism predecessors, but I can't.  It's … Continue reading The Vatican Tapes (2015) →

Grim Movies to Give You Nightmares… but not in a good way

The following movies received very low scores from us and we DO NOT recommend them at all.  And of course, I'll tell you why. GRIM REAPER (2007) In this remarkably dull movie, a stripper is hit by a cab and then stalked by death.  It's not like you don't see everything that happens coming from … Continue reading Grim Movies to Give You Nightmares… but not in a good way →

Open Water (2003)

Written and directed by Chris Kentis.  Starring Blanchard Ryan and Daniel Travis. Plot: based on a true story, it's about a couple who gets left behind while scuba diving and are soon surrounded by sharks This is a sad, sad movie.  According to the true story, the couple was never found, so you know it's … Continue reading Open Water (2003) →

Salvage (2009)

Written and directed by Lawrence Gough. Plot: a container washes ashore on a small British beach and the beast inside it is let loose This movie was a complete waste of time.  What's worse is that we were in it for the first bit.  The acting was good.  We thought the story was headed in … Continue reading Salvage (2009) →

The Invasion (2007)

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel.  Written by David Kajganich (and still based on the Jack Finney novel).  Starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jeffrey Wright and Veronica Cartwright. Plot: same as always, there's aliens, we can't sleep or they take us over - however, there's no pods in this one, which I don't mind - … Continue reading The Invasion (2007) →

Body Snatchers (1993)

Directed by Abel Ferrara.  Written by Stuart Gordon, Dennis Paoli, Nicholas St. John, Raymod Cistheri and Larry Cohen.  Starring Gabrielle Anwar, Meg Tilly, Christine Elise, R. Lee Ermey and Forest Whitaker. Plot: a teenager (Anwar) and her family move to a military base where the soldiers are acting strangely and everyone is claiming that their … Continue reading Body Snatchers (1993) →

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Directed by Philip Kaufman.  Written by W. P. Richter based (loosely) on the Jack Finney novel.  Starring Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy and Donald Sutherland. Plot: a group of people discover the human race is being replaced by emotionless doppelgangers This body snatcher movie is critically acclaimed and we can totally see … Continue reading Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) →

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Directed by Don Siegel.  Written by Daniel Mainwaring, based on the novel by Jack Finney. Starring Kevin McCarthy and Carolyn Jones. Plot: A doctor learns that his small town is being taken over by pod people If you want to write reviews for one Invasion, I believe you should watch ALL invasion movies.  So, that's … Continue reading Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) →