Apartment 7A (2024)

Released on Paramount + for instant streaming, September 24th in the US.

Filmed in New York and UK.

The story: New York City, 1965.

Terry Gionoffrio is a young woman who makes a living as a dancer.

While performing on stage during a very important show, Terry injures her ankle.

Fast-forward a few years, and Terry is struggling to keep her head above water in the dancing business.

Her injury is causing her pain but she pushes on, trying to get any gig.

When she applies for a job and is just about completely humiliated while trying out , she takes it upon herself to go to see the man in charge of the show.

Instead, she just about passes out on the side of the road after experiencing some hallucinations due to some medication she's been taking too much of.

Terry is rescued by very nice, elderly couple Minnie and Roman Castevet , who happen to live in the building and know the man Terry was intending on visiting.

The Castevets take Terry in and immediately shower her with kindness.

So much kindness that they give her an apartment in the building to live in.

Then , knowing Terry just wants a part in the man in the same buildings' production , the Castevet's arrange for Terry to get a part.

They give Terry everything and it seems it's just all too good to be true.

Unfortunately, it is all too good to be true. There is a price to be paid.

Stars Julia Garner , Marli Siu, Rosy McEwan, Jim Sturgess , Anton Blake Horowitz , Dianne Wiest , Kevin McNally , Andrew Buchan , Raphael Sowole , Tina Gray , Patrick Lyster , Rachel Atkins , Andre Lillis , Simon Adkins , Lukas McFarlane , Dylan Baldwin , David Bardsley , Sean Browne

Directed by ( & story partly written) Natalie Erika James

Rated R
THRILLER/MYSTERY/HORROR

Out of Time : The Material Issue Story (2021)

Released November 14th in the US.

Filmed in Illinois, California, and New York.

The story: As a child, Jim Ellison loved music.

When he picked up his first guitar at a young age, that was it.

As a high school senior , Jim decided he needed to attend college to become a rock n roll star...

While attending college in Chicago, he formed his first and only band - Material Issue.

Jim was all about his music. He had a whole scheme planned out from day one.

He promoted the music and played at any venue he was invited to play.

It was important to take the music seriously and make money off of it.

Little by little, Material Issue took off.

Like so many before them, their music was way ahead of its time.

Finally, after being recognized for their talent and sought after by many labels, the band decided to sign by with Mercury.

By 1991 , they were touring all over the country.

In 1992 , their second album was released but it didnt make the money.

Mercury was on their tail in hopes that their third endeavor would be the one that made the money like the first time around.

The band began looking for inspiration and started work with a different , more famous rock n roll producer this time around - Mike Chapman.

Mike believed in Jim and the rest of the band. He wanted to work with them. He knew they were talented and that he could help them go further.

Material Issue's third album was released in 1994. It was an album the band and Mike were really proud of. 

But it flopped.

Two years later , without any warning , Jim Ellison was gone at the age of 32.

Stars Deanna Ellison Stropoli, Wally Ellison, Patricia Ellison Wegner, Chip Z Nuff, Mike Zelenko, Ted Ansani, Mike Chapman, Steve Albini, Matt Pinfield, Joe Shanahan, Jim DeRogatis, Brad Elvis, Peter Katsis, Greg Kot, Ken Kurson, Jeff Kwatinetz, Jeff Murphy, Eddie Roeser, Jay ORourke, Lance Tawzer, Danny Thompson, Melissa Zuckerman 

Directed by Balin Scheider

Not Rated

DOCUMENTARY/BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY/MUSIC

"In Memory Of Patricia Wegner and Jim Ellison."

Strange Behavior AKA Dead Kids (1981)

Released November 13th in the US.

Filmed entirely in Australia.

The story: In the small town of Galesburg, Illinois, nothing bad ever happens...

John Brady , who is chief of police in town has lived in town most all his life.

He lives there with his son , high school senior and good student Pete.

They lost John's wife and Pete's mother not too long ago to what John believes are some suspicious circumstances but he still hasnt figured it out just yet.

He just knows it has something to do with her boss , Dr. Le Sange as well as his strange passing right after.

When John makes it to work one regular morning , he learns that the son of the town's mayor has been missing since last night.

But he doesnt think much of it.

Meanwhile , Pete's friend Oliver has talked him into taking an experiemental course , which is connected to the college program that Dr. Le Sange once taught and is still teaching from beyond...

The experimental course is a two day session , at 100 dollars a day so it's an easy way for quick cash.
Little do any of the people who participate in the two day course know , they are being programed into becoming mindless killers.

Stars Louise Fletcher , Michael Murphy , Dan Shor , Beryl Te Wiata , Marc McClure , Charles Lane , Jim Boelsen , Elizabeth Chesire , Dey Young , Arthur Dignam , Scott Brady , Billy Al Benston , Nicole Massie , Bill Condon , B Courtenay Leigh , William Hayward , Jack Haines

Directed by ( & story partly written) Michael Laughlin

Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/SCIFI/HORROR

Bloody Hell (2020)

Released January 14, 2021 in the US.

Filmed in Australia.

The story: Rex is a regular guy from Omaha who relies on his conscience when he's stressed...

One day, while in line to talk to a pretty teller at the local credit union, the place gets held up.

Nervous and, of course, absolutely stressed, Rex decides to take matters into his own hands.

In the aftermath, to some, Rex looks like a complete hero, but that doesn't mean no one was harmed.

Fast forward, 8 years later. 
Rex has just been released from prison and has his sights set on traveling to Finland...

While at the airport he is recognized by many, although among those people a strange couple is talking in Finnish and staring at him oddly.

Another Finnish man approaches Rex, telling him that the strange couple was saying they are going to - "get him".

With nothing more to think about over it, Rex catches a taxi cab. But soon, he is gassed.

When he awakens, Rex finds himself tied up, hanging, from a ceiling in a basement that he does not recognize.

Also, his foot, from the shin down is missing...

Rex and his conscience soon come up with a plan to get the heck out of there as fast as humanly possible.

But it will not be that easy.

Stars Jessi Robertson, Ben OToole, Ashlee Lollback, Sophia Emberson Bain, Ryan Tarran,  Brad McMurray, Daniel Weaver,  Joshua Brennan, Charles Allen, Louis Toshio Okada, Juan Fernando Monge, Sean Lynch, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Jack Finsterer, David Hill, Meg Fraser, Travis Jeffrey, David Hill

Directed by Alister Grierson

English/English w/ Finnish subtitles

Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/DARK COMEDY/HORROR

"BOI TO HEL"

We Need To Do Something (2021)

Released September 3rd in the US.

Filmed entirely in Michigan.

The story: Mother Diane, father Robert, teenage daughter Melissa, and young son Bobby have just locked themselves in their home's bathroom.

An aggressive storm is approaching and the bathroom is their only room for guaranteed shelter.

The family has no idea what to expect from the storm, but Diane and Robert are staying positive that it won't be that bad.

Melissa and Bobby, on the other hand, are scared as hell.

During the first night, the family finds themselves completely locked into the bathroom, due to no fault of their own.

Now the train of thought is, after a while, surely one of the neighbors will come for them.

But as days go by and the storm passes, being inside the bathroom still feels like the safest place to be.

As things get worse and worse, and more terrifying by the hour, Melissa begins believing that the reason her family and herself are stuck in the position they are in is due to some evil-spirited hocus pocus she and her friend Amy conjured up before everything hit the fan.

Stars Vinessa Shaw, Pat Healy, Sierra McCormick, John James Cronin, Lisette Olivera, (voice) Ozzy Osbourne, Logan Kearney, (voice) Dan John Miller

Directed by Sean King OGrady

Not Rated

THRILLER/MYSTERY/HORROR

Villians (2019)

Released September 20th in the US.

Filmed in New York.

The story: Mickey and Jules are hellbent on getting to Florida.

With no job and no real means of making money in their town, they have a sure-fire plan to live the good life: selling shells on the beach and living free from the day-to-day routine that is everyone else's reality. 

After holding up a convenience store and getting away with it, the lovers are on the road to their dreams.

Then, they unexpectedly run out of gas in what seems like the middle of nowhere.

While trying to think of what to do next, they realize the long quiet road they are stuck on bares a home.

Clever as heck, they decide to break in and look for car keys.

Instead, they find a young girl chained up in the basement.

This makes Jules crazy and she dedicates herself to taking the girl with them when they leave, which sets them back way too far.

When the owners of the house return home, they turn out to be much more driven in their sadistic plans than Mickey and Jules are in theirs to rob them.

As time speeds by the situation really becomes a duel of the fittest.

Stars Bill Skarsgard , Maika Monroe , Nikolas Kontomanolis , Noah Robbins , Blake Baumgartner , Jeffrey Donovan , Kyra Sedgwick , Danny Johnson

Directed by (& story written) Dan Berk & Robert Olsen

Rated R
DRAMA/COMEDY/THRILLER/MYSTERY

The Dark Place (2018)

Released April 12th in the US.

Filmed entirely in Georgia.

The story : Donald is a quiet guy who keeps to himself.

He works as a trash truck driver , he lives with and cares for his mother and he has an 11 year old daughter who he sees once a week.

While hanging out with his daughter , she shows him her Facebook feed.

On there , Donald notices a post from a boy whose family is on his work route.

The boy's post is asking if anyone has seen his little brother.

Donald begins questioning his daughter about the post , wanting to know if the boys brother has been found.

His daughter gets freaked out and doesnt want to ask the boy any questions , so advises her dad to stay away from the subject all together.

But Donald cannot and the more he thinks about it and asks people who may know what happened to him , the more he feels he needs to know.

Stars Andrew Scott , Bronagh Waugh , Sandra Ellis Lafferty , Denise Gough , Christa Beth Campbell , Bella Fraker , Kate Forbes , Christian Finlayson , Jason Davis , JD Evermore , Becky Wahlstrom , Griff Furst , Michael Rose , Andrew Masset , Simone Kiffany Jenkins , Eric Mendenhall , Jared Bankens

Directed by Simon Fellows

Not Rated

MYSTERY/THRILLER

"Put your eyes back in your head Jim or I'll tell Nancy what your peckers been thinking."