Sunday, September 26, 2010
Let The Right One In (2008)
The original version which inspired the new film 'Let Me In' 2010.
Released October 24th in the US.
Filmed in Sweden.
The story: Young Oskar is a loner, but not by choice.
He doesn't have any friends and the kids that do pay attention to him are just bullies.
One evening, Oskar witnesses some new tenants moving next door to his apartment complex.
Soon after Oskar meets the new neighbor, a young girl, seemingly his age, who wants to be his friend.
The two become close.
Oskars' new friend lets him in on her disturbing secret.
Stars Kåre Hedebrant , Lina Leandersson , Per Ragnar ,Henrik Dahl , Karin Bergquist , Peter Carlberg , Ika Nord
Directed by Tomas Alfredson
Rated R
HORROR
See No Evil (2006)
Released May 19th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Australia.
The story: A mad man has locked away many victims and tortured them, allowing only one to live.
When he is busted, he is shot in the head...
And that should be the end...but it's only the beginning.
Fast forward a month or so after.
One of the policemen who captured the murderer is working with some young inmates so they have a chance at doing some co-op work, which will shorten their jail time.
Unfortunately, and for some reason, the dead and the forgotten killer is inhabiting the hotel where the inmates are staying and killing them off one by one.
Stars Zoe Ventoura , Glenn Jacobs , Christina Vidal , Michael J. Pagan , Samantha Noble , Steven Vidler , Cecily Polson , Luke Pegler , Rachael Taylor , Penny McNamee , Craig Horner , Mikhael Wilder , Tiffany Lamb , Cory Robinson
Directed by Gregory Dark
Rated R
HORROR
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Cabin Fever 2 : Spring Fever (2009)
Released on DVD February 16th, 2010 in the US.
Filmed in North Carolina.
The story: When a town's water supply and their bottled water is contaminated with a flesh-eating virus, no one is safe.
Especially when no one knows and it's just too late.
Stars Rider Strong , Noah Segan , Alexi Wasser , Giuseppe Andrews , Larry Fessenden , Angela Oberer , Taylor Kowalski , Thomas Blake Jr. , Amanda Jelks , Judah Friedlander , Regan Deal , Michael Bowen , Mark Borchardt , Marc Senter
Directed by Ti West
Not Rated
SEQUEL/HORROR/DARK COMEDY
Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1986)
Released sometime in April of 1986 in the US.
Filmed entirely in Louisiana.
The story: Evelyn is a crazy lady.
She has been out of the loony bin for some time now.
She is widowed and has a young daughter.
When her daughter resorts to black magic to get some answers from her deceased father, Evelyn well , kills her.
Sometime later.
Evelyn resumes to the running of her mountain top motel...
She allows people to check in...and then she decides to play some really lame mind games with them.
Killing some of course.
Stars Anna Chappell , Bill Thurman , Will Mitchel , Virginia Loridans , Major Brock , James Bradford , Amy Hill , Marian Jones , Gregg Brazzel , Jill King
Directed by Jim McCullough Sr.
Rated R
MYSTERY/HORROR
Bully (2001)
Released July 15th in the US.
Filmed in Florida and California.
This is based on true events.
The story: Marty and Bobby have been best buds since they were little.
Things have always been the same...Marty gets bullied, Bobby does the bullying.
But now that Marty gets a serious girlfriend and she seems to think things would be so much better for everyone if Bobby just disappeared... well, that's when things really take a serious turn for the worst.
Stars Brad Renfro , Nick Stahl , Rachel Miner , Bijou Phillips , Kelli Garner , Navah Paulding , Michael Pitt , Leo Fitzpatrick
Directed by Larry Clark
Rated R
DRAMA/THRILLER/BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY
Monday, September 13, 2010
Rear Window , Alfred Hitchcock's (1954)
Released August 1st in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story: LB Jeffries is a photographer stuck at home in a wheelchair due to breaking his leg.
He has many hours to kill, as he never leaves his apartment.
During his many hours inside he is looking out his window, which looks onto all the backsides of his neighbors' apartments.
One of his neighbors' actions strikes Jeffries as very peculiar and he believes that quite possibly, a murder has taken place.
Stars James Stewart , Grace Kelly , Wendell Corey , Thelma Ritter , Raymond Burr , Irene Winston , Judith Evelyn , Ross Bagdasarian , Georgine Darcy , Jesslyn Fax , Rand Harper
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Rated PG
MYSTERY/THRILLER
Beyond Evil (1980)
Released in May sometime in 1980 in the US.
Filming locations unknown.
The story: Newly married couple Larry and Barbara Andrews relocate to Mexico to start their new lives together.
Their good friend sets it up for them to be the new owners of a most extravagant house.
But the house has a horrible curse living inside of it.
Larry and Barbara do not take the curse as seriously as it is.
Soon they find that Barbara just isn't herself anymore.
Stars John Saxon , Lynda Day George , Zitto Kazann , Michael Dante , Mario Milano , Janice Lynde , David Opatoshu , Anne Marisse , Mickey Caruso , Alan Caillou
Directed by (and story partly written) Herb Freed
Rated R
MYSTERY/SCIFI/HORROR
Thursday, September 9, 2010
The Crazies (2010)
Released February 26th in the US.
Filmed in Georgia and Iowa.
The story: When a wife's concern brings her hubby in to see the town doctor, nothing can be detected or done at the time of his visit.
Later on that evening, when the same man who was at his doctors' office hours before commits a horrible crime on his wife and child, everyone knows there is a big huge problem.
But no one realizes the problem is contagious and spreading until the whole town is taken hostage by the government.
Stars Timothy Olyphant , Radha Mitchell , Joe Anderson , Danielle Panabaker , Christie Lynn Smith , Brett Rickaby , Preston Bailey , John Aylward , Joe Reegan , Glenn Morshower , Gregory Sporleder , Mike Hickman , Lisa K. Wyatt , Justin Welborn
Directed by Breck Eisner
Rated R
REMAKE/HORROR/THRILLER
Monday, September 6, 2010
The Silent Scream (1980)
Released January 30th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story: Four college students find themselves each renting a room in a beautiful old house by the beach.
One by one the kids turn up missing.
Now it seems there's a dirty little secret that is being kept up inside the beautiful old house and eventually, someone will get to the bottom of it.
Stars Rebecca Balding , Cameron Mitchell , Avery Schreiber , Barbara Steele , Steve Doubet , Brad Rearden , John Widelock , Jack Stryker , Yvonne De Carlo , Juli Andelman
Directed by (and story partly written) Denny Harris
Rated R
THRILLER/MYSTERY
The Last Exorcism (2010)
Released August 27th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Louisiana.
The story: Reverend Cotton Marcus has been in the same line of work since childhood.
It is in his family to be a minister and perform exorcisms.
Cotton has just had enough of his profession, largely in part due to the fact that he just does not believe anymore.
Cotton decides he will document, along with a crew, his last exorcism.
So off he and his crew go to perform their magic.
Although Cotton thinks it all a bit of a joke and tries to leave the people he went to help, telling them he has helped and done all he could...
He begins to believe that there is really something evil lurking in his patient...and he may not be able to help at all.
Stars Patrick Fabian , Ashley Bell , Iris Bahr , Louis Herthum , Caleb Landry Jones , Tony Bentley , John Wright Jr. , Shanna Forrestall , Justin Shafer , Carol Sutton
Directed by Daniel Stamm
Rated PG13
MYSTERY/THRILLER
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