The Mummy (1932) Review
Directed by: Karl Freund written by: Nina Wilcox Putnam Starring: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners 1 hour and 13 minutes We open on a museum in 1921. They’ve dug up a mummy, but he’s…
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The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) Review
Directed by: Andre Overdal Written by: Ian Goldberg Starring: Brian Cox, Emile Hirsh, Ophelia Lovibond 1 hour, 26 minutes We start out at a murder scene; there are numerous bodies. While investigating, they find an…
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) Review
Directed by: Rutgers Deodato Written by: Gianfranco Clerici Starring: Robert Karman, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen 1 hour, 36 minutes The credits roll over peaceful and beautiful jungle scenery, all shot from a helicopter; happy, light…
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) Review
Directed by: Robert Flory Written by: E. A. Poe, Robert Flory, Tom Reed Starring. Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames 61 minutes Takes place in 1845 in France, at a circus. Dancing girls, American Indians…
Ghost Stories (2018) Review
Directed by: Jeremy Dyson Written by: Jeremy Dyson Starring: Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Alex Lawther 1 hour, 37 minutes “The brain sees what it wants to see.” The movie starts with a popular UK psychic…
Here Comes the Devil (2012) Review
Director: Adrian Garcia Bogliano Writer: Adrian Garcia Bogliano Starring: Laura Caro, Francisco Barreiro, Michelle Garcia 1 hour, 37 minutes Here Comes the Devil Two young women are in bed together having sex. There’s a knock…
Frankenstein (1931) Review
Directed By: James Whale Written by: Mary Shelly Starring: Colin Clive, Mae Clark, Boris Karloff 1 hour, 9 minutes Frankenstein (1931) This one has an odd beginning. A man comes onstage and gives us an…
Hellfest (2018) Review
Director: Gregory Plotkin Writers: Seth M. Sherwood, Blair Butler Stars: Cynthea Mercado, Stephen Conroy, Amy Forsyth Hellfest (2018) What would it be like to go to a “haunted” theme park where someone was really trying…
The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) Review
Director: John Erick Dowdle Writers: Drew Dowdle (story), John Erick Dowdle Stars: Stacy Chbosky, Ben Messmer, Samantha Robson The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) It’s a documentary about a killer who made hundreds of videotapes (2400 hours…
Dracula (1931) Review
Directed by: Tod Browning Written by: Bram Stoker and 8 others Starring: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners Dracula 1931 Black and White, 75 Minutes Video was sharp enough, but the audio was pretty awful….
Possum (2018) Review
Directed by: Matthew Holness Written by: Matthew Holness Starring: Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong 1 Hour, 25 Min. Phillip, who carries a mysterious bag, arrives by train and goes straight to a boarded-up old house. Inside…
Noroi: The Curse (2005) Review
Director: Koji Shiraishi Writer: Koji Shiraishi Starring: Jin Muraki, Rio Kano, Tomono Kuga Japanese, Subtitled, 1 hour, 54 min. This is a story about Masafumi Kobayashi, a paranormal journalist who has written many books about…