Lonely Hearts (2006)
Jul 17, 2009True-Life Serial Killers
Film based on true-life killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez who preyed on victims through the lonely hearts column. Directed by the investigating detective's grandson.
Bailee Madison
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Jun 24, 2007Magic World of Childhood Imagination
Made by Walden Media following the success of their The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, a well-made adaptation of a Christian children's book even if it sits uncertainly between gentle realism and the push to make it a fantasy film
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2011)
Aug 27, 2011House of Goblins
Guillermo Del Toro produced cinematic remake of a 1970s tv movie, this creates a good deal of creepy mood and atmosphere with Katie Holmes as a mother who finds goblins in the cellar, but never pushes any of it in a way that jolts audiences in their seats
The Strangers: Prey At Night (2018)
Dec 16, 2018Home Invasion and Brutality
The Strangers has been cited as one of the best horror films of the 2000s. This sequel emerges as a by-the-numbers entry that plays out no differently than a generic teen slasher film
Play Dead (2022)
Feb 11, 2024Sinister Happenings at the Morgue
Bailee Madison takes a drug that fakes death and wakes up at the morgue – only to discover that coroner Jerry O’Connell is running an organ harvesting operation