Dune (1984)

Dune (1984)
Rating: ★★★½
Feb 1, 2001Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah
David Lynch disowned his film version of the classic Frank Herbert SF novel. However, Lynch may be incapable of making a bad film and this, while acting freely with the book, has a visual grandeur that makes it highly watchable

The Exorcist III (1990)

The Exorcist III (1990)
Rating: ★★★★
Feb 1, 2001Demonic Possession
One will go out on a limb and argue that William Peter Blatty’s sequel is actually a far superior work to the original The Exorcist, one that substitutes a literate theological detective story for barf bag theatrics and contains at least one real out there jump

Progeny (1998)

Progeny (1998)
Rating: ★★
Oct 25, 2018Alien Abduction and Impregnation
Horror director Brian Yuzna jumps aboard the alien abduction and impregnation theme that was popular at the time thanks to tv’s The X Files. All of Yuzna’s films have a fascination with sexual perversity so here the emphasis is placed on the impregnation

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 27, 2012Madness and Matricide/True Story
As might be expected, a collaboration between Werner Herzog and David Lynch makes for an exceedingly strange film, involving matricide, mental illness and ostriches – and all apparently based on a true life murder. Very strange, if in the end it only produces a puzzled scratch of the head

Cult of Chucky (2017)

Cult of Chucky (2017)
Rating: ★★½
Oct 9, 2017Child's Play Sequel
The seventh of the Child's Play films with the killer doll Chucky. I never much cared for the original series but the modern films – those with Chucky's name in the title – have become a lot wittier and playful, constantly making jokes back to the rest of the series

Living With Chucky (2022)

Living With Chucky (2022)
Rating: ★★½
Mar 10, 2024Documentary About the Child’s Play/Chucky Films
A documentary about the making of the Child’s Play/Chucky films, this becomes an oddly touching work about family connections. Made by the daughter of series makeup effects artist Tony Gardner.