The Spiral Staircase (1975)
Nov 18, 2012Psycho-Thriller
A remake of the classic film noir psycho-thriller. Now the story is conducted in colour and with a name star cast but misses all the atmosphere the original had by a wide mile
Elaine Stritch
Providence (1977)
Feb 25, 2006Meta-Fiction
Alain Resnais meta-fiction with John Gielgud as an aging writer sits in bed writing a story that is based on the people around him
Cocoon: The Return (1988)
May 3, 2001Alien Visitors/Rejuvenated Geriatrics
A dreadful sequel to the Ron Howard hit Cocoon about seniors encountering aliens. This misses all the interesting potential of a sequel and drowns in schmaltz and unfunny comedy routines
ParaNorman (2012)
Aug 16, 2012Stop-Motion Animated Children's Film/Kid Sees Dead People
Stop-motion animated children's film from Laika that demonstrates a willingness to be scary. The film starts to move out of the amiably likeable after around the halfway point when it begins to play a number of horror tropes against expectation to deliver a reasonable message about fear and prejudice