The Man Who Sued God (2001)
Feb 26, 2002Man Sues the Churches Comedy
Australian comedy where Billy Connolly sues God for all the supposed Acts of Gods on insurance forms
Emily Browning
Ghost Ship (2002)
Feb 27, 2003Haunted Ship
This was a big-budget revival of the ghost ship theme by Dark Castle Entertainment about a salvage crew encountering a ghost vessel. Visual effects tend to trump spooky atmosphere
Darkness Falls (2003)
Jul 2, 2005Vengeful Tooth Fairy
Formulaic horror film about an avenging supernatural hag known as the Tooth Fairy. Much of the premise is borrowed from A Nightmare on Elm Street
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Dec 28, 2004Gothic Children's Fantasy
Film adaptation of the popular children's books expends much effort on the design and look and casts a wildly over-acting Jim Carrey as the villain. Beyond that, the show never much goes anywhere
The Uninvited (2009)
Apr 4, 2009Haunting/Asian Horror Remake
The Hollywood remake of the South Korean ghost story A Tale of Two Sisters that waters down and reduces the effectiveness of the original to generic shocks
Sucker Punch (2011)
Mar 27, 2011Fantasy Action in Dreamed Alternate Realities
Bizarrely uncategorisable film from Zack Snyder that seems a mix of Girl, Interrupted and Inception