The Bride (1985)
Jul 29, 2006Frankenstein Film
Lushly mounted remake of Bride of Frankenstein with Sting as Frankenstein and Jennifer Beals as the Bride. More costume drama than it ever is a horror story.
Jennifer Beals
Vampire’s Kiss (1988)
Jun 13, 2010Man Believes He is a Vampire Comedy
Bizarre comedy where Nicolas Cage is a literary agent who believes he is a vampire. Cage gives the most absurdly over-the-top performance ever put on film
Dr M (1990)
Apr 18, 2010Mind-Controlling Criminal Mastermind
Claude Chabrol updates Fritz Lang super-villain Dr Mabuse to a millennial West Berlin where Alan Bates is a tv mogul who masterminds a mass suicide cult via messages hidden inside advertising
The Thief and the Cobbler (1994)
Feb 23, 2004Gonzo Arabian Nights Adventure/Animation
Legendary animated masterpiece from Richard Williams that was butchered in release. Williams' animation is visually extraordinary
Four Rooms (1995)
Nov 12, 2002Black Comedy Portmanteau
An anthology of blackly funny tales, including episodes directed by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, all centred around Tim Roth as a long-suffering hotel bellboy
The Prophecy II (1998)
Nov 16, 2000War Between Angels
An okay sequel to the angel wars film The Prophecy, the first of several. As in the previous film, a returning Christopher Walken steals the show and gets all the best lines
Troubled Waters (2006)
Apr 4, 2010Abduction Thriller/Psychic Detective
Thriller starring Jennifer Beals as an FBI agent who receives clairvoyant visions during the hunt for an abducted girl
The Grudge 2 (2006)
Nov 10, 2006Haunting
Follow-up to The Grudge, the English-language remake of the Japanese horror film. Although original Japanese director Takashi Shimizu is present, this is one of the weaker Ju-on/Grudge films
The Book of Eli (2010)
Jan 18, 2010Post-Holocaust Action
Denzel Washington as an enigmatic Man With No Name wandering the post-holocaust apocalyptic landscape. This follows the cliches of the genre before it bizarrely morphs into a Biblical allegory partway through
Before I Fall (2017)
Jun 5, 2017Timeloop/Young Adult
Essentially Groundhog Day for teenage girls as Zoey Deutch finds herself trapped in a timeloop living the same day at high school over and over. The film finds a reasonable emotional depth but some of Zoey's concerns do seem just a little trivial