Hush (1998)
Nov 18, 2007Psycho Mother-in-Law
Histrionic thriller that reminds of the various copies of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? in which pregnant Gwyneth Paltrow has evil mother-in-law Jessica Lange trying to steal her baby
Johnathon Schaech
The Forsaken (2001)
May 5, 2001Vampires on the Texas Backroads
From the underrated J.S. Cardone, a vampire film with a slick, kinetic action edge as a hitchhiker becomes drawn into the pursuit of a pack of vampires on the Texas backroads
Prom Night (2008)
May 25, 2008Slasher Film
Another among the fad for remakes of 70s/80s horror films. Any connection to the original Jamie Lee Curtis disco slasher is thrown out in favour of a generic modern slasher
Quarantine (2008)
Dec 14, 2008Zombie Found Footage Film
English-language remake of the Spanish Found Footage film [Rec]. A lesser work but in the hands of John Erick Dowdle one of the few English-language horror remakes that stands up to the original
The Legend of Hercules (2014)
Jun 21, 2014Greek Myth
Renny Harlin, the director of a great many empty-headed action films, takes on the Greek myth and delivers a Hercules film that feels like it has been directed after too many watchings of 300
7500 (2014)
Mar 9, 2015Haunted Happenings on an Airplane
Takashi Shimizu has done commendable work on the Ju-on/The Grudge films and so I anticipated his taking on the airplane-board horror genre. Only he delivers a surprisingly middle-of-the-road handling before reaching a cliched twist ending that truly deserves to be put out to pasture
Vice (2015)
Jun 30, 2017Rogue Pleasure Android
Bruce Willis is the CEO of a corporation that provides customers with androids to use for whatever vices they want. Very similar to tv's recent Westworld but has a script so boneheaded you can almost imagine it acted as an example for Westworld to do the exact opposite
Jackals (2017)
Dec 3, 2018Home Siege by a Sinister Cult
One of the directors of the Saw sequels surprises with this film where a family’s attempts to conduct a cult deprogramming as masked cultists surround the house prepared to do anything to get their recruit back
Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2018)
Feb 5, 2018Zombies
One of a growing industry of zombie films that leech off the George Romero name. This remakes Romero's Day of the Dead, which means it cherry picks key elements and rearranges them in a different way but lacks everything else that Romero offered
Suitable Flesh (2023)
Dec 8, 2023H.P. Lovecraft Adaptation/Bodyswap Horror
An H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, this is a venture into bodyswap horror that proves immensely entertaining ride