Hard Luck (2006)
Feb 23, 2008Odd Couple on the Run/Torture Film
Mario Van Peebles directs a beyond ridiculous getaway thriller that turns into Torture Porn. Cybill Shepherd gives a performance that seems determined to trash her image
Kevin Chapman
Backmask (2015)
Sep 12, 2015Abandoned Asylum/Possession
Marcus Nispel is a director most associated with remakes of other films. In original material here, he is still rehashing moves from other films – an abandoned asylum and every shock effect in the possession/exorcism playbook
Slender Man (2018)
Jan 27, 2019Boogeyman of Urban Legend
Slender Man is the fascinating idea of an internet meme that has crossed over to become an urban legend in the real world; this is the film version. This held the potential to be something very uncanny but chooses to play everything incredibly safe and middle-of-the-road