Frogs (1972)
Sep 14, 2002Nature's Revenge
Classic film from the 1970s Nature's Revenge fad with a group gathered for a party on an island finding that flora and fauna all around has become malevolent and turned against humanity
Sam Elliott
The Legacy (1978)
Dec 13, 2002Occult Killings
One of the last gasps of the Anglo-horror cycle, this sets assorted deviltry in an English mansion along with a series of novelty deaths that trying to compete with The Omen
Prancer (1989)
Dec 25, 2013Girl Discovers Santa's Reindeer
An appealing bittersweet film based around the improbable premise of a young girl finding what she believes is one of Santa's reindeer. In a genre that usually deals in sugary sentiment, this has a much more rewarding downbeat realism
Fail Safe (2000)
Apr 17, 2011Nuclear War
Live tv broadcast remake of the 1960s Cold War nightmare about an accidental nuclear release over Russia, now with an all-star cast. This proves far more suspenseful and expertly played than one might have thought
Hulk (2003)
Jul 15, 2003Comic Book Superhero/The Rampaging Monster Within
An early entry among the pre-MCU surge of Marvel Comics films in the early 2000s sees Ang Lee taking on The Incredible Hulk. Not Lee’s best film, this was slighted at the time but is worth reconsideration
Barnyard (2006)
Nov 10, 2006Animation/Talking Animals
An incredibly silly animated film set around the antics of talking barnyard animals. Directed by comedy writer Steve Oedekerk, this is almost entirely centred around gags involving animals doing parodies of human things
Ghost Rider (2007)
Mar 26, 2007Comic-Book Avenger/Demonic Superhero
Film adaptation of Marvel Comics' demon superhero emerges as better than it had the right to be. The risibility of the image of a motorcycle-riding demon hero is made to work through some vivid and way-out effects
The Golden Compass (2007)
Dec 27, 2007Epic Fantasy Adventure
The attempt to create another Lord of the Rings went astray with this adaptation of Philip Pulllman's fantasy series, which cut many of the core elements of the books so as not to offend religious conservatives
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
Dec 6, 2015Pixar Animation/Dinosaur Befriends Caveboy
Pixar have never been the same since they slipped into the easy familiarity of sequelitis. This is essentially a boy and his dog story but played out with a dinosaur and a caveboy, but also an alternate history tale
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot (2018)
Mar 15, 2019Aging Assassin's Secret History
Full marks for one of the great deliberately ridiculous titles of all time. The film itself is an oddity that almost seems intended to confound your expectations of it
Lady and the Tramp (2019)
Nov 23, 2019Disney Animation in Live-Action/Talking Animals
Another Disney animated film rehashed in live-action. At which the best compliment you can pay this is that it is at least better than the same year's remake of The Lion King was