Intruder (1989)
Apr 14, 2015Supermarket Slasher Film
A slasher film set in a supermarket! This proliferates in a series of cut/uncut versions and has an amazing cast line-up, including acting appearances from Sam Raimi and most of his regular troupe
Ted Raimi
Skinner (1993)
Dec 9, 2025Psycho Film
A serial killer film that is fairly strong stuff, starring Ted Raimi as a killer who skins his victims and wears their bodies. This pushed the censorship envelope considerably back in its day. With Ricki Lake as an innocent housewife who befriends Raimi
The Grudge (2004)
Dec 12, 2004Haunting/Japanese Horror Remake
The English-language remake of Ju-on: The Grudge, this has the good sense to retain the original's director Takashi Shimizu. The script makes more sense and Shimizu replicates the same eerie scares
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
May 5, 2007Comic-Book Superhero
Last and by general opinion the least of the Sam Raimi-Tobey Maguire Spider-Man films. With three super-villains present, the plot feels as though it is bursting at the seams juggling the various origin stories and ongoing dramas, although Raimi still delivers some solid superheroic action scenes
The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
May 1, 2010Ritual Killer on the Subway/Clive Barker Adaptation
One of the best Clive Barker adaptations. Japan's Ryuhei Kitamura brings a masterful assurance with the horror elements and does gore in astonishingly new and unrealised ways
Survival of the Film Freaks (2018)
Mar 20, 2023Documentary About the Cult Film Phenomenon
The title suggests a work about film fans facing the end of the world but this is actually a documentary about the cult film phenomenon