Tomas Arana Archives

The Church (1989)

Rating: ★★

Sep 20, 2013Possessed Dead Overtake a Church

Originally intended as a Demons sequel, director Michele Soavi decided to head in more arty directions. Imagine a Demons sequel mounted with the artistic ambitions of producer Dario Argento's Three Mothers films

Director: Michele Soavi

Actors: Tomas Arana, Barbara Cupisti, Hugh Quarshie, Feodor Chaliapin, …

Category: Horror

20 September 20135 January 2026 by Roog

The Sect (1991)

Rating: ★★

Jul 29, 2020Occult Happenings/Devil Worship Cult

A film written/produced by Dario Argento, an occult giallo in the vein of his Three Mothers films in which a teacher is surrounded by a series of occult happenings and deaths

Director: Michele Soavi

Actors: Herbert Lom, Kelly Curtis, Maria Angela Giordano, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, …

Category: Horror

29 July 202028 March 2024 by Roog

Body Puzzle (1992)

Rating: ★★

Jan 29, 2026Giallo Film

A giallo from Lamberto Bava, whose father Mario formulated the essentials of the genre. Joanna Pacula finds a killer leaving body parts in her home, along with notes signed by her dead husband

Director: Lamberto Bava

Actors: Joanna Pacula, Tomas Arana, Gianni Garko, Erika Blanc, …

Category: Horror

29 January 202629 January 2026 by Roog

Frankenfish (2004)

Rating: ★★

Dec 22, 2011Genetically-Engineered Killer Fish

A fairly routine cable monster movie about people dealing with a series of attacks by genetically-engineered killer fish that are loose in the bayous

Director: Mark A.Z. Dippé

Actors: Tory Kittles, Donna Biscoe, Tomas Arana, Muse Watson, …

Category: Horror

22 December 201122 April 2026 by Roog

Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders (2006)

Rating: ★★

Apr 22, 2026True Crime

A True Crime film based on the Hillside Stranglers case, or at least the arrest of one of the killers. From a director who makes True Crime films but throws out the facts and makes up his own story about what happened

Director: Chris Fisher

Actors: Brittany Daniel, Clifton Collins Jr, Lake Bell, Bret Roberts, …

Category: Horror

22 April 202622 April 2026 by Roog

The Roommate (2011)

Rating: ★★

Feb 26, 2011Psycho Roommate

Tame psycho-thriller that plays out as a teen version of Fatal Attraction or Single White Female where Minka Kelly gets a psychopathic dorm roommate in Leighton Meester

Director: Christian E. Christiansen

Actors: Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Cam Gigandet, Alyson Michalka, …

Category: Horror

26 February 20116 July 2025 by Roog

Limitless (2011)

Rating: ★★

Mar 27, 2011Intelligence Expanding Drug

Bradley Cooper in a film about a drug that provides about heightened intelligence. In truth this is a film how becoming a baked drug addict can give you the feeling you can change the world

Director: Neil Burger

Actors: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel, …

Category: Science Fiction

27 March 201127 June 2026 by Roog

Incarnate (2016)

Rating: ★★

Jan 14, 2017Possession and Exorcism

Ever since The Exorcist, filmmakers have been recycling the same cliches for the last forty years. This slings the cliches together with the dream incursion concept from Inception, which makes things somewhat interesting

Director: Brad Peyton

Actors: Aaron Echkart, Carice Van Houten, Catalina Sandeno Moreno, David Mazouz, …

Category: Horror

14 January 201717 April 2026 by Roog