Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Dec 3, 2000Zombies
George Romero produces a remake of his groundbreaking zombie film. This adheres closely to the original but manages to modernise it in interesting ways
Tony Todd
Candyman (1992)
Dec 8, 2000Boogey Man/Clive Barker Adaptation
A Clive Barker adaptation capped by a magisterial performance from Tony Todd. This was greeted as a horror masterpiece when it came out and went on to spawn two sequels. Not too bad if it falls short of the classic status
The Crow (1994)
Apr 18, 2000Resurrected Avenger/Graphic Novel Adaptation
Overshadowed by the tragedy of star Brandon Lee's death on set, this is a beautifully dark and glistening Gothic tale of a murdered youth revived from the dead to attain vengeance against his killers. Several lesser sequels followed
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
Feb 26, 2007Boogey Man
The first of the Candyman sequels, this goes back to add a Candyman origin story but mostly rehashes the first film. Director Bill Condon's constant straining for effect becomes maddening
Bram Stoker’s Shadowbuilder (1997)
Apr 6, 2001Shadow Demon
One of several films that came out after the success of Bram Stoker's Dracula claiming Stoker's above their title despite slim or no connection. That said, this is a modestly effective film about a demon that exists in the shadows
Wishmaster (1997)
Jul 21, 2000Evil Wish-Granting Djinn
Rather enjoyable effort about an evil djinn that grants cursed wishes. Directed by makeup effects artist Robert Kurtzman, this has been designed to highlight various effects. Three sequels followed.
Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999)
Nov 17, 2000Boogey Man
The second and so far final of the Candyman sequels, a routine entry with Baywatch starlet Donna D’Errico as a descendant of Candyman who is pursued by Tony Todd
Final Destination (2000)
Mar 19, 2000Precognition/Doomed Air Crash Survivors
This spins the old plot about a clairvoyant dream of an airline disaster out as a teen horror film based around a series of bizarre novelty deaths. This became the first in a franchise of popular horror films.
Final Destination 2 (2003)
Jun 28, 2003Precognition/Doomed Car Crash Survivors
The first of the sequels, this has a group receiving bizarre deaths after receiving a premonition that prevents a deadly pile-up on the highway. It reveals the problems of creating a sequel to a film that was never intended to be a series
Murder-Set-Pieces (2004)
Jun 24, 2024Psycho Film
A psycho film about a serial killing photographer that stalks Las Vegas, this collapses under its determination to be edgy
Hatchet (2006)
Nov 14, 2010Slasher Film Homage
This was Adam Green's homage to the Friday the 13th series that comes with the virtue of a high level of gore and a sense of humour. This was subsequently spun out to several sequels
The Man From Earth (2007)
Sep 19, 2010Immortal Man
Beautifully written film about an immortal. The result is an entirely captivating SF film whose whole effect emerges simply from people sitting in a living room talking
Shadow Puppets (2007)
Feb 24, 2015Mysterious Labyrinth/Conceptual Breakthrough
A conceptual puzzle film – people wake up in a facility with no memory of who they are – reminiscent of Cube with the smoke monsters from Lost thrown in. Unfortunately, this is too low-budget to create much mystery and the big reveal is not a terribly interesting one
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Jun 30, 2009Live-Action Transformer Robots
The first of Michael Bay's Transformers sequels has even better effects and more copious mass destruction to the point it washes over you without any effect
Hatchet II (2010)
May 15, 2014Slasher Film Homage
Hatchet was a homage to the 1980s slasher film that had a mild amusement. In the sequels, Adam Green upped the number of genre cameos and in-jokes, while pushing the gore effects to an extreme
Jack the Reaper (2011)
Dec 21, 2023Boogeyman/Mysterious Carnival
Film with a class of teenagers a class of teenagers on a field trip is pursued through a haunted carnival by a mythical boogeyman
Final Destination 5 (2011)
Aug 12, 2011Precognition/Doomed Bridge Collapse Survivors
The series drags another entry out set around the premonition of a bridge collapse. This one is played with such an enthusiasm for the bizarrely improbable deaths that it is one of the best of the sequels
Dead of the Nite (2013)
Sep 27, 2018Ghostbusters Stalked in a Haunted House
Another variant on the set-up of the team of ghostsbusters investigating a haunted locale with videocameras that has been done to death in recent years
Frankenstein (2015)
Apr 24, 2016Modernised Frankenstein
This is an intriguing low-budget film that sets out to offer a modernised retelling of Mary Shelley. If nothing else, it gives the oft-told story a very different spin than usual
Death House (2017)
Jun 30, 2019Asylum of Insane Killers Unleashed
This comes with the winning idea of being conceived as a horror version of The Expendables bringing back an amazing line-up of horror actors from principally the 80s. Alas, the film itself as an incoherent mess
Hell Fest (2018)
Feb 22, 2021Masked Psycho Stalks a Halloween Attraction
We have had several horror films set around Halloween haunts in recent years. This effort produced by Gale Anne Hurd is well above average and generates quite a degree of tension
West of Hell (2018)
Dec 8, 2025Western/Train Journey to Hell
A strong and imaginative horror/Western hybrid set aboard a train before the realisation that it is travelling to Hell. Deft characterisations and some tight, electric confrontations make this work well
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)
Dec 27, 2022Documentary About African-Americans in Horror
A documentary about African-Americans in the horror genre that covers everything from the earliest depictions through the Blaxploitation film to the rise of Black filmmakers
Reign of the Supermen (2019)
Apr 8, 2019Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
Second half of the two-part animated adaptation of The Death of Superman, which depicts the aftermath where Metropolis is puzzled over the appearance of four impostors all claiming to be the real Superman
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)
May 15, 2020Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
The DC Comics animated version of an Avengers film where they put every superhero under their roof on screen at once, including Justice League Dark, the regular Justice League, Suicide Squad and Teen Titans
Tales from the Hood 3 (2020)
Feb 24, 2026African American Horror Anthology
Tales from the Hood was a horror anthology made by African American filmmakers that worked familiar horror themes in around race issues. It has developed a small cult reputation. This was the second of two sequels
Sky Sharks (2020)
Feb 5, 2021Nazi Zombies on Flying Sharks
This has been conceived as the ultimate modern exploitation film featuring Nazi zombie piloting flying sharks. Think Iron Sky by way of Sharknado. The results are highly entertaining
The Lockdown Hauntings (2021)
Aug 20, 2021Ghostly Murders During the Pandemic Lockdown
A film shot during the Covid lockdown, following a police detective who conducts an investigation into deaths caused by supernatural entities unleashed amid the isolation
Candyman (2021)
Sep 25, 2021Boogey Man
A Jordan Peele-written/produced revival of the Candyman series. Director Nia DaCosta lights it up with a new contemporary social relevance but fails to recapture the eerie horror the original held
The Changed (2021)
Nov 24, 2022Body Snatchers Film
Tony Todd heads a B-budget body snatchers film about a neighbourhood being taken over by beings that promise a great transformation
Stream (2024)
Jul 13, 2026Livestreamed Murders
Horror film with a substantial cast of genre veterans where Jeffrey Combs imprisons guests in a hotel and livestreams as a group of killers compete to rack up the most creative kill
Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)
Jun 28, 2025Precognition/Descendants of a Doomed Survivor
A return to the Final Destination franchise after fourteen years, this comes with an undeniable sense of humour, producing a series of highly entertaining despatches to make the best entry in the series so far