Jamie Blanks Archives

Urban Legend (1998)

Rating: ★★½

May 9, 1999Slasher Film

Following the success of Scream, this was an attempt to make an upmarket slasher film based around the motif of urban legends in the same way that Scream used 1980s slasher films. It is a stretch to make urban legends fit in some cases but director Jamie Blanks delivers reasonable tension

Director: Jamie Blanks

Actors: Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Jared Leto, Loretta Devine, …

Category: Horror

9 May 19997 June 2020 by Roog

Valentine (2001)

Rating: ★★

Feb 4, 2001Slasher Film

Following the revival of the slasher film with the success of Scream, this was a slick but forgettable studio copycat set around a Valentine's Day motif

Director: Jamie Blanks

Actors: Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Katherine Heigl, Marley Shelton, …

Category: Horror

4 February 200123 June 2020 by Roog

Storm Warning (2007)

Rating: ★★

Apr 7, 2010Australian Backwoods Brutality

An Australian-made variant on the Backwoods Brutality cycle where a whitebread couple on a sailing trip are tortured by hicks. Nothing beyond the cliches or remarkable about this.

Director: Jamie Blanks

Actors: Nadia Fares, Robert Taylor, David Lyons, John Brumpton

Category: Horror

7 April 201028 March 2025 by Roog

Long Weekend (2008)

Rating: ★★

Aug 4, 2012Nature's Revenge

Pointless remake of the cult Australian Nature's Revenge film. This takes place amid some gorgeously shot natural scenery, is very faithful to the first film but seems to entirely miss the paranoid tone

Director: Jamie Blanks

Actors: Jim Caviezel, Claudia Karvan

Category: Horror

4 August 201228 June 2026 by Roog

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 6, 2015Cannon Films Documentary

Absolutely fascinating documentary about Golan and Globus, the producers of a great deal of action, ninja, Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson films in the 1980s, plus many genre works, under the Cannon Films banner

Director: Mark Hartley

Actors: Michael Armstrong, John G. Avildsen, Martine Beswick, Pieter Jan Brugge, …

Category: Science Fiction

6 July 201530 January 2026 by Roog