Ghost Ship (2002)
Feb 27, 2003Haunted Ship
This was a big-budget revival of the ghost ship theme by Dark Castle Entertainment about a salvage crew encountering a ghost vessel. Visual effects tend to trump spooky atmosphere
John Pogue
Rollerball (2002)
Nov 12, 2002Ultra-Violent Sport
Remade, the 1975 dystopian film about future sports is stripped of any of its big message (even of its future setting) and is turned into no more than a formulaic action film
Quarantine 2: Terminal (2011)
Apr 26, 2018Zombies Overtake an Airport Terminal
A sequel to Quarantine, the English-language remake of [Rec]. Abandoning the Found Footage concept, and indeed much continuity, to the other films, this is nothing more than a standard zombie film set inside an airport terminal
The Quiet Ones (2014)
Apr 28, 2014Parapsychological Experiment/"True Story"
Another offering from the revived Hammer Films. Like a few films of recent, this claims to be based on a true story – a parapsychological experiment conducted in the 1970s – but throws almost every detail out the window to substitute a well-worn bag of horror tricks
Deep Blue Sea 3 (2020)
Jun 13, 2021Genetically-Engineered Killer Sharks
After the genuinely terrible Deep Blue Sea 2, all it took to improve the Deep Blue Sea series was a better director. This no more than a B movie but is certainly halfway watchable