The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
Rating: ★★★★
Jan 27, 2002Disturbing Prophetic Visions
Genuinely creepy film supposedly based on a true story in which Richard Gere investigates a phenomenon known as the Mothman and starts to receive visions, time blurrings and much in the way of uncanny happenings. A film that leaves you with a sense of something unearthly happening just beyond your grasp

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
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Nov 13, 2005Demonic Possession/"True Story"
This became a big sensation with its claims to be on the true account of an exorcism even if director Scott Derrickson alters what actually happened to the point of complete fiction. The rest just rehashes cliches from The Exorcist

The Dead Girl (2006)

The Dead Girl (2006)
Rating: ★★★½
Dec 2, 2007The Women Affected By a Serial Killer
Karen Moncrieff directs a strong and powerful drama that tells five stories of the women whose lives are affected by a serial killer. The film has an amazing ensemble cast who deliver sterling performances

The Midnight Meat Train (2008)

The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
Rating: ★★★★
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

I Frankenstein (2014)

I Frankenstein (2014)
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Jan 25, 2014Frankenstein Monster's Modern-Day War with Demons
An empty-headed work that seems entirely premised around the provision of CGI effects spectacle and actively resists engagement on any other level. A spectacularly ridiculous film in almost every way

The Vatican Tapes (2015)

The Vatican Tapes (2015)
Rating: ★★
Dec 4, 2015Possession and Exorcism
The exorcism film has made a big comeback in the 00s. From one of the co-directors of the Crank films, this only offers up the same mix of cliches as usual – indeed, often seems like a series of random jump scares without any rationale as to why they would be happening

The Age of Adaline (2015)

The Age of Adaline (2015)
Rating: ★★
Apr 25, 2015Woman Who Does Not Age
Aimed at the same audiences as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Blake Lively is a woman who hasn't aged since the 1930s. This comes with the nostalgic weepiness and solemn self-importance of a work pitched to Academy Awards voters

The Boy (2016)

The Boy (2016)
Rating: ★★
Jan 30, 2016Sinister Possibly Living Doll
There is a certain appeal to the premise – nanny is expected to tend a doll that everyone pretends is real only to discover it might be alive. Director William Brent Bell but he redeems himself in terms of creepy atmosphere only to blow it with a lame twist ending

Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)

Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
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Feb 18, 2017Vampire-Werewolf War
I am at a loss to understand who the audience for the Underworld films is – they are films devoid of minimal requirements like plotting and seem to only exist as a series of forgettable action sequences and interchangeable Gothic poses by characters in black leather – and yet we keep getting more of them