Richard Stanley Archives

Hardware (1990)

Rating: ★★★★

Dec 16, 2003Cyberpunk/Killer Robot

Richard Stanley film where killer robot invades and takes over a girl's apartment. Stanley transforms the film into an astonishing vision of pure unfiltered Cyberpunk. One of the most visually dazzling directorial debuts of its day

Director: Richard Stanley

Actors: Stacey Travis, Dylan McDermott, William Hootkins, John Lynch

Category: Science Fiction

16 December 200311 March 2026 by Roog

The Island of Dr Moreau (1996)

Rating: ★★★½

Feb 15, 2001Mad Scientist Creates Beast Men

A legendary cinematic train wreck filled with behind the scenes stories of fired directors and star egos. Despite all of this, this remake of the H.G. Wells novel emerges as a well made and watchable film

Director: John Frankenheimer

Actors: Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk, …

Category: Science Fiction

15 February 20016 August 2026 by Roog

The Abandoned (2006)

Rating: ★★½

Apr 20, 2017Haunted Farmhouse

Spanish film about a woman travelling to her family home on the Russian steppes that creates a very haunted atmosphere. On the other hand, the twist ending has borrowed too much M. Night Shyamalan

Director: Nacho Cerda

Actors: Anastasia Hille, Karel Rodin, Valentin Ganev

Category: Horror

20 April 201714 July 2026 by Roog

The Theatre Bizarre (2011)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 5, 2013Horror Anthology

A horror anthology featuring episodes from seven different directors. As with other anthologies, the episodes vary in quality, ranging between the so-so, the mostly quite good and one standout segment

Director: Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Douglas Buck, Jeremy Kasten, Karim Hussain, Richard Stanley, Tom Savini

Actors: Udo Kier, Catriona MacColl, Debbie Rochon, Tom Savini, …

Category: Horror

5 August 20139 July 2026 by Roog

Replace (2017)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 16, 2022Woman Needs to Steal Other People’s Skin

Undeniably creepy film co-written by Richard Stanley about a woman with a skin condition who finds she can only return to normal by stealing the skin from others

Director: Norbert Keil

Actors: Rebecca Forsythe, Lucie Aron, Barbara Crampton, Sean Knopp, …

Category: Horror

16 August 202216 August 2022 by Roog

Color Out of Space (2019)

Rating: ★★★½

Jan 24, 2020H.P. Lovecraft Adaptation/Mutations from Space

Richard Stanley made one of the most exciting directorial debuts with Hardware. Welcomely returning after a long absence, he is one of the few directors to mainline the essence of H.P. Lovecraft's cosmic horrors

Director: Richard Stanley

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur, Brendan Meyer, …

Category: Horror, Science Fiction

24 January 20207 January 2026 by Roog