Arachnophobia (1990)
Aug 6, 1999Spider Takeover
Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, a popular revival of the 1970s bugs amok genre about a town overrun by deadly spiders, although this avoids the horror label and plays itself with much humour
Wesley Strick
Cape Fear (1991)
Jul 5, 2000Ex-Con's Revenge Thriller
Martin Scorsese remakes the classic thriller with Robert De Niro playing the ex-con seeking revenge against his lawyer. Scorsese makes the morality more ambiguous and bring out tensions within the family
Wolf (1994)
Feb 15, 2002Werewolf Film
Reasonable box-office hit that offers a stripped-back werewolf film with minimalist effects as milquetoast Jack Nicholson suddenly discovers the beast within
The Tie That Binds (1995)
May 5, 1999Adoption Psycho-Thriller
Usually a scriptwriter, Wesley Strick makes a reasonable directorial debut in this psycho-thriller about a white trash couple killing those in their way to getting back the daughter that was taken away from them
The Saint (1997)
May 12, 2004TV Series Remake/Thief Hero
Big screen revival of the famous playboy spy falls flat due to the miscasting of Val Kilmer in the title role where Kilmer's attempts to adopt disguises and accents throughout becomes risible. The thriller plot is nothing to get excited about.
The Glass House (2001)
Sep 16, 2001Evil Foster Parents Psycho-Thriller
A modest and reasonably effective psycho-thriller about a brother and sister who are adopted after the death of their parents only to find their step-parents have sinister intent
Doom (2005)
Oct 31, 2005Videogame Adaptation/Labyrinth of Monsters
Disappointing film version of the videogame. The film seems to either miss or water down the principal appeals of the game, although you do get Dwayne Johnson (still billed as The Rock) as the bad guy
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
May 1, 2010Dream-Invading Boogey Man
Yet another in the fad for 19870s/0s horror remakes, a merely efficient revival that reduces the wild, outré scares of Wes Craven's original to conveyor belt shocks
Cape Fear (2026)
Sep 5, 2026Ex-Con's Revenge Thriller
Both of the previous versions of Cape Fear are classic works about an ex-con taking revenge on his lawyer. This is a mini-series that extrudes the story to ten episodes of ridiculous gaslighting and revenge schemes