Spike Lee Archives

Summer of Sam (1999)

Rating: ★★½

Jul 12, 1999True Life Serial Killer/Urban Paranoia

A Spike Lee film, a fictional work set during the real-life Son of Sam killings, although Lee seems less interested in the true crime aspect than the various storylines of his characters

Director: Spike Lee

Actors: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito, …

Category: Horror

12 July 19997 July 2026 by Roog

Oldboy (2013)

Rating: ★

Nov 29, 2013Imprisonment and Revenge

Spike Lee's English-language remake of Oldboy is an abortion. Where Park Chan-Wook directed the original with an insane energy, whereas Lee only delivers a formula action film and fumbles the ending

Director: Spike Lee

Actors: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, Samuel L. Jackson, …

Category: Horror

29 November 201324 February 2026 by Roog

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 5, 2015Vampire Film

Spike Lee makes a vampire film (even though the title gives the impression is he has detoured off into gospel). The even bigger surprise is he conducts a remake of the Blaxploitation classic Ganja & Hess

Director: Spike Lee

Actors: Stephen Tyrone Williams, Zaraah Abrahams, Rami Malek

Category: Horror

5 July 201524 February 2026 by Roog