Saturday, October 28, 2023

EVIL DEAD RISE (2023)

 


Written & Directed By: Lee Cronin

Cinematography: Dave Garbett 

Editor: Bryan Shaw 


Cast: Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Mirabai Pease, Richard Crouchley, Anna-Maree Thomas, Noah Paul, Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies 


A twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.


Friday, October 27, 2023

THE POPE’S EXORCIST (2023)

 



Directed By: Julius Avery 

Written By: Michael Petroni and Evan Spiliotopoulos  

Story By: Jeff Katz, R. Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings  Based on the books “AN EXORCIST TELLS HIS STORY” And “AN EXORCIST: MORE STORIES” By: Father Gabriele Amorth  Cinematography: Khalid Mohtaseb 

Editor: Matt Evans


Cast: Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Franco Nero, Alex Essoe, Pete DeSouza-Feighoney, Laurel Marsden, Cornell John, Bianca Bardowle, Ryan O’Grady 


Inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, The Pope's Exorcist follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

Thursday, October 26, 2023

LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE (aka THE LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE) (1974)

 


Directed By: Jorge Grau Written By: Sandro Continenza and Marcello Coscia Cinematography: Francisco Sempere 

Editor: Domingo Garcia And Vincenzo Tomassi 


Cast: Christine Gallo, Ray Lovelock, Arthur Kennedy, Aldo Massasso, Jeannine Mestre, Genghar Gatti, Jose Ruiz Lifante, Roberto Posse, Giorgio Trestini, Fernando Hilbeck 


In the peaceful, lush, green countryside gruesome murders are committed by the dead who have been brought to life by ultra-sonic radiation. Two travelers from the city who meet accidentally are harassed and implicated by the cops for the murders.

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

DEATH SHIP (1980)

 



Directed By: Alvin Rakoff  Written By: John Robins 

Story By: Jack Hill and David P. Lewis 

Cinematography: Rene Verzier 

Editor: Mike Campbell


Cast: George Kennedy, Richard Ctrenna, Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek, Victoria Burgoyne, Jennifer McKinney, Danny Higham, Sally Ann Howles, Kate Reid, 

Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship that appears out of the fog. Little do they realize that the ship is a Nazi torture ship that has sailed the seas for years, luring unsuspecting sailors aboard and killing them off one by one.

Saturday, October 21, 2023

TROUBLE EVERY DAY (2001)

 



Directed By: Claire Denis Written By: Claire Denis and Jean-Pol Fargeau Cinematography: Agnes Godard  Editor: Nelly Quettier 


Cast: Vincent Gallo, Tricia Vessey, Beatrice Dalle, Alex Descas, Florence Loiret-Caille, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Raphael Neal

Shane and June Brown are an American couple honeymooning in Paris in an effort to nurture their new life together, a life complicated by Shane's mysterious and frequent visits to a medical clinic where cutting-edge studies of the human libido are undertaken. When Shane seeks out a self-exiled expert in the field, he happens upon the doctor's wife, another victim of the same malady. She has become so dangerous and emotionally paralyzed by the condition that her husband imprisons her by day in their home. It is Shane's chance encounter with this woman that triggers an event so cataclysmic and shocking it might just lead him to rediscover the tranquility he seeks to restore for himself and his new bride.

Friday, October 20, 2023

EL CONDE (2023)

 


Directed By: Pablo Larrain Written By: Pablo Larrain and Guillermo Calderon Cinematography: Edward Lachman 

Editor: Sofia Subercaseaux


Cast: Jamie Vadell, Paula Luchsinger, Gloria Munchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Stella Gonet, Catalina Guerra, Amparo Noguera, Antonia Zegers

After living 250 years in this world, Augusto Pinochet, who is not dead but an aged vampire, decides to die once and for all.

Saturday, October 14, 2023

KIDS VS. ALIENS (2023)

 


Directed & Edited By: Jason Eisener Written By: John Davies & Jason Eisener  Cinematography: Mat Berkley 

Cast: Dominic Mariche, Pheobe Rex, Calem MacDonald, Asher Grayson, Ben Tector, Emma Vickers, Isaiah Fortune

An all-time rager of a teen house party turns to terror when aliens attack, forcing two warring siblings to band together to survive the night.

Friday, October 13, 2023

PERPETRATOR (2023)

 


Written & Directed By: Jennifer Reeder Cinematography: Sevdije Kastrati  

 Editor: Justin Krohn


Cast: Kiah McKirnan, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Lowell, Tim Hopper, Audrey Francis, Ireon Roach, Josh Bywater, Melanie Liburd, Taylor Kinkead 

Jonny, a wild and impulsive teenage girl living precariously in a town where young women continue to go missing, and the power she's forced to unlock to survive.

Thursday, October 12, 2023

UNSEEN (2023)

 


Directed By: Yoko Okumura Written By: Salvatore Cardoni and Brian Rawlins  Cinematography: Federico Verardi 

Editor: Michael Block


Cast: Midori Francis, Jolene Purdy, Michael Patrick Lane, Missi Pyle, Brett Baker, Nicholas X. Parsons 


Sam receives a call from Emily, a nearly blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. She must survive the ordeal with Sam being her eyes using video call.

Saturday, October 7, 2023

SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING (2022)

 



Editor, Cinematography, Written & Directed By: Quentin Dupieux

Cast: Giles Lellouche,  Vincent Lacoste, Anais Demoustier, Jean-Pascal Zadi, Oulaya Amamra, Adele Exarchopoulos, Tanguy Mercier 

A group of vigilantes called the "tobacco-forces" is falling apart. To rebuild team spirit, their leader suggests that they meet for a week-long retreat, before returning to save the world.

Friday, October 6, 2023

ENYS MEN (2022)

 


Written & Directed By: Mark Jenkin

Cast: Mary Woodvine, Edward Rowe, Flo Crowe, John Woodvine, Joe Gray

Set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer's daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is a nightmare.

Thursday, October 5, 2023

MANDIBLES (2020)

 


Written, Edited, Cinematography & Directed By: Quentin Dupieux

Cast: Gregorie Ludig, David Marsais, Adele Exarchopoulos, India Hair, Romeo Elvis, Coralie Russier, Bruno Lochet, Raphael Quenard

When simple-minded friends Jean-Gab and Manu find a giant fly trapped in the boot of a car, they decide to train it in the hope of making a ton of cash.

Sunday, October 1, 2023

MOVIES WATCHED IN SEPTEMBER (2023)




THE FLASH (ACTION)(ADVENTURE)(SUPERHERO)(FANTASY)  6/10 





HYPNOTIC (THRILLER) 2/10 





PERPETRATOR (HORROR)(THRILLER)(COMING OF AGE) 6/10 





NIGHT AND THE CITY (CLASSIC)(DRAMA)(THRILLER) 9/10 





101 REYKJAVIK (FOREIGN)(INTERNATIONAL)(FINLAND)(COMEDY) 6/10 





THE LITTLE MERMAID (FANTASY)(LIVE ACTION)(MUSICAL)(ROMANCE) 6/10 






*2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (SCIENCE FICTION) 8/10 






ROSA PERAL’S TAPES (DOCUMENTARY) 7/10 






SCOUT’S HONOR: THE SECRET FILES OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (DOCUMENTARY) 8/10 






SHIMMER LAKE (THRILLER)(MYSTERY) 7/10 





KEEP AN EYE OUT (FOREIGN)(INTERNATIONAL) (CULT)(COMEDY)(FRANCE) 5/10 





VACATION FRIENDS 2 (COMEDY) 4/10 





MESRINE: KILLER INSTINCT - PART 1 (CRIME)(FOREIGN)(INTERNATIONAL)(BIOGRAPHY)(FRANCE) 7/10 





IDENTIKIT (THRILLER)(CULT)(MYSTERY) 5/10





HOLY SPIDER (DRAMA)(THRILLER)(FOREIGN)(INTERNATIONAL)(JORDAN) 10/10 





EL CONDE (FANTASY)(FOREIGN)(INTERNATIONAL)(CHILE) 7/10 





SANCTUARY (DRAMA) 7.5/10 





MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 (COMEDY) 5/10 





GUY RITCHIE’S: THE COVENANT (WAR)(ACTION)(ADVENTURE) 8/10 





CHEVALIER (DRAMA)(BIOGRAPHY) 7/10 






ENYS MEN (HORROR)(CULT) 7/10 





DUMB MONEY (COMEDY)(DRAMA) 8/10 





THE FINAL TERROR (HORROR) 6/10 




THE FORBIDDEN PHOTOS OF A LADY ABOVE SUSPICION (FOREIGN)(INTERNATIONAL)(ITALY)(THRILLER) 7/10 




REPTILE (MYSTERY) 7/10 






TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MOVIES, STAND-UP & SPECIALS



CHUCKY (Season 1)  7/10 




CHUCKY (Season 2) 8/10 





MICHELLE WOLF - IT’S GREAT TO BE HERE (STAND-UP)  7/10





THE DEMONS OF DOROTHY (SHORT) 3/10 




A CREEPSHOW HOLIDAY SPECIAL 6/10