Night of Fear (1973)
[6] A woman wrecks her car on a rural, dead end road where she's stalked by a scary hermit (Norman Yemm) and his pet rat in this Australian film from writer/director Terry Bourke (Inn of the Damned, Noon Sunday). Night…
Another Country (1984)
[7] Rupert Everett and Colin Firth star in this coming-of-age period drama set in an elite 1930s English boys' school, where militaristic tradition and hierarchy seems far more important than education. There is a sense of brotherhood among the students,…
Flood! (1976)
[3] In this TV movie from producer Irwin Allen (The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno), several inhabitants of a small fishing town debate whether or not their dam is about to break after several weeks of rain. The mayor refuses…
Legends of the Fall (1994)
[8] Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Aidan Quinn star in this sprawling, family melodrama set in early twentieth century Montana, where the Ludlow family works their ranch in the untamed wilderness. Hopkins plays the patriarch, a pacifist and single father…
House of Wax (1953)
[7] While it wasn't the first major motion picture released in 3D, House of Wax still has the distinction of being the first commercially popular one. Vincent Price became a household name after starring in this gothic spook show about…
John Wick (2014)
[4] Nothing bores me more than a story about a hitman. It's a tired trope, and one that has a curious, potentially unhealthy appeal to audiences -- particularly young men who need no further encouragement to embrace their anger and…
The Eiger Sanction (1975)
[7] Clint Eastwood gives us his take on James Bond with The Eiger Sanction, the story of a retired hit man who is coerced back into action by a secretive government organization to 'sanction' (kill) a member of a mountain…
Creature from Black Lake (1976)
[7] Maybe I crave Bigfoot movies and the innocence of the 1970s so much that I give half-way decent 'Squatch flicks more credit than I should, but I was impressed with Creature from Black Lake, a low-budget film with production…
Spetters (1980)
[8] Paul Verhoeven (Soldier of Orange, RoboCop) brings his devil-may-care attitude toward sex and morality to this slice-of-life story about three young Dutch boys who dream of escaping their restrained provincial lives by winning motor cross competitions. One of the boys, Rien…
The Patriot (2000)
[7] After his young son is murdered by a sadistic British officer, a peaceful colonial farmer forms a militia to exact vengeance during the American Revolution. Armed with a strong, emotionally potent screenplay by Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan, Fly…