Sisters (1972)

Sisters (1972)

[6] Margot Kidder (Superman: The Movie) and Jennifer Salt star in director Brian De Palma's blatant love letter to Alfred Hitchcock. De Palma starts the movie off in a Psycho-like fashion, introducing us to an actress (Kidder) who takes a…
Screamers (1979)

Screamers (1979)

[2] When this Italian flick (originally titled Island of the Fish Men) was picked up for North American distribution, a new opening featuring some gloppy special effects and a handful of kills was added. That opening is the best part…
Halloween (2018)

Halloween (2018)

[7] Jamie Lee Curtis returns to the franchise that launched her career in Halloween (same title, 40 years apart). This new film ignores every single sequel in the franchise and serves as a direct follow-up to John Carpenter's original 1978…
Angel Heart (1987)

Angel Heart (1987)

[7] Mickey Rourke stars as a '50s detective hired by a mysterious client (Robert DeNiro) to determine whether a missing man is living or dead. Rourke travels from New York to New Orleans interviewing characters played by Charlotte Rampling, Lisa…
The Predator (2018)

The Predator (2018)

[1] When I heard Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, screenwriter behind Lethal Weapon) was directing and Fred Dekker (The Monster Squad) was cowriting, I thought The Predator would have the right ingredients for a successful relaunch. I don't know…
Demon Seed (1977)

Demon Seed (1977)

[7] Julie Christie is trapped inside a house run by a super-computer called Proteus IV that wants to have a baby with her. Yep, you heard me. Demon Seed, based on the book by Dean Koontz, is mostly a one-woman…
Godzilla (1998)

Godzilla (1998)

[2] A giant radioactive lizard terrorizes New York City. There are probably at least 100 different ways this could have been more interesting and exciting, but producers Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich (Independence Day) instead opt to make their Godzilla…
Hereditary (2018)

Hereditary (2018)

[7] Writer/director Ari Aster brings us one of the more original and interesting horror movies of the last few years -- I just wish it moved faster than molasses in January. Toni Collette stars as a woman who finds herself…
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

[6] After the surprisingly fun Jurassic World, Universal was quick to crank out this passable sequel. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard return, shoe-horned into a plot that doesn't really need them. The island that hosts the now-closed theme park…
The Meg (2018)

The Meg (2018)

[3] Jason Statham headlines this giant killer shark movie that is far more concerned with pandering sentimental bullshit to Chinese audiences than entertaining American audiences. The Meg should be an exploitation action/horror flick. And indeed director Jon Turteltaub and star…