Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

[6] Zack Snyder (300, Man of Steel) made his feature directorial debut with this remake of George Romero's 1978 classic zombie sequel. This time around the rag-tag team of survivors holed up in a mall during the zombie apocalypse includes…
Manhunter (1986)

Manhunter (1986)

[8] Michael Mann (Miami Vice, Heat) brings Thomas Harris' novel Red Dragon to the big screen, introducing movie-goers to Hannibal Lecktor for the first time. Manhunter stars William Petersen (CSI) as an FBI profiler trying to stop a serial killer…
Don’t Breathe (2016)

Don’t Breathe (2016)

[7] Fede Alvarez (The Evil Dead remake) directs the hell out of this claustrophobic thriller about three horrible, stupid, awful twenty-somethings who break into a blind Gulf War veteran's home to steal $300,000, only to realize they've severely underestimated their…
Humanoids from the Deep (1980)

Humanoids from the Deep (1980)

[5] Mutant sea creatures attack a coastal community in this schlocky flick from producer Roger Corman. It's pretty standard, passable, monster movie fare. The requisite boobage and gore were filmed by one director, while another handled the pesky plot and…
Buried (2010)

Buried (2010)

[7]  For the entirety of this film, you never leave a pine box buried in the desert. It's a gimmick, but it's a good one. Star Ryan Reynolds and director Rodrigo Cortes work magic to build drama and suspense in…
The Plumber (1979)

The Plumber (1979)

[5] This Australian TV movie from Peter Weir is a subdued psychological thriller about a woman who grows increasingly frustrated and fearful of an eccentric plumber. Weir (Witness, Dead Poets Society) throws in a little commentary on the issue of…
Zombie Lake (1981)

Zombie Lake (1981)

[2] German WWII soldiers killed and tossed into a French lake come back for revenge in this underwater Nazi zombie flick that is mostly famous for its generous amount of full-frontal female splendor. But it pretty much fails on all…
Lost Things (2003)

Lost Things (2003)

[3] A super-low budget Australian flick that tries very, very hard to be a heady psychological thriller. From start to finish, there are only five characters and a single beach setting, so the movie ends up feeling claustrophobic in a…
The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

[4] This 'bad in a good way' sci-fi/horror flick features a melting astronaut who must feed on human flesh to keep from becoming a puddle of goo. I'm all for melting people, but The Incredible Melting Man is too narrow…
The Forest (1982)

The Forest (1982)

[3] A cannibal stalks campers while the ghosts of his two children haunt the forest in this goofy wannabe slasher flick that, despite having nature at the ready, lacks any atmosphere whatsoever. There's a nice scene where a bad actor…