The House That Would Not Die (1970)

The House That Would Not Die (1970)

[4] Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity, The Lady Eve) stars in this tepid TV movie about a woman who moves with her niece (Katherine Winn) to an ancestral home where they're haunted by ghosts from the Revolutionary War. The acting ensemble,…
Endangered Species (1982)

Endangered Species (1982)

[3] If you told me there was a movie about a single father (Robert Urich) and a female sheriff (Poltergeist's JoBeth Williams) who team up to solve a mystery involving a series of cattle mutilations, I'd be interested. If you…
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)

Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)

[7] Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry produced and wrote the adapted screenplay for this supremely odd but beguiling movie directed by Roger Vadim (Barbarella). Rock Hudson headlines as a high school football coach and guidance counselor who gets intimate with…
The Ring (2002)

The Ring (2002)

[7] Naomi Watts (Mulholland Dr) stars as a journalist investigating the bizarre, synchronized deaths of four teenagers who died exactly seven days after watching a disturbing videotape. After watching the tape herself, the clock starts ticking for Watts's character. She…
Lifeforce (1985)

Lifeforce (1985)

[6] Steve Railsback and Peter Firth star in this film by Tobe Hooper (Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist) that revolves around an invasion of London by, well... space vampires. Railsback heads the space exploration team that finds the humanoid creatures…
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

[7] [SPOILER REVIEW] When Twin Peaks made its auspicious debut on television in 1990, it begged the question, "Who killed Laura Palmer?" Unfortunately, the second season went off the rails and the show was cancelled before the central mystery could…
Knock at the Cabin (2023)

Knock at the Cabin (2023)

[4] M. Night Shyamalan, the once celebrated big-budget thriller maker of films like The Sixth Sense and Signs, has been relegated to low-budget horror movies for several years. I keep hoping that his budgetary confines will result in a burst…
Death on the Nile (2022)

Death on the Nile (2022)

[7] Kenneth Branagh directs and stars as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot in this most recent iteration of Death on the Nile. Poirot is on vacation in Egypt when he's asked to join a wealthy socialite's honeymoon party down the river…
Nope (2022)

Nope (2022)

[7] [SPOILER WARNING] Writer/director Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us) delivers his third solid horror-mystery with Nope, the story of sibling horse wranglers (Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer) who discover a UFO hiding in a stationary cloud above their gulch ranch.…
Deathtrap (1982)

Deathtrap (1982)

[7] Director Sidney Lumet (Network, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead) brings Ira Levin's hit play to the big screen, showcasing Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve as warring playwrights who resort to real murder to further their careers. Caine plays…