Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

[7] Writer/director Steven Spielberg follows up his immensely successful Jaws with this tale of extra-terrestrials and government conspiracy. Richard Dreyfuss stars as a family man whose encounter with a UFO brings him into contact with a grieving mother (Melinda Dillon)…
Scream of Fear (1961)

Scream of Fear (1961)

[7] A wheel-chair bound young woman named Penny (Susan Strasberg) returns to the cliffside home of her estranged father, who she hasn't seen in over ten years. But when she arrives, she's told by her stepmother (Ann Todd) that her…
Minority Report (2002)

Minority Report (2002)

[8] Steven Spielberg directs Tom Cruise in this taut adaptation of Philip K. Dick's sci-fi novelette set in 2054, when cops are able to use the visions of three uniquely gifted people called 'precogs' to arrest criminals before they commit…
Dressed to Kill (1980)

Dressed to Kill (1980)

[8] Brian DePalma (Carrie, Sisters) serves up a sexually charged Hitchcockian thriller about a female slasher hunting a prostitute who witnessed her last murder. Michael Caine stars as the shrink who tries to help the call girl, who's played by…
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

[5] Master of Horror John Carpenter directs this Lovecraftian horror thriller about an insurance investigator (Sam Neill) who teams up with a publishing company rep (Julie Carmen) to find a missing horror novelist named Sutter Cane (Jurgen Prochnow). Their search…
Vampyr (1932)

Vampyr (1932)

[6] An occultist beds down at a remote inn where he discovers a young lady succumbing to vampirism after being bitten by an old woman -- an old woman who is supposed to be buried in a nearby graveyard. Despite…
Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960)

Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960)

[6] Claude Dauphin stars as a race car driver who suffers from head trauma following a crash. The trauma is much more than physical, too -- he has uncontrollable urges to strangle his new wife (Diane Cilento). While recuperating together…
Dark City (1998)

Dark City (1998)

[7] [This review is of the 2008 Director's Cut.] Director Alex Proyas follows up his cult sensation The Crow with this dark, dystopian sci-fi flick about an amnesiac man (Rufus Sewell) who discovers a sinister force is manipulating him and…
Marrowbone (2017)

Marrowbone (2017)

[7] Writer/director Sergio G. Sánchez serves up a melancholy, twisted tale about a young man (George MacKay) who must look after his three younger siblings when their mother dies. The siblings (Mia Goth, Charlie Heaton, and Matthew Stagg) hide themselves…
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

[4] Despite the great casting of Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, the third Conjuring movie continues the franchise's penchant for mediocrity. The Devil Made Me Do It opens with Wilson and Farmiga, as real life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorrain…