The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)

The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)

[4] Peter Cushing returns for Hammer's first sequel to their highly successful The Curse of Frankenstein. The sequel opens with Cushing's mad baron escaping the guillotine and setting up camp in a new town where he transplants the brain of his deformed…
Constantine (2005)

Constantine (2005)

[5] I love Keanu Reeves. I love Rachel Weisz. I generally love stories about angels and demons. I love the visual style and cinematography, and the directing's pretty good, too. So why don't I love Constantine? After a third viewing in twenty…
Corruption (1968)

Corruption (1968)

[2] Peter Cushing stars as a doctor who murders people so he can harvest their pituitary glands to (somehow?) restore his fiancée's badly burned face. At first, guilt drives his character because he's partially to blame for the accident that disfigured her.…
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

[7] Jason Voorhees escapes the morgue and returns to Crystal Lake where he preys on a fresh batch of victims in the fourth Friday the 13th movie. Among the fresh meat this time around are Crispin Glover (Back to the Future) and…
These Are the Damned (1962)

These Are the Damned (1962)

[6] Here's a weird offering from Britain's Hammer Films that's so surprising and bewildering, you might overlook its shortcomings. In England, an American tourist (Macdonald Carey) is picked up by a young woman (Shirley Anne Field) who lures him into a trap…
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

[9] Here we have a horror film so well executed, it swept the Academy Awards. Anthony Hopkins (The Lion in Winter) and Jodie Foster (The Accused) each deliver career-defining performances as cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter and neophyte FBI agent Clarice Starling.…
Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)

Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)

[6] In this thriller from Britain's Hammer Films, a woman is held against her will by her late fiancée's mother, a creepy religious zealot who aims to purify her soul to ensure her son's spirit gets into Heaven. Tallulah Bankhead (Lifeboat, The…
Alien: Romulus (2024)

Alien: Romulus (2024)

[2] The seventh film in the Alien franchise is by far the worst of the litter, featuring a juvenile cast lacking any charisma who lead us through a tediously dull pastiche of the series' greatest hits. Alien: Romulus reeks of young adult…
The Thing (1982)

The Thing (1982)

[10] This movie does two things extraordinarily well. It transports me and it terrifies me. Before anything scary even happens, director John Carpenter (Assault on Precinct 13, Starman) succeeds in creating an atmosphere of mystery and suspense that locks me into the…
Bring Her Back (2025)

Bring Her Back (2025)

[8] After the death of their father, a brother and sister (Billy Barratt and Sora Wong) are placed in foster care with a disturbingly odd woman (The Shape of Water's Sally Hawkins) who has sinister plans for them. Barratt suspects early on…