Dawn of the Dead (1978)
[9] Ten years after Night of the Living Dead, which pretty much invented zombies as we now know them, George Romero went back to the well and made a sequel that I like even better. As the dead rise to…
Deranged (1974)
[7] This movie may never get out from under the shadow of the legendary The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which came out the same year and was also inspired by the horrific Ed Gein. And it’s too bad, because this…
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…
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
[3] [This review is of the 2025 Director's Cut.] Special makeup effects artist Tom Savini directs this early '90s remake of George Romero's seminal Night of the Living Dead. Tony Todd and Patricia Tallman lead the ensemble cast with a…
Creepshow 2 (1987)
[7] It's not quite as good as its predecessor, but Creepshow 2 is still a fun horror sequel. George Romero (Dawn of the Dead) returns as the screenwriter, adapting story ideas by Stephen King, but he turns the directing duties over…
Friday the 13th (1980)
[7] Producer/director Sean S. Cunningham admits Friday the 13th was a post-Halloween cash grab, but slasher fans decided there was plenty of room in the world for more than one killer franchise. All Cunningham needed was a great title that…
Martin (1977)
[7] Everyone associates George Romero with his zombie flicks, but if you ask the director, he'll say the dark character study Martin is his favorite work. Martin is a young man (John Amplas) who believes he must drink blood in…
Maniac (1980)
[7] More of a verite, psychological approach to the slasher genre than most of the '80s slasher windfall, William Lustig's Maniac rises above its exploitation roots by putting us inside the killer's mind and keeping us there, even as his sanity…
The Prowler (1981)
[6] When a WWII vet returns home to find his true love in the arms of another man, the town scores a legendary double-murder. Thirty-five years later, the town decides to throw the same dance... and the killer decides to…
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
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Logan Lerman (from the Percy Jackson movies) stars as Charlie in this coming-of-age drama/romance about a socially awkward high school boy who finds solace among the ‘freaks’ while overcoming a past trauma that left him hospitalized. Emma Watson (Hermione from Harry Potter) and Ezra Miller co-star as Sam and Patrick, Charlie’s newfound friends. Together, the trio bond over music and star in a production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show — very much the counter-culture sort of kids. Things go swimmingly until Charlie starts to fall for Sam, and Patrick’s secret relationship with a member of the football team is exposed to the whole school. As these and other dramatic entanglements threaten to destroy his new friendships, Charlie also begins having painful flashbacks surrounding the death of an aunt.