Phobia (1980)

Phobia (1980)
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Sep 4, 2014Psychotherapy Psycho-Thriller
The great John Huston, the director of The Maltese Falcon, The African Queen and other classics, directs a psychotherapy psycho-thriller. Alas the thriller essentials slip entirely through Huston's hands and he delivers an utterly plodding and unsuspenseful work

The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
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Feb 4, 2026Sherlock Holmes Film/Ghostly Dog Mystery
Another adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes quasi-supernatural mystery. This is also one of the worst ever thanks to the wildly over-acted, scenery chewing performance from Matt Frewer, badly miscast as Holmes

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Rating: ★★★
Jun 1, 2004New Ice Age/Environmental Disaster Movie
In another of his big budget disaster spectacles, Roland Emmerich embraces environmental concerns about Global Warming. Here he (unscientifically) imagines the abrupt onset of a new Ice Age worldwide

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
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Nov 13, 2005Demonic Possession/"True Story"
This became a big sensation with its claims to be on the true account of an exorcism even if director Scott Derrickson alters what actually happened to the point of complete fiction. The rest just rehashes cliches from The Exorcist

The Void (2016)

The Void (2016)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 16, 2017Hospital of Horrors/H.P. Lovecraft Homage
In his follow-up to Manborg, Steven Kostanski abandons the affectionate homages to 1980s video-released genre films he has specialised in so far. A homage to the works of H.P. Lovecraft, this should be seen for the utterly wild and outlandish makeup effects that Kostanski delivers

Awakening the Zodiac (2017)

Awakening the Zodiac (2017)
Rating: ★★
Nov 13, 2017Hunting the Zodiac Killer in the Present Day
This comes with a great hook – a couple buy up the contents of a defaulted storage locker only to find film reels taken by The Zodiac Killer, leading them on a pursuit of his identity