A couple of kids visit their grandparents whom they’ve never met. This is because of a falling out between the grandparents and the kids’ mother years before. Not quite a return to form for Shyamalan, but it suggests promise for the future. Genuinely creepy with strange occurrences and darkly humourous situations. The ending is simple, …
A couple of PIs break into a house to search for a missing student and they discover a large VHS collection. So what do they do? They watch ’em of course. This is the second installment to the popular horror anthology series. It’s loud; it’s chaotic; it’s dizzying; and my god, it is ever violent. …
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When an obsessed killer is unsuccessful with his latest victim, he has to make further attempts while she is in recovery at the hospital. Michael Ironside is at his creepiest in this tension filled Canadian exploitation film from the early ’80s. Genre classic which also features Bill Shatner!
Over-the-top campy, horror-comedy about a man who is being terrorizes in his new house by an invading hobo starring cult favourites Bill Paxton and Michael Ironside as well as Kuato as title character. Super fun, never takes itself too seriously, a surprise treat. Another surprise, it was executive-produced by the one and only, Mel Brooks. …
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One of many body switches movies churned out in the ’80s. This happens to be one of the better ones. Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage appear to be having a lot of fun with their roles. Great suppporting cast.
Richard Jenkins is a revelation. Beautiful perfomance, beautifully moving film.
