Thirty years before the events of Ringu, and eleven after anything of interest to audiences will happen, Sadako (Yukie Nakama), the evil ghost of the first film, is a meek, twenty-something-year-old who has joined an acting troop in Tokyo. She’s also followed by the visage of her evil self. People of no importance die, and the
Mai Takano (Nakatani Miki), the assistant/girlfriend of the professor and “ex” in Ringu joins with a journalist colleague of the reporter from Ringu to investigate the strange occurrences around a video tape that kills anyone who watches it seven days later. When Yoichi, the child from Ringu, starts exhibiting strange powers, Mia and a scientist
The first feature-length, talkie, version of Dickens’ story in which Ebenezer Scrooge (Sir Seymour Hicks) learns the meaning of Christmas from three spirits. Quick Review: Yes, 1935 was a long time ago and many film techniques were not yet invented, but that is no excuse for dull acting and non-existent camera work. Nor does saying
In this comedy take on A Christmas Carol, the three spirits of Christmas (David Johansen, Carol Kane, Chaz Conner) visit TV network president Francis Cross (Bill Murray) who is producing a live version of the Dickens’s tale. I can imagine Murray and director Richard Donner talking about how wild, how edgy their new film was
Hinako, Fumiya, and Sayori were childhood friends. Sayori, the leader, was the daughter and heir to the local priestess, but had big plans that didn’t involve sticking around. But it was Hinako who left for the big city when her father got a job in Tokyo. Years later, Hinako (Natsukawa) returns to find Sayori (Chiaki
Rose (Radha Mitchell) takes her daughter, Sharon (Jodelle Ferland), to the ghost town of Silent Hill in hopes of explaining and overcoming the girl’s nightmares and dangerous sleepwalking. However, the daughter disappears after an accident on the outskirts of town, and Rose must search for her, aided by a motorcycle officer (Laurie Holden). Silent Hill,
OK, this will take some time, so try to follow along. Hashimoto (Yosuke Eguchi) a rogue, crippled scientist (who really doesn’t like the word “cripple”), and his team have created the Menger Sponge out of human protein. This device can do just about everything, including suck in any type of energy, trap ghosts, allow the
Emotionally broken, child psychologist, Malcolm Crow (Bruce Willis) attempts to help disturbed Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment), who is showing symptoms much like those of his greatest failure. Malcolm is shaken when it turns out Cole’s problem is that he sees ghosts all around him. Quick Review: If you haven’t seen this, and avoided hearing
Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of murders. There he discovers secret plots, a beautiful girl (Christina Ricci), and stories of a headless horseman (Christopher Walken). But the horseman isn’t a legend, but a ghost, and he has more heads to chop off before he’s done. Quick Review:
Blue collar everyman Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) is hypnotized at a party by his sister-in-law, opening up his ability to see ghosts. One ghost in particular, that of a missing girl who has been talking to Tom’s son for some time, has something she wants him to do. He just doesn’t know what. Quick Review:
Napoleonic officer Andre Duvalier (Jack Nicholson), separated from his regiment, finds a beautiful young woman (Sandra Knight) who disappears into the sea. Searching for her, Andre visits the castle of Baron von Leppe (Boris Karloff), who explains that the woman is his wife, dead for twenty years. Some films are made because there is an
When Cyrus Kriticos (F. Murray Abraham) dies, he leaves his house to his nephew Arthur (Tony Shalhoub) and his two children (Shannon Elizabeth, Alec Roberts). What they don’t know, is that the house is a machine that holds twelve ghosts. Once people start to die, it is left to Arthur, an ex-associate of Cyrus’ (Matthew Lillard), and