A teenager’s vision of the explosion of the plane he’s just boarded keeps him (Devon Sawa), several classmates, and a teacher from dying when the plane does explode. However, Death is not going to let anyone escape their fate. Quick Review: An update of a Twilight Zone episode, Final Destination strips the fat out of the
Once again, a teen’s vision saves a group from certain death. Afterwards, the survivors begin dying in elaborate ways as they desperately search for a way to change fate. Quick Review: The fun in Final Destination was the Rube Goldberg-like death scenes. Final Destination 2 is more of the same. The dialog isn’t as sharp and the
A hundred years ago, a ship of lepers sank off the shore of what would become the town of Antonio Bay. Now a strange fog is rolling into town and citizens are dying. Part ghost story, part slasher, part curse flick, The Fog is an atmospheric tale that puts multi-dimensional, everyday people into a horrific
Freddy (Robert Englund), powerless due to being forgotten, sends Jason back from hell, hoping his killings will be attributed to Freddy. But Jason won’t stop killing, which sets up a battle between the two as local teens try to stop them both. Quick Review: Freddy deserved better than this, and Jason…well, for Jason it is pretty
Tommy Jarivs (John Shepherd), who killed Jason in the fourth film, is the newest patient at a counseling facility that happens to be near Jason’s old stomping grounds. After Tommy shows up, people start dying. Is it Tommy, someone else wearing a hockey mask, or has Jason returned from the dead? Set in some kind of
Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) attempts to mutilate the body of Jason, but accidentally reanimates him when lightening strikes. Jason heads to the old campgrounds to kill anyone there while Tommy warns the police. But no one will believe him except the sheriff’s daughter, Megan (Jennifer Cooke), who is a councilor at the newly reopened camp. It is up
Years after he killed his sister, the now grown Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and stalks babysitters. I didn’t see Halloween in ’78. Then it was a phenomenon. It was the beginning of a new kind of film (Not really; Bay of Blood was the beginning, but everyone didn’t start copying it till Halloween). By
Starting where Halloween finished, Michael Myers continues his killing spree; his main target, Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis), is now a patient at the local hospital. Attempting to save her and stop Michael is Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence). By the time 1981 strolled along, any originally in the Slasher sub-genre had been drained away. Dozens of look-a-like, feel-a-like
Doctor Dan Challis (Tom Atkins), suspicious after a man is murdered in the hospital, runs off with the victim’s daughter (Stacey Nelkin) to investigate a Halloween mask company that may hold clues to the killing. The company’s CEO, Mr. Cochran (Dan O’Herlihy), is in charge of an army of androids, and has evil plans involving
Michael Myers returns to his hometown to kill his niece, Jamie, and anyone else that gets in his way. Also returning is Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence), who along with the police and Jamie’s foster sister, try to save Jamie and stop Michael. Remember how in Halloween 2, Michael died, getting shot and then burned? Well, funny thing,