Long Time Dead (2002)

Long Time Dead (2002)

A group of twenty-something dance-clubbers decide to play with a makeshift Ouija board, summoning a djinn that possess one of them. The fire spirit is soon killing them, one by one. Well, it’s British. That’s about the only thing that makes the randomly titled Long Time Dead stand out. In this standard, slow, talky, Teen Slasher, the deaths

Manhunter (1986)

Manhunter (1986)

FBI agent Will Graham (William Petersen) tracks a serial killer with the help of the insights from the dangerous psychopath, Dr. Hannibal Lecktor (Brian Cox). Quick Review: Novelist Thomas Harris wrote essentially the same story twice. In both Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs, a brilliant but flawed FBI agent must find an insane killer. The

New Nightmare (1994)

New Nightmare (1994)

Now that the Nightmare on Elmstreet films are over and Freddy is dead, the people who made the films, including actress Heather Langenkamp, actor Robert Englund, and director Wes Craven (all playing themselves) are having nightmares of a darker Freddy.  When Heather’s son begins acting strangely and people die, she realizes that Freddy Kreuger is

A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

A girl (Heather Langenkamp) discovers her nightmares are being shared by her friends, and that those friends are dying.  She must find a way to stop the killer (Robert Englund) in her dreams before she is murdered too. Quick Review: I remembered this being better than it is.  I saw it when it first came

A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

or The Walsh family move into Nancy’s house—from the first film.  Teenager Jesse Walsh (Mark Patton) begins to have nightmares of Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), and people start dying.  Only his new girlfriend, Lisa (Kim Myers), can save him from being taken over by Freddy’s spirit. What the hell happened?  Even with its flaws, A

A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)

A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)

Freddy (Robert Englund) is back (yes, again), this time using the dreams of Alice Johnson’s unborn child to attack her and her friends.  To stop him, Alice must release the ghost of Freddy’s mother. Quick Review: Yup, he came back after he was absolutely and unequivocally dead…again.  It’s hard to get too involved in these

Nine Lives (2002)

Nine Lives (2002)

A wealthy young Scotsman invites eight of his friends (including Paris Hilton) to his estate.  A snowstorm maroons them, but that isn’t a problem until one of them reads from a strange book, freeing an evil ghost to possess and kill. I like the idea of a spirit that leaps bodies whenever its host is

Office Killer (1997)

Office Killer (1997)

When the office proofreading drudge (Carol Kane) accidentally electrocutes an unpleasant co-worker and things get better, she starts taking out the rest of her colleagues on purpose. Quick Review: Because Office Killer was directed by famed art photographer Cindy Sherman, there is an urge to look at it as a meaningful statement about post-modern feminism

Prom Night (1980)

Prom Night (1980)

Four unpleasant children tease a fifth until she plummets out a window to her death.  They make a pact to tell no one what happened. Six years later to the day, they all prepare to go to their high school prom. One is going with Kim (Jamie Lee Curtis), the dead girl’s older sister and the

Psycho (1960)

Psycho (1960)

Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), a young, unhappy woman, steals $40,000 and leaves her old life behind, hoping the money can solve her boyfriend’s (John Gavin) financial problems, and maybe give her a future. During a storm, she stops at The Bates Motel, run by Norman (Anthony Perkins) for his invalid mother. Soon, Marion’s sister, Lila (Vera

Psycho (1998)

Psycho (1998)

Marion Crane (Anne Heche), a young, unhappy woman, steals $400,000 and leaves her old life behind, hoping the money can solve her boyfriend’s (Viggo Mortensen) financial problems, and maybe give her a future. During a storm, she stops at The Bates Motel, run by Norman (Vince Vaughn) for his invalid mother. Soon, Marion’s sister, Lila (Julianne

Psycho III (1986)

Psycho III (1986)

A disturbed ex-nun (Diana Scarwid) and a musician (Jeff Fahey) find themselves at the Bates Hotel where Norman (Anthony Perkins) is still having problems with his mother.  Norman is attracted to the ex-nun, who reminds him of the girl “mother” killed twenty-two years earlier.  While the musician and a reporter try to dig up a