One Missed Call (2008)

One Missed Call (2008)

After receiving a phone call from herself, prophesizing her death, a twenty-something co-ed is drowned in her fish pond by unseen hands. The next friend to get a call also dies, and so on and so on. Beth (Shannyn Sossamon) was a friend of all the victims, and as the the ghostly killer appears to

The Orphanage (2007)

The Orphanage (2007)

Laura (Belén Rueda) returns to the now-abandoned orphanage where she was raised, planning to reopen it for special needs children. The area seems to have an odd effect on her son, Simón, who picks up a lot of imaginary friends, one of whom tells him he’s adopted and HIV positive. When Simón disappears, the police suspect

The Others (2001)

The Others (2001)

Grace (Nicole Kidman) and her two children live in a secluded, always darkened house which may be haunted. The arrival of three mysterious servants mark an increase in ghostly activity, and indicate that there is a secret that Grace is not ready to hear. Quick Review: There is no questioning the skill of everyone who worked

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)

Steve, Diane, Robbie, and Carol Anne Freeling (Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Oliver Robins, Heather O’Rourke) have been forced to move in with Diane’s mother after their house was destroyed in Poltergeist.  The spirits, lead by the evil Reverend Kane (Julian Beck), still want Carol Anne, and it is up to the Freelings and an

Portrait of Jennie (1948)

Portrait of Jennie (1948)

Down-on-his-luck artist, Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten), finds inspiration in a peculiar young girl named Jennie (Jennifer Jones) that he meets in the park.  She speaks of things that have been gone for years.  Each time Adams runs into her, she has aged many years, and Adams begins to suspect he is falling in love with

Pulse {Kairo} (2001)

Pulse {Kairo} (2001)

Michi turns up at Taguchi’s apartment to pick up a computer disk and to make sure he’s OK.  Since he hangs himself, it’s clear he wasn’t OK.  Another friend gets the disk, and then he begins to act strangely too.  Meanwhile, Kawashima, a university student, is setting up his first computer.  He’s frightened when it

Pulse (2006)

Pulse (2006)

Mattie (Kristen Bell) finds her boyfriend, Josh (Jonathan Tucker), hanging from a telephone cable.  Soon other friends and strangers are committing suicide or disappearing and ghostly images are popping up on the internet.  Teaming up with Dexter (Ian Somerhalder), who purchased Josh’s computer, Mattie tries to discover what is happening and if the code that

R-Point (2004)

R-Point (2004)

During the Vietnam war, a motley platoon of Korean soldiers, led by a sadistic sergeant and a lieutenant who has a reputation for losing men, are sent to find a unit that disappeared six months ago.  They make their camp in an abandoned building in the middle of sacred ground and immediately are engulfed in

Reincarnation {Rinne} (2005)

Reincarnation {Rinne} (2005)

Timid actress Nagisa Sugiura gets a lead role in a horror film that reenacts a mass murder. Years ago, a professor obsessed with reincarnation, killed the staff and guests of a hotel, including his own children. Nagisa has visions related to the horrendous event, and soon can’t tell the difference between the movie-shoot and the real

The Ring (2001) / Ringu (1998) / The Ring Virus (1999)

The Ring (2001) / Ringu (1998) / The Ring Virus (1999)

The Ring (2001) Anyone who watches a strange videotape dies one week later.  A reporter (Naomi Watts/Matsushima Nanako/Shin Eun-Kyung) and her ex search for the origins of the tape, and how to stop the curse before it kills them and their child . Horror films are rarely actually frightening.  They can be sickening, repulsive, suspenseful,

The Ring Two (2005)

The Ring Two (2005)

Hoping to start over after the events of The Ring, Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) has moved to a small town with her son Aidan (David Dorfman), but the videotape that kills in seven days pops up again, killing a local student. Rachel destroys the copy. Aidan is then possessed by the ghost of Samara and Rachel must

Rings (2005)

Rings (2005)

Gen-Y thrill seekers watch a cursed videotape that kills in 7 days, and then see how long they can hold out before having someone else watch a duplicate, thus breaking the curse.  Jake (Ryan Merriman), an obnoxious high school student, is drawn in by the college crowd to play this dangerous game, but when the