7
May

Paranormal Activity (2007)

paranormal_activity_poster_mini MPAA Rating: R IMDB
Category: Supernatural

Overall:

9/10

Scary/Suspense: 9/10
Gore/Yuck: 2/10
Story: 8/10
SFX: 7/10
Acting: 7/10

Quick Synopsis:

Katie has been bothered by a supernatural force for many years.  It isn’t until her boyfriend, Micah, decides to start documenting the activity that things escalate.  Failing to heed the recommendation of a psychic, Micah takes actions that ultimately provoke the demon to new levels of terror.
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20
Feb

The Burrowers (2008)

the_burrowers_mini MPAA Rating: R IMDB
Category: Creature

Overall:

7/10

Scary/Suspense: 8/10
Gore/Yuck: 8/10
Story: 6/10
SFX: 6/10
Acting: 6/10

Quick Synopsis:

The year is 1879.  A pioneer family in the Dakota Terrorities is discovered mysteriously murdered when Fergus Coffey comes to pay a visit to his sweetheart.   Not everyone in the family are accounted for, and a rescue party is formed to chase after what is assumed a party Sioux Indians.   They find out all too late what is not only chasing them, but the Indians as well…
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19
Feb

Day of the Dead (1985)

day of the dead_mini MPAA Rating: UR IMDB
Category: Zombies

Overall:

6/10

Scary/Suspense: 4/10
Gore/Yuck: 8/10
Story: 4/10
SFX: 8/10
Acting: 1/10

Quick Synopsis:

A group of survivors composed of soldiers and civilians have taken refuge from the undead hoard deep within the earth in a historical records preservation tunnel.  Amongst the records and relics from history’s past the group tries to find a way to stop the zombies so that mankind can survive.  Dr. Logan, better known as Dr. Frankenstein, may have discovered a way to connect with the zombies when when his test subject, Bub, shows signs of intelligence.  Little does the group realize that the real threat is actually themselves…
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13
Feb

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

DawnOfTheDeadPoster_mini MPAA Rating: R IMDB
Category: Zombies

Overall:

7/10

Scary/Suspense: 4/10
Gore/Yuck: 7/10
Story: 7/10
SFX: 7/10
Acting: 5/10

Quick Synopsis:

A traffic reporter and his news-station-executive girlfriend team up with two Philadelphia SWAT members in an attempt to flee the city overrun with zombies.  They escape in an news helicopter and eventually find refuge in an abandoned mall in Monroeville, just west of the city.  The group works together to secure their new living arrangements from the lumbering dead, but soon a band of very much alive raiders-on-motorcycles turns their world upside down.
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15
Jan

Critters (1986)

critters_mini MPAA Rating: PG-13 IMDB
Category: Creature Horror

Overall:

6/10

Scary/Suspense: 7/10
Gore/Yuck: 6/10
Story: 6/10
SFX: 7/10
Acting: 5/10

Quick Synopsis:

A group of Crites break out of maximum security prision on a penal astroid somewhere across the galaxy.  They steal a ship and make a quick getaway in search of a place to hide, eat and breed.  A pair of shapeshifting bounty hunters are sent to hunt them down and a farm outside the small dusty town of Grovers Bend Kansas soon becomes the stage for an intergalatic confrontation.
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18
Dec

Lord of Illusions (1995)

Lord-of-Illusions_mini MPAA Rating: R IMDB
Category: Supernatural Horror

Overall:

5/10

Scary/Suspense: 6/10
Gore/Yuck: 8/10
Story: 5/10
SFX: 6/10
Acting: 4/10

Quick Synopsis:

Harry D’Amour, a NY private detective, that has some past history of supernatural cases is drawn into  the world of magic and illusion while on a case in LA.   The wife of the mega star illusionist, Swann, hires Harry to protect Swann from the members of a cult that is awaiting the return of their master, Nix.  And Swann should be worried.  As a former Nix cult member he was the one responsible for the banishment of his former master.
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4
Dec

Splinter (2008)

splinter_mini MPAA Rating: R IMDB
Category: Horror

Overall:

7/10

Scary/Suspense: 7/10
Gore/Yuck: 8/10
Story: 5/10
SFX: 7/10
Acting: 6/10

Quick Synopsis:

Two wilderness vacationers, Seth and Polly, stop to help a woman on the side of the road and quickly find themselves hostages of the a convict boyfriend on the run.   The whole group quickly finds themselves in even bigger danger when they hit some meaty animal in the middle of the road which mysteriously punctures both a tire and the radiator.   They seek supplies at a remote gas station, which quickly becomes their prison, as they find out what kind of biological abomination they are dealing with.
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26
Nov

Dagon (2001)

dagon_mini MPAA Rating: R IMDB
Category: Horror

Overall:

6/10

Scary/Suspense: 7/10
Gore/Yuck: 5/10
Story: 6/10
SFX: 6/10
Acting: 6/10

Quick Synopsis:

Based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, an unnatural fast moving storm causes a lesuire boat to run aground injuring one of the passengers.  Vacationers Paul and Barbara go to shore seek aid from a mysteriously quiet fishing village.  They quickly find the elusive villagers are hiding something, and that they are the in big trouble.
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14
Nov

Frailty (2001)

frailty_mini MPAA Rating: R IMDB
Category: Horror

Overall:

8/10

Scary/Suspense: 8/10
Gore/Yuck: 3/10
Story: 9/10
SFX: 3/10
Acting: 9/10

Quick Synopsis:

Mr Meiks receives a series of visions from God in which he and his sons are to destroy “demons”. The oldest boy, Fenton, doesn’t believe in his father’s visions and is horrorfied once he starts to bring these his victims home to be destroyed. The younger son, Adam, easily accepts their mission and carries it on after their father is gone.
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13
Nov

Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

freddy_vs_jason_mini MPAA Rating: R IMDB
Category: Slasher

Overall:

8/10

Scary/Suspense: 7/10
Gore/Yuck: 8/10
Story: 8/10
SFX: 8/10
Acting: 7/10

Quick Synopsis:

Nobody remembers Freddy Krueger after the people of Springwood successfully quarantined all those who remembered him. Those who remember Freddy are institutionalized and given anti-dreaming pills. Freddy makes a deal with Jason Vorhees to help the people of Springwood remember, but it doesn’t all go to plan and soon Freddy has to deal with Jason’s rampage.
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