Release year: 1991 Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Screenwriter: Caroline Thompson, Charles Addams (based on characters by) Starring: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Elizabeth Wilson, Jimmy Workman, Carel Struycken Ratings: 1 Oscar nomination: Best Costume Design. 1 Golden Globe nomination: Best Actress Comedy/Musical (Anjelica Huston). Con artist Abigail Craven (Wilson) and her adopted son ..
Release year: 2019 Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett Screenwriter: Guy Busick, Christopher Murphy Starring: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell, Melanie Scrofano, Kristian Bruun There are so many jokes about awful in-laws but on her wedding night Grace (Weaving) is about to find out how terrible hers are, when ..
Silence is often a major factor in a suspenseful horror movie. Not in itself, but intense silence always begs the question of when and by what that silence will be broken. Sometimes, it just sounds cool in a title. We have selected five horror films below with “silent” titles. Let us know your favourite ..
Release year: 2020 Director: Il Cho Screenwriter: Il Cho, Matt Naylor Starring: Ah-In Yoo, Shin-Hye Park, Hyun-Wook Lee, Bae-Soo Jeon, Hye-Won Oh, Woon Jong Jeon With this and Train to Busan (2016) South Korea is quickly taking the throne as the Zombie masters of the world. Like Busan Il Cho’s feature film debut is a ..
Release Year: 1959 Director: William Castle Writer: Rob White Starring: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshall, Carolyn Craig, Elisha Cook, Julie Mitchum, Leona Anderson, Howard Hoffman Moviegeek Sunday Classic #328, week 42 2020 Eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren (Vincent Price) invites a group of strangers to stay i a haunted house. If they last ..
Release year: 2018 Director: Jeff Wadlow Screenwriter: Michael Reisz, Jillian Jacobs, Christopher Roach, Jeff Wadlow Starring: Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violett Beane, Hayden Szeto, Sophia Ali, Nolan Gerard Funk, Landon Liboiron A group of best friends go on a trip to Mexico. Here a charming stranger (Liboiron) convinces them to join him for a game ..
Release year: 1989 Director: Bob Balaban Screenwriter: Christopher Hawthorne Starring: Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Bryan Madorsky, Sandy Dennis, Kathryn Grody, Deborah Rush, Graham Jarvis In 1950s suburbia Michael (Madorsky) moves into a new house with his parents. Everything seems perfect, dad is at work while mum creates wonderful dinners. Except for Michael’s horrific nightmares ..
Release year: 2011 Director: Joe Cornish Screenwriter: Joe Cornish Starring: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones, Franz Drameh, Luke Treadaway, Nick Frost As a teen gang led by Moses (Boyega) is robbing Sam (Whittaker) an alien strikes down next to them. As the one turn to several, the gang changes their focus to ..
Horror is one of the fundational genres of cinema and during the silent era there was a plethora of horror classics that remains captivating to this day. Naturally, that entails a capacity to appreciate the magic of silent cinema, something not everyone has. But horror seems to work particularly well, at least in the hands ..
Release year: 2017 Director: Mike Flanagan Screenwriter: Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard, Stephen King (based on the novel by) Starring: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Chiara Aurelia, Carel Struycken, Henry Thomas, Kate Siegel, Adalyn Jones Trying to spice up their marriage Jessie (Gugino) and Gerald (Greenwood) goes to their remote lake house to spend some alone ..
Release year: 1932 Director: James Whale Screenplay: Benn W. Levy, J.B. Priestly (based on the novel by) Starring: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Gloria Stuart, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger, Eva Moore, Raymond Massey Moviegeek Sunday Classic #327, week 41 2020 During a horrible storm five strangers seek shelter in the gloomy mansion of the ..
Release year: 2002 Director: Danny Boyle Screenwriter: Alex Garland Starring: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, Noah Huntley, Leo Bill Ratings: Saturn Award: Best Horror Film. Empire Award: Best British Film. Four weeks after a mysterious and incurable virus has spread across the UK leaving few survivors fighting of the zombies ..
