PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (2009) Starring Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong, Randy McDowell, Ashley Palmer and Tim Piper. Screenplay by Oren Peli. Directed by Oren Peli. Distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. 99 minutes. Rated R. Somewhere in the mania to build a gorier mousetrap, the makers of horror films forgot one very basic truism: what … Continue reading
ORPHAN (2009) Starring Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, Jimmy Bennett, Aryana Engineer, Margo Martindale, Karel Roden, Rosemary Dunsmore, Jamie Young, Lorry Ayers, Brendan Wall and Genelle Williams. Screenplay by David Leslie Johnson. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. 123 minutes. Rated R. Poor Vera Farmiga. This is the second … Continue reading
HOMECOMING (2009) Starring Mischa Barton, Matt Long, Jessica Stroup, Michael Landes, Allen Williamson, Joshua Elijah Reese, Nick Pasqual, Joe Forgione, Alex Hooper, Denise Dal Vera, Byrdie Bell, Amanda Jane Cooper, Mary Griffin, Logan C. Sayre, Benjamin Jeran McGinn, Emily Martin, Olivia Duball and Danielle Simone. Screenplay by Katie L. Fetting. Directed by Morgan J. Freeman. … Continue reading
ELSEWHERE (2009) Starring Anna Kendrick, Tania Raymonde, Chuck Carter, Olivia Dawn York, Paul Wesley, Jon Gries, Kinna McInroe, Jeffrey Daniel Phillips, Suzanne Lang, Joshua Swanson, Shannon Holt and Eddie Martinez. Screenplay by Nathan Hope. Directed by Nathan Hope. Distributed by E1 Entertainment. 106 minutes. Rated R. When you review films for a while, you quickly … Continue reading
FRIDAY THE 13TH (2009) Starring Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Amanda Righetti, Aaron Yoo, Travis Van Winkle, Derek Mears, Julianna Guill, Ben Feldman, Ryan Hansen, Arlen Escarpeta, America Olivo and Willa Ford. Screenplay by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. Directed by Marcus Nispel. Distributed by New Line Cinema. 95 minutes. Rated R. There were eleven Friday the … Continue reading
BLACK CHRISTMAS (2006) Starring Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Crystal Lowe, Andrea Martin, Kristen Cloke, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Hudson, Lacey Chabert, Kathleen Kole, Jessica Harmon, Leela Savasta and Clark Gregg. Screenplay by Glen Morgan. Directed by Glen Morgan. Distributed by Dimension Films. 84 minutes. Rated R. There are very few movies in the world that … Continue reading
HOUSE (2008) Starring Michael Madsen, Reynaldo Rosales, Heidi Dippold, J.P. Davis, Julie Ann Emery, Lew Temple, Bill Moseley, Leslie Easterbrook, Pawel Delag, Weronika Rosati, Alanna Bale, Mark Fierer, Florentyna Synowiecka, Andrew Gorzen and Albert Pietrzak. Screenplay by Rob Green. Directed by Robby Henson. Distributed by Roadside Attractions / LionsGate Films. 88 minutes. Rated R. Is … Continue reading
Sara Paxton Takes a Sharp Left Turn to the Last House by Jay S. Jacobs It’s never easy for a child star to make the jump to serious adult roles. For every Jodie Foster or Elijah Wood there are dozens of actors who can’t seem to get work once they hit puberty. Sara Paxton has … Continue reading
THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (2009) Starring Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton, Garret Dillahunt, Spencer Treat Clark, Martha MacIsaac, Aaron Paul, Riki Lindhome and Joshua Cox. Screenplay by Adam Alleca and Carl Ellsworth. Directed by Dennis Iliadis. Distributed by Rogue Pictures. 110 minutes. Rated R. Yet another horror classic from my childhood is … Continue reading
THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY (2008) Starring Haley Bennett, Chace Crawford, Shannon Marie Woodward, Shanna Collins, AnnaLynne McCord, Marin Hinkle, Nina Siemaszko, Josh Stewart, Randy Wayne, John Newton, Jessica Lowndes and Jake Weber. Screenplay by John Travis and Rebecca Sonnenshine. Directed by Mickey Liddell. Distributed by Freestyle Releasing. 86 minutes. Rated PG-13. The title The Haunting … Continue reading
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