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A pop culture devotee who is happiest watching any incarnation of Star Trek, reading Stephen King or Joe Hill novels, viewing great movies [primarily from the action, horror, adventure or science fiction genres], or flipping through a DC comic. Dream jobs would include: Starfleet Captain, joining the Green Lantern Corps, Pokémon Master, Disney Princess or plumber for the Mushroom Kingdom.

Mother! (2017)

Director:
Darren Aronofsky

Starring:
Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer

Other notable appearances:
Kristen Wiig

Running time:
121 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, Exodus: Gods and Kings

 

A couple (Lawrence and Bardem) living in an isolated home react very differently when unexpected guests arrive at their doorstep.

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The Mist: Season One

Review by CJ

Director:
Adam Bernstein, David Boyd, Nick Murphy, T.J. Scott, Richard Laxton, James Hawes, Matthew Penn, Guy Ferland

Writer:
Stephen King (based on the novella by), Christian Torpe, Peter Macmanus, Peter Biegen, Andrew Wilder, Amanda Segel, Noah Griffith, Daniel Stewart, Daniel Talbott

Starring:
Morgan Spector, Alyssa Sutherland, Gus Birney, Russell Posner, Danica Curcic, Okezie Morro, Darren Pettie, Luke Cosgrove, Frances Conroy

Other notable appearances:
Erik Knudsen, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Bill Carr

Running time:
39-48 minutes

Number of episodes:
10

 

When a strange mist descends on the town of Bridgeville, citizens must defend themselves not just against what lurks in the mist but also what lurks in the townspeople.

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Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)

Review by CJ

Director:
Stephen Chiodo

Starring:
Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, John Vernon

Other notable appearances:
Some of the best terrible clown costumes in the solar system

Running time:
88 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Funhouse Massacre, Tremors, The Toxic Avenger

 

A group of clowns from outer space descend on a small town on Earth to capture, liquify and devour the human inhabitants. It is up to one police officer and four civilians to save their town before it gets too in-tents! (Not even sorry. That pun isn’t half as cheesy as this film.)

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It (2017)

Review by CJ

Director:
Andy Muschietti

Starring:
Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff

Other notable appearances:
Nicholas Hamilton, Jake Sim, Logan Thompson, Owen Teague, Jackson Robert Scott

Running time:
135 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Lights Out, Evil Dead, The Conjuring

 

Seven friends discover they are all being hunted by the same malevolent entity that has been feeding on children for centuries.

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Death Note (2017)

Review by CJ

Director:
Adam Wingard

Starring:
Nat Wolff, Willem Dafoe, Lakeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley

Other notable appearances:
Paul Nakauchi

Running time:
101 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Donnie Darko, The Crow

 

Light (Wolff) finds a journal that unites him with a death god named Ryuk (Dafoe) who will kill anyone whose name and method of death Light writes in the book. When Light starts to use the journal to kill anyone he deems to be evil, he quickly discovers that being a vigilante isn’t as easy as the comic books make it seem.

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