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Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)

Review by CJ

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Director:
Anthony C. Ferrante

Starring:
Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Masiela Lusha, Cody Linley, Imani Hakim, Ryan Newman, David Hasselhoff

Other notable appearances:
Gary Busey, Tommy Davidson, Stacey Dash, Steffanie Busey, Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman, David Faustino, Gilbert Gottfried, Steve Guttenberg, Justine Ezarik, Paul Shaffer, Scott ‘Carrot Top’ Thompson, Caroline Williams, Dan Yeager, Gena Lee Nolan, Alexandra Paul and so many more

Running time:
95 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Sharknado, Sharknado 2: The Second One, Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!, Deep Blue Sea, Zombeavers

 

It has been five years since the last sharknado thanks to new preventative technology. When an anomalous sharknado appears in a dust storm, the sharknadoes begin to evolve to their surroundings and adapt to survive the technology designed to stop them. It is once again up to Fin Shepard (Ziering) and his family to save the world from various types of sharknadoes.

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Santa Clarita Diet: Season One

Review by CJ

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Director:
Ruben Fleischer, Marc Buckland, Ken Kwapis, Craig Zisk, Lynn Shelton, Steve Pink, Tamra Davis, Dean Parisot

Writer:
Victor Fresco, Clay Graham, Michael A. Ross, Chadd Gindin, Leila Cohan-Miccio, Ben Smith, Aaron Brownstein, Simon Ganz, Sarah Walker,

Starring:
Drew Barrymore, Timothy Olyphant, Liv Hewson, Skyler Gisondo, Ricardo Chavira, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Richard T. Jones, Joy Omanski

Other notable appearances:
Nathan Fillion, Andy Richter, Patricia Belcher, Patton Oswalt, Thomas Lennon, Deobia Oparei, Natalie Morales, Portia de Rossi

Running time:
30 minutes per episode

Number of episodes:
10

 

Sheila (Barrymore) and Joel (Olyphant) are a normal married couple with a normal daughter (Hewson) living and working as realtors in sunny Santa Clarita. When Sheila dies and comes back to life, the family must make some significant adjustments to their lifestyle.

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Rings (2017)

Review by CJ

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Director:
F. Javier Gutiérrez

Starring:
Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Vincent D’Onofrio

Other notable appearances:
Bonnie Morgan

Running time:
102 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Ring, The Grudge, The Conjuring

 

College professor Gabriel (Galecki) discovers a videotape that causes anyone who watches it to be tormented and ultimately killed after seven days. Gabriel decides there is a study to be done of this phenomenon and gets students to watch it so that the effects can be observed. When Julia (Lutz) finds out that her boyfriend Holt (Roe) is involved, she will stop at nothing to free him from Samara’s curse.

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The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)

Review by CJ

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Director:
Peter Cornwell

Starring:
Kyle Gallner, Virginia Madsen, Martin Donovan, Ty Wood, Sophi Knight, Amanda Crew

Other notable appearances:
Elias Koteas

Running time:
92 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Amityville Horror, The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2, Poltergeist

 

The Campbell family move to a house in Connecticut to be closer to the hospital at which eldest son Matt (Gallner) is undergoing cancer treatment. The family soon learn that their new home was previously a funeral home and that they are not the only current tenants.

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What We Do In The Shadows (2014)

Review by CJ

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Director:
Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi

Starring:
Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, Jonathan Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Ben Fransham

Other notable appearances:
Stuart Rutherford, Jackie van Beek, Rhys Darby

Running time:
86 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Shaun of the Dead, Dark Shadows, Flight of the Conchords

 

A documentary team is given access to film a small group of vampires living in New Zealand.

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