Tag Archives: Horror

Snakes on a Plane (2006)

Review by CJ

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Director:
David R. Ellis

Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips

Other notable appearances:
Sunny Mabrey, Rachel Blanchard, Kenan Thompson, David Koechner

Running time:
105 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Deep Blue Sea, Lake Placid, Anaconda

 

There are snakes. They’re on a plane. Madness and chaos ensue.

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The Shallows (2016)

Review by CJ

The Shallows

Director:
Jaume Collet-Serra

Starring:
Blake Lively, Sully Seagull

Other notable appearances:
A really big great white shark

Running time:
86 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Jaws, The Reef, Bait

 

Nancy (Lively) travels to a secret Mexican beach to surf and mourn her mother who had travelled to the same beach while pregnant with her. While there, Nancy unwittingly swims into the territory of a great white shark and is marooned 200 yards from the shore. Nancy must fight for her life against the elements, her injuries and one of the world’s oldest predators.

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Lights Out (2016)

Review by CJ

Lights Out

Director:
David F. Sandberg

Starring:
Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Alexander DiPersia, Maria Bello

Other notable appearances:
Billy Burke

Running time:
81 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Conjuring, Sinister, Poltergeist (2015)

 

When Rebecca’s (Palmer) brother Martin (Bateman) starts to see the same figure that haunted Rebecca as a child, the siblings discover they have every reason to be afraid of the dark.

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Penny Dreadful: Season Three

Review by CJ

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Director:
Damon Thomas, Toa Fraser, Paco Cabezas

Writer:
John Logan, Andrew Hinderaker, Krysty Wilson-Cairns

Starring:
Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Harry Treadaway, Reeve Carney, Rory Kinnear, Billie Piper, Christian Camargo, Wes Studi

Other notable appearances:
Sarah Greene, Patti LuPone, Shazad Latif, Samuel Barnett, Perdita Weeks, Jessica Barden

Running time:
44-60 minutes

Number of episodes:
9

 

After their final encounter with the witches last season, this season — the last in the series — sees Vanessa Ives’ (Green) band of misfits scattered. Sir Malcolm Murray (Dalton) travels to Africa to return Sambene’s body to his homeland. Ethan Chandler (Hartnett) returns to America to face the consequences of the as yet unmentioned actions he made there. Lily Frankenstein (Piper) and Dorian Gray (Carney) plan world domination. Victor Frankenstein (Treadaway) nurses his broken heart with the help of an old friend (Latif). When darkness once again descends on Vanessa in London, will her friends be able to help her or will she succumb to the night?

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The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Review by CJ

The Conjuring 2

Director:
James Wan

Starring:
Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Madison Wolfe, Frances O’Connor, Simon McBurney

Other notable appearances:
Bob Adrian, Bonnie Aarons

Running time:
134 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Conjuring, Annabelle, Sinister

Six years after the events of The Conjuring Ed (Wilson) and Lorraine (Farmiga) Warren travel to England to investigate a haunting and possession in Enfield. This film is based on the true accounts of real life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.

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