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They (2002)

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Review by CJ

They

Director:
Robert Harmon

Starring:
Laura Regan, Marc Blucas, Ethan Embry, Dagmara Dominczyk, Jon Abrahams, Jay Brazeau

Other notable appearances:
Acting and story that makes Tara Reid and Sharknado look eligible for Oscars

Running time:
89 minutes

 

Julia (Regan), Billy (Abrahams), Sam (Embry), and Terry (Dominczyk) are early twenty-somethings who were all plagued with horrific childhood night terrors. When Billy commits suicide in front of Julia, he is rambling about creatures who only exist in the darkness. Soon Julia, Sam, and Terry are confronted by the same creatures who haunted their childhood. The remaining three embark on a struggle for their lives against creatures who exist in every shadow.

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Deliver Us From Evil (2014)

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Deliver Us From Evil

Director:
Scott Derrickson

Starring:
Eric Bana, Édgar Ramírez, Joel McHale, Sean Harris

Running time:
118 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Exorcist, The Conjuring

 

“Inspired by a true story.”

Ralph Sarchie (Bana) is an officer of the NYPD who gets hunches when a case is going to be particularly challenging. With his adrenaline-junkie partner (McHale) in tow, Sarchie requests these cases to feed his curiosity.

When a series of cases involving doors (or in some cases The Doors), painters, and certifiable insanity appear within a few days of each other, Sarchie begins to see a clean connection. Though the further Sarchie investigates, the less it seems he can protect his family and hold onto his own sanity in the face of a paranormal and religious experience he never expected.

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Piranhaconda (2012)

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Piranhaconda

Director:
Jim Wynorski

Starring:
Rib Hillis, Terri Ivens, Shandi Finnessey, Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter

Other notable appearances:
Slimy, oozy piranhaconda eggs and their bitey parents

Running time:
85 minutes

Watch this if you liked: Anaconda 1-4, Sharktopus, Piranha 3D

 

A film crew happens to be filming their horror movie in Hawaii near where a scientist has recently stolen a piranhaconda’s egg. The film crew and scientist both get taken hostage by a group of mercenaries and lots of people from all parties end up being eaten by a giant snake-piranha hybrid. That’s pretty much it – these movies aren’t really known for their plots.

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RoboCroc (2013)

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Review by CJ

Robocroc

Director:
Arthur Sinclair

Starring:
Corin Nemec, Lisa McAllister, Dee Wallace, Steven Hartley

Other notable appearances:
A pair of crocs shoes

Running time:
77 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Lake Placid, Dinocroc vs. Supergator

 

A shuttle carrying government nanotechnology explodes, ejecting its payload into a crocodile enclosure at a water adventure park. The nanotechnology integrates with the park’s Australian saltwater crocodile, Stella, and sends her on a single minded mission for survival. This, of course, includes detecting food in the form of the park’s guests and staff. It’s up to zookeeper Duffy (Nemec) to predict Stella’s next move and stop her before RoboCroc can take over completely.

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Amphibious (2010)

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Amphibious

Director:
Brian Yuzna

Starring:
Janna Fassaert, Michael Paré, Monica Sayangbati

Other notable appearances:
Giant aquatic scorpion

Running time:
83 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Anaconda, Jaws, Piranha

 

Two young brothers are sold into slavery aboard a fishing platform off the coast of Indonesia. When the oldest boy is killed by one of the slavers, the youngest child invokes Dukun (Indonesian shaman) magic to seek revenge in the form of a giant, man-eating scorpion. It’s up to a marine biologist and the crew she chartered to save the children on the fishing platform before they all become scorpion food.

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