Jaws 2 (1978)
Shortly after the monumental success of Jaws, Universal Pictures wanted Steven Spielberg to follow up with another entry as part of a four-picture deal he signed with them. He didn’t bother to entertain that...
Category: Horror
Cat’s Eye (1985)
Cat’s Eye is an anthology of three Stephen King short stories, two of which were previously published in print in the “Night Shift” collection, “Quitters, Inc.” and “The Ledge”. The stories are united by the...
The Craft (1996)
Robin Tunney stars as Sarah, a newly relocated Los Angeles high school senior that immediately becomes fast friends with three other similarly spiritual, misfit girls. The new clique is actually a young coven of...
The Hidden (1987)
Screenwriter Jim Kouf came up with the plot of The Hidden after was musing about the escalating reports of random acts of violence he watched on the evening news. Often the perpetrator is described...
King Kong (1933)
Godzilla may be the King of Monsters, but King Kong may forever be the king of monster movies. A fantastic and lasting adventure, King Kong works on multiple levels. Although it was a spectacular feat in special effects...
The Fog (2005)
The original 1980 John Carpenter chiller, The Fog, wasn’t a great film by any means, but it did have interesting atmospherics and has achieved minor cult status for lovers of old school horror. Even so,...
The Fog (1980)
The small community at Antonio Bay is celebrating their centennial. It’s a cause for celebration, but also a concern, as strange events start to occur after midnight when the fog rolls in. At the...
The Descent (2005)
In 2002, Neil Marshall wrote and directed a cult horror flick called Dog Soldiers, which featured a group of men alone in the Scottish wilderness meeting and eventually fighting for their lives with a frightening...
Friday the 13th (1980)
The first in a series of truly awful slasher films, Friday the 13th sometimes gets some undeserved credit for being a landmark film in the genre, although clearly, it was Halloween that really nailed down the formula...
Jaws (1975)
Nearly a year prior to its publication in February 1974, film producers Richard Zanuck and David Brown, in collaboration with Universal Pictures, acquired the rights for a screen adaptation of “Jaws,” a novel being...