Cujo (1983)
Cujo is a simple story, adapted from the 1981 Stephen King novel of the same name, about a St. Bernard who becomes a bloodthirsty monster once he goes rabid following a bite from a bat. ...
Category: Horror
How to Make a Monster (2001)
One of several 2001 straight-to-cable “Creature Features” remade (in name only) from a nearly equally corny American International Pictures flick from the 1950s, How to Make a Monster starts its film with children game testing the...
The Exorcist (1973)
William Peter Blatty (A Shot in the Dark, The Ninth Configuration) provides the Oscar-winning screenplay, based on his best-selling 1971 horror novel, which in turn is purportedly partially based on a true-life exorcism performed in...
Zombieland (2009)
Refreshing, in these times, to find a spoof on a genre of films that isn’t just rattling off of pop culture references and obvious sight gags, though Shaun of the Dead is still a favorite for...
Firestarter (1984)
Based on the novel by Stephen King, Firestarter stars Drew Barrymore (E.T. the Extraterrestrial, Cat’s Eye) as youngster Charlie McGee, the super-gifted offspring of “Jedi mind trick”-using father Andy (Keith, Major League II) and mind-reading mother Vicky (Locklear, Money...
The Mummy Returns (2001)
Although only three years have passed since the first film in real time, this sequel takes place about a decade years after the events of The Mummy. Adventurer Rick O’Connell (Fraser, Monkeybone) and librarian Evelyn...
The Ruins (2008)
A Simple Plan‘s Scott Smith pens the screenplay for this shocker, based on his book of the same name, to middling results. The bulk of the story takes place in Mexico, in Cancun, near the...
The Mummy (1999)
A barely recognizable remake of the 1932 Boris Karloff classic, 1999’s The Mummy tells the tale of the Ancient Egyptian high priest, Imhotep (Vosloo, Agent Cody Banks), who made the fatal error of engaging in an affair...
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
With Hellboy II: The Golden Army, writer-director Guillermo del Toro (Blade II, Mimic) continues his tradition of making visually magnificent spectacles that succeed not just through gorgeous eye candy, but by giving his characters the room to...
Cloverfield (2008)
Cloverfield‘s premise isn’t dissimilar to The Blair Witch Project in that it is a mock home video taken of a terrifying event shot by one of the eyewitnesses. The opening written blurbs indicate that the...