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**Directed by: Dario Argento**
**Starring: Asia Argento, Piper Laurie, Christopher Rydell, Frederic Forrest, Brad Dourif**
**Rated: R for Violence and Terror, and for Some Sexuality and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 46 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: A Couple Cool Kills, Some Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting, Writing, Pacing, Some Weird Directing Choices**

Dario Argento's Trauma (1993)

October 11, 2020

A young man tries to help a teenage European after she witnesses the murder of her parents.

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**Directed by: Ole Bornedal**
**Starring: Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin, Lauren Graham, Brad Dourif, John C Reilly**
**Rated: R for Strong, Morbid Violence, Language, Sexuality and Some Drug Content**
**Running Time: 1 h 41 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Concept, Some Direction**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Most Acting, Some Execution**

Nightwatch (1997)

October 10, 2020

A law student at a morgue begins to discover clues that implicate him as the lead suspect in a series of grotesque murders.

MV5BNjA4MTE4NTQzN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjM5MzkwMzE@._V1_.jpg — The Exorcist III: Legion (1990)

**Directed by: William Peter Blatty**
**Starring: George C. Scott, Brad Dourif, Ed Flanders, Jason Miller**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 50 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Brad Dourif, Story, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Heavy-Handedness, Some Acting**

The Exorcist III: Legion (1990)

October 30, 2019

A police lieutenant finds a series of murders are linked to a murders done by a famous serial killer more than fifteen years ago.

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**Directed by: Ronny Yu**
**Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile, Gordon Michael Woolvett**
**Rated: R for Strong Horror Violence and Gore, Language, Some Sexual Content and Brief Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Humor, Some Special Effects, Some Story Elements**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Story Elements, Human Characters**

Bride of Chucky (1998)

October 18, 2019

Charles Lee Ray’s ex-girlfriend Tiffany resurrects the serial killing doll Chucky, and through a series of unfortunate events, becomes a doll herself. The two engage in a killing spree as they trek across the country towards Charles’ grave.

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**Directed by: John Lafia**
**Starring: Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, Christine Elise, Brad Dourif**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Chucky Fights**
**WEAKNESSES: Literally Everything Else**

Child's Play 2 (1990)

October 18, 2019

Chucky (somehow) returns to once again try to claim Andy’s soul.

Curse of Chucky (2013)

October 18, 2019

After her mother’s unusual death, a woman begins to suspect that the Good Guy doll that was sent to her by mistake might be alive and murderous.

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**Directed by: Don Mancini**
**Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Alex Vincent, Fiona Dourif, Brad Dourif, Michael Therriault, Adam Hurtig**
**Rated: R for Strong Horror Violence, Grisly Images, Language, Brief Sexuality and Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Last Fifteen Minutes, Character Progression**
**WEAKNESSES: Production Design, Pacing, Acting, Plot Holes**

Cult of Chucky (2017)

October 18, 2019

Chucky works his way into the insane asylum where Nica Pierce is being kept, and meanwhile, Andy Barclay tries to hunt down his old rival once and for all.

MV5BMTIwMTczMjc3M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODcxMzcyMQ@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,641,1000_AL_.jpg — Seed of Chucky (2004)

**Directed by: Don Mancini**
**Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Redman, John Waters, Jason Flemyng, Billy Boyd, Brad Dourif, Brittany Spears**
**Rated: R for Strong Horror Violence/Gore, Sexual Content and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Writing, Actual Character Arcs, Humor, Some Directing, Relevance**
**WEAKNESSES: It’s Pretty Stupid**

Seed of Chucky (2004)

October 18, 2019

Several years after Chucky and Tiffany were last killed, their child returns to resurrect them. The family then terrorizes a movie production based on their previous murder sprees.

Child's Play (1988)

October 18, 2019

A single mother gives her son the latest toy craze- a Good Guys doll- for his birthday, only to find out that her particular doll has been possessed by the soul of a serial killer. What a bummer…

MV5BMTcyMzY0NTMzMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTc1MjY4Mg@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,676,1000_AL_.jpg — Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

**Directed by: Werner Herzog**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Xzibit, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Tom Bower, Brad Dourif, Shea Whigham, Michael Shannnon**
**Rated: R for Drug Use and Language Throughout, Some Violence and Sexuality**
**Running Time: 2 h 2 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Cheesy Ending, Uneven Quality**

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

August 19, 2019

A drug and gambling addicted detective working in post-Katrina New Orleans investigates the brutal killings of five Senegalese immigrants.

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