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**Directed by: Brian Clemens**
**Starring: Horst Janson, John Carson, Caroline Munro, Shane Briant, Wanda Ventham**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, World Building, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Melodramatic, Cheesy**

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)

October 18, 2020

A master swordsman and his hunchback assistant attempt to hunt a vampire that has been plaguing a town, with the help of one of its citizens.

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**Directed by: Richard Attenborough**
**Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time:1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Themes, Atmosphere**

Magic (1978)

October 17, 2020

A ventriloquist’s peculiar relationship with his dummy begins to affect his personal life.

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**Directed by: William Lustig**
**Starring: Joe Spinell, Tom Savini, Caroline Munro, Abigail Clayton**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects, Atmosphere, Joe Spinell**
**WEAKNESSES: It’s Pretty F*cked Up**

Maniac (1980)

October 16, 2020

A psychotic man struggles with his impulse to kill and scalp women.

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**Directed by: William Lustig**
**Starring: Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Robert Z’Dar**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Schlocky Fun, Bruce Campbell**
**WEAKNESSES: Pretty Much Everything**

Maniac Cop (1988)

October 16, 2020

A killer dressed as a cop prowls the streets of NYC. IS ANYWHERE SAFE!?

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**Directed by: Christopher Smith**
**Starring: Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Andy Nyman, Toby Stephens**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence, Language, Drug Content and Some Sexuality/Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 36 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Humor, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Run of the Mill**

Severance (2006)

October 15, 2020

A dark comedy about a group of workers who travel to a remote location for an office retreat, but are attacked along the way.

71yUIAE3-LL._SL1444_.jpg — Demon Seed (1977)

**Directed by: Donald Cammell**
**Starring: Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Themes, Acting, Some Creepy Moments**
**WEAKNESSES: Schmaltzy/Dated Effects and Ideas**

Demon Seed (1977)

October 14, 2020

A scientist creates Proteus- a type of artificial intelligence that can learn on its own. Proteus soon becomes obsessed with the scientist’s wife.

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**Directed by: Mariano Baino**
**Starring: Louise Salter, Venera Simmons, Mariya Kapnist**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Production Design, Atmosphere, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Slightly Schmaltzy Climax, Mild Pacing in First Act**

Dark Waters (1993)

October 13, 2020

After the death of her father, a young girl travels to a remote convent on an island to find out why her father funded it for years.

Alucarda (1977)

October 13, 2020

A young girl arrives at a convent where she and her new best friend awaken an evil presence.

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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.

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**Directed by: Adam Simon**
**Starring: Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Inventiveness**
**WEAKNESSES: Predictability, Acting, Schmaltzy Moments**

Brain Dead (1990)

October 8, 2020

A neurosurgeon is recruited to extract crucial data from the mind of a paranoid schizophrenic, and finds he himself in a waking nightmare.

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**Directed by: Vincente Aranda**
**Starring: Simon Andreu, Maribel Martin, Alexandra Bastedo**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 22 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Dream Sequence, Atmosphere, Production Design, Weird Twist**
**WEAKNESSES: Mild Pacing, Thin Story and Characters**

The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)

October 4, 2020

Newlywed Susan is haunted by visions of a centuries-old woman who murdered her husband on her wedding night.

Audition (1999)

October 2, 2020

A widower takes an opportunity to screen girls at an audition arranged for him by a friend to find a new wife, only the girl whom the widower chooses to date is not at all who she seems.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Extended Edition) (2014)

April 15, 2020

The concluding chapter in The Hobbit Trilogy.

Come to Daddy (2019)

March 9, 2020

A man in his thirties travels to a remote cabin to connect with the father he never knew.

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**Directed by: Bong Joon Ho**
**Starring: Chris Evans, Kang-ho Song, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Alison Pill**
**Rated: R for Violence, Language and Drug Content**
**Running Time: 2 h 6 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: World Building, Directing, Story, Themes, Fun, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: Sort of Messy**

Snowpiercer (2013)

March 4, 2020

In a frozen post-apocalyptic world, the only survivors of humanity ride a train that travels around the world in an endless cycle.

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**Directed by: Leigh Whannell**
**Starring: Elizabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Harriet Dyer, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Storm Reid**
**Rated: R for Some Strong Bloody Violence, and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 4 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Some Great Scenes, Acting, Some Themes, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Lots of Tiny Plot Holes, Uneven Quality**

The Invisible Man (2020)

February 28, 2020

After Cecilia’s abusive ex Adrian takes his own life and leaves her a fortune, she begins to experience strange phenomena and suspects Adrian might be behind it.

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**Directed by: David Lynch**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Crispin Glover, Isabella Rossellini, Harry Dean Stanton, Dianne Ladd, Jack Nance, Sherilyn Fenn**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 5 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Story, Weirdness, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Lynch-lite, Somewhat Silly at Times**

Wild at Heart (1990)

February 27, 2020

Young lovers Sailor and Lula go on the run after Lula’s mother tries to keep them apart by any means necessary.

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**Directed by: David Lynch**
**Starring: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Madchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, David Bowie, Heather Graham, David Lynch, Peggy Lipton, Kyle Maclachan**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Sex, and Drug Content, and for Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 14 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Good Companion Piece to Frist Two Seasons of Twin Peaks**
**WEAKNESSES: No Reason to Watch Unless You’ve Seen Twin Peaks**

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

February 25, 2020

As FBI agents investigate strange murders that might be connected, Laura Palmer goes about her daily routine, unaware that tragedy will soon befall her.

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**Directed by: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz**
**Starring: Riley Keough, Richard Armitage, Alicia Silverstone, Jaeden Martel, Lia McHugh**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Violence, Some Bloody Images and Brief Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 48 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Some Atmosphere, Acting, Final Act**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Predictable**

The Lodge (2019)

February 21, 2020

A soon-to-be stepmother takes her fiancé’s children to a remote lodge to get to know them, but soon unusual events start to plague them.

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