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**Directed by: David Schmoeller**
**Starring: Paul Le Mat, William Hickey, Irene Miracle**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Puppets**
**WEAKNESSES: Literally Everything Else**

Puppet Master (1989)

October 10, 2018

A group of psychics attend a funeral for an old colleague, only to be attacked by murderous sentient puppets.

MV5BNTYzMDYzMzA1MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODUzODg2NDM@._V1_.jpg — Unsane (2018)

**Directed by: Steven Soderbergh**
**Starring: Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Behavior, Violence, Language, and Sex References**
**Running Time: 1 h 38 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Distractingly Bad Cinematography, Pacing**

Unsane (2018)

October 9, 2018

A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, believing her stalker has purposefully brought her there. Is it all in her head, or is it really happening?

MV5BMTg5Njg1MzIwNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDU1NjczMDI@._V1_SY1000_SX675_AL_.jpg — A Cure for Wellness (2016)

**Directed by: Gore Verbinski**
**Starring: Dane Dehaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Violent Content and Images, Sexual Content Including an Assault, Graphic Nudity, and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 26 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Cinematography, Soundtrack**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting, Pacing, Dialogue, Length**

A Cure for Wellness (2016)

October 9, 2018

A wealthy young executive is sent to a retreat in the Swiss Alps to retrieve his company’s CEO, only to find the spa where the CEO is staying might hold some dark secrets.

Three Identical Strangers (2018)

October 9, 2018

New York. 1980. Three complete strangers find each other because they discover they are triplets, but why were they separated at birth and what will lives as brothers be like?

MV5BMTEzNDk1MzM4MDleQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU4MDM2NTI4ODEy._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,675,1000_AL_.jpg — A Dark Song (2016)

**Directed by: Liam Gavin**
**Starring: Catherine Walker, Steve Oram, Mark Huberman**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Thematic Material and Some Disturbing Imagery)**
**Running Time: 1 h 40 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Pacing, Message**
**WEAKNESSES: Ending Won’t Work For Everyone, Not Scary for Genre Hardened Fans**

A Dark Song (2016)

October 8, 2018

A young woman teams up with an occultist to attempt a dangerous but powerful ritual; in doing so they risk their lives and souls.

MV5BMjA2MTEzMzkzM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjM2MTM5MDI@._V1_.jpg — The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

**Directed by: Andre Ovredal**
**Starring: Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch, Ophelia Lovibond**
**Rated: R for Bloody Horror Violence, Unsettling Grisly Images, Graphic Nudity, and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 26 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Brian Cox, Effects, Atmosphere, Simplicity of Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Emile Hirsch, Some Dialogue**

The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

October 8, 2018

A father and son coroner team performs an autopsy on a body of an unknown woman discovered at a crime scene, only to find her body harbors some grim secrets.

MV5BMTA4OWQ0NGYtNDgxNC00MzI4LTgzNzktYzAxMDcyMGI3OTFmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTIyODMzMzA@._V1_SY1000_SX675_AL_.jpg — Ghost Stories (2017)

**Directed by: Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman**
**Starring: Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Paul Whitehouse, Alex Lawther**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Disturbing Material, Some Violence and Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 38 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Cinematography, Unique Story Structure**
**WEAKNESSES: Twist Ending, Second Anthology Story, Pacing**

Ghost Stories (2017)

October 7, 2018

A Professor bent on debunking popular ghost stories and psychics is given a file of three cases that a ghost expert couldn’t crack.

MV5BZmM1ZmRkMjItZjc3Ny00ZWQzLWFhYmUtMWE0Y2QwOWY0MTMxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTIyNzY1NzM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,703,1000_AL_.jpg — Kwaidan (1964)

**Directed by: Masaki Kobayashi**
**Starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Miskako Wantanabe, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Kishi**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Some Frightening Moments)**
**Running Time: 3 h 3 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Stories, Culture, Mis-en-scene**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Kwaidan (1964)

October 7, 2018

An anthology film of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.

MV5BMGYxZDEzMDMtMDIzNy00OTQ5LTkzYmItYzdkYTgxMGRkOWVmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_.jpg — Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

**Directed by: E Elias Merhige**
**Starring: John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Cary Elwes**
**Rated: R for Some Sexuality, Drug Content, Violence and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Production Design, Atmosphere, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Cinematography, Small Target Audience (?)**

Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

October 6, 2018

The filming of Nosferatu (1922) is complicated by the demands and habits of lead actor Max Schreck.

MV5BMTU3MTQyNjQwM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDgxNDczNTM@._V1_.jpg — Venom (2018)

**Directed by: Ruben Fleischer**
**Starring: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed**
**Rated: PG-13 for Intense Sequences of Science-Fi Violence and Action, and For Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 52 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: It’s Hilarious, Some Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting, Writing, Directing, Logic, Story, Plot Holes**

Venom (2018)

October 5, 2018

While journalist Eddie Brock is working on a story he encounters a powerful symbiote and becomes an anti-hero.

MV5BMTY1OTI0NjcyM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTc1NzI5OA@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,687,1000_AL_.jpg — Resolution (2012)

**Directed by: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead**
**Starring: Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Emily Montague**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Language, Some Violence, and Drug Use)**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Pacing, World-Building**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting**

Resolution (2012)

October 5, 2018

A man travels to an isolated cabin to help his estranged best friend overcome meth addiction, only to find the cabin might hold dark secrets.

MV5BMTU3NjMxNTYwOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzM5NzAzNjM@._V1_.jpg — Hold the Dark (2018)

**Directed by: Jeremy Saulnier**
**Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skarsgard, Riley Keough, Macon Blair**
**Rated: TV-MA**
**Running Time: 2 h 5 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Atmosphere, Practical Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Themes, Meaning (?)**

Hold the Dark (2018)

October 5, 2018

After wolves take three children from an isolated village, writer Russell Core is recruited by one of the parents to track down a boy in the Alaskan wilderness.

MV5BNjA5OTI1MjgwMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDU2NzY2NDM@._V1_SY999_CR0,0,676,999_AL_.jpg — The Endless (2017)

**Directed by:Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead**
**Starring: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Callie Hernandez, Tate Ellington**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Language, Violence and Some Disturbing Material)**
**Running Time: 1 h 51 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Pacing, Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: Climax, Special Effects**

The Endless (2017)

October 5, 2018

Two brothers return to a cult they left when they were teenagers, only to discover the cult might not be as crazy as they once seemed.

MV5BMjMwNzM2OTk3OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjExOTU0NDE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,675,1000_AL_.jpg — Spring (2014)

**Directed by: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead**
**Starring: Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker, Francesco Carnelutti**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Disturbing Images, Some Sexuality/Nudity and Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Cinematography, Story, Some Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Some Effects**

Spring (2014)

October 5, 2018

After Evan looses his Mom and his job in the same week, he heads to Italy, where he meets Louise, a seemingly perfect girl. But underneath her skin, Louise hides a secret.

MV5BMjIxMzBlNDgtMTM0Zi00MmEyLWIxMTAtYTFlNGE4OTMyZWVjL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTAyODkwOQ@@._V1_.jpg — The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)

**Directed by: Wojciech Has**
**Starring: Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska, Halina Kowalska**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Nudity and Sexual Situations, and Foreboding Images and Themes)**
**Running Time: 2 h 4 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Writing, Directing, Acting, Editing, Ingenuity**
**WEAKNESSES: May Be Difficult to Follow First Time Through**

The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)

October 4, 2018

A man named Jozef visits a sanatorium where his father is staying, only to find that within its walls, time doesn’t behave the way it should.

MV5BZTg5MTMyNjktNTZhOC00MGFlLWFlMTMtZGU2MjE3OWQ3NjJkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzkwMjQ5NzM@._V1_SY1000_SX678_AL_.jpg — Jacob's Ladder (1990)

**Directed by: Adrian Lyne**
**Starring: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pena, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Jason Alexander**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 53 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Atmosphere, Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Jacob's Ladder (1990)

October 4, 2018

A Vietnam veteran struggles to maintain his sanity as he’s bombarded with delusions that might be the result of something that happened while he fought in the war.

Firemen's Ball Czech poster.jpg — The Firemen’s Ball (1967)

**Directed by: Milos Forman**
**Starring: Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebanek, Josef Valnoha**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Some Suggestive Content)**
**Running Time: 1 h 13 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Satire, Humor, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Gags Go On Too Long**

The Firemen's Ball (1967)

October 3, 2018

A satire on communism. A Fire Department in a small village in Chechoslovakia throws a party for their former boss, inviting the whole town, but nothing goes according to plan.

MV5BMTBmZGVmMDctYTMwMy00MmU0LWEzZjYtOWM5ZGRlOGVhNTQzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,677,1000_AL_.jpg — Raising Cain (1992)

**Directed by: Brian De Palma**
**Starring: John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer**
**Rated: R for Sexuality, Language and Terror Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Directing, Editing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Familiar Story Elements**

Raising Cain (1992)

October 3, 2018

After a man’s wife cheats on him, he becomes increasingly unstable.

Phenomena (1985)

October 1, 2018

A young girl who is both a psychic with a strong connection to insects and the daughter of a famous actor is sent to a boarding school in Switzerland, where her unusual abilities may help her to solve a string of gruesome murders.

Suspiria (1977)

October 1, 2018

An American ballerina attends a prestigious ballet academy, only to realize that something sinister is happening within its walls.

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