91PQwBtV43L._SL1500_.jpg — The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)

**Directed by: Duccio Tessari**
**Starring: Helmut Berger, Giancarlo Sbragia, Evelyn Steart, Silvano Tranquilli, Wendy D’Olive**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for A Scene of Sexuality, Some Violence and Thematic Elements)**
**Running Time: 1 h 39 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Perspective, Twist, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing, Some Melodrama**

The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)

November 25, 2019

After a young girl is murdered in a park, a television anchor is arrested for her murder, but murders of a similar style soon follow.

Paycheck (2003)

November 22, 2019

A reverse engineer whom has had his memory wiped finds himself in a deadly chase. Using an envelope of clues, he tries to puzzle together who is after him and why.

aa 1.jpg — Ad Astra (2019)

**Directed By: James Gray**
**Starring: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 3m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematic Language**
**Weakness: Voice Over**

Ad Astra (2019)

November 7, 2019

In the near future, Roy McBride is tapped by Space Command Brass to engage in a search for his father, a hero astronaut who disappeared years ago, in order to save the earth from a devastating phenomenon which is on the verge of destroying all human life.

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

October 31, 2019

A man investigates the latest Halloween craze, Silver Shamrock masks, thinking that there might be a kind of plot surrounding them.

Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Meyers (1988)

October 31, 2019

Ten years after Michael Meyers stalked Laurie Strode, he wakes from a coma and returns home to Haddonfield to kill his niece.

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**Directed by: Joe Chapelle**
**Starring: Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Marianne Hagan**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 1 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Two Cool Kills**
**WEAKNESSES: Everything Else**

Halloween VI: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)

October 31, 2019

Jamie Lloyd is once again stalked by Michael Myer, but this time, a mysterious cult also joins the hunt.

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**Directed by: John Boorman**
**Starring: Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher, Max Von Sydow, Ned Beatty, James Earl Jones**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 57 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: It’s Pretty Funny**
**WEAKNESSES: Everything**

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

October 30, 2019

The continuing misadventures of Regan MacNeil and her demon pal Pazuzu.

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.

LIGOS_105_M3.1V2.1.jpg — The Lighthouse (2019)

**Directed by: Robert Eggers**
**Starring: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe**
**Rated: R for Sexual Content, Nudity, Violence, Disturbing Images and Some Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Themes, Acting, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Lighthouse (2019)

October 29, 2019

Two wickies on a post far out at sea begin to experience unusual phenomena.

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**Directed by: Richard Donner**
**Starring: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Stephens, Billie Whitelaw**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 51 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Lack of Subtlety**

The Omen (1976)

October 29, 2019

After a series of mysterious deaths surrounding an American Ambassador, the Ambassador begins to suspect there might be something wrong with his young son.

Ju-On The Grudge (2002)

October 28, 2019

A social assistant discovers a vengeful spirit waiting at the house where she is assigned.

MV5BNTZiZTQ4YjItY2Y4ZC00MTVhLThmYTEtYWM5NmRlNDI5Y2JmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDY2MTk1ODk@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,657,1000_AL_.jpg — Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

**Directed by: Charles Barton**
**Starring: Bud Abbot, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Lenore Aubert, Jane Randolph**
**Rated: NR (TMM Suggested PG for Some Scary Images)**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Comedy, Production Design, Writing, Wide Appeal**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Jokes Go On Too Long**

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

October 27, 2019

Two freight handlers encounter Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, and the Wolf Man.

MV5BM2RmMWIyZDgtY2I4ZS00ZjgwLTlmZTYtY2E2ZmI1Y2IzOGQ4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTIzOTk5ODM@._V1_SX638_CR0,0,638,999_AL_.jpg — New Nightmare (1994)

**Directed by: Wes Craven**
**Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Miko Hughes, Wes Craven, Robert Englund**
**Rated: R for Explicit Horror Violence and Gore, and For Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 52 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Meta-Story, Atmosphere, Freddy Sequences**
**WEAKNESSES: Takes A While to Get Going**

New Nightmare (1994)

October 25, 2019

As Heather Langenkamp prepares for her role in the latest installment in the “Nightmare on Elm Street” series, she finds hers and her child’s dreams are being afflicted by Freddy.

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**Directed by: Renny Harlin**
**Starring: Robert Englund, Tuesday Knight, Lisa Wilcox**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Overall Franchise Progression, Dream Sequences**
**WEAKNESSES: Freddy’s Return, Doesn’t Stand on Its Own, More Covered in Spoiler Section**

A Nightmare on Elm Street IV: The Dream Master (1988)

October 25, 2019

After the defeat of Freddy Krueger at the hands of the Dream Warriors, Freddy somehow returns to haunt the dreams of a girl named Alice, whom is a particularly strong dreamer.

MV5BMTQ5ODI5NTMzN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzY4MTYxMg@@._V1_.jpg — Friday the 13th (2009)

**Directed by: Marcus Nispel**
**Starring: Jared Padelecki, Danielle Panabaker, Amanda Righetti**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence, Some Graphic Sexual Content, Language and Drug Material**
**Running Time: 1 h 46 m**
**TMM Score: 0.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Absolutely Nothing**
**WEAKNESSES: Misogynistic and Unlikable Characters, Stupid Plot Progression, Acting**

Friday the 13th (2009)

October 25, 2019

A group of stupid people are attacked by a redneck in a hockey mask.

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**Directed by: Wes Craven**
**Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Johnny Depp, Ronee Blakley**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Atmosphere, Story, World Building, Characters, Creativity**
**WEAKNESSES: Schmaltzy Moments**

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

October 25, 2019

A slain child murderer returns to haunt the dreams of the children whose parents killed him.

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**Directed by: Adam Marcus**
**Starring: John D. Lemay, Kane Hodder, Kari Keegan**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Story Elements, It’s Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: It’s Incredibly Stupid**

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

October 25, 2019

After being blown up, Jason’s soul possesses a morgue worker and he tries to find a member of the Voorhees family so that he can be reborn through magic.

A16JtAcqgBL._SL1500_.jpg — The Ruins (2008)

**Directed by: Carter Smith**
**Starring: Laura Ramsey, Jena Malone, Jonathan Tucker, Shawn Ashmore**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence and Gruesome Images**
**Running Time: 1h 30m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Good Ideas, Decent Deaths**
**WEAKNESSES: Amateur Writing, Too Familiar, Silly Character Motivations**

The Ruins (2008)

October 24, 2019

A group of friends find themselves on a hostile dig site.

wm 1.jpg — The Wicker Man (1973)

**Directed By: Robin Hardy**
**Starring: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 28m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Theme, Story, Protagonist**
**Weakness: None**

The Wicker Man (1973)

October 23, 2019

When a police officer from the mainland is dispatched to an island to investigate a girl’s disappearance he runs into trouble as no one on the island seems to even remember her existing.

The Dark Half (1993)

October 21, 2019

After a writer kills off his pseudonym the pseudonym manifests and terrorizes the writer and his family.

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