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.

Case 39 (2009)

October 22, 2019

Social worker Bethany isn’t prepared for this next case, which could be her last….

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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**Directed by: Tom Holland**
**Starring: Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Bethany Joy Lenz, Lucinda Jenney, Stephen King**
**Rated: R for Horror Violence and Gore, Language and Sexuality**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 1 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Makeup**
**WEAKNESSES: Anemic Story, Unlikeable Characters, Boring**

Thinner (1996)

October 20, 2019

A fat lawyer begins rapidly loosing weight after gypsies curse him.

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**Directed by: Roman Polanski**
**Starring: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner**
**Rated: R for Some Violence and Sexuality**
**Running Time: 2 h 13 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Tone**

The Ninth Gate (1999)

October 19, 2019

A rare books dealer is drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones after accepting a new job offer from a mysterious and wealthy patron.

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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.

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**Directed by: Lars Klevberg**
**Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Hamill, Gabriel Bateman, Brian Tyree Henry**
**Rated: R for Bloody Horror Violence, and Language Throughout**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Humor, Some Horror**
**WEAKNESSES: It’s Pretty Silly**

Child's Play (2019)

October 18, 2019

A 2019 reboot of the 1988 slasher classic revolving around a killer doll named Chucky.

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.

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**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.

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**Directed by: Jack Bender**
**Starring: Justin Whalin, Perrey Reeves, Jeremy Sylers, Travis Fine, Brad Dourif Dakin Matthews**
**Rated: R for Horror Violence and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 1 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Writing, Directing, Story, Acting**

Child's Play 3 (1991)

October 18, 2019

Chucky once again returns to trouble Andy Barclay, who is now a teenager living at military school.

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…

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**Directed by: Ryuhei Kitamura**
**Starring: Bradley Cooper, Vinnie Jones, Leslie Bibb**
**Rated: R for Sequences of Strong Bloody Gruesome Violence, Grisly Images Involving Nudity, Sexual Content and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 40 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Slasher Scenes**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting, Plot Holes**

The Midnight Meat Train (2008)

October 17, 2019

A photographer becomes obsessed with a man whom he thinks is a serial killer who preys on late night commuters.

Candyman (1992)

October 17, 2019

A skeptical grad student accidentally summons a murderous urban legend.

dlk 1.jpg — Don’t Look Now (1973)

**Directed By: Nicolas Roeg**
**Starring: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania, Massimo Serato**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 50m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Direction, Acting**
**Weakness: Doesn’t Connect the Dots**

Don't Look Now (1973)

October 16, 2019

After suffering a family tragedy, a British couple living in Venice are confronted by a series of mysterious and perhaps paranormal events.

The Amityville Horror (2005)

October 15, 2019

The Lutz family is haunted by evil spirits in their new home.

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**Directed by: Frank Henenlotter**
**Starring: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Teri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Comic Horror Violence and Gore and Some Nudity)**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS:Writing, Creature Design, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: *Definitely* Not for Everyone**

Basket Case (1982)

October 14, 2019

A young man travels to New York with his deformed Siamese-twin brother in a basket with plans for vengeance on the doctors that separated them against their will.

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**Directed by: Frank Henenlotter**
**Starring: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Judy Grafe, Annie Ross**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Creature Design, Bizarre Turns**
**WEAKNESSES: Different Tone Than The First**

Basket Case II (1990)

October 14, 2019

Following the events of Basket Case, Duane and his Siamese-twin brother, a mutant named Belial flee the hospital where they are taken and join up with a troupe of wayward freaks.

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**Directed by: Frank Henenlotter**
**Starring: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Annie Ross, Gil Roper**
**Rated: R for Graphic Monster Violence, Sensuality and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Monster Effects, Some Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Most Humor, Pacing, Boring Writing**

Basket Case III (1991)

October 14, 2019

Following the events of “Basket Case 2”, Duane recovers from his delusional breakdown and learns that Belial will soon become a father.

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