Archive for the ‘Horror’ Category

The Collector

Friday, July 31st, 2009

All Genres:
Crime, Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 88 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: He always takes one

 

Cast: Madeline Zima … Jill
Josh Stewart … Arkin
Andrea Roth … Victoria
Daniella Alonso … Lisa
Robert Wisdom … Roy
Diane Ayala Goldner … Gena Wharton
Gregory Alan Williams … Sheriff
Michael Reilly Burke … Michael
Juan Fernández … The Collector
Krystal Mayo … Dancer
Haley Pullos … Cindy (as Haley Alexis Pullos)
Karley Scott Collins … Hannah
Alex Feldman … Chad
Michael Showers … Deputy sheriff
Bill Stinchcomb … Bar Patron
Hiro Koda … Medic #2
Jabari Thomas … Medic
Brett Forbes … Office Hoss Wiggins
Eric Kelly McFarland … Firefighter
Colvin Roberson … Roy's Driver / Bodyguard
John Snell … Yard Worker

 

Plot: Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer’s country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.

Orphan

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Canada | Germany | France

Runtime: 123 min

Languages: English | American Sign Language | Estonian

Director:

Tagline: Can you keep a secret?

 

Cast: Vera Farmiga … Kate Coleman
Peter Sarsgaard … John Coleman
Isabelle Fuhrman … Esther
CCH Pounder … Sister Abigail
Jimmy Bennett … Daniel
Margo Martindale … Dr. Browning
Karel Roden … Dr. Varava
Aryana Engineer … Max Coleman
Rosemary Dunsmore … Grandma Barbara
Jamie Young … Brenda
Lorry Ayers … Joyce
Brendan Wall … Detective
Genelle Williams … Sister Judith
Mustafa Abdelkarim … Daniel's Friends
Landon Norris … Daniel's Friends

 

Plot: A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be.

 

Awards: 1 nomination

Homecoming

Friday, July 17th, 2009

All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:88 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: A girl never forgets her first love…

 

Cast: Mischa Barton … Shelby
Matt Long … Mike Donaldson
Jessica Stroup … Elizabeth Mitchum
Michael Landes … Billy Fletcher
Allen Williamson … Adams
Joshua Elijah Reese … Billick
Nick Pasqual … Davis
Joe Forgione … Elfman
Alex Hooper … Jablonski rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Byrdie Bell … Belle (as Evelyn 'Byrdie' Bell)
Amanda Jane Cooper … Aleisha
Denise Dal Vera … Mrs. Donaldson
David Flick … Coach
Mary Griffin … Taylor
Cassandra Nentwig … Monica
Bingo O'Malley … Elderly Proprietor
Danielle Simone … Jackie
Marty Terry … Motel Clerk
Philip Winters … Doug Donaldson (as Phil Winters)

 

Plot: A jilted ex-girlfriend plots revenge after her former beau comes back to their hometown with a new lover.

Antichrist

Monday, May 18th, 2009

All Genres:
Drama, Horror

Release Year: 2009

Country: Denmark | Germany | France | Sweden | Italy | Poland

Runtime: 108 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: When nature turns evil, true terror awaits. (UK)

 

Cast: Willem Dafoe … He
Charlotte Gainsbourg … She

 

Plot: A grieving couple retreats to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

 

Awards: 5 wins & 3 nominations

Bakjwi

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: South Korea | USA

Runtime: 133 min | South Korea:145 min (director's cut)

Languages: Korean | English | French

Director:

Tagline:

 

Writers: Seo-Gyeong Jeong (screenplay) Chan-wook Park (screenplay)

 

Cast: Kang-ho Song … Priest Sang-hyeon
Ok-bin Kim … Tae-ju
Hae-sook Kim … Lady Ra
Ha-kyun Shin … Kang-woo
In-hwan Park … Priest Noh
Dal-su Oh … Yeong-doo
Young-chang Song … Seung-dae
Mercedes Cabral … Evelyn
Eriq Ebouaney … Immanuel rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hee-jin Choi … Nurse
Woo-seul-hye Hwang … Girl with a whistle
Hwa-ryong Lee … Professor Ku
Mi-ran Ra … Nurse Yu

 

Plot: A failed medical experiment turns a man of faith into a vampire.

 

Awards: 3 wins & 2 nominations

Blood: The Last Vampire

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: Hong Kong | Japan | France | Argentina

Runtime: 91 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Where evil grows she preys

 

Writers: Chris Chow (screenplay) and Kenji Kamiyama (character)

 

Cast: Gianna Jun … Saya (as Gianna)
Allison Miller … Alice McKee
Liam Cunningham … Michael Harrison
JJ Feild … Luke
Koyuki … Onigen
Yasuaki Kurata … Kato Takatora
Larry Lamb … General McKee
Andrew Pleavin … Frank Nielsen
Michael Byrne … Elder
Colin Salmon … Powell
Masiela Lusha … Sharon
Ailish OConnor … Linda
Constantine Gregory … Mr. Henry
Joey Anaya … Creature
Khary Payton … Creature

 

Plot: A vampire named Saya, who is part of covert government agency that hunts and destroys demons in a post-WWII Japan, is inserted in a military school to discover which one of her classmates is a demon in disguise.

The Haunting in Connecticut

Friday, March 27th, 2009

All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 92 min | 102 min (extended cut)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Some things cannot be explained.

 

Cast: Virginia Madsen … Sara Campbell
Kyle Gallner … Matt Campbell
Elias Koteas … Reverend Popescu
Amanda Crew … Wendy
Martin Donovan … Peter Campbell
Sophi Knight … Mary
Ty Wood … Billy Campbell
Erik J. Berg … Jonah (as Erik Berg)
John Bluethner … Ramsey Aickman
D.W. Brown … Dr. Brooks
John B. Lowe … Mr. Sinclair
Adriana O'Neil … Chemo Nurse
Will Woytowich … Cop
James Durham … Matt's Cell Mate
Darren Ross … Paramedic #1

 

Plot: After a family is forced to relocate for their son’s health, they begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home, which turns out to be a former mortuary.

Drag Me to Hell

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

All Genres:
Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 99 min

Languages: English | Spanish | Hungarian | Czech

Director:

Tagline: Christine Brown has a good job, a great boyfriend, and a bright future. But in three days, she's going to hell.

 

Cast: Alison Lohman … Christine Brown
Justin Long … Clay Dalton
Lorna Raver … Sylvia Ganush
Dileep Rao … Rham Jas
David Paymer … Mr. Jacks
Adriana Barraza … Shaun San Dena
Chelcie Ross … Leonard Dalton
Reggie Lee … Stu Rubin
Molly Cheek … Trudy Dalton
Bojana Novakovic … Ilenka Ganush
Kevin Foster … Milos
Alexis Cruz … Farm Worker
Ruth Livier … Farm Worker’s Wife
Shiloh Selassie … Farm Worker's Son
Flor de Maria Chahua … Young Shaun San Dena

 

Plot: A loan officer ordered to evict an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse, which turns her life into a living hell. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.

 

Awards: 1 nomination

The Last House on the Left

Friday, March 13th, 2009

All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 110 min | 114 min (unrated version)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: If bad people hurt someone you love, how far would you go to hurt them back?

 

Cast: Tony Goldwyn … John Collingwood
Monica Potter … Emma Collingwood
Garret Dillahunt … Krug
Aaron Paul … Francis
Spencer Treat Clark … Justin
Riki Lindhome … Sadie
Martha MacIsaac … Paige
Sara Paxton … Mari Collingwood
Michael Bowen … Morton
Joshua Cox … Giles (as Josh Cox)
Usha Khan … Maid

 

Plot: After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang led by a prison escapee unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging the parents of one of the victims — a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.

 

Awards: 1 win

Friday the 13th

Monday, February 9th, 2009

All Genres:
Horror

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 97 min | 106 min (extended edition)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Welcome to Crystal Lake

 

Cast: Jared Padalecki … Clay Miller
Danielle Panabaker … Jenna
Amanda Righetti … Whitney Miller
Travis Van Winkle … Trent
Aaron Yoo … Chewie
Derek Mears … Jason Voorhees
Jonathan Sadowski … Wade
Julianna Guill … Bree
Ben Feldman … Richie
Arlen Escarpeta … Lawrence
Ryan Hansen … Nolan
Willa Ford … Chelsea
Nick Mennell … Mike
America Olivo … Amanda
Kyle Davis … Donnie

 

Plot: A group of young adults discover a boarded up Camp Crystal Lake, where they soon encounter Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.

 

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

The House of the Devil

Friday, February 6th, 2009

All Genres:
Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 95 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Talk on the phone. Finish your homework. Watch T.V. DIE!

 

Cast: Jocelin Donahue … Samantha
Tom Noonan … Mr. Ulman
Mary Woronov … Mrs. Ulman
Greta Gerwig … Megan
AJ Bowen … Victor Ulman
Dee Wallace … Landlady
Heather Robb … Heather
Darryl Nau … Random Guy
Brenda Cooney … Nurse
Danielle Noe … Mother
Mary B. McCann … Elaine Cross
John Speredakos … Ted Stephen
Lena Dunham … 911 Operator
Christina Sciongay … Student
Kamen Velkovsky … Demon

 

Plot: In the 1980s, college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret; they plan to use her in a satanic ritual. add synopsis

 

Awards: 4 wins & 1 nomination

The Uninvited

Friday, January 30th, 2009

All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Canada | Germany

Runtime: 87 min

Languages: English

Director: Charles Guard

Thomas Guard

Tagline: Fear moves in

 

Cast: Emily Browning … Anna
Arielle Kebbel … Alex
David Strathairn … Steven
Elizabeth Banks … Rachel Summers
Maya Massar … Mom
Kevin McNulty … Sheriff Emery
Jesse Moss … Matthew Hendricks
Dean Paul Gibson … Dr. Silberling
Don S. Davis … Mr. Henson
Lex Burnham … Iris Wright
Matthew Bristol … David Wright
Danny Bristol … Samuel Wright
Heather Doerksen … Mildred Kemp
Alf Humphreys … Priest (as Alfred E. Humphreys)
Ryan Cowie … Orderly #1

 

Plot: Anna Rydell returns home to her sister (and best friend) Alex after a stint in a mental hospital, though her recovery is jeopardized thanks to her cruel stepmother, aloof father, and the presence of a ghost in their home.

 

Awards: 1 nomination

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | New Zealand

Runtime: 92 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Michael Sheen … Lucian
Bill Nighy … Viktor
Rhona Mitra … Sonja
Steven Mackintosh … Tannis
Kevin Grevioux … Raze
David Aston … Coloman
Geraldine Brophy … Nobleman's Wife
Leighton Cardno … Fearful Lycan
Alex Carroll … Young Lucian (as Alexander Carroll)
Elizabeth Hawthorne … Orsova
Jared Turner … Xristo
Jason Hood … Death Dealer
Mark Mitchinson … Nobleman
Tania Nolan … Luka
Craig Parker … Sabas

 

Plot: An origins story centered on the centuries-old feud between the race of aristocratic vampires and their onetime slaves, the Lycans.

My Bloody Valentine

Friday, January 16th, 2009

All Genres:
Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 101 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: On January 16, Get Your Heart Broken.

 

Cast: Jensen Ackles … Tom Hanniger
Jaime King … Sarah Palmer
Kerr Smith … Axel Palmer
Betsy Rue … Irene
Edi Gathegi … Deputy Martin
Tom Atkins … Sheriff Jim Burke
Kevin Tighe … Ben Foley
Megan Boone … Megan
Karen Baum … Deputy Ferris
Joy de la Paz … Rosa
Marc Macaulay … Riggs
Todd Farmer … Frank the Trucker
Jeff Hochendoner … Red
Bingo O'Malley … Officer Hinch
Liam Rhodes … Michael

 

Plot: Tom returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine’s night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, however, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one will believes he’s innocent.

The Unborn

Friday, January 9th, 2009

All Genres:
Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 88 min | 89 min (unrated version)

Languages: English | Hebrew

Director:

Tagline: Evil will do anything to live.

 

Cast: Odette Yustman … Casey Beldon
Gary Oldman … Rabbi Sendak
Cam Gigandet … Mark
Meagan Good … Romy
Idris Elba … Arthur Wyndham
Jane Alexander … Sofi Kozma
Atticus Shaffer … Matty Newton
James Remar … Gordon Beldon
Carla Gugino … Janet Beldon
C.S. Lee … Dr. Lester Caldwell
Rhys Coiro … Mr. Shields
Michael Sassone … Eli Walker
Ethan Cutkosky … Barto
Craig J. Harris … Rick Hesse (as Craig Harris)
Rachel Brosnahan … Lisa

 

Plot: A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.

Død snø

Friday, January 9th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Horror

Release Year: 2009

Country: Norway

Runtime: USA:91 min | Norway:90 min

Languages: Norwegian

Director:

Tagline:

 

Writers: Stig Frode Henriksen (written by) Tommy Wirkola (written by)

 

Cast: Vegar Hoel … Martin
Stig Frode Henriksen … Roy
Charlotte Frogner … Hanna
Lasse Valdal … Vegard
Evy Kasseth Røsten … Liv
Jeppe Laursen … Erlend
Jenny Skavlan … Chris
Ane Dahl Torp … Sara
Bjørn Sundquist … The Wanderer
Ørjan Gamst … Herzog

 

Plot: A ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.

Alien Trespass

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Canada

Runtime: USA:90 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Terror – the whole family can enjoy.

 

Writers: James Swift (story) and Steven P. Fisher (story) …

 

Cast: Eric McCormack … Ted Lewis / Urp
Jenni Baird … Tammy
Dan Lauria … Chief Dawson
Robert Patrick … Vernon
Jody Thompson … Lana Lewis
Aaron Brooks … Cody
Sarah Smyth … Penny
Andrew Dunbar … Dick
Sage Brocklebank … Stu
Tom McBeath … Wilson
Vincent Gale … Styles
Jerry Wasserman … Sam
Jonathon Young … Lloyd
Michael Roberds … Bubba
Laura Konechny … Laura

 

Plot: After crash landing near a desert town, an alien enlists the help of a local waitress to re-capture a monster that escaped from the wreckage of his space ship.

 

Awards: 7 nominations

Transylmania

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

All Genres:
Comedy, Horror

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 92 min

Languages: English

Director: David Hillenbrand

Scott Hillenbrand

Tagline: Euro-trashed! Euro-smashed! Euro-slashed!

 

Writers: Patrick Casey (writer) Worm Miller (writer)

 

Cast: Oren Skoog … Rusty / Radu
Worm Miller … Brady (as Joshua 'Worm' Miller)
Patrick Casey … Mike
Jennifer Lyons … Lynne
Tony Denman … Newmar
Patrick Cavanaugh … Pete
Paul H. Kim … Wang
David Steinberg … Dean Floca
Natalie Garza … Lia
Nicole Garza … Danni
Musetta Vander … Teodora Van Sloan
James DeBello … Cliff
Irena A. Hoffman … Draguta Floca
Claudiu Trandafir … Van Sloan
Radu Andrei Daniel … Edward Van Sloan

 

Plot: Spoof horror in which a group of college kids do a semester abroad in Romania and realise that if the partying doesn’t kill them, the vampires just might! add synopsis

The Haunting of Molly Hartley

Friday, October 31st, 2008

All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 82 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: This Halloween her past is yet to come.

 

Cast: Haley Bennett … Molly Hartley
Jake Weber … Robert Hartley
Chace Crawford … Joseph Young
Shannon Woodward … Leah
Shanna Collins … Alexis White
AnnaLynne McCord … Suzie
Marin Hinkle … Jane Hartley
Nina Siemaszko … Dr. Emerson
Josh Stewart … Mr. Draper
Jessica Lowndes … Laurel Miller
Randy Wayne … Michael
Jamie McShane … Father
Ron Canada … Mr. Bennett
Kevin Cooney … Dr. Donaldson
Ross Thomas … Jock

 

Plot: Molly Hartley looks to put her troubled past behind her with a fresh start at a new school, where she sparks with one of the most popular students…

 

Awards: 1 nomination

Splinter

Friday, October 31st, 2008

All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 82 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: It will get under your skin.

 

Writers: Kai Barry (writer) Ian Shorr (writer)

 

Cast: Shea Whigham … Dennis Farell
Paulo Costanzo … Seth Belzer
Jill Wagner … Polly Watt
Rachel Kerbs … Lacey Belisle rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles Baker … Blake Sherman Jr.
Laurel Whitsett … Sheriff Terri Frankel

 

Plot: Trapped in an isolated gas station by a voracious Splinter parasite that transforms its still living victims into deadly hosts, a young couple and an escaped convict must find a way to work together to survive this primal terror. add synopsis

 

Awards: 6 wins & 1 nomination