The Rite

(15)

The Rite is a supernatural thriller that uncovers the Devil's reach to even one of the holiest places on Earth. Inspired by true events, the film follows seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue), who is sent to study exorcism at the Vatican in spite of his own doubts about the controversial practice and even his own faith. Wearing his deep skepticism like armour, Michael challenges his superiors to look to psychiatry, rather than demons, in treating the possessed. Only when he's sent to apprentice with the unorthodox Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins) - a legendary priest who has performed thousands of exorcisms - does Michael's armour begin to fall. As he is drawn into a troubling case that seems to transcend even Father Lucas's skill, he begins to glimpse a phenomenon science can't explain or control...and an evil so violent and terrifying that it forces him to question everything he believes

Alice Braga, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones, Rutger Hauer, Marta Gastini, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Arianna Veronesi, Andrea Calligari.

Really enjoyed this movie, great acting from Anthony Hopkins as you would expect. I jumped quite a bit throughout this movie if you like good against evil movies you will like this one.....

Priest

(PG -13)

In a post-apocalyptic world, a savage war between man and vampire raged for centuries. A warrior priest (Paul Bettany) receives word of fresh attacks but now it`s personal, his niece has been kidnapped by a new hive of merciless vampires. To save her, he must break his vow of peace and hunt down the hive before it's too late. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel and packed with bloodthirsty action, this full throttle crusade takes you on the hunt for a deadly new breed of killer.

Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Lily Collins, Brad Dourif, Stephen Moyer, Christopher Plummer, Alan Dale, Madchen Amick.

The movie is based on a graphic novel but I didn't know that until after I seen the movie, but thought this was really a good movie, jumped a few times throughout out it, it keeps you at the edge of your seat.

Insidious

(15)

Josh (Patrick Wilson) and Renai (Rose Byrne) are a happily married couple with three young children (Ty Simpkins, Andrew Astor) who have moved into their idyllic new suburban home. When tragedy strikes their young son, Josh and Renai begin to experience things in the house that are beyond explanation. Before long, their lives are turned upside down by demonic forces, hell-bent on terrorising their very existence.

Forced to seek help and protect their family, they learn the terrifying truth...

It's not the house that's haunted but something far worse...

Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Barbara Hershey, Corbett Tuck.

Start of this movie was gripping and had me on the edge of my seat. A bit slow to the end put it was a really good movie at the start.

Pandorum

(15)

Two crew members are stranded on a spacecraft and quickly - and horrifically - realize they are not alone. Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It's pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the ship. They can't remember anything: Who are they? What is their mission? With Lt. Payton (Dennis Quaid) staying behind to guide him via radio transmitter, Cpl. Bower (Ben Foster) ventures deep into the ship and begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft's shocking, deadly secrets are revealed...and the astronauts find their own survival is more important than they could ever have imagined.

Cam Gigandet, Antje Traue, Cung Le, Eddie Rouse, Norman Reedus, Andre Hennicke, Friederike Kempter, Niels-Bruno Schmidt, Jonah Mohmand.

Pandorum is truly an excellent movie, if you like resident evil you'll love this movie. This is one not to miss!!!

Doghouse

(18)

A group of men head to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce; when they get there, though, they discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals.

Danny Dyer, Stephen Graham, Noel Clarke, Terry Stone, Christina Cole, Lee Ingleby, Keith-Lee Castle, Emil Marwa, Neil Maskell, Adele Silva, Toby Richards.

Very entertaining and very hilarious movie. Not just a lads movie and more than comedy than horror. Definitely a must see!!!

Halloween

(18)

The Night He Came Home

Perhaps the most influential and successful independent film ever made, Halloween is the movie that put director John Carpenter on the map as a viable filmmaker. An exercise in simple, pure horror, Halloween takes us into the world of a mad killer, Michael Myers (Tony Moran), who at a very young age stabbed his older sister to death. Locked away for many years in a mental hospital Michael escapes one night and returns to his home to continue his killing spree. Jamie Lee Curtis, in her first role, plays the resourceful babysitter who is chased by the killer on Halloween night. Produced for very little money and a tight shooting schedule, Halloween was a stunning success when it was released. Written by John Carpenter and his longtime producer Debra Hill, the film set both their careers on fire, with both of them working together many times over the next 25 years. The film also made a star out of Jamie Lee Curtis and turned the slasher movie into a viable, successful genre.

Halloween has been copied, parodied and even turned into a franchise of its own, but the original is still considered the best of the bunch. Halloween was John Carpenter's first foray into horror, and remains the standard to which all other modern horror films are measured.

Donald Pleasence, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards, Brian Andrews, John Michael Graham, Nancy Stephens, Arthur Malet.

This is a really good movie for its time and is definitely a must see for anyone who loves horror movies! I thought it was great movie that keeps you at the edge of your seat. A really good watch !

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Halloween 3 Season of the Witch
Halloween 4 The Return of Michael Myers
Halloween 5 The Revenge of Michael Myers

Candyman 3 Day of the Dead

(18)

The ghostly serial killer returns once again from beyond the grave this time to haunt a Los Angeles art gallery owner named Caroline McKeever (Donna D'Errico), a distant relative of the Candyman (Tony Todd), in order for him to claim her soul so she will be next to him while in the meantime, the Candyman goes about killing all those associated with Caroline in the usual gory ways with his hook and making it appear to the authorities that Caroline is the one responsible for the killings.

Alexia Robinson, Jsu Carcia, Mark Adair-Rios, Lupe Ontiveros, Elizabeth Guber, Rena Riffel, Ernie Hudson Jr, Wade Williams, Mike Moroff.

A great movie with blood and gore. That will keep you at the edge of your seat all the way through. Its great to watch the story of the Candyman's comes to light in this third and final movie. Great for a night night in and hiding behind the cushions on the sofa.

Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh

(18)

His myth has endured for generations. His legacy is eternal rage. And now he's back… with a vengeance! Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh continues the tale of the phantom-like figure who wreaks a terrible fate upon those who chant his name five times while looking into a mirror and come face to face with grisly death.

A victim of unspeakable evil while he lived, the "Candyman" (Tony Todd, The Crow) has become evil incarnate in his afterlife. This time, he haunts the city of New Orleans, where a young schoolteacher named Annie Tarrant (Kelly Rowan, 187) is struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father. The locals insist that he was slain by the Candyman, but Annie is not convinced… until she unwittingly summons the monster forth, learns the secret of his power, and discovers the link that connects her to him. But can she stop him before he kills again?

William O'Leary, Bill Nunn, Matt Clark, David Gianophoulas, Fay Hauser, Joshua Gibran Mayweather, Timothy Carhart, Veronica Cartwirght.

Candyman 2 - Farewell To The Flesh is a great sequel to the first one, there is much more blood and gore. A great performance from Tony Todd as Candyman, and the setting is good. The movie wasn't as good as the first but still a good movie. If you've seen the first then I would receommed you watch this one!!!

Candyman

(18)

A children's ghost story comes to terrifying life in this gut-wrenching thriller about a graduate student whose research into modern folklore summons the spirit of the dead. Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) laughs when she interviews college freshmen about their superstitions. But when she hears about Candyman (Tony Todd), a slave spirit with a hook hand who is said to haunt Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project, she thinks she has a new twist for her thesis.

Braving the gang-ridden territory to visit the site of a brutal murder, Helen arrogantly assumes Candyman can't really exist... until he appears, igniting a string of terrifying, tragic slayings. But the police don't believe in monsters, and they charge Helen with the grisly crimes. And only one person can set her free .....Candyman.

Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams, DeJuan Guy, Marianna Elliott, Ted Raimi, Ria Pavia, Mark Daniels, Lisa Ann Poggi, Adam Philipson.

I first watched this movie a good few years ago now and thought it was really good, keeps you at the edge of your seat, if you like a good horror then I would recommend this movie.

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They Live

(18)

John Nada (Roddy Piper) is a man without job who walks around a big American city trying to find something to do. He finally finds a job as a worker and a place to spend the nights, but one day something terrible happens to him. John discovers a pair of sun-glasses through which he can see the true face of people. Many persons in this city are in fact aliens (from the Andromeda) and most of them are important members of our society. They keep humans in ignorance and they rule our world as they like. Nada must find the rest of the men that know what's happening (those who made the strange sun-glasses) and join them in the fight against the aliens.

Keith David, Meg Foster, George 'Buck' Flower, Peter Jason, Raymond St. Jacques, Jason Robards III, John Lawrence, Susan Barnes.

This is a great John Carpenter classic, if your a fan of his movies than this is one for you. The movie is good, the storyline, is good and the acting superb! Just Fantastic!!!

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

(15)

When filmy spores fall from space and take root in San Francisco, the city is beautifully transformed by spectacular and exotic flowers. But these lovely extraterrestrial blossoms have gruesome plans for their earthly admirers: to slowly clone their bodies, and then dispose of the originals!

A first-rate suspense thriller, this sci-fi adventure is a chilling, dazzling and stunning thrill ride that will send your pulse rate soaring! From a brilliant screenplay by W.D. Richer, filmmaker Philip Kaufman directs an all-star cast that includes Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, Brooke Adams and Leonard Nimoy. With its mesmerizing style and awe-inspiring special effects, Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a classic of the genre - a terrifying tale that literally chills the blood!

Veronica Cartwright, Art Hindle, Lelia Goldoni, Keivin McCarthy, Don Siegel, Tom Luddy.

This is a great movie. Really good storyline and good acting from all the cast. Donald Sutherland is really good in the this movie and plays the part well, all in all a really good movie, recommend to all.

Lifeforce

(18)

Halley's Comet returns to the solar system and the English/American team aboard the shuttle "Churchill", making a close-up survey of the comet, discovers an alien spacecraft in the head of the comet. Inside the spacecraft are some large bat-like creatures and in three cocoons are three "dead" humans - two men and a woman. The "Churchill" takes the humans and a creature back to Earth. There the bosses of the project are amazed to find the shuttle burnt out and all but one of the crew - Carlsen (Steve Railsback)- dead. The humans from the spacecraft suddenly awake and all those who come into contact with them are drained of their "lifeforce" and in time all the victims - including most of the population of London - are turned into zombies all preying on the horrified survivors for their "lifeforce". It's up to Carlsen and Major Caine (Peter Firth) of the SAS to stop them before the whole world turns into a big blood-hunt...

Frank Finlay, Mathilda May, Michael Gothard, Nicholas Ball, Aubrey Morris, Nancy Paul, John Hallam, John Keegan, Chris Jagger.

The is really a great Sci-Fi, really great for all those sci-fi horror fans. The beginning is a bit slow, but not for long, it soon picks up. This movie is a must have for zombie-fans. Just Fantastic!!!

Drag Me to Hell

(15)

Director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man trilogy, Evil Dead series) returns to the horror genre with Drag Me To Hell, an original tale of a young woman's desperate quest to break an evil curse.

Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is an ambitious L.A. loan officer with a charming boyfriend, Professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long). Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Should Christine follow her instincts and give the old woman a break? Or should she deny the extension to impress her boss, Mr. Jacks (David Paymer), and get a leg-up on a promotion? Christine fatefully chooses the latter, shaming Mrs. Ganush and dispossessing her of her home.

In retaliation, the old woman places the powerful curse of the Lamia on Christine, transforming her life into a living hell. Haunted by an evil spirit and misunderstood by a skeptical boyfriend, she seeks the aid of seer Rham Jas (Dileep Rao) to save her soul from eternal damnation. To help the shattered Christine return her life to normal, the psychic sets her on a frantic course to reverse the spell. As evil forces close in, Christine must face the unthinkable: how far will she go to break free of the curse?

David Paymer, Adriana Barraza, Chelcie Ross, Reggie Lee, Molly Cheek, Bojana Novakovic, Kevin Foster, Alexis Cruz, Ruth Livier, Shiloh Selassie, Flor de Maria Chahua.

The best horror movie I've seem in years! If you like horrors you'll love this, it made me jump quite a few times. But don't hold a drink while watching it or you'll get soaked like I did lol !!! If you never got to see this movie in the cinema, then buy it when it comes out on DVD!!!

28 Days Later

(18)

Animal activists (Alex Palmer, Bindu De Stoppani, Jukka Hiltunen) invade a laboratory with the intention of releasing chimpanzees that are undergoing experimentation, infected by a virus -a virus that causes rage. The naive activists ignore the pleas of a scientist (David Schneider) to keep the cages locked, with disastrous results. Twenty-eight days later, our protagonist, Jim (Cillian Murphy), wakes up from a coma, alone, in an abandoned hospital. He begins to seek out anyone else to find London is deserted, apparently without a living soul. After finding a church, which had become inhabited by zombie like humans intent on his demise, he runs for his life. Selena (Naomie Harris) and Mark (Noah Huntley) rescue him from the horde and bring him up to date on the mass carnage and horror as all of London tore itself apart. This is a tale of survival and ultimately, heroics, with nice subtext about mankind's savage nature.

Toby Sedgwick, Christopher Dunne, Emma Hitching, Alexander Delamere, Kim McGarrity, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, Justin Hackney.

This is a must watch for anyone who likes a good horror movie and I guess with the second one out it is a must have for anyone going to see that.

Queen of the Damned

(15)

Lestat de Lioncourt (Stuart Townsend) is awakened from his slumber. Bored with his existence he has now become this generations new Rock God. While in the course of time, another has arisen, Akasha (Aaliyah), the Queen of the Vampires and the Dammed. He want's immortal fame, his fellow vampires want him eternally dead for his betrayal, and the Queen want's him for her King. Who will be the first to reach him? Who shall win the final battle of the vampires and survive?

Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Perez, Paul McGann, Lena Olin, Christian Manon, Claudia Black, Bruce Spence.

I've seen this movie quite few times and thought it was really good. If you love vampires movies then you will really like this one.

Ghost Ship

(18)

When Canadian Air Force pilot Jack Ferriman (Desmond Harrington) recruits the team to investigate a mysterious vessel he has spotted floating adrift off the coast of Alaska in a remote region of the Bering Sea, they discover the remains of the fabled Antonia Graza, thought lost at sea for more than 40 years. It's a hell of a find. The salvage rights alone could be worth a fortune. And by the law of the sea, any vessel discovered on international waters can be claimed by whomever is fortunate enough to find her and skilled enough to haul her back to port. But once on board the eerie, cavernous ship, the crew of the Arctic Warrior discovers that the decaying vessel is anything but deserted. It's home to something more deadly and horrific than anything they've encountered in all their years at sea.

Gabrield Byne, Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Isaiah Washington, Alex Dimitriades, Karl Urban, Emily Browing, Francessca Rottondini, Boris Brkic, Bob Ruggiero, Iain Gardiner, Adam Bieshaar.

If you like movies with lots of blood and guts in it, then this is the movie is great for you. In 1962 an Italian cruise ship vanishes in mysterious circumstances. They soon find out what really happened to the people on the ship. If you haven't yet seen this movie, then your missing out on a good one.

Paradise Lost akaTuristas

(18)

While traveling on vacation through the country of Northeastern of Brazil by bus, the American Alex Trubituan (Josh Duhamel), his sister Bea Tribituan (Olivia Wilde) and their friend Amy Harrington (Beau Garrett) meet the also foreigners Pru Stagler (Melissa George), Finn Davies (Desmond Askew) and Liam Kuller (Max Brown) after an accident with their bus. They follow a track through the woods and find a hidden paradisiacal beach. They decide to stay in the place drinking beer and dancing funk and parting with the locals and they meet the amicable Brazilian teenager Kiko (Agles Steib). They are drugged with "Bom Dia, Cinderela" (translation: Good Morning, Cinderella - a trick used by smalltime crooks to steal naive people) and when they wake up, they are practically naked, with all their belongings, clothes, money, jewels, passports, backpacks etc. stolen. They walk to a small village trying to find a police station, they get into trouble with the dwellers and they are helped by their acquaintance Kiko, who leads them to his uncle's isolated well-equipped cabin in the woods to wait for the next bus two days later. Along the night, Kiko's "uncle" arrives with his friends and the group discloses the sinister intentions of the newcomers.

Miguel Lunardi, Jorge So, Cristiani Aparecida, Lucy Ramos.

I thought this movie was good, but the ending could of been a bit better. It delivers enough scares, without being over the top, a lovely location, and a good cast! All in all I enjoyed this movie. If you have yet seen it, I would recommend you do!!!

The Amityville Horror

(15)

On November 13, 1974, Suffolk County Police received a frantic phone call that led them to 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, Long Island. Inside the large Dutch Colonial house, they discovered a horrific crime scene that shattered the landscape of the typically peaceful community: an entire family had been slaughtered in their beds. In the days that followed, Ronald Defeo, Jr., confessed to methodically shooting his parents and four siblings with a rifle while they slept, claiming "voices" in the house drove him to commit the grisly murders.

One year later George (Ryan Reynolds) and Kathy Lutz (Melissa George) come across a beautiful river-front colonial home being sold for a steal, they suspect a catch. Once informed that the home was the site of a grisly mass murder, they decide to buy the house anyway and move in, bringing with them Kathy's three children (Jesse James, Jimmy Bennett, Chloe Moretz) from a previous marriage. While no one can deny that the house is rife with spooky sounds, the family members try to put their fears at bay. Shortly after settling in, bizarre and unexplainable events begin to occur. Nightmarish visions and haunting voices from an evil presence are still lurking within the house. Kathy's daughter starts to act bizarrely, ending up in a variety of life-threatening situations, led by her new, not-so-imaginary friend Jody (one of the children slaughtered in the house years before by her older brother). Likewise, something strange seems to be happening to George. His usually sweet demeanour is replaced with a hostile one, and he starts cruelly taking out his aggression on Kathy's children. Kathy's original assumption that a house cannot be evil is challenged as she watches her husband transform into the sort of man that just might be capable of murdering his family.

Rachel Nichols, Philip Baker Hall, Isabel Conner, Brendan Donaldson, Annabel Armour,
Rich Komenich, David Gee, Danny McCarthy, Nancy Lollar, Jose Taitano.

Haven't seen this movie yet will up date this post once I have.