261. Totally Killer
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nahnatchka Khan
Actors: Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt, Charlie Gillespie, Lochlyn Munro, Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson, Liana Liberato
Plot: In 1987, the Sweet Sixteen Killer began a murder spree -- 35 years later, Jamie Hughes is about to become the next victim in his next spree but a bizarre twist winds up sending her back to 1987 - where she tries to stop the original killings before they can begin.
262. Session 9
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brad Anderson
Actors: David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Brandon Sexton III, Josh Lucas, Stephen Gevedon, Charley Broderick
Plot: A hazardous material clean-up crew is sent to an abandoned insane asylum for what is supposed to be a rush job. When personal histories are brought to light, the darkness isn't confined to the building.
263. Dead End
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Fabrice Canepa
Actors: Ray Wise, Lin Shaye, Mick Cain, Alexandra Holden, Billy Asher, Amber Smith
Plot: For the past 20 year, Frank has reluctantly driven his family to his mother-in-laws house for Christmas. This year he decides to take a shortcut, which will be the biggest mistake he has ever made.
264. Ju-On: The Curse 2
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Actors: Yuuko Daike, Makoto Ashikawa, Kahori Fujii, Takako Fuji, Ryôta Koyama, Takashi Matsuyama
Plot: When something of unspeakable tragedy takes place the location becomes tainted and everyone that comes here get tainted by the evil as well. A husband murders his wife and child in jelous rage because he's convinced she is having an affair. The house become cursed and more people get tainted as they enter the house.
265. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Year of Release: 1920
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John S. Robertson
Actors: John Barrymore, Charles Lane, Brandon Hurst, Cecil Clovelly, Nita Naldi
Plot: Silent version of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story about a nice doctor and his anti-social associate (weird how they never share a scene).
266. The Unknown
Year of Release: 1927
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tod Browning
Actors: Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz, John George, Frank Lanning
Plot: Alonzo is an apparently armless knife thrower who uses his feet to encircle Estrellita with blades. Zanzi is killed by Alonzo (who really does have arms). Estrellita allows herself to fall in love with Alonzo (she fears men's arms), so he goes to a hospital and has his amputated. Meantime Malabar cures Estrellita of her fear of men's arms, so Alonzo tries to have him killed during a circus act.
267. Fear Street Part Two: 1978
Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Leigh Janiak
Actors: Olivia Welch, Chiara Aurelia, Drew Scheid, Michael Provost, Sadie Sink, Ashley Zukerman
Plot: It's summertime and Camp Nightwing is about to serve up plenty of fun and activities now that school is out. Too bad one of the campers is about to play host to an unwelcome guest - one that will turn them into a stone-cold killer and survival becomes the goal of this bloody summer camp.
268. Monster Squad
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Fred Dekker
Actors: Andre Gower, Duncan Regehr, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht, Tom Noonan, Brent Chalem
Plot: A group of kids, with the help of Frankenstein, must save their town from Dracula, the wolfman and gillman.
269. Three... Extremes ( Sam gang yi )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike, Chan-wook Park
Actors: Ling Bai, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Miki Yeung, Byung-hun Lee, Won-hie Lim, Kyoko Hasegawa
Plot: In this Asian horror film, there are three sub plots:
The first story is called Dumplings and a woman is trying very hard to
have a child to keep her marriage from falling apart. She goes to
desperate lengths to do this when she finds out she is unable to bare
children.
The second story called The Cut involves a director who is casting a
movie that involves someone he knows. This someone is asked to do things
for the movie that seem odd and scary.
The third story is called The Box and it involves the relationship of a
girl and her sister. She is buried in the snow and tries to separate
between dream and reality.
270. Suicide Club ( Jisatsu saakuru )
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sion Sono
Actors: Ryo Ishibashi, Akaji Maro, Saya Hagiwara, Yoko Kamon, Masatoshi Nagase, Kimiko Yo
Plot: The collective suicide of 54 girls at a train station starts Detective Kuroda on a case with many questions but few leads. As a wave of suicides sweep the country, the detective comes across a website that seems to predict the deaths while a high school student on her own investigation finds a connection to a popular all-girl pop group, Desert.
