MV5BYmZjNGEwMDMtNWM5NC00YzYxLWI3Y2YtMjRkYWI4OGM5MThjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzgzODI1OTE@._V1_.jpg — City of the Living Dead (1980)

**Directed by: Lucio Fulci**
**Starring: Fabrizio Jovine, Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Gory Violence and Images)**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS:**
**WEAKNESSES:**

City of the Living Dead (1980)

October 23, 2020

A priest commits suicide and causes the gates of hell to open, unleashing zombies on a town.

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**Directed by: William Lustig**
**Starring: Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Robert Z’Dar**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Schlocky Fun, Bruce Campbell**
**WEAKNESSES: Pretty Much Everything**

Maniac Cop (1988)

October 16, 2020

A killer dressed as a cop prowls the streets of NYC. IS ANYWHERE SAFE!?

71yUIAE3-LL._SL1444_.jpg — Demon Seed (1977)

**Directed by: Donald Cammell**
**Starring: Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Themes, Acting, Some Creepy Moments**
**WEAKNESSES: Schmaltzy/Dated Effects and Ideas**

Demon Seed (1977)

October 14, 2020

A scientist creates Proteus- a type of artificial intelligence that can learn on its own. Proteus soon becomes obsessed with the scientist’s wife.

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**Directed by: Mariano Baino**
**Starring: Louise Salter, Venera Simmons, Mariya Kapnist**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Production Design, Atmosphere, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Slightly Schmaltzy Climax, Mild Pacing in First Act**

Dark Waters (1993)

October 13, 2020

After the death of her father, a young girl travels to a remote convent on an island to find out why her father funded it for years.

Alucarda (1977)

October 13, 2020

A young girl arrives at a convent where she and her new best friend awaken an evil presence.

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**Directed by: Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke**
**Starring: Martin Freeman, Susie Porter, Simone Landers**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Graphic Violence and Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Themes, General Execution**
**WEAKNESSES: Well Worn Territory, Pacing**

Cargo (2017)

October 12, 2020

In zombie-ridden Australia, a father searches for someone to protect his infant daughter.

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**Directed by: Stephen Cognetti**
**Starring: Gore Abrams Alice Bahlke, Danny Bellini, Ryan Jennifer Jones, Lauren A Kennedy, Adam Schneider**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Terror and Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Ingenuity, Low Budget Gem, Genuinely Creepy Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Some Plot Points Brushed Over, Some Stupid Character Choices**

Hell House LLC (2015)

October 9, 2020

A documentary crew sets out to explain what happened the opening night at a Haunted House attraction where fifteen people died mysteriously.

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**Directed by: Stephen Cognetti**
**Starring: Vasile Flutur, Jillian Geurts, Joy Shantz**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Violence and Terror)**
**Running Time: 1 h 59 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Spooky Moments**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting, Generic**

Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel (2018)

October 9, 2020

Eight years after the tragedy at Hell House LLC, an investigative journalist decides she will try to uncover the mystery of what happened that night.

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**Directed by: Adam Simon**
**Starring: Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Inventiveness**
**WEAKNESSES: Predictability, Acting, Schmaltzy Moments**

Brain Dead (1990)

October 8, 2020

A neurosurgeon is recruited to extract crucial data from the mind of a paranoid schizophrenic, and finds he himself in a waking nightmare.

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**Directed by: Peter Callow**
**Starring: Eva-Marie Kung, Ross Noble, Colin Burnicle, Griffin Stevens, Sesselia Olafs, Edward Baker-Duly**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Violence Including Disturbing Images and for Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Atmosphere, Concept, World Building**
**WEAKNESSES: Effects, Acting, Unlikeable Characters**

The Circle (2017)

October 7, 2020

A group of archaeology students travel to a remote Scottish island where they stumble upon a mysterious site, and soon, unusual phenomenon begin.

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**Directed by: Vincente Aranda**
**Starring: Simon Andreu, Maribel Martin, Alexandra Bastedo**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 22 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Dream Sequence, Atmosphere, Production Design, Weird Twist**
**WEAKNESSES: Mild Pacing, Thin Story and Characters**

The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)

October 4, 2020

Newlywed Susan is haunted by visions of a centuries-old woman who murdered her husband on her wedding night.

81yjhYJo3dL._RI_.jpg — Starry Eyes (2014)

**Directed by: Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmyer**
**Starring: Alex Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Noah Segan**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Disturbing Graphic Violence and Gory Images, Language and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 1 h 38 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Third Act, Some Acting, Writing, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Subpar Moments**

Starry Eyes (2014)

October 3, 2020

A Faustian tale about a young actress struggling to make it in LA.

Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)

October 1, 2020

A silent era documentary concerning medieval beliefs about witchcraft.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Extended Edition) (2014)

April 15, 2020

The concluding chapter in The Hobbit Trilogy.

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**Directed by: Peter Jackson**
**Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, John Callen, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry**
**Rated: PG-13 for Extended Sequences of Intense Fantasy Action Violence, and Frightening Images**
**Running Time: 3 h 7 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Action, Cinematography, Score, Smaug**
**WEAKNESSES: Tauriel and Legolas, Convoluted Side Plots, Overlong, Too Much CGI**

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Extended Edition) (2013)

April 14, 2020

Bilbo Baggins and the Dwarves of Erebor continue their journey.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Extended Cut) (2012)

April 13, 2020

Bilbo Baggins is recruited for an adventure that will send him galivanting across Middle Earth.

zt 1.jpg — Zero Theorem (2013)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Christoph Waltz, Lucas Hedges, Mélanie Thierry, David Thewlis, Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 47m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**Strengths: Briefly Humorous**
**Weakness: Plot, Coherence, Resolution, Meandering**

Zero Theorem (2013)

April 10, 2020

Qohen is a singularly minded omni-phobic computer operator who believes that the meaning of his life is just a phone call away if only he can keep Management’s constant demands for the Zero Theorem Proof off his back.

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**Directed by: Julie Taymor**
**Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Osheen Jones, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Matthew Rhys**
**Rated: R for Strong Violent and Sexual Images**
**Running Time: 2 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Matthew Rhys**

Titus (1999)

March 13, 2020

Titus returns from war victorious, only to offend enemies that will cause him greater turmoil.

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**Directed by: Bong Joon Ho**
**Starring: Chris Evans, Kang-ho Song, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Alison Pill**
**Rated: R for Violence, Language and Drug Content**
**Running Time: 2 h 6 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: World Building, Directing, Story, Themes, Fun, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: Sort of Messy**

Snowpiercer (2013)

March 4, 2020

In a frozen post-apocalyptic world, the only survivors of humanity ride a train that travels around the world in an endless cycle.

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**Directed by: Bong Joon Ho**
**Starring: Kang-ho Song, Hee-Bong Byun, Hae-il Park**
**Rated: R for Creature Violence and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Themes, Entertainment**
**WEAKNESSES: Stumbles a Bit Towards the End**

The Host (2006)

March 3, 2020

A monster from the Han River attacks Seoul while a father races to rescue his daughter.

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