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**Directed by: William Lustig**
**Starring: Joe Spinell, Tom Savini, Caroline Munro, Abigail Clayton**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects, Atmosphere, Joe Spinell**
**WEAKNESSES: It’s Pretty F*cked Up**

Maniac (1980)

October 16, 2020

A psychotic man struggles with his impulse to kill and scalp women.

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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!?

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**Directed by: Franck Khalfoun**
**Starring: Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, Americo Olivo**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Graphic Violence and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Practical Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Cinematography, Nothing New**

Maniac (2012)

October 16, 2020

A man struggles to suppress his desire to kill.

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**Directed by: Dario Argento**
**Starring: Asia Argento, Piper Laurie, Christopher Rydell, Frederic Forrest, Brad Dourif**
**Rated: R for Violence and Terror, and for Some Sexuality and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 46 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: A Couple Cool Kills, Some Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting, Writing, Pacing, Some Weird Directing Choices**

Dario Argento's Trauma (1993)

October 11, 2020

A young man tries to help a teenage European after she witnesses the murder of her parents.

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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.

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**Directed by: Leigh Whannell**
**Starring: Elizabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Harriet Dyer, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Storm Reid**
**Rated: R for Some Strong Bloody Violence, and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 4 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Some Great Scenes, Acting, Some Themes, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Lots of Tiny Plot Holes, Uneven Quality**

The Invisible Man (2020)

February 28, 2020

After Cecilia’s abusive ex Adrian takes his own life and leaves her a fortune, she begins to experience strange phenomena and suspects Adrian might be behind it.

81ljj4G8V-L._RI_.jpg — Black Christmas (1974)

Directed by: Bob Clark
Starring: Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Lynne Griffin
Rated: Suggested R for Strong Violence and Language
Running Time: 1h 38m
TMM Score: 3.5 Stars
STRENGTHS: Directing, Mystery, Fun
WEAKNESSES: Too Many Plot Holes

Black Christmas (1974)

December 10, 2019

A sorority is harassed by a strange and sinister caller….

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**Directed by: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett**
**Starring: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien**
**Rated: R for Violence, Bloody Images, Language Throughout, and Some Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Good Balance of Horror and Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Treads On Familiar Ground**

Ready or Not (2019)

December 6, 2019

A bride’s wedding night takes a horrific turn after her in-laws force her to participate in a game.

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**Directed by: Rick Rosenthal**
**Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Busta Rhymes, Tyra Banks, Daisy McCrackin**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Language, Some Sexuality and Brief Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 1 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Nothing**
**WEAKNESSES: Writing, Directing, Concept, Atmosphere**

Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

October 31, 2019

Michael Myers terrorizes a reality TV show that has set up in his old house.

House of Wax (2005)

October 30, 2019

A group of teenagers are hunted by a psychopath after they stumble into an odd town…

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**Directed by: Wes Craven**
**Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Miko Hughes, Wes Craven, Robert Englund**
**Rated: R for Explicit Horror Violence and Gore, and For Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 52 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Meta-Story, Atmosphere, Freddy Sequences**
**WEAKNESSES: Takes A While to Get Going**

New Nightmare (1994)

October 25, 2019

As Heather Langenkamp prepares for her role in the latest installment in the “Nightmare on Elm Street” series, she finds hers and her child’s dreams are being afflicted by Freddy.

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**Directed by: Rachel Talalay**
**Starring: Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Shon Greenblatt, Yaphet Kotto, Johnny Depp, Roseanne Barr**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Freddy’s Origin, One or Two Dream Sequences**
**WEAKNESSES: Everything Else**

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

October 25, 2019

Ten years after the last “Nightmare”, Freddy has killed all but one of the remaining teens in Springwood and now must use the amnestic John Doe to lure more teens to him.

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