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**Directed by: Stephen Cognetti**
**Starring: Gabriel Chytry, Elizabeth Vermilyea, Sam Kazzi**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Language and Terror)**
**Running Time: 1 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: A Few Spooky Moments**
**WEAKNESSES: General Execution, Writing, Lack of Creativity**

Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire (2019)

October 9, 2020

The infamous Abaddon Hotel reopens as an interactive show known as Insomnia. What could possibly go wrong?

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**Directed by: Adrian Grunberg**
**Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Yvette Monreal, Adriana Barraza, Sergio Peris-Mencheta**
**Rated: R for Strong Graphic Violence, Grisly Images, Drug Use and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Last Twenty Minutes Are Pretty Funny**
**WEAKNESSES: Writing, Directing, Story, Tone, Themes, Pacing**

Rambo: Last Blood (2019)

December 6, 2019

Rambo takes on Mexican drug cartels.

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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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**Directed by: John Lafia**
**Starring: Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, Christine Elise, Brad Dourif**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Chucky Fights**
**WEAKNESSES: Literally Everything Else**

Child's Play 2 (1990)

October 18, 2019

Chucky (somehow) returns to once again try to claim Andy’s soul.

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**Directed by: Darren Lynn Bousman**
**Starring: Paul Sorvino, Anthony Stewart Head, Alexa PenaVega, Paris Hilton, Sarah Brightman**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence and Gore, Some Drug and Sexual Content**
**Running Time: 1 h 38 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Anthony Stewart Head, Some Songs, General Concept, Practical Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Paris Hilton, Most Songs, Overall Execution, Visual Effects**

Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

October 9, 2019

After a wave of organ failures sweeps through the human populous, a genetics company begins manufacturing artificial organs. But if the recipients of those organs can’t pay, the company sends in a Repo Man to take their product back. A musical!

Death Wish (2018)

September 24, 2019

A mild mannered man is brought to his melting point after a violent act towards his family.

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**Directed by: F. Gary Gray**
**Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Rebecca Ferguson, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Kumail Nanjiani**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sci-Fi Action, Some Language and Suggestive Material**
**Running Time: 1 h 54 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Tessa Thompson**
**WEAKNESSES: Story Structure, Directing, Pacing**

Men in Black: International (2019)

September 3, 2019

The Men in Black search for a mole amongst their ranks.

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**Directed by: The Pang Brothers**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Chakrit Yamnam, Charlie Yeung**
**Rated: R for Violence, Language, Some Sexuality**
**Running Time: 1h 35m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Almost So Bad It’s Good, Unintentionally Hilarious**
**WEAKNESSES: Cinematography, Direction, Action, Performances**

Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

August 21, 2019

Contract Killer Joe Faces His Toughest Assignment Yet

The Silence (2019)

June 4, 2019

A family must survive in silence after apocalyptic monsters are unleashed.

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**Directed by: Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmyer**
**Starring: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jete Laurence, Obssa Ahmed**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 41 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Tone, Writing, Production Design, Mishandling of Story**

Pet Sematary (2019)

April 8, 2019

After a doctor buries his daughter’s dead cat in a mysterious plot of land, it comes back to life and strange incidents begin to occur.

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Directed by: Ethan & Joel Coen
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, John Goodman
Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 1h 34m
TMM Score: 4.5 out of 5
STRENGTHS: Acting, Characters, Story, Aesthetic
WEAKNESSES: Pacing

Raising Arizona (1987)

March 28, 2019

An “against-the-odds” couple kidnap one of the Arizona Quintet babies when they learn they are unable to conceive a child themselves.

dt 1.jpg — The Dark Tower (2017)

**Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel**
**Starring: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 1h 35m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Idris Elba**
**WEAKNESSES: Everything Else**

The Dark Tower (2017)

March 14, 2019

When an evil force threatens the safety of all worlds, a young boy, who dreams of monsters and men, travels to a mysterious world where, with the help of a gunslinger, decides to take matters into his own hands.

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**Directed by: Jon Turteltaub**
**Starring: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose**
**Rated: PG-13 for Action/Peril, Bloody Images and Some Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 53 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: The Crazy Beach Scene**
**WEAKNESSES: Predictability, Dialogue, Acting, Special Effects**

The Meg (2018)

November 13, 2018

Jonas Taylor squares off against a Megladon.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

October 30, 2018

Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

Van Helsing (2004)

October 28, 2018

A monster hunter travels to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula from hatching an evil plan.

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**Directed by: David Schmoeller**
**Starring: Paul Le Mat, William Hickey, Irene Miracle**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Puppets**
**WEAKNESSES: Literally Everything Else**

Puppet Master (1989)

October 10, 2018

A group of psychics attend a funeral for an old colleague, only to be attacked by murderous sentient puppets.

MV5BMjM5MDk2NDIxMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjU5NDk3NTM@._V1_.jpg — The Predator (2018)

**Directed by: Shane Black**
**Starring: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K Brown, Thomas Jane, Alfie Allen, Yvonne Strahovski**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence, Language Throughout, and Crude Sexual References**
**Running Time: 1 h 47 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Dialogue, Some Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Direction, Lack of Story, Characters, Writing**

The Predator (2018)

September 14, 2018

A young boy accidentally calls Predator to earth and soldiers have to fight off the alien.

91zeY8ObC-L._RI_.jpg — Kull the Conqueror (1997)

**Directed by: John Nicolella**
**Starring: Kevin Sorbo, Tia Carrere, Thomas Ian Griffith**
**Rated: PG-13 for Fantasy Action Violence and Sensuality**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Interesting Premise**
**WEAKNESSES: Execution of Everything**

Kull the Conqueror (1997)

August 10, 2018

After Kull is named the successor to a Kingdom, the kingdom’s heirs conspire to overthrow him by resurrecting an evil sorceress.

Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

March 27, 2018

The Kaiju are back, and once again it's up to the men and women in Jaegars to fight them off, and save the planet once more.

Gringo (2018)

March 13, 2018

A law abiding citizen is pulled into dealing with the Mexican cartels after his sleazy business partners screw over a gangster named "The Black Panther."

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