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**Directed by: Lee Cronin**
**Starring: Seana Kerlake, James Quinn Markey, Kati Outinen**
**Rated: R for Some Disturbing Images**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Concept, Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Some Acting**

The Hole in the Ground (2019)

October 10, 2019

After he goes missing in the woods and returns, a young mother suspects that her son might be an imposter.

MV5BMTUyNzkwMzAxOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzc1OTk1NjE@._V1_SY1000_SX675_AL_.jpg — The Witch (2015)

**Directed by: Robert Eggers**
**Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Violent Content and Graphic Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, World Building, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Witch (2015)

October 9, 2019

Puritans, banished from their village, are beset by a witch.

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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!

MV5BMjEwMzIxOTg3N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjI4ODUzNw@@._V1_.jpg — The Woman in Black (2012)

**Directed by: James Watkins**
**Starring:Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciaran Hinds**
**Rated: PG-13 for Thematic Material and Violence/Disturbing Images**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Production Design, Pacing, Atmosphere, Ending**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Lack of Real Scares, Too Many Jump Scares**

The Woman in Black (2012)

October 8, 2019

A young lawyer travels to an isolated village to settle the estate of a client, only to find a vengeful spirit is haunting the occupants of the village.

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**Directed by: Neil Marshall**
**Starring: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, Liam Cunningham**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence/ Gore and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Budgetary Restraints**

Dog Soldiers (2002)

October 7, 2019

A group of military recruits runs into werewolves while training in Scotland.

MV5BOTUyODEyMDIyM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTYxMzg5Mg@@._V1_.jpg — The Wolfman (Director’s Cut) (2010)

**Directed by: Joe Johnston**
**Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, Asa Butterfield, Max Von Sydow (Only In Director’s Cut Only)**
**Rated: R For Bloody Horror Violence and Gore**
**Running Time: 1 h 59 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Production Design, Special Effects, Makeup, Gore Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Climax**

The Wolfman (2010)

October 7, 2019

After his brother goes missing, Lawrence Talbot returns to his home in Blackmoor, England where the town lives in fright of what they suspect is a werewolf.

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**Directed by: David Cronenberg**
**Starring: Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Allan Kolman**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Practical Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Content Will Deter Viewers, A Little Sloppy**

Shivers (1975)

October 6, 2019

A strain of parasites infects a high-rise apartment complex and turns the residents into sex-crazed fiends.

MV5BMTY1NzYzNTU5Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODc2ODQ5MQ@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,673,1000_AL_.jpg — Splinter (2008)

**Directed by: Toby Wilkins**
**Starring: Shea Whigham, Jill Wagner, Paulo Costanzo, Rachel Kerbs**
**Rated: R for Violence/Gore Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 22 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Some Special Effects, Tension**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Pacing in Middle**

Splinter (2008)

October 6, 2019

After a convict and his girlfriend take a young couple hostage, a parasitic creature terrorizes them all.

Bedevilled (2010)

October 5, 2019

A woman in an isolated village whom is constantly subject to abuse seeks help from a friend from Seoul.

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**Directed by: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman**
**Starring: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Melvin Junko, Gary Schneider**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 22 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects, Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Not For Everyone, Writing, Content**

The Toxic Avenger (1984)

October 4, 2019

A 98 lbs nerdy janitor is turned into a monster-superhero after falling into a vat of toxic waste.

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**Directed by: Richard W. Haines, Lloyd Kaufman**
**Starring: Janelle Brady, Gil Brenton, Robert Prichard**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Boring**

Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)

October 4, 2019

The students at a high school near a nuclear power plant start behaving strangely after smoking irradiated marijuana.

Joy Ride (2001)

October 3, 2019

A psychotic trucker harasses three young people after they play a cruel joke on him.

Crawl (2019)

October 3, 2019

A young woman finds herself trapped in a crawlspace with alligators after she attempts to rescue her father during a category 5 hurricane.

MV5BMTgzMjM1NDY5MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTkxNDk2NTM@._V1_.jpg — The Little Stranger (2018)

**Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson**
**Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter, Charlotte Rampling**
**Rated: R for Some Disturbing Bloody Images**
**Running Time: 1 h 51 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Some Directing, Twist**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Uneven Writing, Some Acting, How Twist Was Handled**

The Little Stranger (2018)

October 2, 2019

After a doctor is called to a crumbling manor, strange things begin to happen to him and the family that lives there.

MV5BMTYzMDY5ODU1Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjkwNzkwNjM@._V1_.jpg — Lizzie (2018)

**Directed by: Craig William Macneill**
**Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Fiona Shaw, Jamey Sheridan, Denis O’Hare**
**Rated: R for Violence and Grisly Images, Nudity, a Scene of Sexuality, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: A Few Shaky Scenes**

Lizzie (2018)

October 2, 2019

A retelling of the infamous Borden murders of 1892.

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**Directed by: John Carpenter**
**Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, Tom Atkins, Hal Holbrook**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Special and Visual Effects, Creepy Atmosphere and Images, POV**
**WEAKNESSES: Thin and Predictable Story**

The Fog (1980)

October 1, 2019

A mysterious fog rolls in over a small coastal town on the centennial anniversary of a shipwreck which occurred just off the shore.

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**Directed by: John Carpenter**
**Starring: Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Susan Blanchard, Dennis Dunn**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Concept, Some Creepy and Surreal Moments, Last Ten Minutes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Some Characters, Acting**

Prince of Darkness (1987)

October 1, 2019

A research team studies a strange cylinder left in a deserted church and mysterious occurrences begin happening in the surrounding area.

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**Directed by: John Carpenter**
**Starring: Sam Neill, Jurgen Prochnow, Julie Carmen, Charlton Heston**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Concept, Some Genuinely Creepy Sequences**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Some Execution**

In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

October 1, 2019

An insurance investigator searches for a missing best selling horror novelist, only to find that the books have an increasing sway on his fans’ lives.

MV5BNjA4MTE4NTQzN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjM5MzkwMzE@._V1_.jpg — The Fanatic (2019)

**Directed by: Fred Durst**
**Starring: John Travolta, Devon Sawa, Ana Golja**
**Rated: R for Some Strong Violence, and Language Throughout**
**Running Time: 1 h 28 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: John Travolta’s Unique Performance**
**WEAKNESSES: Story, Dialogue, Characters**

The Fanatic (2019)

September 30, 2019

An obsessive fan stalks his favorite movie star.

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**Directed by: Andy Muschietti**
**Starring: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Skarsgard, Finn Wolfhard, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Violent Content and Bloody Images Throughout, Pervasive Language, and Some Crude Sexual Material**
**Running Time: 2 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: First Act, Some Special Effects, Some Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length, Character Chemistry, Ending**

It Chapter Two (2019)

September 9, 2019

The conclusion of Stephen King’s It.

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