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**Directed by: Brad Anderson**
**Starring: David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Stephen Gevedon, Josh Lucas, Brendan Sexton III**
**Rated: R for Language and Brief Strong Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 37 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: A Bit Slight**

Session 9 (2001)

October 6, 2020

An asbestos cleaning crew working in an abandoned mental hospital with a dark past starts to experience unusual phenomenon.

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**Directed by: Lukas Feigelfeld**
**Starring: Aleksandra Cwen, Celina Peter, Claudia Martini, Tanja Petrovsky**
**Rated: NR (Suggest R for Disturbing Violent Content)**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Cinematography, Story, Sound Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Small Target Audience**

Hagazussa (2017)

October 5, 2020

A woman living in isolation faces judgement and persecution from a group of nearby villagers, who believe the woman to be a witch.

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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.

Audition (1999)

October 2, 2020

A widower takes an opportunity to screen girls at an audition arranged for him by a friend to find a new wife, only the girl whom the widower chooses to date is not at all who she seems.

Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)

October 1, 2020

A silent era documentary concerning medieval beliefs about witchcraft.

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**Directed by: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz**
**Starring: Riley Keough, Richard Armitage, Alicia Silverstone, Jaeden Martel, Lia McHugh**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Violence, Some Bloody Images and Brief Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 48 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Some Atmosphere, Acting, Final Act**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Predictable**

The Lodge (2019)

February 21, 2020

A soon-to-be stepmother takes her fiancé’s children to a remote lodge to get to know them, but soon unusual events start to plague them.

November (2017)

February 12, 2020

A poor village in Estonia tries to survive the winter by using magic, and a young girl among the villagers attempts to woo a young man.

eh 1.jpg — Event Horizon (1997)

**Directed By: Paul W.S. Anderson**
**Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs**
**Rated: R Rated**
**Run Time: 1 h 36m**
**TMM Score: 4**
**Strengths: High Concept, Atmosphere, Horror Sequences**
**Weakness: Some Acting, Slight**

Event Horizon (1997)

February 6, 2020

Years after its disastrous disappearance, the Event Horizon, a ship designed to travel faster than light has reappeared near Neptune. It’s up to one crew to find out what happened to it, where it went, and what came back with it.

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**Directed by: Abner Pastoll**
**Starring: Sarah Bolger, Edward Hogg, Andrew Simpson**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Strong Bloody Violence and Gory Images)**
**Running Time: 1 h 37 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Mild Pacing Issues, Coincidental Moments**

A Good Woman is Hard to Find (2019)

February 3, 2020

An impoverished, recently widowed mother of two gets sucked into the world of crime that dwells right outside her door, and must fight to protect her children.

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**Directed by: Oz Perkins**
**Starring: Sophia Lillis, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw, Samuel Leakey**
**Rated: PG-13 for Disturbing Images/Thematic Content, and Brief Drug Material**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Mise-En-Scene, Twist on Familiar Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Some Acting**

Gretel & Hansel (2020)

February 3, 2020

A darker retelling of the tale of Hansel and Gretel, focused more on the sister’s perspective.

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**Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock**
**Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Acting, Soundtrack, Editing, Cinematography, Subversion of Expectations**
**WEAKNESSES: Psychiatrist Monologue**

Psycho (1960)

January 27, 2020

A secretary steals forty thousand dollars and absconds from Phoenix, but things take a turn for the worse after she checks into a motel run by a peculiar young man and his domineering mother.

coos 7.jpg — Color Out of Space (2019)

**Directed By: Richard Stanley**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur, Elliot Knight, Tommy Chong , Brendan Meyer, Julian Hilliard, Josh C. Waller, Q'orianka Kilcher**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 51m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Lighting and Color, Nic Cage, Cosmic Dread**
**Weakness: Some CGI and Acting Moments**

Color Out of Space (2019)

January 24, 2020

When a meteor crash lands near their home in the New England woods, one family is given a glimpse of the universe outside their capacity to grasp without insanity inducing effect.

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**Directed by: Nicolas Pesce**
**Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Demian Bichir, John Cho, William Sadler, Jackie Weaver, Betty Gilpin**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Violence and Bloody Images, Terror and Some Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 1 star out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: -**
**WEAKNESSES: Boring, Predictable, Acting, Jump Scares**

The Grudge (2020)

January 6, 2020

A house is haunted by a vengeful ghost.

The Forest of Love (2019)

January 6, 2020

Japanese cult director Sion Sono’s take on the Kitakysushu serial murder incident.

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**Directed by: Mike Flanagan**
**Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Emily Alyn Lind, Alex Essoe, Jacob Tremblay, Danny Lloyd**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Violent Content, Some Bloody Images, Language, Nudity and Drug Use**
**Running Time: 2 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Melding of Kubrick and King’s Worlds, Story, Acting, Ingenuity**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing (Particularly in First Act), Length**

Doctor Sleep (2019)

December 20, 2019

Years after the events of “The Shining”, Dan Torrance fights to protect a girl who possesses the same psychic ability as him.

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.

District 9 (2009)

December 5, 2019

When Middle Manager Wikus is given the task of clearing out the slum, District 9, which is populated by Extra Terrestrial Refugees, he is exposed to an alien substance which starts changing his body and sets off a corporate arms race.

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**Directed by: Nicolas Pesce**
**Starring: Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska, Laia Costa**
**Rated: R for Aberrant Violent and Sexual Content, Nudity, and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 21 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Creativity, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: More Style than Substance, Minor Deux Ex Machina**

Piercing (2018)

November 14, 2019

A man with a growing inclination towards violence decides to murder a prostitute to get it out of his system.

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