MV5BOTUzMzAzMzEzNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTg1NTAwMjE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,671,1000_AL_.jpg — The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

**Directed by: James Whale**
**Starring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Thesiger**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG for Violence and Some Scary Imagery)**
**Running Time: 1 h 15 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Story Structure, Moral Dilemmas, Effects, Technically Superior to Original, Acting, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

October 31, 2018

The continuing misadventures of Frankenstein and his monster.

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**Directed by: Arthur Lubin**
**Starring: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier**
**Rated: Approved**
**Running Time: 1 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Music, Directing, Cinematography, Excitement**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Lengthy Songs**

The Phantom of the Opera (1943)

October 31, 2018

A disfigured violinist stalks a young operetta.

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**Directed by: George Waggner**
**Starring: Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers, Warren William, Bela Lugosi**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG for Some Scary Moments and Mild Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 10 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Moral Dilemma, Production Design, Old Hollywood Charm, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: Theatricality and Melodrama**

The Wolf Man (1941)

October 31, 2018

A man returns to his family estate for his brother’s funeral only to be attacked by a wolf and possibly turned into a creature of legend.

Frankenstein (1931)

October 31, 2018

An obsessive scientist recreates life using the corpses of dead men.

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**Directed by: James Whale**
**Starring: Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Melvyn Douglas**
**Rated: G**
**Running Time: 1 h 12 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Cinematography, Atmosphere, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Character Motivation**

The Old Dark House (1932)

October 31, 2018

A torrential storm washes out the road, causing five travelers to take shelter at a strange old home.

MV5BMjMwMjA5NDkyMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYyMTY2MTE@._V1_.jpg — Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

**Directed by: Jack Arnold**
**Starring: Richard Carlson, Whit Bissell, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Ricou Browning, Ben Chapman, Antonio Moreno**
**Rated: G**
**Running Time: 1 h 19 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Cinematography, Creature Design, Old Hollywood Charm**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Melodramatic Moments**

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

October 31, 2018

A group of scientists travel to the Amazon in search of a missing link in evolution, only to be terrorized by a fearsome beast that dwells there.

MV5BMTYyOTM5NzU3Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTQxNjAxNzE@._V1_.jpg — Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

**Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola**
**Starring: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, Richard E Grant, Cary Elwes, Tom Waits**
**Rated: R for Sexuality and Horror Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 8 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Gary Oldman, Takes Chances**
**WEAKNESSES: Chances Don't Always Pay Off, Some Writing, Some Directorial Choices**

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

October 30, 2018

Francis Ford Coppola’s retelling of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire novel.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

October 30, 2018

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

Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)

October 29, 2018

A small Italian town is thrown into disarray after a series of child murders.

Zombie (1979)

October 29, 2018

After a zombie is found on a sailboat off the New York coast, a journalist named Peter West and Anne Bowles, a daughter in search of her missing father, travel to a tropical island looking for answers.

Van Helsing (2004)

October 28, 2018

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

Underworld (2003)

October 28, 2018

A vampire warrior becomes infatuated with a human that is sought after by her archenemies: the lycan.

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**Directed by: Alejandro Amenabar**
**Starring: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Alakina Mann, James Bentley**
**Rated: PG-13 for Thematic Material and Frightening Moments**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Directing, Atmosphere, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Others (2001)

October 28, 2018

Shortly after the end of World War II, a woman in the English countryside becomes convinced her home is haunted.

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**Directed by: John McNaughton**
**Starring: Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Tom Towles**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R-NC-17 for Extreme Violence and Sadistic Behavior, Disturbing Content Including Rape, and For Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Extreme Content**

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

October 28, 2018

A drifter commits a series of murders while staying with a friend in Chicago, loosely based on the life of Henry Lee Lucas.

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**Directed by: Paul Urkijo Alijo**
**Starring: Kandido Urgana, Uma Bracaglia, Eneko Sargardoy**
**Rated: MA**
**Running Time: 1 h 38 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Production Design, Make Up, Unexpected Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Won’t Appeal to All Audiences**

Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil (2017)

October 27, 2018

A retelling of an ancient fable about a Blacksmith who captures a demon.

MV5BMjE3NzE4NzkyNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTYyODgwNzE@._V1_.jpg — Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

**Directed by: Roman Polanski**
**Starring: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 17 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Subtlety, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

October 27, 2018

A young couple moves into an apartment with strange neighbors, but when the wife Rosemary becomes pregnant, she begins to feel as if people are after her unborn child.

MV5BMTM3NjA1NDMyMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDQzNDMzOQ@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — The Conjuring (2013)

**Directed by: James Wan**
**Starring: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farminga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor, Joey King, Mackenzie Foy**
**Rated: R for Sequences of Disturbing Violence and Terror**
**Running Time: 1 h 52 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Good Blend of Atmospheric and Jump Scares, Characters, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Corny Dialogue and Climax, Some Tropes**

The Conjuring (2013)

October 26, 2018

Paranormal investigators help a family that is being terrorized by a malicious presence that lives in their home.

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**Directed by: James Wan**
**Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Madison Wolfe, Frances O'Connor**
**Rated: R for Terror and Horror Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 14 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Atmosphere, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Lack of Subtlety, The Crooked Man**

The Conjuring 2 (2016)

October 26, 2018

The Warrens head to London to help a single mother and her children deal with a restless spirit.

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**Directed by: David Cronenberg**
**Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 36 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Practical Effects, Makeup, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Content Will Deter Some Viewers**

The Fly (1986)

October 25, 2018

An eccentric scientist has an accident in his lab that changes his life forever.

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**Directed by: David Cronenberg**
**Starring: Jeremy Irons, Genevieve Bujold, Heidi von Palleske**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 56 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Jeremy Irons, Directing, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Dead Ringers (1988)

October 25, 2018

Twin gynecologists take advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, but when an actress comes to their clinic for advice the twin’s relationship and balance begins to fall apart.

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