71VSOieDxeL._SL1443_.jpg — Polytechnique (2009)

**Directed by: Denis Villeneuve**
**Starring: Maxim Gaudette, Sebastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse, Evelyn Brouchu**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Extended Sequences of Realistic and Disturbing Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 17 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Some Acting, Cinematography, Pacing, Structure, Relevance**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Respect for Victims**

Polytechnique (2009)

December 15, 2020

A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989.

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**Directed by: Denis Villeneuve**
**Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon**
**Rated: R for Some Strong Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Acting, Themes, Cinematography, Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: A Bit Slight**

Enemy (2013)

December 14, 2020

A man spots his doppelganger in a film and tries to seek him out.

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**Directed by: Lucio Fulci**
**Starring: Fabrizio Jovine, Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Gory Violence and Images)**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS:**
**WEAKNESSES:**

City of the Living Dead (1980)

October 23, 2020

A priest commits suicide and causes the gates of hell to open, unleashing zombies on a town.

The Beyond (1981)

October 23, 2020

A woman in Louisiana inherits a hotel that was built over one of the gates of hell.

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**Directed by: Brian Clemens**
**Starring: Horst Janson, John Carson, Caroline Munro, Shane Briant, Wanda Ventham**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, World Building, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Melodramatic, Cheesy**

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)

October 18, 2020

A master swordsman and his hunchback assistant attempt to hunt a vampire that has been plaguing a town, with the help of one of its citizens.

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**Directed by: Richard Attenborough**
**Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time:1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Themes, Atmosphere**

Magic (1978)

October 17, 2020

A ventriloquist’s peculiar relationship with his dummy begins to affect his personal life.

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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: Christopher Smith**
**Starring: Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Andy Nyman, Toby Stephens**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence, Language, Drug Content and Some Sexuality/Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 36 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Humor, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Run of the Mill**

Severance (2006)

October 15, 2020

A dark comedy about a group of workers who travel to a remote location for an office retreat, but are attacked along the way.

71yUIAE3-LL._SL1444_.jpg — Demon Seed (1977)

**Directed by: Donald Cammell**
**Starring: Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Themes, Acting, Some Creepy Moments**
**WEAKNESSES: Schmaltzy/Dated Effects and Ideas**

Demon Seed (1977)

October 14, 2020

A scientist creates Proteus- a type of artificial intelligence that can learn on its own. Proteus soon becomes obsessed with the scientist’s wife.

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**Directed by: Mariano Baino**
**Starring: Louise Salter, Venera Simmons, Mariya Kapnist**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Production Design, Atmosphere, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Slightly Schmaltzy Climax, Mild Pacing in First Act**

Dark Waters (1993)

October 13, 2020

After the death of her father, a young girl travels to a remote convent on an island to find out why her father funded it for years.

Alucarda (1977)

October 13, 2020

A young girl arrives at a convent where she and her new best friend awaken an evil presence.

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**Directed by: Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke**
**Starring: Martin Freeman, Susie Porter, Simone Landers**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Graphic Violence and Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Themes, General Execution**
**WEAKNESSES: Well Worn Territory, Pacing**

Cargo (2017)

October 12, 2020

In zombie-ridden Australia, a father searches for someone to protect his infant daughter.

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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: Ole Bornedal**
**Starring: Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin, Lauren Graham, Brad Dourif, John C Reilly**
**Rated: R for Strong, Morbid Violence, Language, Sexuality and Some Drug Content**
**Running Time: 1 h 41 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Concept, Some Direction**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Most Acting, Some Execution**

Nightwatch (1997)

October 10, 2020

A law student at a morgue begins to discover clues that implicate him as the lead suspect in a series of grotesque murders.

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**Directed by: Stephen Cognetti**
**Starring: Gore Abrams Alice Bahlke, Danny Bellini, Ryan Jennifer Jones, Lauren A Kennedy, Adam Schneider**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Terror and Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Ingenuity, Low Budget Gem, Genuinely Creepy Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Some Plot Points Brushed Over, Some Stupid Character Choices**

Hell House LLC (2015)

October 9, 2020

A documentary crew sets out to explain what happened the opening night at a Haunted House attraction where fifteen people died mysteriously.

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**Directed by: Stephen Cognetti**
**Starring: Vasile Flutur, Jillian Geurts, Joy Shantz**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Violence and Terror)**
**Running Time: 1 h 59 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Spooky Moments**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting, Generic**

Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel (2018)

October 9, 2020

Eight years after the tragedy at Hell House LLC, an investigative journalist decides she will try to uncover the mystery of what happened that night.

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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: Adam Simon**
**Starring: Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Inventiveness**
**WEAKNESSES: Predictability, Acting, Schmaltzy Moments**

Brain Dead (1990)

October 8, 2020

A neurosurgeon is recruited to extract crucial data from the mind of a paranoid schizophrenic, and finds he himself in a waking nightmare.

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