Thriller

Nature Of The Beast

September 19, 2005 // 0 Comments

A slightly underrated thriller from the mid 90's that unfolds in the form of a road-style movie, pairs two would be societal misfits in the suspenseful film "Nature of the Beast". After denying mysterious drifter Adrian (Eric Roberts) a [...]

Psycho III

September 14, 2005 // 0 Comments

Picking up almost immediately where "Psycho II" left off, Anthony Perkins is at the helm as he makes his directorial debut with "Psycho III", the third and slightly more disturbing chapter in the ever increasing "Psycho" [...]

The Doctor And The Devils

September 14, 2005 // 0 Comments

I had never heard of "The Doctor And The Devils" but the DVD looked intriguing when it arrived, so I decided to give the film a check-up. As it turns out, the movie is a gothic little thriller that has a lot in common with the great Hammer Films [...]

Psycho II

September 13, 2005 // 0 Comments

22 years after being released from the state mental institution, Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), has been released and is returning home to try to start a new life, in the first sequel to Hitchcock's 1960's masterpiece "Psycho". Many [...]

Oldboy

August 31, 2005 // 0 Comments

It is one of the Internet Movie Database's top 250 movies ever. It was given four stars by Roger Ebert. Harry Knowles liked it so much he recorded a commentary track for the Region 3 DVD. So how come most people haven't heard of [...]

The House On 92nd Street

August 30, 2005 // 0 Comments

In their "Film Noir" line of DVD releases, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has now prepared the 1945 spy thriller "The House On 92nd Street." With high hopes I checked out the film but soon found that it has aged so badly that it [...]

Prelude To Murder

August 26, 2005 // 0 Comments

There are some things I just can't say "No" to. Sherlock Holmes movies and stories are one of them. When 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment dropped a DVD version of "Prelude To Murder" I was more than eager to check it out, of [...]

Lightning Bug

July 27, 2005 // 0 Comments

Recently, Anchor Bay Entertainment has brought forth a few new independent movies that are truly living up to the studio's reputation of being one of the premiere providers of the genre. Now the unleash "Lightning Bug" upon viewers, the [...]

Monsieur N.

July 14, 2005 // 0 Comments

Empire Pictures is bringing us here a fascinating film about "what could have been." In 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte loses the battle of Waterloo and is exiled to the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean. History tells us that he dies there in [...]

Hostage

June 6, 2005 // 0 Comments

"Hostage" may not have made a huge box office splash but it is nonetheless a pretty good, intense and dark thriller. It is great to see Bruce Willis in a role again that is tailor-made for him. A hero with tough and feelings, without the swagger [...]
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