The Visitors

Frank (Kjell Bergqvist) and his family move into an old countryside house, but problems are mounting… especially the fact that something creepy is hiding in the attic. Admittedly, this low-budget…

Freddy Vs. Jason 

Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) manipulates Jason Vorhees (Ken Kerzinger) into slaughtering teens on Elm Street; that’s supposed to make Freddy strong enough to mount a comeback. On paper, this is…

The Ring 

This surprisingly effective remake of Ringu (1998), a Japanese chiller, became a box office smash and helped elevate Naomi Watts to stardom. She is engaging as the reporter who watches…

Friday the 13th 

As teenagers arrive at a summer camp on Crystal Lake, someone there decides that they all deserve to die... Inspired by Halloween (1978), this film has become the crowning achievement…

Alien Resurrection

200 years after Ripley’s (Sigourney Weaver) death, we find her clone on a ship full of monsters that scientists use for research. Gee, you don’t think they will escape...? With…

Poltergeist III 

In this third film in the series, Carol Anne’s (Heather O’Rourke) family is out of the picture and the setting has changed from a California house to a Chicago highrise…

Poltergeist II: The Other Side 

The Freelings are recuperating after the first film’s horrific events, but the vicious specters, led by a dead preacher, once again try to get the family under their spell. This…

Alien³

After crash-landing on a remote prison planet, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and the convicts find themselves fighting another monster. David Fincher, in his directing debut, had his work cut out;…

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

This fitfully amusing remake is a celebration of the 1974 original, employing the same kind of nasty, sadistic atmosphere. A picture is painted of the Texas countryside as utterly degenerate,…