Final Conflict, The: The Omen III (1981)Cast: Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi, Don Gordon, Lisa HarrowDirector: Graham BakerNutshell: Damien rises through the ranks and hopes to topple God in a coup d'etat
"a return of sorts to the stylishness of The Omen" Time Out"compelling" Creature Features"some good shock...
Ju-Rei (2004)Cast: Eriko Kazuto, Mirai Ueno, Chinatsu Wakatsuki, Eriko IchidoDirector: Koji ShiraishiNutshell: Shameless Ju-On re-tread with same croaking sounds and shadowy figures
Ju-Rei starts promisingly enough with a wintry shot of a non-descript street with some very eerie background music. Some school girls are...
Juon 2 - The Grudge II (2003)
Cast: Noriko Sakai, Chiharu Niyama, Kei Horie, Yui Ichikawa, Shingo KatsurayamaDirector: Takashi ShimizuNutshell: More ghostly shenanigans and lots more menacing hair and white faces!
Lately audiences have seen a succession of white-faced
ghostly children and...
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)Cast: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, Royal Dano, John VernonDirector: Stephen ChiodoNutshell: What appears like a shooting star turns out to be something far more diabolical…a Big Top Circus tent containing Killer Clowns who proceed to ravage the town of...
Ju-on (2002)Cast: Okina Megumi, Ito Misaki, Uehara Misa, Ichikawa YuiDirector: Shimizu TakashiNutshell: the spirit of a murdered woman infects an apartment building and all around it.
Juon was just one of a spate of creepy horror films that flooded the Japanese scene in...
Tourist Trap (1979)
Cast: Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Jon Van Ness, Robin Sherwood,
Tanya Roberts, Shailar Coby
Director: David Schmoeller Nutshell: A broken down car leads to a stay at a creaky old Tourist Trap where the inhabitants are in for the time of their lives! ...
Shaitano Ka Honeymoon (1998) Cast: Charan Raj, Dolly Minhas Director: S. R. Rajan Nutshell: An abandoned haveli in the middle of a fearsome jungle where a newly married couple take refuge with a sinister old woman as the caretaker. A ghostly figure draped in white singing...
Nail Gun Massacre (1985)Cast: Rocky Patterson, Ron Queen, Beau Leland, Michelle Meyer, Sebrina Lawless, Monica LawlessDirectors: Bill Leslie and Terry LoftonNutshell: The aftershocks of a grisly gang rape results in a community under siege as a Nail Gun wielding maniac lets fly in gruesome style.
Durj (Casket) (2019)Cast: Shamoon Abbasi, Maira Khan, Dodi Khan, Sherry Shah, Nauman JavedDirector: Shamoon AbbasiNutshell: A film that commendably tries to break the ghastly cycle of endless Rom-coms and propaganda films but falls woefully short of expectations.
Durj is a Pakistani film...
Fine Feathered Finks & The Penguin’s a Jinx (1966) Cast: Adam West, Burt Ward, Burgess Meredith, Leslie Parrish, Madge Blake, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton, Stafford Repp, Walter Burke, Lewis Charles Director: Robert Butler Nutshell: Penguin in due for release from incarceration and the one thing on his...
