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Piranha 3D (2010)

    Director Alexandre Aja's 5th feature film is a brutal tongue in cheek adaptation of the 70's Roger Corman film about an ancient breed of Piranha trapped within an underground lake for centuries that are unleashed into Lake Victoria Arizona during Spring Break.



    The local sheriff of a small community is forced to battle against an ancient breed of Piranha that is released into Lake Victoria during Spring Break, due to seismic activity in the earth's crust that opens...

The Invasion

    This 4th film version of Jack Finney's classic sci-fi novel from the 50's features a terrific new take on the story that adds more tension and vulnerability to the lead character, played by Nicole Kidman, as she struggles to find a way to maintain her humanity against seemingly impossible odds.



    Carol Bennell is a prominent psychologist and single mom.  Her ex-husband is a high ranking politician within the current presidential administration, that sudden...

Psycho 2

    Director Richard Franklin's wonderful sequel to Hitchcock's masterpiece is a well written story about Norman Bates returning to his home after 22 years of incarceration in a mental hospital, only to find that no-matter how hard he tries to move on with his life, the ghosts of the past are just as close to him as they once were.



    After 22 years of incarceration in a mental hospital for the murders that took place at the Bates Motel, Norman Bates is released under th...

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

    Writer/Director Tobe Hooper burst onto the scene with this terrifying, gory, psychologically disturbing, horror film that is one of the most realistically raw movies ever filmed, and a landmark in horror cinema that will remain untouched in creativity for generations to come.



   After a series of gruesome grave robbing incidents in a small Texas community, a group of teenagers take a road trip to the cemetery where their grandfather is buried to make certain that the...

Deep Blue Sea

    Director Renny Harlin's 9th feature length film is a well made action/horror film about an aquatic research facility where genetically enhanced sharks slowly begin to pick off the research team one at a time when a series of events causes the facility to flood.



    Dr. Susan McCallister is the head scientist in charge of a team that is working with sharks in order to harvest brain tissue that may lead to a cure for Alzheimer's disease in humans.  When an accident...

Signs

    Writer/Director M. Night Shyamalan's 5th feature length film is a terrific tale of one man's faith being put to the ultimate test as his family struggles with the loss of his wife, which is somehow miraculously connected to an impending alien attack that threatens the lives of his children.



    Former Rev. Graham Hess has lost his faith in God due to a tragic accident one night that claimed the life of his wife while she was out walking.  As his family struggles...

Jaws 3-D

    This 2nd sequel based on characters created by Peter Benchley is full of hilarious 3-D effects that eventually sink the film in the final act, which is a shame because the script from writer Richard Matheson (author of I Am Legend) is not all that bad.



    Mike Brody has moved past his experiences in water as a youth to become the head designer for an underwater attraction at Seaworld, but the past comes sneaking up on him when a great white shark enters into the park...

The Hitcher (1986)

    This low budget thriller is a fantastic exercise in escalating tension that pits a young man against a ruthless psychopath in a deadly game of cat and mouse along the back roads of Texas.



    Jim Halsey is a young man in his early twenties looking to make a change in his life.  As part of his new beginning, Jim signs up for a Drive Away program that gives him the opportunity to drive a clients car from Chicago to San Diego, where he hopes to find what it is that...

Lost Boys: The Tribe

    20 years after the original film Corey Feldman returns as Edgar Frog to aid a new family that becomes caught up with a young tribe of vampires looking to claim them for their own.



    Chris Emerson and his sister Nicole are new in town, looking to start a new life after the death of their parents and Chris's banishment from the pro surf tour.  While at a party one night thrown by one of Chris's surfing idols, his sister Nicole is targeted by the surfing legend an...

Independence Day

    Co-Writer/Director Roland Emmerich's 7th feature length film is an all out blockbuster sci-fi epic with tremendous special effects, massive battle sequences, and an all star cast that makes the most out of the popcorn script, delivering an enjoyable movie going experience.



    Dozens of alien ships begin to surface around the globe in a synchronised attack pattern surrounding major populations with the intent to destroy all humanity so that they can utilise the vast r...