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Category: Movie a Week 2019

Lake Bodom

Posted on August 4, 2019

Two teenage boys who are obsessed with a 30-year-old campsite murder trick two teenage girls to visit the campsite to re-enact the killings. But there are a few more tricks to come….

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Posted on August 4, 2019

Becky moves to Chicago to live with her brother Otis and his odd roommate Henry. Henry has a grim hobby, into which he recruits Otis. This has a nasty, gritty, urban-noir feel,…

Can’t Take It Back

Posted on August 4, 2019

Two high school girls leave mean comments on a dead girl’s Facebook page. The comments are seriously unappreciated by the dead girl’s vengeful ghost. This was actually better than I expected it…

The Ranger

Posted on August 4, 2019

Punk rockers on the run from a crime in the city seek refuge in a remote, abandoned cabin. But the dangers in the wilderness are deadlier than those in the urban jungle….

Let Us Prey

Posted on August 4, 2019

A rookie police officer’s first night at the station in a small Scottish town involves a mysterious car crash, a basement lockup filled with men harboring dark secrets, and a confrontation with…

Dead Birds

Posted on July 19, 2019

After robbing a bank, a group of Confederate deserters hides out in an abandoned plantation house where some dreadful things have happened. This movie makes up in atmosphere what it lacks in…

Exeter

Posted on July 3, 2019

A group of teens invades an abandoned asylum for a drug, booze, sex, and rock & roll fueled party. Their antics invite a malevolent spirit to possess one of the kids, and…

Next of Kin

Posted on July 2, 2019

Linda inherits a creepy old house that is used as a nursing home after her mother dies. When residents start to die in a manner that mirrors accounts she finds in her…

Knife+Heart

Posted on July 1, 2019

Someone is murdering the gay porn actors of Paris; can director Anne crack the case before it’s too late? This is a stylish homage to the giallo, with many of the genre’s…

Into the Dark: All That We Destroy

Posted on June 14, 2019

Geneticist Victoria hits on a novel, if ethically problematic, way to help her son Spencer work through his violent impulses. The experiment doesn’t go as planned. This was a solid offering in…

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