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Duration 1h 24m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay, some say riffing on other horror films. Director Matt Stuertz Writers/Script Matt Stuertz Starring Nathan Eswine, Larissa White, Jenna McDonald, Brock Russell, Cameisha Cotton, Adam Hartley, Dal Nicole, Frankie Ray Elevator Pitch: A man delivering post, with a friend who he leaves in … Continue reading
Duration 1h 48m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story The theme from the earlier Purge outings, and the inclusion of one character from the last film. Director James DeMonaco Writers/Script James DeMonaco Starring Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, and so many unknowns that I have chosen not to list any of them, although they did really … Continue reading
Duration 1h 32m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story A short story b Stephen King Director Fritz Kiersch Writers/Script George Goldsmith Starring Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong Elevator Pitch: A young couple, Burt and Vicky, are en route to Seattle and are driving between fields of maise in Nebraska when they run down a … Continue reading
Duration 1h 28m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Fede Alvarez Writers/Script Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues Starring Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto Elevator Pitch: A trio of young people who have been robbing houses in Detroit, using keys held by the father of one who is a security … Continue reading
Duration 1h 52m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Events said to have taken place during investigations by paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren. Director James Wan Writers/Script Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, Lorraine Warren Elevator Pitch: Back in 1971, after giving a lecture to a … Continue reading
Duration 2h 34m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A screenplay derived from a previous film. Director John R. Leonetti Writers/Script Gary Dauberman Starring Ward Horton, Annabelle Wallis, Afre Woodard. Elevator Pitch: When a young doctor, John Form, presents his pregnant wife with an antique porcelain doll, of considerable size, strange things begin to happen, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 27m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Ari Aster Writers/Script Ari Aster Starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter, Vilheim Blomgren Elevator Pitch: Pelle, a student in America who has been brought up in a commune in Northern Sweden, invites three fellow students, Christian, Josh and … Continue reading
Duration 1h 46m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story It is a riff on the activities of Ed and Lorraine Warren who were actual paranormal investigators (controversially) back in the 1960s and 70s America. Director Gary Dauberman Writers/Script Gary Dauberman (story by James Wan) Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, McKenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 33m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay adapted to suit the “Saw Universe”. Director Darren Lynn Bousman Writers/Script Leigh Whannell, Darren Lynn Bousman Starring Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Donnie Wahlberg, Elevator Pitch: As a result of a bizarr execution the police are led to a factory site where Jigsaw awaits … Continue reading
Duration 1h 34m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay derived from a short film Monster by the same writer/director Director Jennifer Kent Writers/Script Jennifer Kent Starring Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney Elevator Pitch: The irrational behaviour of Amelia’s son, due it seems to an obsession with a shadowy monster, results in … Continue reading
Duration 1h 56m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Apparently inspired by an episode of The Twilight Zone Director Jordan Peele Writers/Script Jordan Peele Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elizabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker Elevator Pitch: A middle class African American family on a vacation near Santa Barbara, spend the day on the beach adjacent to … Continue reading
Duration 1h 25m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Said to have been an episode from Star Trek in 1967, which inspired the writer/director. Director James DeMonaco Writers/Script James DeMonaco Starring Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder, Adelaide Kane, Edwin Hodge, Rhys Wakefield Elevator Pitch: In America in 2022 under the political rule of the … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch Dr Miranda Grey is a psychiatrist in a large high security psychiatric hospital, where her husband is the chief of the department. While driving home on a dark rainy night she is directed by the police to take an alternative route, and after crossing a wooden bridge swerves intoa ditch to avoid a … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch It is the night of the purge, a 12 hour period between seven pm and seven am when the law is suspended and killers roam the streets of LA. For a variety of reasons a heavily armed man on a mission links up with a mother and daughter and a young married couple, … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch A young doctor arrives at the gate of a gloomy Victorian mansion in an isolated location, and is welcomed by the superintendent of what is a small asylum where the residents seem to be free to indulge in their madness, whatever it is. Amongst the patients is an attractive woman who gives every … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch A new cruise ship is disabled in mid ocean while a ex-military torpedo boat comes alongside allowing armed mercenaries to board, with the intention of taking it over. They find that the ship is deserted except for a female thief who has been shut up in a store and the owner with a … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch. When the younger of two children is beheaded in a bizaar car accident the family, already struggling after the death of the wife’s mother, is thrown into chaos, and the situation takes an even darker turn when Annie, the wife, is introduced to a technique which allows her to contact the dead child … Continue reading
Duration 1h 48m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story The style and characters from the previous outings of this franchise Writers/Script Leigh Whannell (with story by Leigh Wannell, James Wan) Additional Info With a production cost of $10 million and an opening weekend of $33.6 million this outing was on line to be a big … Continue reading
Duration 1h 55m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story Loosely based on the epic English poem. Writers/Script Neil Gaiman, Roger Avery Additional Info The poem itself hangs over English students like a threatening cloud, since it is written in Old English, but at some point they have to study it. The original manuscript, now in … Continue reading
Duration 1h 45m Rating (UK) PG Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis Additional Info This had been in development for a while and was intended to star John Belushi. When he died things were temporarily chaotic before others were cast. Director Ivan Reitman Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 43m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Michael R. Perry Additional Info “The voices” are all done by Ryan Reynolds Director Marjane Satrapi Starring Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick, Jacki Weaver, Sam Spruell Elevator Pitch A young man, who works in a bath tub construction factory, is nominated … Continue reading
Duration 1h 40m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Peter Schink, Scott Stewart Additional Info None Director Scott Stewart Starring Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki, Charles S Dutton, Kevin Durand, Kate Walsh, Dennis Quaid Elevator Pitch Some down at the heel locals and a group of travellers are … Continue reading
Duration 1h 32m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script David Lowery Additional Info I saw this at a screen in Madrid in English with Spanish subtitles. While waiting outside I watched the other dozen or so people leave with bemused expressions on their faces. Director David Lowery Starring Casey Affleck, Rooney … Continue reading
Duration 1h 42m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Diablo Cody Additional Info There is a Lesbian kiss heavily used in the marketing but it was R rated in USA and considered actually to target a younger audience. Director Karyn Kusama Starring Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Adan Brody, Chris Pratt, J.K.Simmons … Continue reading
Duration 1h 43m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Originally a short story “Who Goes There” by John W Campbell Jr published in 1938 and the 1982 film of the same name. This is in fact a prequel to the earlier film Writers/Script Eric Heisserer Additional Info The 1982 film shows the ruins of a … Continue reading
Duration 1h 26m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Kevin Dreyfuss, Matt Wall Additional Info Apparently Live Action Role Players (LARPers) get out into the American countryside quite a bit. Director Joe Lynch Starring Peter Dinklage, Summer Glau, Ryan Kwanten, Jimmi Simpson, Steve Zahn (Mostly TV actors) Elevator Pitch A group … Continue reading
Duration 2h 15m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A 1986 Stephen King novel of the same name Writer/s Script Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, Gary Dauberman Director Andy Muschietti Starring Bill Skarsgård and a load of kids we may never hear of again. Elevator Pitch Every 27 years a demon in the form of the … Continue reading
Duration 1h 50m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A book of the same name by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Writer/s Script Amy Holden Jones, John Raffo, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver Director Peter Hyams Starring Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt, James Whitmore Elevator Pitch A box apparently containing nothing but leaves is … Continue reading
Duration 1h 49m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Nacho Vigalondo Director Nacho Vigalondo Starring Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson, Dan Stevens, Christine Lee Elevator Pitch A young woman, out of work, whose life seems to consist of all night drunks is ousted by her boyfriend … Continue reading
Released 2017 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Jordan Peele Director Jordan Peele Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Wiliams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root, LilRel Howery Elevator Pitch A young black photographer is apprehensive about visiting the country house of his white girfriend, but is made welcome … Continue reading
Released 1997 Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Philip Eisner Director Paul W S Anderson Starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs, Sean Pertwee Elevator Pitch The revolutionary spacecraft Event Horizon fitted with a faster than light drive, disappeared on its maiden flight but … Continue reading
Released 1990 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script S.S.Wilson, Brent Maddock Writer/s story S.S.Wilson, Brent Maddock, Ron Underwood Director Ron Underwood Starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross, Finn Carter, Reba McEntire, Tony Genaro Elevator Pitch The inhabitants of the tiny desert town of Perfection are beseiged by a number … Continue reading
Released 1999 Rating 18 Director Peter Hyams Writer/s Andrew W Marlowe Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Rod Steiger, Robin Tunney, Miriam Margoles Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch On the last day of the old century the devil comes to earth and takes over the body of a banker, there-after searching for a … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Guillermo del Toro Writer/s Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins Starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, Burn Gorman, Source of story An Original screenplay Elevator Pitch An American heiress falls for a mysterious Englishman who whisks her off to his Gothic castle on the English moors … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Alejandro Amenabar Writer/s Alesandro Amenabar Starring Ethen Hawke, David Thewlis, Emma Watson Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A girl who accuses her father of raping her, is “regressed” by a psychologist and seems to have been involved in satanic ritual, leading the detective on the … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 15 in UK Director David Robert Mitchell Writer/s David Robert Mitchell Starring No-one I had ever heard of. Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch After having a brief affair a young woman feels there is something wrong. She finds out that she has become the subject of a curse, and … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 15 in UK Director Ana Lily Amirpour Writer/s Ana Lily Amirpour Starring Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch The inhabitants of a desolate and lawless middle eastern town are stalked by a female vampire. Content Lots of brooding silences and people looking at each … Continue reading
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