Posts tagged Crime
The Collector
Jan 1st
The Collector
Director: Marcus Dunstan
Writers: Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan
Release Year: 2009
Genre: Crime | Horror | Thriller
The Chase family moves to their new home in the middle of nowhere in Detroit. Arkin gets the job to fix the windows and the doors. His wife has some serious debts with mobsters and needs money fast. Arkin plans to heist the safe of Michael Chase during the night to raise the money for his wife. Problem is that when he arrives in the house, he finds that a brutal criminal has imprisoned the family and planted traps everywhere. Arkin has to find a way out of the deadly house to save his life.
Albert’s Review: “Great Movie, it’s definitely one of the best horror thriller movies of 2009”
Rating: 
(6.5/10)
Nadia’s Review: “A good film with a surprising plot. Also, this horror movie has various genuinely tense and sick moments.”
Rating: (7/10)
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Nov 20th
Book of Shadows
Director: Joe Berlinger
Writers: Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez
Release Year: 2000
Genre: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Jeffrey a man from Burkitsville, Maryland wants to make money on all of the hype from the first movie. He opens a “Blair Witch Hunt” tour, which shows clients different locations from the original movie. A group of college students decide to take the tour, and end up in Rustin Parr’s house. The group decide to camp for the night, but in the morning they find out they didn’t sleep at all and they forgot anything that happened the previous evening. The group go back to town but they brought something with them.
Albert’s Review: “It’s an ok movie but nothing compared with the previous one.”
Rating: (5/10)
Nadia’s Review: “I expected more from this film, considering that it was the second one and the first film was very much better even the plot.”
Rating: (5/10)
Malevolence
Sep 11th
Malevolence
Director: Stevan Mena
Writers: Stevan Mena
Release Year: 2005
Genre: Crime | Horror | Mystery
The movie’s story is based ten years after the kidnapping of Martin Bristol. Martin a six year old was taken from his backyard swing, he was not killed but forced to witness the disgusting crimes of a deranged madman. No one knew where Martin was taken. The story takes us to a bank robbery, which goes wrong for felons Julian, Marylin and Kurt. They spread out to meet up later at a vacant house in the middle of nowhere. Due to the circumstances they have to take Samantha and her young daughter Courtney as hostages. The group has no idea that the house they’ve chosen for their shelter is about to become a hunting ground with them as the prey.
Albert’s Review: “Cheesy sound effects and music + some unprofessional acting are tedious, but the story was ok.”
Rating: (4.5/10)
Nadia’s Review: “This film did not have any interesting twists but it still can keep the general audience interested.”
Rating: (5.5/10)
The Alphabet Killer
Aug 7th
The Alphabet Killer
Director: Rob Schmidt
Writers: Tom Malloy
Release Year: 2008
Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller | Horror
The Alphabet Killer is based on the double initial killings in Rochester, New York in the early 1970s, in this movie a girl is abducted, raped, and murdered. Detective Megan Paige is the investigator assigned to this murder, she works long hours obsessively, and in a little while she’s having apparitions of the dead girl. The FBI profiles the killer as a impulsive drifter, lucky not to get caught, Detective Megan thinks he’s a local and a disciplined planner. What she notes is that the victim’s first and last names and the place the body was left start with the letter “C.” When a second murder follows the same pattern, she is correct, but her obsessions get the best of her, and her mental state impedes her work. With the help of medication, therapy, and a friend, can she regain her balance? Will she catch the alphabet killer?
Albert’s Review: “Based on a true story, movie could have been more interesting”
Rating: (6/10)
Nadia’s Review: “Personally I expected more intriguing surprises and effects that keep you on the ‘edge’ to keep watching the film. At times, it was quite boring actually.”
Rating: (5/10)
Scream 3
Jul 11th
Scream 3
Director: Wes Cravenz
Writers: Kevin Williamson & Ehren Kruger
Release Year: 2000
Genre: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
While Sidney Prescott goes to live safely guarded secluded home, the killings start in the set of the Hollywood movie ‘Stab 3′, which is the latest movie sequel based on the Woodsboro killings. When killings escalates she decides to come out of hiding. This puts Sydney and other Woodsboro survivors once again drawn into a sinister game of horror mayhem. But when they thought they knew the rules of the game, they find out that all the rules have been broken!
Albert’s Review: “’Scream 3 gives you a mix of thrills, laughter and suspense that brings this saga to a good conclusion”
Rating: 
(7/10)
Nadia’s Review: “Scream 3 has some new twists at the end of the movie but personally I think that it lacked originality.”
Rating: (7/10)
Scream 2
Jul 11th
Scream 2
Director: Wes Craven
Writer (WGA): Kevin Williamson (written by)
Release Date: 1997
Genre: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Sidney thought she had put the awful Woodsboro murders behind her until a crazy copycat killer begins acting, this horror sequel happens on her college campus. As the killings start, ruthless reporter Gale Weathers, Deputy Dewey and other Woodsboro survivors find themselves trapped in the new nightmare where no one is out of harm’s way or above suspicion.
Albert’s Review: ““A very good sequel, which is as terrifying and funny as original. Scream 2 delivers a lot of surprises and twists, my only comment is that knowing how many guns the Americans own it should have been much easier to get him”
Rating: (8/10)
Nadia’s Review: “A very interesting horror film. If you liked the original film, then you will surely also like Scream 2.”
Rating: (8/10)
Scream 1 – Best horror thriller of the 1990s
Jul 7th
Scream 1
Director: Wes Craven
Writer: Kevin Williamson
Release Date: 1996
Genre: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Acclaimed as the best horror thriller of the 1990s Wes Craven, Scream will scare you beyond belief!
The story is about a sly psycho who’s a horror movie fanatic that is victimizing the residents of a small picturesque town. As this masked killer continues to imitate horror films with real life acts of terror, it becomes clear that solving this mystery is going to be murder! It’s unique style and humor is what made it a favorite with the horror movies audience.
Albert’s Review: “A classic movie that all horror thriller movie fanatics should watch”
Rating: (8/10)
Nadia’s Review: “A fun, scary and entertaining film that is worth watching.”
Rating: (9/10)
