Laura (Julia Roberts) is married to Martin (Patrick Bergin), a batterer. She knows if she runs away he’ll find her, so she fakes her own death by pretending to drown and starts a new life in a small town far away. Her next-door neighbor Ben (Kevin Anderson) helps her learn to trust and love safely,Continue reading “‘Sleeping with the Enemy’: Still a Good Solid (Creepy) Movie”
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‘Scream and Scream Again’: Confusing but Fun
U.K.-based American International film. Multiple storylines include: serial killings of young women, cop on the trail Superintendent Bellaver (Alfred Marks), officers Griffin (Julian Holloway) and Helen (Judy Bloom), forensic technician Dr. Sorel (Christopher Matthews), evil guys Konratz (Marshall Jones) and Dr. Browning (Vincent Price), and a jogger in hospital who’s slowly losing his limbs. EventuallyContinue reading “‘Scream and Scream Again’: Confusing but Fun”
‘Stitches’ (2001) is Low-Budget, Tacky Fun
Not to be confused with the clown movie of the same name from 2012; this is a 2001 straight-to-video. It’s directed by Neal Marshall Stevens, better known as a writer–his credits include Thirteen Ghosts and Head of the Family. Mrs. Albright (Elizabeth Ince) is a demon posing as an old woman whose bag is trickingContinue reading “‘Stitches’ (2001) is Low-Budget, Tacky Fun”
1988’s ‘The Stay Awake’ is Entertaining and Somewhat Original
The film opens with the death of Brown (Lindsay Reardon), murderer of eleven women, who vows revenge on his executioners. Cut to St. Mary’s School for Girls, where eight students and their den mother Miss Walton (Shirley Jane Harris) are raising money by staying awake at the school all night (hence the title). Brown decidesContinue reading “1988’s ‘The Stay Awake’ is Entertaining and Somewhat Original”
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