On what should be one of the happiest days of her life, high school senior Wendy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) joins her friends for a graduation night celebration at a local amusement park. As they’re about to board a roller coaster, Wendy is suddenly spooked. Her boyfriend Jason (Jesse Moss) reassures her that it’s merely the…
Category: Horror Movies
The Gathering (2006)
A drifter named Cassie (Christire Ricci) is hit by a car while going to the town of Ashby Wake and ends up losing her memory, but the woman who hit her offers to take her in. At the old house, Cassie begins to have visions, as she learns that there may be more connections between…
The Grudge 2 (2006)
The sequel to the blockbuster horror remake of 2004. “The Grudge 2” delves into the secrets behind the grudge’s wrath and introduces a seemingly unrelated host of new characters who find themselves connected by the same terrifying supernatural curse. Amber Tamblyn plays the younger sister of Sarah Michelle Gellar, who returns long enough to pass…
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Tagline: The lucky ones die first. A new take on Wes Craven’s 1977 film of the same name, “The Hills Have Eyes” is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carters soon realize the seemingly uninhabited wasteland…
Hostel (2006)
Presented by genre master Quentin Tarantino and taking a much more macabre tone than did Eli Roth’s feature debut Cabin Fever, Hostel is an amalgamation of many of terrifying things about human nature and the world at large, culled from lots of pulpy-but-true stories of international organized crime, human trafficking, and sex tourism. Relentlessly graphic…
Night Watch (Nochnoy Dozor) (2006)
From Russia, with horror, comes the stylish fantasy horror film that has revolutionized post-Soviet cinema: Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor). The film brings to the fore the cutting-edge vision of director/writer Timur Bekmambetov (whom Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov called “our Tarantino”) and is the first instalment of a trilogy based on the best-selling Russian sci-fi novels…