Evil Dead
(2013) 91 Min.
Rated: R (Excessive gore and violence, sexual abuse)
Country: USA
Director: Fede Alvarez
Starring: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, Elizabeth Blackmore
Links: IMDB | Wikipedia
Rating: ★★☆☆☆
A re-make based on The Evil Dead 1981 film.
Friends decide to meet up at a cabin in the woods and unwittingly unleash evil upon themselves.
The Purge
(2013) 85 Min.
Rated: R (gore)
Country: USA
Director: James DeMonaco
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey
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Rating: ★☆☆☆☆
One night a year violent behavior is allowed for 12 hours. The family of a security system salesman takes in a Purge refugee and attracts the attention of his pursuers.
V/H/S/2
(2013) 96 min.
Rated: NR (Nudity, Sex, Gore)
Director: Simon Barrett, Jason Eisener, Gareth Evans, Gregg Hale, Eduardo Sánchez, Timo Tjahjanto, Adam Wingard
Starring: Kelsy Abbott, Lawrence Michael Levine, Adam Wingard
Links: IMDB | Wikipedia
Rating: ★★★☆☆
The second installment of a found footage anthology.
Martyrs
(2008) 99 Min.
Rated: R (Gore, torture, nudity)
Country: France / Canada
Director: Pascal Laugier
Starring: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï
Links: IMDB | Wikipedia
Rating: ★★★☆☆
A girl who withstood torture tries to calm her demon by killing her torturers, but involves her girlfriend during her quest.
The Lords of Salem
(2012) 101 min.
Rated: R (nudity, mild gore, sexual themes)
Country: USA / UK / Canada
Director: Rob Zombie
Starring: Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison, Judy Geeson, Meg Foster, Jeff Daniel Phillips
Links: IMDB | Wikipedia
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆
Salem’s rock DJ named Heidi is given a mysterious record, which plays a song from a group called the Lords.
V/H/S
(2012) 116 min.
Rated: R (Nudity, Sex, Gory violence, drug use)
Country: USA
Director: Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Radio Silence
Starring: Joe Swanberg, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Chad Villella
Links: IMDB | Wikipedia
Rating: ★★★★☆
A found footage anthology framed around the playing of VHS tapes.
