Some movies are very confident in their ability to do many things right, thus ensuring an intriguing experience. A movie like "Black Christmas," however, is mostly confident in its ability to do many things wrong, yet still remain watchable on some bizarre level. Needless to say, it's an overhaul of the seminal 1974 slasher of the same name, in which a lonely sorority hous find out more...

A highly original and very clever sci-fi thriller in which six strangers awaken in a maze of darkened, box-like rooms, with no idea of how they got there or how to get out. A distant but ominous grinding noise permeates the walls of their prison, but it transpires that each of the six has some sort of skill that may help their escape. Filmed entirely within a cunningly designed single set, and starring an unknown cast, "Cube" is a gripping riddle of a movie which, happily, refrains from a cop-ou find out more...

When their sailing holiday is interrupted by the sole survivor of a sinking schooner the high seas turn to terror for a husband and wife. His story of sickness and death is really of madness and murder and they must now throw their all into a battle to survive. A superb and unbearably tense thriller, with Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill and Billy Zane as the unhinged gooseberry. find out more...

A woman burnt to death, but no signs of fire, a dead priest with his entrails ripped out, but no sign of a struggle. Creepy indeed and good reason for the Taiwanese police to call out the FBI's top serial killer profiler. Is this the work of mere man? Or have our two heroes stumbled across something altogether more other worldly? A slick, atmospheric and gruesome horror thriller. find out more...

Dr Miranda Grey is your run of the mill smug, superior criminal psychologist, she and her colleagues think she's great, her insane patients are pretty convinced she hasn't got a clue…..who's labouring under a delusion here? But, after a spooky experience by a spooky bridge in some pretty spooky weather, Miranda wakes up to find herself a patient in the very institution that used to employ her and accused of a brutal murder. Now everyone thinks Dr Grey doesn't have a clue, even her, but this isn' find out more...

Tom is just your average geezer, but after he is hypnotised at a party he begins to see horrific visions, as they intensify he begins to realise he is witnessing a real and hideous crime. The desire to escape his new-found powers becomes swamped by the overpowering desire to solve the mystery, though the consequences may well be fatal. Stir of Echoes is a very good, dark, psychological thriller. find out more...

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
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A deeply disturbed serial killer ( I know most of them are pretty seriously bothered by something, but this guy is grade A) has been caught by the FBI, but he still has one victim tucked away and time is running out. Enter one beautiful therapist who is using a revolutionary computer program to enter the world and minds of her patients. Harnessing her skills she enters the murderer's thoughts and so begins a battle to discover the truth... and survive the journey. The Cell as a thriller is no ey find out more...

The small township of Antonio Bay is preparing to celebrate it's centenary when a sinister fog rolls in, bringing with it the vengeful spirits of a leper colony murdered by the town's founding fathers. Atmospheric, creepy and with the dulcet tones of Adrienne Barbeau... mmmmm. find out more...

Kevin Smith had a podcast where they made a joke about the idea of kidnapping and turning a human into a walrus. It went viral on the twittersphere. Then it became a movie. This movie. Though the whole thing starts out well, with decent doses of good humour and dramatic tension, it all falls very quickly by the wayside. The result is a ridiculous prosthetic walrus suit that envelops Justin Long. Somewhere inside this mess of a movie there's a punchline, if only Smith could get to it without q find out more...