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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, 2017

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 0 Comments 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards, 71st British Academy Film Awards, 90th Academy Awards, Abbie Cornish, American Film Institute, BAFTA Award, Ben Davis, Campaigns, Carter Burwell, Frances McDormand, Golden Globe Award, Graham Broadbent, Jon Gregory, Lucas Hedges, Martin McDonagh, Missouri, Peter Czernin, Peter Dinklage, Protests, SAG Award, Sam Rockwell, Top 10 films of the year, Woody Harrelson

A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter’s murder when they fail to catch the culprit.

R | 1h 55min

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Jackals, 2017

September 26, 2020September 26, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 0 Comments Andrew Russo, Anton Sanko, Ben Sullivan, Chelsea Ricketts, Deborah Kara Unger, Fright Fest, Jared Rivet, John Coniglio, Kevin Greutert, Leicester Square, Popcorn Frights Film Festival in Miami, Shout! Factory, Stephen Dorff

Set in the 1980s, an estranged family hires a cult deprogrammer to take back their teenage son from a murderous cult, but find themselves under siege when the cultists surround their cabin, demanding the boy back.

Not Rated | 1h 25min

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The Nun, 2018

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 0 Comments Abel Korzeniowski, Bonnie Aarons, Corin Hardy, Demián Bichir, Gary Dauberman, James Wan, Jonas Bloquet, Ken Blackwell, Maxime Alexandre, Michel Aller, Taissa Farmiga, The Conjuring Universe

A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.

R | 1h 36min

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Attraction 2: Invasion (Vtorzhenie), 2020

September 24, 2020September 28, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 0 Comments Aleksandr Andryushchenko, Alexander Petrov, Andrey Zolotarev, Columbia Pictures, IgroMir, Oleg Malovichko, Oleg Menshikov, Rinal Mukhametov, Sony

With the fall of the alien ship Julia’s life changed, now three years later mankind is about to experience new encounter.

Not Rated | 2h 14min

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The Visit, 2015

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 0 Comments Deanna Dunagan, Ed Oxenbould, Luke Ciarrocchi, M. Night Shyamalan, Maryse Alberti, Olivia DeJonge

Two siblings become increasingly frightened by their grandparents’ disturbing behavior while visiting them on vacation.

PG-13 | 1h 34min

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Splinter, 2008

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 0 Comments Creature Feature, David Michael Maurer, Elia Cmiral, HDNet Movies, Ian Shorr, Jill Wagner, Kai Barry, Most Memorable Mutilation for the arm removal scene, Nelson Cragg, Paulo Costanzo, Saturn Awards, Scream Awards, Screamfest Horror Film Festival, Shea Whigham, Toby Wilkins

Trapped in an isolated gas station by a voracious Splinter parasite that transforms its still-living victims into deadly hosts, a young couple and an escaped convict must find a way to work together to survive this primal terror.

1h 22min

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Dead Girl, 2008

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 0 Comments Candice King, Gadi Harel, Harris Charalambous, Jenny Spain, Joseph Bauer, Marcel Sarmiento, Noah Segan, Phillip Blackford, Shiloh Fernandez, TIFF, Trent Haaga

Two high school boys discover an imprisoned woman in an abandoned mental asylum who cannot die.

R | 1h 41min

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The Cohasset Snuff Film, 2012

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 0 Comments Bill Shafer, Chad Addison, Darnell J. Taylor, Edward Payson, Snuff, Stu Berg, Z-Grade

A high school senior murders three classmates and uploads videos of the crimes to the Internet.

Not Rated | 1h 25min

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Julia, 2014

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 0 Comments Ashley C. Williams, Ben Ketai, Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson, Frank Hall, Jack Noseworthy, Matthew A. Brown, Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival., Sverrir Kristjánsson, Tahyna Tozzi

A neo-noir revenge thriller centering on Julia Shames, who after suffering a brutal trauma, falls prey to an unorthodox form of therapy to restore herself.

R | 1h 35min

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The Forest, 2016

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 0 Comments Aokigahara, Ben Ketai, Eoin Macken, Gramercy Pictures, Jason Zada, Natalie Dormer, Nick Antosca, Sarah Cornwell, Stephanie Vogt

A woman goes into Japan’s Suicide Forest to find her twin sister, and confronts supernatural terror.

PG-13 | 1h 33min

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The Stanford Prison Experiment, 2015

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 0 Comments "The Lucifer Effect", 2015 Sundance Film Festival, Abandon Pictures, Andrew Hewitt, Billy Crudup, demand characteristics, Ezra Miller, Fernando Collins, Gaius Charles, Human Experimentation, Jas Shelton, Keir Gilchrist, Ki Hong Lee, Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Moises Arias, Nicholas Braun, Philip Zimbardo, psychological experiment, psychological torture, Sandbar Pictures, social psychology experiment, Thomas Mann, Tim Talbott, Tye Sheridan, U.S. Office of Naval Research

In 1971, twenty-four male students are selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.

R | 2h 2min

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Leatherface, 2017

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 0 Comments Alexandre Bustillo, Antoine Sanier, Ed Gein, Eighth Film, Julien Maury, Kim Henkel, Lili Taylor, Matriarchy, Prequel, Sam Strike, Seth M. Sherwood, Stephen Dorff, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper, Villain Origin

A teenage Leatherface escapes from a mental hospital with three other inmates, kidnapping a young nurse and taking her on a road trip from hell, while being pursued by a lawman out for revenge.

R | 1h 30min

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The Disaster Artist, 2017

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 0 Comments 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards, 75th Golden Globe Awards, Alison Brie, Ari Graynor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Golden Shell, Greg Sestero, Jacki Weaver, James Franco, Josh Hutcherson, National Board of Review, SAG-AFTRA, Seth Rogen, The Room, Tom Bissell

When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.

R | 1h 44min |

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Oculus, 2013

September 12, 2020September 12, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 2 Comments Annalise Basso, Blumhouse Productions, Brenton Thwaites, Garrett Ryan Ewald, Karen Gillan, Katee Sackhoff, Michael Fimognari, microbudget, Mike Flanagan, Rory Cochrane, short film Oculus: Chapter 3 – The Man with the Plan, The Newton Brothers, TIFF

A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

R | 1h 44min

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The Conjuring 2, 2016

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 2 Comments Carey W. Hayes, Chad Hayes, David Leslie, Don Burgess, Ed and Lorraine Warren, Enfield council house, Franka Potente, Hodgson family, James Wan, Johnson-McGoldrick, Joseph Bishara, Kirk Morri, Madison Wolfe, paranormal investigators, Patrick Wilson, Peter Safran, poltergeist, Rob Cowan, Simon McBurney, TCL Chinese Theatre, Vera Farmiga

Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising 4 children alone in a house plagued by a supernatural spirit.

2h 14min

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The Nice Guys, 2013

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 0 Comments 2016 Cannes Film Festival, Angourie Rice, Anthony Bagarozzi, David Buckley, Empire Awards, Joel Negron, John Ottman, Jupiter Awards, Margaret Qualley, Matt Bomer, Philippe Rousselot, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Saturn Awards, Shane Black, Silver Pictures

In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.

R | 1h 56min

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Wish Upon, 2017

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 0 Comments Barbara Marshall, Elisabeth Rohm, Joey King, John R. Leonetti, Ki Hong Lee, Peck Prior, Ryan Phillippe, Shannon Purser, Sherilyn Fenn, Sydney Park, Tomandandy

A teenage girl discovers a box that carries magic powers and a deadly price for using them.

PG-13 | 1h 30min

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Hellboy, 2019

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Zuhair Vazir 0 Comments Andrew Cosby, Daniel Dae Kim, Darkness Calls, David Harbour, Hellboy film series, Hellboy in Mexico, Ian McShane, Mike Mignola, Milla Jovovich, Neil Marshall, The Storm and the Fury, The Wild Hunt

Based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola, Hellboy, caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge.

R | 2h