Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A writer is accused of plagiarism by a strange man, who then starts haunting him for “justice.” REVIEW: Directors: David Koepp Writers: David Koepp (screenplay), Stephen King (short story) Starring: Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello, Timothy Hutton, Charles S. Dutton Secret Window is a wonderful throwback mystery thriller, and writer/director David Koepp’s homage to Hitchcock-ian …
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Film Review: The Dark Half (1993)
SYNOPSIS: A writer is being haunted by a man who he thought was only in his imagination; however, this man could be something so much worse. REVIEW: Directed by George Romero Starring Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, and Michael Rooker Based on the novel The Dark Half written by Stephen King, this movie opens in 1968 as we see a young …
Read More »Film Review: #Horror (2015)
SYNOPSIS: Inspired by actual events, a group of 12 year old girls face a night of horror when the compulsive addiction of an online social media game turns a moment of cyber bullying into a night of insanity. REVIEW: Along with a rise in cat memes, John Travolta gifs and misappropriated quotes from dead people, the social networking boom of …
Read More »The Black Saint’s 10 Worst Films Of 2015
As the year 2015 comes to a close, I think about all of the really good films I’ve seen over the past 12 months, and I smile to myself contently. But thinking of the good ones inevitably leads me to think about the bad ones, and my smile turns upside down into a frown. This year there happened to be …
Read More »Film Review: The Alphabet Killer (2008)
SYNOPSIS: Inspired by true events, this psychological thriller stars Eliza Dushku (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) as Megan Paige, a dogged police investigator obsessed with capturing a demented serial killer targeting young girls in Rochester, N.Y. Haunted by the grisly rape and murder of a 10-year-old victim, Megan begins to suffer hallucinations. This suspense-filled tale from director Rob Schmidt also stars …
Read More »Film Review: The Killing Room (2009)
SYNOPSIS: Four volunteers sign up for what initially appears to be a typical paid research study, only to discover that they’ve unwittingly become involved with a classified government program that was said to have been terminated nearly two decades ago, in this tense psychological thriller from director Jonathan Liebesman. The allure of a little extra cash proving too powerful to …
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