Category Archives: Horror

Manhunter (1986)

Posted on February 20, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann (Based on the book “Red Dragon” by Thomas Harris)

Posted in Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 1986, adaptation, agent, benjamin hendrickson, blind, brian cox, chris elliott, crime, dante spinotti, dennis farina, doctor, dov hoenig, fbi, florida, frankie faison, hannibal, hannibal lecktor, hannibal lecter, horror, investigation, joan allen, journalist, kim greist, manhunter, michael mann, michel rubini, mirror, murder, murderer, mystery, neo noir, profiler, red dragon, serial killer, stephen lang, the reds, thomas harris, thriller, tom noonan, tooth fairy, william petersen | Leave a comment

Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jun Fukuda Writer: Shin’ichi Sekizawa (Story by Takeshi Kimura) Thought the human story was pretty fun and wacky. The monster stuff was so-so. Overall a pretty middle of the road Godzilla sequel.

Posted in Action, Adventure, Foreign, Horror, Science Fiction | Tagged 1972, action, adventure, Akira Ifukube, alien, bug, cockroach, foreign, Ghidorah, gigan, godzilla, godzilla vs. gigan, gojira, horror, insect, invasion, japan, japanese, Jun Fukuda, kaiju, king ghidorah, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, monster, monsters, sci-fi, science fiction, sequel, takeshi kimura, tomoyuki tanaka, Yoshio Tamura | Leave a comment

The Keep (1983)

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann (Based on the novel by F. Paul Wilson) Big Mann fan but it was my first time seeing this. An ambitious failure. I liked it but it feels like there is a great movie … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, Fantasy, Horror | Tagged adaptation, alberta watson, alex thomson, curse, demon, dov hoenig, drama, evil, f. paul wilson, fantasy, fortress, gabriel byrne, gene kirkwood, greece, guard, hawk koch, historian, history, horror, howard w. koch jr., ian mckellen, jewish, jurgen prochnow, keep, magic, michael mann, monster, nazi, prison, religion, robert prosky, romania, scott glenn, soldiers, supernatural, tangerine dream, the keep, william morgan sheppard | Leave a comment

Alien Resurrection: Special Edition (1997)

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Writer: Joss Whedon (Based on characters created by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett) Special Edition cut. Least favorite in the series but I do appreciate how weird and disgusting it is.

Posted in Action, Horror, Science Fiction | Tagged 1997, acid, action, alien, alien 4, Alien Resurrection, aliens, android, basketball, bill badalato, brad dourif, clone, cloning, cryogenically frozen, cryogenics, cryosleep, dan hedaya, dan o'bannon, darius khongji, david giler, dominique pinon, egg, future, gary dourdan, gordon carroll, herve schneid, horror, hybrid, j.e. freeman, jean-pierre jeunet, john frizzell, joss whedon, kim flowers, leland orser, michael wincott, pregnant, queen, raymond cruz, resurrection, robot, ron perlman, ronald shusett, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scientist, sequel, sigourney weaver, space, special edition, walter hill, wheelchair, winona ryder | Leave a comment

Unmasked Part 25 (1988)

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Anders Palm Writer: Mark Cutforth

Posted in Comedy, Horror, Romance | Tagged 1988, actor, anders palm, blind, brian peachey, comedy, edward brayshaw, fiona evans, gregory cox, hockey mask, horror, john de borman, julian wastall, mark curforth, mask, murder, murderer, parody, romance, serial killer, slasher, spoof, the hand of death, unmasked, Unmasked Part 25, william shakespeare | Leave a comment

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Yoshimitsu Banno Writers: Yoshimitsu Banno and Takeshi Kimura

Posted in Action, Adventure, Foreign, Horror, Science Fiction | Tagged 1971, action, adventure, doctor, fight, foreign, gas, godzilla, godzilla vs. hedorah, gojira, hedorah, horror, ishiro honda, japan, japanese, kaiju, kaoru mabuchi, monster, mount fuji, poison, pollution, Riichiro Manabe, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scientist, sequel, smog, takeshi kimura, tomoyuki tanaka, trash, Yoichi Manoda, yoshimitsu banno, Yoshitami Kuroiwa | Leave a comment

The Mangler (1995)

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Tobe Hooper Writers: Tobe Hooper & Stephen Brooks and Peter Welbeck (Based on the short story by Stephen King)

Posted in Horror | Tagged 1995, adaptation, Amnon Salomon, antacid, barrington pheloung, blood, cop, coroner, David Heitner, demon, detective, harry alan towers, horror, investigation, jeremy crutchley, laundry, machine, mangler, morgue, peter welbeck, photographer, police, robert englund, short story, stephen brooks, stephen david brooks, stephen king, supernatural, ted levine, the mangler, tobe hooper, virgin | Leave a comment

Alien³: Assembly Cut (1992)

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David Fincher Writers: David Giler & Walter Hill and Larry Ferguson (Story by Vincent Ward) (Based on characters created by Dan O’Bannon & Ronald Shusett) Continuing watching the longer cuts of the Alien movies with the much derided Alien … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 1992, action, alex thomson, alien, alien 3, Alien³, aliens, android, assembly cut, brian glover, charles dance, charles s. dutton, christopher john fields, crash, cryosleep, dan o'bannon, danny webb, david crowther, david fincher, david giler, dog, egg, elliot goldenthal, gordon carroll, guard, holt mccallany, horror, lance henriksen, monster, ox, paul mcgann, pete postlethwaite, prison, prisoners, queen, ralph brown, robot, ronald shusett, sci-fi, science fiction, sequel, sigourney weaver, space, spaceship, terry rawlings, thriller, vincent ward, walter hill | Leave a comment

Aliens: Special Edition (1986)

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: James Cameron Writer: James Cameron (Story by James Cameron and David Giler & Walter Hill) (Based on characters created by Dan O’Bannon & Ronald Shusett) Another classic! Also my first time watching the longer cut. Although it is billed … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 1986, action, adrian biddle, alien, aliens, aliens: special edition, android, bill paxton, carrie henn, colette hiller, cryosleep, dan o'bannon, daniel kash, david giler, egg, future, gale anne hurd, horror, james cameron, james horner, jenette goldstein, lance henriksen, marine, mark rolston, michael biehn, military, monster, paul reiser, queen, ray lovejoy, rescue, ricco ross, robot, ronald shusett, sci-fi, science fiction, sequel, sigourney weaver, soldier, space, spaceship, special edition, thriller, walter hill, william hope | Leave a comment

Alien: Director’s Cut (1979)

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ridley Scott Writer: Dan O’Bannon (Story by Dan O’Bannon & Ronald Shusett) First time seeing the director’s cut and honestly I did not notice any differences. Still incredible and one of my all time favorites.

Posted in Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 1979, action, alien, alien: director's cut, android, bolaji badejo, cat, crew, cryosleep, dan o'bannon, david crowther, david giler, derek vanlint, director's cut, egg, flamethrower, future, gordon carroll, harry dean stanton, helen horton, horror, ian holm, jerry goldsmith, john hurt, monster, mother, peter weatherley, ridley scott, robot, sci-fi, science fiction, ship, sigourney weaver, space, spaceship, terry rawlings, thriller, tom skerritt, veronica cartwright, walter hill, yaphet kotto | Leave a comment

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