Tag Archives: thriller

Deathdream (1974)

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bob Clark Writer: Alan Ormsby Stumbled across this on Criterion Channel. Had never heard of it. pre-Black Christmas Bob Clark and Tom Savini’s first movie make-up job. A horrific surprise! In a good way!

Posted in Drama, Horror, Thriller | Tagged alan ormsby, bob clark, carl zittrer, dead of night, death, drama, family, grave, graveyard, henderson forsyth, hitchhiker, horror, john marley, killed, lynn carlin, monkey's paw, peter james, ptsd, richard backus, soldier, thriller, tom savini, undead, veteran, vietnam, war, zombie | Leave a comment

Candyman (2021)

Posted on September 6, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Nia DaCosta Writers: Jordan Peele & Win Rosenfeld and Nia DaCosta (Based on characters created by Bernard Rose and Clive Barker)

Posted in Horror, Thriller | Tagged 2021, adaptation, bee, bernard rose, candyman, chicago, clive barker, colman domingo, gentrification, gentrified, honey, hook, horror, ian cooper, illinois, john guleserian, jordan peele, killer, kyle kaminsky, murder, nia dacosta, police, race, robert aiki aubrey lowe, sequel, slasher, teyonah parris, thriller, tony todd, vanessa williams, yahoo abdul-mateen II | Leave a comment

Reminiscence (2021)

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lisa Joy Writer: Lisa Joy

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 2021, aaron ryder, addict, affair, child, cliff curtis, cop, crime, drama, drugs, flood, flooding, florida, future, hugh jackman, investigation, jonathan nolan, lisa joy, mark yoshikawa, memory, miami, michael de luca, mind, mystery, neo noir, nostalgia, paul cameron, police, ramin djawadi, rebecca ferguson, Reminiscence, sci-fi, science fiction, thandie newton, thandiwe newton, thriller, water | Leave a comment

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Dario Argento Writer: Dario Argento

Posted in Crime, Foreign, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 1970, cop, crime, dario argento, ennio morricone, foreign, franco fraticelli, gallery, giallo, horror, inspector, investigation, italian, italy, killer, knife, L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo, murder, murderer, mystery, police, razor, rome, salvatore argento, serial killer, stab, stabbing, suzy kendall, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, thriller, tom musante, vittorio storaro, writer | Leave a comment

Christine (1983)

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Carpenter Writer: Bill Phillips (Based on the novel by Stephen King)

Posted in Horror, Thriller | Tagged 1983, adaptation, alan howarth, alexandra paul, automobile, bill phillips, bully, car, christine, detroit, donald m. morgan, fire, harry dean stanton, high school, horror, john carpenter, john stockwell, keith gordon, kelly preston, killer car, michigan, murder, nerd, plymouth fury, repair, revenge, robert prosky, stephen king, suicide, thriller | Leave a comment

Running Scared (1986)

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Peter Hyams Writers: Gary DeVore and Jimmy Huston (Story by Gary DeVore) First time watch. Fun 80s buddy cop movie. Killer last act car chase.

Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | Tagged 1986, action, al leong, billy crystal, chicago, cocaine, comedy, cop, cops, crime, dan hedaya, detective, drugs, florida, gary devore, gregory hines, illinois, investigation, jimmy huston, jimmy smits, joe pantoliano, jon gries, key west, peter hyams, police, thriller, train, udi harpaz, undercover | Leave a comment

Under Siege (1992)

Posted on August 21, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Andrew Davis Writer: J.F. Lawton

Posted in Action, Thriller | Tagged 1992, action, andrew davis, arnon milchan, battleship, boat, chef, colm meaney, cook, don brochu, dov hoenig, frank tidy, gary busey, gary chang, george bush, hostage, j.f. lawton, kane hodder, knife, military, navy seal, ship, special forces, steven reuther, terrorism, terrorists, thriller, tommy lee jones, troy evans, under siege | Leave a comment

Someone’s Watching Me! (1978)

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Carpenter Writer: John Carpenter

Posted in Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged adrienne barbeau, apartment, charles cyphers, director, grainger hines, harry sukman, horror, john carpenter, lauren hutton, made for tv, murder, mystery, robert b. hauser, robert hauser, Someone's Watching Me, Someone's Watching Me!, stalker, stalking, television, thriller, tv, tv movie, voyeur, voyeurism | Leave a comment

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Carpenter Writer: John Carpenter

Posted in Action, Crime, Thriller | Tagged 1976, action, assault on precinct 13, austin stoker, california, charles cyphers, cop, cops, crime, darwin joston, douglas knapp, gang, guns, j. stein kaplan, j.s. kaplan, jail, john carpenter, john t. chance, kim richards, laurie zimmer, los angeles, martin west, nancy loomis, police, shootout, siege, thriller, tony burton | Leave a comment

Pitch Black (2000)

Posted on August 14, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David Twohy Writers: Jim Wheat & Ken Wheat and David Twohy (Story by Jim Wheat & Ken Wheat) Had not seen this since around when it came out I think. Holds up! The kind of solid, low budget, scrappy … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 2000, action, alien, aliens, cole hauser, convict, crash, creatures, criminal, dark, david eggby, david twohy, desert, director's cut, eclipse, graeme revell, horror, jim wheat, keith david, ken wheat, monsters, pitch black, planet, radha mitchell, rick shaine, riddick, sci-fi, science fiction, space, spaceship, stranded, thriller, tom engelman, unrated, vin diesel | Leave a comment

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