Marvel
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Shocktober 2024: Clash (Raphaël Delpard, 1984)
Martine, a gangster’s moll, agrees to take a bag of cash from a recent heist, skip town, and hang out in an abandoned warehouse until things calm down for the gangster and his associates. Two-three days, tops! The warehouse is in a much worse condition than Martine had expected, and it not only creeps Läs mer
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Shocktober 2024: The Blob (Chuck Russell, 1988)
A small town in rural California is threatened when a strange organism crash lands in the area and proceeds to blob itself all over the town and its residents. It’s up to local burnout Brian (a mulleted Kevin Dillon) to save the day. I am 70 % certain that I’ve seen this 1988 remake Läs mer
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Shocktober 2024: The First Omen (Arkasha Stevenson, 2024)
1971. Young Margaret travels from America to Rome to become a nun. She starts working at a church-run orphanage where she encounters the troubled teen Carlita, who appears to suffer from terrible visions (of the religious kind, not bad eyesight). Margaret is not having a great time in the eternal city, something from her past Läs mer
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Shocktober 2024: indieskräck-eliten håller hov i You’re Next
Familjen återsamlas hos mamma och pappa i sommarhuset för att fira deras 35-åriga bröllopsdag, och gamla konflikter kommer upp till ytan på direkten. Men precis när Norénstämningen ska ta över attackeras de utifrån av maskerade män med armborst, och kvällen blir en blodig mardröm. Det känns helt rätt att avrunda årets Shocktober – 16 filmer Läs mer
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Shocktober 2024: The Unborn (Rodman Flender, 1991)
Virginia and Brad are desperate to get pregnant but are having trouble conceiving. After years of failed attempts and heartbreak, friends recommend they visit the slick Dr. Meyerling, a ‘miracle worker’ at a private clinic who has developed a unique IVF program. They go for it, and though the procedure is successful, during the pregnancy Läs mer
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Shocktober 2024: Mirror, Mirror (Marina Sargenti, 1990)
Mrs Gordon (THE Karen Black) and her goth teen daughter Megan (played by the incredibly-named Rainbow Harvest, a likable Winona type whose career never really took off) leaves LA and moves to a generic small town, to start over following the non-mysterious death of Mr Gordon. Megan is a typical loner, gets bullied in school, Läs mer
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Shocktober 2024: Beware the Black Widow (Larry Crane, 1968)
In New York City, a crusading newspaper is investigating a series of murders that seem to have a thing in common — the staff and clientel of a mob-run brothel. Cops are on the take and couldn’t care less, so it’s up to intrepid reporter Rudy to figure out just what’s going on. The Läs mer
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Shocktober 2024: Keach och Curtis briljerar i Roadgames
“Just because you drive trucks, you don’t have to be a truck driver.” Det är mantrat för den lakoniske långtradarchaffisen Quid (Stacy Keach), en salt ensamvarg som i brist på bättre kuskar runt på vägarna i Australien med sin tama dingo som sällskap. En morgon ser han en man som beter sig skumt utanför ett Läs mer
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Shocktober 2024: luguber Karloff i Universal-rafflet The Invisible Ray
Dr Janos Rukh (Boris Karloff) är en tjurig och omstridd astronom som lyckats konstruera ett massivt teleskop som kan se ända till Andromedagalaxen; så långt att man i praktiken blickar bakåt i tiden. Han lyckas övertyga sina ditintills skeptiska forskarkolleger – däribland den avoge Dr Benet, spelad av Bela Lugosi – att följa med på Läs mer
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