Category: Mystery

La chambre des morts: Better Than a French Demme Knock-Off

On By C.H. NewellIn Alfred Lot, Céline Sallette, Crime, Film, Franck Thilliez, French Film, Laurence Côte, Mélanie Laurent, Mystery, Thriller1 Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ISMS0nCNJg La chambre des morts. 2007. Directed & Written by Alfred Lot; based on the novel by Franck Thilliez. Starring Mélanie Laurent, Laurence Côte, Éric Caravaca, Gilles Lellouche, Jonathan Zaccaï, Céline Sallette, Fanny Cottençon, Nathalie Richard, Jean-François Stévenin, & Stéphane Jobert. Métropole Film Distribution/Mongrel. Rated 14A. 118 minutes. Crime/Mystery/Thriller ★★★★ La chambre des morts, translated into English roughly becomes Room of Death, is …

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Get Swallowed Whole by Terror in THE BORDERLANDS

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Film, Found Footage, Horror, Mystery, ReligionLeave a comment

Terrifying religious-themed found footage brings us into a nightmarish investigation that will lead somewhere entirely unexpected.

RESOLUTION Questions Our Cinematic Participation in Murder

On By C.H. NewellIn Aaron Moorhead, Bill Oberst Jr., Film, Horror, Independent Film, Justin Benson, Mystery, Peter Cilella, Thriller, Vinny CurranLeave a comment

An indie that asks us at times uncomfortable questions about our participation in the process of murder on film.

Scorsese’s SHUTTER ISLAND: This is Your Brain, This is Your Brain Under Repression

On By C.H. NewellIn 2010, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Lehane, Film, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Martin Scorsese, Max Von Sydow, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, ThrillerLeave a comment

Scorsese & Lehane together as one? That's how you get a spooky, mind-bending thriller like SHUTTER ISLAND.

THE TAKING OF DEBORAH LOGAN: An Alzheimer’s Nightmare

On By C.H. NewellIn Adam Robitel, Anne Ramsay, Film, Found Footage, Horror, Jill Larson, Michelle Ang, Mystery, ThrillerLeave a comment

As if Alzheimer's weren't scary enough, Adam Robitel takes us into a vision of the disease which will likely haunt you until the end of time.

Refn’s FEAR X: Paranoia Abound as Turturro Goes Mad

On By C.H. NewellIn Deborah Kara Unger, Film, Hubert Selby Jr, John Turturro, Mystery, Nicolas Winding Refn, Thriller1 Comment

FEAR X is a stunning look at fear, paranoia, guilt, and the dangerous path on which it can all put us.

SLENDER MAN Creeps In (Again) Via Found Footage

On By C.H. NewellIn A.J. Meadows, Film, Horror, Jeremy Kirk, MysteryLeave a comment

When a man's son is taken by the Slender Man, he goes to any & all lengths necessary to find him again. Even if that means becoming a criminal himself.

THE BAY’s Nightmarish Ecological Horror

On By C.H. NewellIn Barry Levinson, Christopher Denham, Film, Found Footage, Horror, Mockumentary, Mystery, Sci-FiLeave a comment

A found footage, ecological horror, creature feature mash from Barry Levinson; one of the best of the sub-genre in recent years.