THE NEIGHBOR: A Horrifying Slice of Rural Terror

An unexpected horror treat, this is one interesting little slasher that zigs then zags, and proves Bill Engvall's a scary bastard.

RAMPAGE: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT is a Wasted, Unworthy Sequel

The second RAMPAGE film isn't near what the first was, nor does it do anything different whatsoever.

SURVEILLANCE Twists Through Labyrinthine Crime-Horror

Jennifer Lynch walks a different path than her director father, although it's one that is similarly weird. Morbid fascination is clearly a Lynch family trait.

Paranoid Power Rules in ANIMAL KINGDOM

Based on a real life family of robbers in Australia, this film dives deep into crime and the paranoia associated with a family where even the bonds of blood can't guarantee safety.

WE OWN THE NIGHT Examines a Family’s Violent Intersection at the Edge of Criminality & Law

This film never gets the credit it deserves. But it's one of the best post-2000 crime-thrillers out there, directed/written by the one and only James Gray.

Animal Factory Reveals the Machinery Within the Beast of a Flawed Prison System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qQushdQ0Qc Animal Factory. 2000. Directed by Steve Buscemi. Screenplay by Edward Bunker & John Steppling; based on the novel by Bunker. Starring Edward Furlong, Willem Dafoe, Danny Trejo, Mark Boone Junior, Seymour Cassel, Mickey Rourke, Tom Arnold, John Heard, Chris Bauer, Rockets Redglare, Jake La Botz, Mark Engelhardt, Edward Bunker, Victor Pagan, Ernest Harden Jr., …

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Carnage Park: A Scary Slice of 1970s Americana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uasqLAdxkJs Carnage Park. 2016. Directed & Written by Mickey Keating. Starring Ashley Bell, Pat Healy, James Landry Hébert, Michael Villar, Bob Bancroft, Larry Fessenden, Andy Greene, Alan Ruck, Graham Skipper, & Darby Stanchfield. Diablo Entertainment. Unrated. 90 minutes. Action/Crime/Horror/Thriller ★★★★ Ever since seeing Ritual, I've been hooked on Mickey Keating. His directing and writing are a sight …

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Green Room: The Fallacy of White Nationalist Unity in Violent Awe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8XSARX3DQg Green Room. 2016. Directed & Written by Jeremy Saulnier. Starring Anton Yelchin, Patrick Stewart, Joe Cole, Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, David W. Thompson, Mark Webber, Macon Blair, Eric Edelstein, Michael Draper, Andy Copeland, Brent Werzner, Lj Klink, Kasey Brown, Taylor Tunes, & Imogen Poots. Film Science/Broad Green Pictures. Rated 14A. 95 minutes. Crime/Horror/Thriller ★★★★1/2 …

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