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Director: Ti West

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13560574

Review: Subversive and fun in the right ways with plenty of great moments and some impressive performances.

Watch it if: You're ok with some fairly gnarly violence.

And if you liked: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Motel Hell, The Visit

Nobody

Director: Ilya Naishuller

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7888964

Review: A strong twist on this type of character with fun set-pieces and a great central performance.

Watch it if: You want an action movie with a good streak of humour through it.

And if you liked: John Wick, Force Majeure

Maximum Overdrive

Director: Stephen King

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091499

Review: Understands what it is and what it wants to do inherently with a solid sense of fun and some genuinely spectacular effects work.

Watch it if: You want something that just leans into every one of its impulses.

And if you liked: Duel, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Check this out: Trucks

Jonah Hex

Director: Jimmy Hayward

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1075747

Review: Never really elevates itself about mediocre with some seriously dated choices and a cast fully sleeping through it.

Watch it if: You want to see 2004 crystalized in 2010.

And if you liked: Wild Wild West, X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Check this out: Jonah Hex

Cujo

Director: Lewis Teague

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085382

Review: Has difficulty holding momentum but delivers hard on the tension and violent scenes.

Watch it if: You want something a little gnarlier than you might expect.

And if you liked: Jaws, Silver Bullet

Check this out: Cujo

Silver Bullet

Director: Daniel Attias

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090021

Review: Fairly disjointed in tone with some odd segments but delivers a reasonable amount of fun and shonk to get it through to the end.

Watch it if: You want something that shoots from the hip.

And if you liked: Creepshow, Salem's Lot

Check this out: Cycle of the Werewolf

The Batman

Director: Matt Reeves

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1877830

Review: Some incredible sequences and great images swimming in a dreary self-serious tone that doesn't ultimately satisfy.

Watch it if: You really like Batman.

And if you liked: Se7en, Blade Runner, Batman Begins, Bram Stoker's Dracula

Warm Bodies

Director: Jonathan Levine

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588173

Review: Rushes its conclusions a little but brings an enjoyably light touch and fairly breezy feel to its humour.

Watch it if: You want something that's not earth-shaking but still has some fun ideas.

And if you liked: Return of the Living Dead III, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Check this out: Warm Bodies

Free Guy

Director: Shawn Levy

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6264654

Review: Dips into frustrating reference lists at a few points but otherwise ticks along reasonably well without really offending.

Watch it if: You're ok with something breezy enough that you'll instantly forget.

And if you liked: Wreck-It Ralph, The Nines, Deadpool