Dracula 2000

Director: Patrick Lussier

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219653

Review: A few good core ideas swimming in a sea of overcooked, empty style and derivative imagery.

Watch it if: You want something that learns all the wrong lessons from The Matrix.

And if you liked: Queen of the Damned, Blade: Trinity

Shattered

Director: Wolfgang Petersen
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102900
Review: Stylish and fun with some insane turns and a strong sense of tone.
Watch it if: You want something absolutely bananas.
And if you liked: The Hand, Vertigo, Memento
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Bad Influence

Director: Curtis Hanson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099091
Review: Deeply silly but undeniably compelling with plenty of twists and turns to carry it through.
Watch it if: You want a bizarre cultural snapshot.
And if you liked: Pacific Heights, Consenting Adults, Fight Club

The Nun II

Director: Michael Chaves

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10160976

Review: A few inventive shots completely unsupported by any sort of dramatic or emotional heft.

Watch it if: You're interested in seeing a few technical ideas that, if anything, undermine the story being told.

And if you liked: The Wolfman (2010), The Nun, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

Killers of the Flower Moon

Director: Martin Scorsese

IMDB: v

Review: Shocking and devastating with a thrust to it that carries you through to it's deeply poignant end.

Watch it if: You're up for something long.

And if you liked: Miller's Crossing, The Departed, Asteroid City

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The Bedroom Window

Director: Curtis Hanson

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092627

Review: Interesting ideas and approach that loses its grip into silliness in its final third.

Watch it if: You want something fairly fun that's not too life-changing.

And if you liked: Body Double, Fatal Attraction

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Totally Killer

Director: Nahnatchka Khan

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11426232

Review: Fairly clunky and iffy in its plotting but has enough flashes of brilliance to carry it through.

Watch it if: You want something light and fun enough.

And if you liked: Hocus Pocus, Final Girls, Happy Death Day

The Exorcist: Believer

Director: David Gordon Green

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12921446

Review: Reasonably impressive on a technical level but never really amounts to anything all that interesting beyond that.

Watch it if: You can watch something for the editing and the sound design alone.

And if you liked: Exorcist: The Beginning, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, Halloween (208)

After Hours

Director: Martin Scorsese

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088680

Review: Magnetic from the word go with a plot that consistently surprises and a great sense of place.

Watch it if: You want something you won't be able to out-guess.

And if you liked: Something Wild, The Game, Quick Change

A Haunting in Venice

Director: Kenneth Branagh

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22687790

Review: Builds the film it needs to be well with the necessary emotional heft and a strong spooky atmosphere.

Watch it if: You enjoy a good spooky mystery.

And if you liked: Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Death on the Nile (2022)

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