Subgenre Sampler
Deviltry: 112 Films to Buy & Rent
- Ghost Rider (2007)
- Dir. Mark Steven Johnson
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley…
- The latest Marvel superhero to 'ignite' the screen, a rather unlikely Nicolas Cage stars as Johnny Blaze, a stunt motorcyclist who strikes a deal…
- History of the Devil (2007)
- Historical doco charting the changing role and face of the devil throughout history by way of factual information and academic interview.
- Death Note (TV Series) (Deathnote) (2006)
- Anime serial of the cultish good vs. evil parable follows on from the manga and live–action versions in retelling the battle between a cocky…
- Death Note / Death Note - The Last Name (2006)
- Dir. Shusuke Kaneko
Feat. Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Erika Toda…
- High–concept and precocious in attitude, this absurdly drawn battle–of–wits, based on a cult Manga, concerns the discovery of an…
- Gathering, The (2006)
- Dir. Brian Gilbert
Feat. Christina Ricci, Stephen Dillane, Ioan Gruffudd
- Goth–lite supernatural horror stars Ricci as an American backpacker who loses her memory after a car accident in a small town in rural England,…
- Omen, The (Omen 666) (2006)
- Dir. Jason Moore
Feat. Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, David Thewlis…
- A conservative but effective remake of the iconic 1976 horror moving, in which an ambitious diplomat and his wife (Schreiber, Stiles) secretly adopt…
- Sheitan (2006)
- Dir. Kim Chapiron
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Roxane Mesquida
- A gaggle of young hedonists on a bender expend their energies at a disco and are invited by pouting barmaid Mesquida (A MA SOUER) to her remote…
- Exorcism of Emily Rose, The (2005)
- Dir. Scott Derrickson
Feat. Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott…
- An eerie tale based on true events concerns the supposed demonic possession of a girl (Carpenter) in the 1970s and the trial of a priest (Wilkinson)…
- Point Pleasant (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Elisabeth Harnois, Grant Show
- Short–lived, mildly cultish series may interest BUFFY fans as a brief alternative: it concerns a mysterious girl who washes up on the shoreline…
- Crimson Rivers 2 - Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)
- Dir. Olivier Dahan
Feat. Jean Reno, Benoit Magimel, Christopher Lee
- Barely coherent, but mostly fun sequel to the serial–killer hunt of CRIMSON RIVERS, has detective Reno return to track a case of religious…