Subgenre Sampler
Horror: 1652 Films to Buy & Rent
Silent Hill (2006)
- Dir. Christophe Gans
Feat. Radha Mitchell, Deborah Kara Unger, Alice Krige…
- An instantly–spooky premise, based on a video game, guides this story of a mother (Rahda Mitchell) who foolishly drives to a ghoulish West…
Slither (2006)
- Dir. James Gunn
Feat. Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker
- The small American town of Wheelsy is visited by a slithery space squid, which sends a variety of parasitic slugs out to invade the bodies of the…
Stephen King's Desperation (2006)
- Dir. Mick Garris
Feat. Tom Skerritt, Steven Weber, Annabeth Gish…
- Hokey, high–concept telemovie from the Stephen King assembly line, about a couple who stumble upon a deranged, demonically possessed…
Subject Two (2006)
- Dir. Phillip Chidel
Feat. Christian Oliver, Dean Stapleton
- Indie 'mad science' thriller in which a doctor invents a resurrection formula and tests it by killing and reviving a 'volunteer' med student many…
Them (Ils) (2006)
- Dir. Xavier Palud, David Moreau
Feat. Olivia Bonamy, Michael Cohen, Adriana Mocca…
- French horror that takes the 'home invasion' subgenre to chilling new heights, sees a young couple terrorized in their home by unseen intruders.…
Turistas (2006)
- Dir. John Stockwell
Feat. Josh Duhamel, Melissa George
- Well in keeping with HOSTEL’s trendsetting sadomasochism, this Brazilian–set thriller concerns a group of backpackers stranded in a jungle…
When a Stranger Calls (2006)
- Dir. Simon West
Feat. Camilla Belle
- Tense, if skeletal, remake of the original 1970s babysitter thriller in which Camilla Belle minds the children in a remote house fitted with…
Wicker Man, The (2006)
- Dir. Neil LaBute
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Frances Conroy…
- Remake of the 1970s horror classic plays with fire by making women the centre of the island cult, while the scares fall flat as dir. Labute’s…
Woods, The (2006)
- Dir. Lucky McKee
Feat. Agnes Bruckner, Patricia Clarkson, Bruce Campbell
- Creepy excursion has a teenage pyromaniac (Bruckner) sent to girls' school located deep in the malign woods of 1960s New England, which is possibly…
Zombie Diaries, The (2006)
- Dir. Michael Bartlett, Kevin Gates
- Taking cues from 28 DAYS LATER and the wellspring of Romero classics, this low–key indie zombie mockumentary has three separate…