(B-) Flawed but ultimately effective horror pic. It's too slow for most horror buffs and too much of a slasher for critics. Still, it's genuinely tense much of the time, though held back by uneven performances. Also, Nichols should get some kind of a "Most Cleavage in a Horror Movie" award.

(C) Standard issue attack-of-nature pic is too slow and preachy to be much fun. Also, having the frogs be the ringleader is weak -- I wanna see them hopping people into oblivion.

(D) Dreadful direct-to-DVD horror pic vaguely inspired by Lovecraft's "Cool Air." Every once in a while I watch one of these movies in a seeming effort to remind myself never to watch them. Ashley Laurence is still a fox, though, even if she hasn't much to do.

(B-) Molina's comeback pic has some fun scenes and an enjoyable central performance, but it just kind of wanders along aimlessly.

(B) As with the others, this is quite funny, even if it can't match the original series. Maybe the actual episodes will come together more fully.

(B) Underappreciated horror pic. Yeah, the story never really comes together, but I thought it was pretty scary at times, which is a rarity.

(B-) Long-lost Whale pic is somewhat unique for the period, as a black-comedy horror pic. It's a bit plotless at times, but the bizarre characters are fairly interesting.

(C-) Deservedly forgotten Craven pic starts out watchable, but becomes increasingly stupid. The only interesting part is Mitch Pileggi as the crazy hick killer.

(B-) A somewhat obvious psych-thriller carried by a very jittery performance from Hopkins and the always disturbing ventriloquist dummy.

(B) A very well crafted crime thriller with a near docudrama feel, a la In Cold Blood. Like that film, though, it's perhaps little to, well, cold and bloodless.

(B-) Gruesomely inept slasher is quite fun, and really delivers the chainsaw mayhem. Best part is when the investigator calls a physiology professor to look at a dismembered corpse, and asks him if the bloody chainsaw sitting next to the pile of limbs is the murder weapon. (Yes it is, surprisingly enough.)

(C-) Giallo has a promising opening, but proves to be lacking in style and gore. Hell, the naked ladies aren't even particularly attractive.

(B+) Visually stunning epic about Genghis Khan has production values and cinematography to match any American production. I look forward to the later films.

(B) Not w/o flaws, but it is spectacular looking, and it has a sort of straight forward melodrama to it that I enjoy. The tone approachs what you'd find in old-time epics.

(B-) Still has some of the charm of the original, but the characters aren't as entertaining this time around. It's still fun, though.

(B-) Ultra-arty and uneventful teen drama from Van Sant. Seems like the sorta thing I might hate, but it casts a moody kind of spell in spite of the thin story.

(B-) Amusing horror-comedy with some fun low-budget gore. The humor doesn't all work, but it's worth a watch.

(C+) A good-looking and quite watchable pic, but not enough happens. That said, I generally hate tragic/romantic vampires, so it's better than it might've been.