(B-) Outrageously bizarre Indonesian horror. It's mostly kinda uneventful, but the bits of strangeness, particularly the flying disembodied heads with attached digestive track, keep it interesting.

(B+) Trailers weren't promising, but the director's District B13 was excellent. The story is silly, but the action is delightful and unrelenting. Good fun.

(B) Another effective silent pic from Murnau. Jannings makes a very striking central figure.

(C+) A complete knockoff of the Cameron classic. Amusingly goofy for a while, though it eventually wears thin.

(B-) Stylish, generally well put together sequel to the somewhat overpraised original. On the downside, the actual horror setpieces aren't that hot, and giving too much background to the Candyman kinda contradicts the point of the original story.

(B) Re-do combines the strong visuals and set design of Nispel's TCM remake with some of the fun goofiness 80s slashers. Has solid gore and very hot chicks. On the downside, most of the dudes have Farah Fawcett hair, for some reason.

(C) Outrageous comic slasher piles on the sexualized violence beyond the tolerance of all but the most jaded viewers. It has some creative gore, but ultimately tries too hard. Worse, the barely competent technical aspects and horrendous overacting/profanity drenched dialogue gets on the nerves.

(B+) Truly bizarre Italian art-house/family drama/black comedy/horror film. It has a host of strangely intriguing characters, and isn't just a lot boring jabbering like in those neo-realist pics.

(B-) Ultra low-budget horror pic is something of a throwback to the 50s, with a rather goofy story and amusingly dated effects. Quite entertaining, I'm surprised it isn't more of cult item.

(C+) A slightly above-average entry, with some surprisingly decent humor and a bit more drive than some other chapters. The MPAA clearly went to town on it, though.

(B+) Intriguing, deliberately paced noir/gangster pic from the director of "Army of Shadows." Delon is almost inappropriately handsome, though he makes an effectively stoic hitman.

(B+) Marketed as total direct-to-dvd dreck, but this is a professionally made and highly respectable low-budget sci-fi/horror pic. The acting is surprisingly good, particularly C. Bernard aka Tony Almeida of "24." It's basically "The Thing" in a supermarket, but you couldn't pick a better genre film to imitate.

(C) Pretty much identical to the first film if it took place in the early 20th century. Parks is good, but the rest of it reeks of okayness.

(B+) Very enjoyable old-time fantasy pic/pro-American morality tale. It has some nicely inventive visuals, and the trial is great fun.

(A-) Allegorical Japanese film about a entomologist who is held captive amongst the dunes and required to shovel the sand endlessly. Has truly remarkable visuals and is strangely hypnotic. It's also intriguing to see such an unbelievable, surreal scenario enacted so matter-of-factly.

(D-) Post-WW2 drama about a sadomasochistic affair between a Nazi and his captive. Hailed as a masterpiece or denounced as exploitive trash, it is actually incredibly boring and ridiculous. A quintessential piece of arthouse tedium.