(A-) When I first saw this years ago I was a bit disappointed. I can't imagine why. Performances are great all around and Smith condenses his outlandish novel beautifully into a tight, inevitable story.

(C+)It's totally impossible to take these films seriously anymore, with the comically labyrinthine plot and hackneyed dialogue, but the over the top set pieces and gruesome violence continue to make them sufficiently amusing.

(D-) Terrible beyond all imagining. I'm not even gonna go into it, there's no space.

(B-) This actually gets better when it moves from half-amusing, half-grating comedy to a more emotional, manipulative approach. Can't stand the soundtrack, though, and Garner is a ghoul.

(C) I find the premise amusing, but the film itself is often talky and kinda dull.

(B) An above average Asian Ghost film, in spite of some dubious effects. Has an atypically likable protagonist, and it gains points for being a rip-off of both the 'Sixth Sense' and 'Ringu', rather than just the latter.

(B-) Turns out they make by-the-numbers serial killer films in South Korea too. Far from remarkable, but it's capably made and resonably interesting.

(B+) Belgian rural-psycho horror film. It uses the cliches of the genre, but it plays with them effectively and is suprisingly psychologically minded. An overlooked film. Also, the dance scene is one of the most bizarre things I've seen in a long time.

(C+) Truly bizarre black comedy. It's moderately entertaining, if something of a mess, though I can't help but appreciate how it mocks conspiracy theories.

(B) Claustrophobic war-time drama. Not great by Hitchcock standards, but this is still a solid film, though the lapses into propaganda don't hold up so well.

(B-) Inexplicable Japanese horror film involving vast underground caverns, evil creepy subhumnoid creatures and a feral, cannibalistic chick. I love some of the ideas in it, but it's pretty haphazard, as you'd expect consider it was shot in 8 days.

(A-) Severely unnerving drama about a family that receives a series of tapes of their lives and how they react to this bizarre harassment. It's effectively low-key, and one of those rare ambiguous films that justifies the uncertainty, rather than just using it as a copout.

(B+) Enormously entertaining sword and sorcery flick. It's a tad overlong, but it's fun and has plenty of action.

(A-) This lost Bava film is a remarkably good, relentlessly paced crime-thriller. A few of the performances are a bit over the top, but this is a gripping, endlessly watchable film. The best I've seen from him.

(D) This has a lot of gore and adorable dinosaurs but the hideous D-movie traits, from the painful synth score to the presence of Clint Howard, overwhelm most potential camp value.