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The horror flick The Crazies (2010), directed by Breck Eisner and penned by Scott Kosar and Ray Wright, takes place in Ogden Marsh, Iowa. During a local baseball game, resident Rory causes a disturbance by appearing on the field with a shotgun. Sheriff David Dutton tries to reason with him but is ultimately forced to take lethal action. Meanwhile, Judy (David’s wife), who serves as the town doctor, notices strange changes in another resident named Bill. His behavior includes repetitive speech and a vacant expression. ...

In his feature directorial debut, Samuel Bayer helmed the American supernatural slasher film A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). Written by Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer, it serves as a remake of the 1984 film of the same name by Wes Craven. While at the Springwood Diner, Dean Russell falls asleep and is attacked by a grotesque figure dressed in seared clothing and sporting a bladed gardener’s glove on his right hand. The dream ends with Dean’s death. At his funeral, Kris discovers an old photograph of ...

In the American horror film Saw 3D (2010), directed by Kevin Greutert and written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, Dr. Lawrence Gordon has already survived his test. Five years later, a new game takes place in a public square where two men, Brad and Ryan, are bound to opposite sides of a worktable with buzzsaws while their shared lover Dina is suspended above a third saw. The men have sixty seconds to save Dina by pushing the saws into each other. However, they soon realize that Dina had manipulated them into ...

The Australian survival horror film, The Reef (2010), follows a group of friends on a dangerous voyage to Indonesia. Luke, the captain, invites his companions Matt and Suzie, along with Matt’s sister Kate and sailor Warren, to join him on the trip. However, their journey becomes perilous when they encounter a coral reef which causes their yacht to capsize. As the current pulls them further away from land, Luke makes a plan for them to swim to nearby Turtle Island. Meanwhile, Warren activates an EPIRB device but is informed by Luke that it requires a plane overhead to receive the signal. While Luke suggests swimming to safety on the island, Warren strongly ...

The American psychological survival horror film, Frozen (2010), was written and directed by Adam Green. Dan Walker, along with his girlfriend Parker O’Neal and best friend Joe Lynch, headed to a ski resort for a day of adventure on the slopes. However, on their final night at the resort, they convinced the ski lift operator to let them take one more run before the weather closed the resort for the week. The first operator then handed off responsibility to a second operator and mentioned that three people still needed to come down. Unfortunately, the second operator mistook another group of skiers for Dan, Parker ...

Final Destination 4 (2009) is an American 3D supernatural horror film, written by Eric Bress and directed by David R. Ellis. Produced by New Line Cinema, it follows a group of people who survive a deadly accident during a stock car race, only to find that Death is now hunting them down one by one. That year, college student Nick O’Bannon attends the McKinley Speedway with his girlfriend Lori Milligan and friends Hunt Wynorski and Janet Cunningham for their semester break. Nick has a vision of the racetrack collapsing, causing debris to fly into the grandstand. In a ...

The New Daughter (2009) is an American horror film and the first feature directed by Spanish screenwriter Luis Berdejo. Recently divorced novelist John James moves to an old house in rural South Carolina with his teenage daughter, Louisa, and young son, Sam. Their relationship is strained as Louisa accuses him of never loving her mother and ruining everything. On their first night in the house, strange noises outside Louisa’s bedroom window catch her attention. Unseen by her, a humanoid creature lurks on the roof. The next day while exploring the fields and forest nearby, they stumble upon a large mound. While ...

Survival of the Dead (2009), a horror film, marks the sixth installment in George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead series and was his final work before passing away in 2017. The opening introduces National Guard Sergeant ‘Nicotine’ Crockett and his comrades Kenny, Francisco, and Tomboy, who desert their posts to rob the protagonists from the previous film. At the same time, Plum Island off the shore of Delaware is home to two rival Irish families – the O’Flynns and Muldoons. Led by Patrick O’Flynn, the O’Flynns gather a group to eliminate the undead on the island. ...

Halloween II (2009) is a slasher flick from filmmaker Rob Zombie. As a young patient at Smith’s Grove Sanitarium, Michael Myers receives a gift from his mother Deborah – a white horse figurine. Flash forward fifteen years and we find Laurie Strode in shock after shooting an older Michael. Sheriff Lee Brackett comes across Laurie and brings her to the hospital, while the paramedics transport Annie Brackett and Dr. Sam Loomis, both survivors of Michael’s attacks. Michael’s body is en route in another ambulance, but when the driver gets into an accident, Michael awakens and makes his escape, killing ...

Friday the 13th (2009) is a slasher film, helmed by director Marcus Nispel and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. On this ominous date in June of 1980, a young Jason Voorhees witnesses his mother’s beheading at the hands of a camp counselor, who was trying to escape Mrs. Voorhees’s murderous rampage around Camp Crystal Lake. Nearly three decades later, five friends—Wade, Richie, Amanda, Mike, and Whitney—arrive for a camping trip at Crystal Lake with hopes of stumbling upon a hidden marijuana crop in the ...

Written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, The Collector (2009) is an American horror film directed by Dunstan. When Larry and Gena Wharton come home, they are shocked to find a large trunk upstairs and what lies inside. Suddenly, they are attacked by an unknown intruder. Meanwhile, Arkin O’Brien, a former convict, works for the Chase family as a handyman. As he finishes work for the day, he reunites with his wife who owes money to loan sharks and needs it paid off before midnight. In order to protect them, Arkin ...

Saw VI (2009) is a horror film directed by Kevin Greutert and written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. As with its predecessors, the movie begins with a woman (portrayed by Tanedra Howard, winner of the reality show ‘Scream Queens’) waking up in a dimly lit room with a deadly trap on her head. This particular trap involves a headset with two bolts positioned at her temples, designed to penetrate her brain if triggered. In a separate area of the room, an overweight man also regains consciousness with the ...

The thriller film, The Canyon (2009), written by Steve Allrich and directed by Richard Harrah, follows the tale of newlyweds Nick and Lori. After eloping, the couple embarks on a mule ride into the canyon with their guide, Henry. As they descend further into the canyon, the trio comes across old petroglyphs that are a half day’s ride away. Despite Nick’s initial reluctance, he persuades Lori to join them on the journey. Tragically, during the trip, Henry is attacked twice by rattlesnakes and their mules run off in fear. Left stranded, the three make camp for ...

Directed by Alexandre Aja, Mirrors (2008) is a supernatural horror film. The story follows a security guard who runs through a subway station and finds himself trapped in a room with his reflection begging for his life. In a gruesome turn of events, the reflection uses a shard of glass to fatally wound the real security guard. Meanwhile, Ben Carson, a suspended police detective, starts his first night as a security guard at the Mayflower – a luxury department store that had been gutted by fire and closed five years prior. As he patrols the building, Ben notices numerous mirrors still intact from the store’s ...

Fear Itself (2008–2009) is an American horror/suspense anthology television series that premiered on NBC on June 5, 2008. Shot primarily in Edmonton, Alberta, the show also featured some scenes filmed in St. Albert and Devon. Originally airing on Thursday nights at 10/9c, it was put on hold during the 2008 Summer Olympics. Despite plans for a return after the event, no further episodes were released and there was no official comment from NBC about the show’s future. The time-slot was subsequently filled with re-runs of other NBC programs and Fear Itself was not included in the network’s Fall 2008 schedule. The ...

The Happening (2008) is a science fiction thriller film written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. In New York City’s Central Park, a series of suicides occur among the people. The cause is believed to be a bio-terrorist attack using an airborne neurotoxin, which quickly spreads throughout the Northeastern United States. High school science teacher Elliot Moore and his wife Alma are joined by Elliot’s mathematician colleague Julian and his daughter Jess on a train out of Philadelphia. As they journey, they discover that Boston and Philadelphia have also been affected. Their communication is cut ...

The horror film Saw V (2008), directed by David Hackl in his directorial debut, features a screenplay written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. The story follows convicted killer Seth Baxter, who awakens chained to a table beneath a pendulum blade. Despite being told he can release himself, the blade still cuts him in half as someone watches through a hole in the wall. Meanwhile, FBI agent Peter Strahm manages to escape from the room where Detective Hoffman had locked him up. However, he is then attacked by a figure ...

Cloverfield (2008) is a found footage monster film directed by Matt Reeves and produced by J. J. Abrams. The movie follows the events captured on a personal camcorder recovered by the U.S. Department of Defense in the ‘formerly known as Central Park’ area, with a disclaimer explaining multiple reports of an incident known as ‘Cloverfield’. The camera contains two sets of recordings, one from April 27, 2008 and the other from May 22, 2008. The earlier footage shows Robert ‘Rob’ Hawkins and Elizabeth ‘Beth’ McIntyre waking up ...

Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) is an action horror film directed by Russell Mulcahy and written by Paul W. S. Anderson. In the movie, a cloned Alice awakens in a mansion and navigates her way through its corridors, being forced to escape multiple security traps along the way. However, she ultimately meets her demise when she sets off a bounding mine hidden on the floor. Her body is then disposed of into a pit filled with numerous other Alice clones, who serve as failed experiments for Umbrella Corporation’s Project Alice. Fast forward five years from ...

1408 (2007) is an American psychological horror film based on Stephen King’s 1999 short story of the same name. Mike Enslin, a cynical and skeptical author known for his niche books about supernatural events, receives an anonymous postcard while promoting his latest book in Hermosa Beach, California. The postcard features The Dolphin, a hotel located on Lexington Avenue in New York City, with one simple message: ‘Don’t enter 1408’. Seeing this as a personal challenge, Mike decides to visit The Dolphin and specifically requests room 1408. However, the hotel manager Gerald Olin tries to dissuade ...