2022 Movie Watch List...

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Lexi (2022)

Pulse (2006)

Cursed (2005)

Red Eye (2005)

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008)

Jaws (1975)

Jaws 2 (1978)

The Firm (1993)

The Osterman Weekend (1983)

City Hall (1996)

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Shark Attack (1999)

Caspar Van Dien investigates a series of shark attacks that killed his friend and finds out there are other dangers...

Not too bad, really. Especially not compared to some of the ones I've seen.

Free on Tubi, as are 2 and 3 which I'll probably get to at some point.


Deep Blue Sea 3 (2020)

I haven't seen Deep Blue Sea 2 yet, but the comments were far kinder to this sequel and this one was only a buck rental on YouTube.

Definitely worth the dollar.

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Jurassic Park (1993)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

Jurassic Park III (2001)

Jurassic World (2015)

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

Crash (1996)

Valley of the Dolls (1967)

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

Signs (2002)

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Shark Attack 2 (2000)

The mutated sharks from Shark Attack 1 had kids and they're growing up fast and hungry.


Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002)

The giant, prehistoric shark makes a return not far from a Mexican resort. John (Doctor Who's Captain Jack) Barrowman livens things up and Jenny McShane from the first Shark Attack returns but as a different character. Some charmingly
bad special effects, particularly in the last quarter or so of the film.

Apparently, there's a Shark Attack 4 but it's listed as Shark Zone (2003). Haven't watched it (yet) but luckily, the whole epic tetralogy is available free on Tubi.


San Andreas (2015)

Took a break from the low-budget shark movies to watch this big-budget disaster movie starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. A CGI San Francisco gets pretty well wiped out by an earthquake while The Rock
tries to save his family. Longtime fave Carla Gugino co-stars.

On HBOMax.


Tomb Raider (2018)

Lara Croft returns in a movie reboot based on the rebooted game series. I liked it well enough to pick up the 3D Blu-ray and give it another watch. They had finally announced a sequel but then the pandemic happened and
now it looks like the studio has lost the rights so there will probably be another reboot coming along sooner or later.


Gravity (2013)

It was Sandra Bullock's birthday on July 26th so I watched the 3D Blu-ray in celebration. Bullock is a first-time astronaut trying to get back to Earth alone after a disaster.


Howl (2015)

Thought it was high time I watched a decent werewolf movie that wasn't The Howling so I pulled out this Blu.


Comin' at Ya! (1981)

First of the 80s blast of 3D movies. Fairly standard 'spaghetti western' with a man tracking down the gang that kidnapped his wife on their
wedding day.

Called 'Comin' at Ya!' apparently because it's one of those 3D movies where *everything* is pointed directly at the camera, over and over.


Men in Black 3 (2012)

This popped up on Netflix and I realized I'd never seen it. Josh Brolin does a pretty mean Tommy Lee Jones impression as Agent K circa 1969.





Also played (twice) The Quarry, the latest 'horror movie game' from the folks behind Until Dawn, and the Dark Pictures Anthology games. Nine camp counselors try to survive the night against mysterious
hunters and more mysterious creatures. (Spoiler alert - the creatures turn out to be classed as werewolves!) During gameplay, you bounce between controlling the different counselors, and the decisions you make determine
how well that works out for everyone. Managed to keep a few more alive the second time around.


In streaming series news, I've almost finished with Paper Girls on Amazon and watched Keep Breathing on Netflix.

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Prey (2022)

The new Predator movie debuted on Hulu so of course, I had to watch it. I generally enjoy all the Predator films to some degree
and this was easily in the top 2 or 3 (depending on your opinion of Predator 2, I guess, which I quite liked).

This one goes back to the Great Plains of the early 1700s with a young Commanche woman (played by Amber Midthunder, someone I'll keep
an eye out for, now) goes up against the hunter from the stars.


Reed's Point (2022)

From IMDb:
"A vehicle crash in the Pine Barrens leads to a missing teen which raises conspiracy theories about the infamous Jersey Devil legend. On the anniversary of the crash, Sarah Franklin, convinced her cousin Kelsey is alive, goes out to the crash site with Alex, Kelsey's boyfriend, to investigate. Things go downhill quickly as Sarah and Alex uncover what really lurks in the woods."

Skipped the Saturday morning shark movie and went for this Jersey Devil flick.

Should've stayed with the sharks.

Just a muddled mess of a movie, which is too bad because the creature suit wasn't half-bad for a low-budget flick.


Deep Blue Sea (1999)

This one kept popping up in my recommendations and it had been a while since I saw it. Still fun.


Finished Amazon's Paper Girls and started Netflix's The Sandman

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The Blob (1958)

The Blob (1988)

Badlands (1973)

Burial Ground (1981)

Written on the Wind (1956)

Fish Tank (2009)

Breaking the Waves (1996)

Dirty Harry (1971)

Hardcore (1979)

House of Wax (2005)

Band of the Hand (1986)

Tourist Trap (1979)

Fright Night (1985 and 2011)

Unhuman (2022)

The Grudge (2004)

The Grudge 2 (2006)

The Grudge 3 (2009)

Last Man Standing (1996)

Dredd (2012)

The Wolfman (2010)

Predator (1987)

Prey (2022)

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Savage Harvest (1981)

During a drought in Africa, a pride of lions lays siege to a family (and snacks on some unlucky employees of the said family).

Saw this in the theater when I was just a wee lad because it was PG. Since then I've had pretty clear memories of a surprisingly graphic
(for a PG movie) lion attack, with the cats carting off hunks of meat and organs from a body. It was really cool to us kids.

Happy to say, my memories were pretty accurate. Didn't remember much else about the movie but it was okay. With Tom Skeritt and Michelle Phillips.



Sharkula (2022)

From IMDb:
"The curse of Count Dracula lives on in shark-infested waters, claiming the lives of a tourist community. A sea hunt for the new species results in monsters, madness and bloodshed. This great white is putting the bite back into terror, and it has help with the aid of new vampires intent on seeing it survive."

I really thought I was done with the ultra-low-budget shark movies for this summer, but the synopsis pulled me it.

Every bit as good as you'd think it would be.

Tubi, naturally.


The Black Phone (2021)

New thriller now streaming on Peacock+.

Kids in a Colorado town in the late 1970s are disappearing, taken by someone known only as 'The Grabber.' When young Finney falls victim, locked up in a soundproof room, he
begins receiving calls on a disconnected phone from previous victims. Can they help him get away..?

Ethan Hawke as the Grabber, Mason Thames as Finney, and Madeleine McGraw as Finney's sister Gwen all are pretty great. According to the trivia section on IMDb, directors
Scott Derrickson actually pushed back production on the film to allow McGraw to take the part.


Trilogy of Terror (1975 TV Movie)

Adaption of three Richard Matheson short stories, all directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black.

I've had the Blu-ray for a while so it was about time I watched it.

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Peeping Tom (1960)

The Strangler (1964)

Deep Blue Sea (1999)

Skin Walkers (2006)

Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)

Dead Presidents (1995)

The House of the Dead (1978)

Mandy (2018)

The Exorcist III (1990)

The Beginning of the End (1957)

The Crawling Eye (1958)

The Bone Collector (1999)

Freeway (1996)

The Watcher (2000)

Grave of the Vampire (1972)

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Wes Craven Presents  Dracula 2000

Angel (1984)

Death Pool (2017)

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

Tuff Turf (1985)

Jack's Back (1988)

Midnight (2021)

Jurassic World Dominion (2022)

The Mutations (1974)

Men (2022)

They/Them (2022)

Dachra (2018)

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Deep into overtime right now so movie-watching time is basically non-existent, but I did sneak one in this morning...


It Came from Outer Space (1953)

Was up stupid early so I pulled out the 3D Blu-ray of this classic, based on a Ray Bradbury story. Surprised by how restrained the 3D was after watching the early '80s stuff that tried to poke my eyes out at every opportunity. According to IMDb it was Universal's first 3D movie.

An early role for the Professor himself, Russell Johnson.


Managing to keep up with TV at least (since most of my stuff is on a break right now). Finished The Sandman, Only Murders in the Building, The Terminal List, and the latest season of Evil. Still enjoying Blood & Treasure. Started She-Hulk and the new season of Star Trek: Lower Decks.

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Eight Legged Freaks (2002)

The Clovehitch Killer (2018)

Abandon (2002)

The Devil's Well (2018)

Mayhem (2017)

You Are Not My Mother (2021)

C.H.U.D. (1984)

Day of the Animals (1977)

That Thing You Do! (1996)

Orphan: First Kill (2022)

The Belko Experiment (2016)

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It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

Had a surprise half-day off of work (somewhat ironically, it was a reward for getting perfect attendance last year) so I chilled with this classic.

In the far-flung future of 1973, a rescue ship returning to Earth with the only survivor of the first Mars landing has a stowaway...

Possibly (if not probably) an influence on ALIEN.

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Jurassic World Dominion (2022)

We actually had our whole three-day weekend (don't worry, we'll work next weekend to make up for it, I'm sure) and this just hit Peacock streaming, so...

I went ahead and watched the extended version. It was okay. I don't think I'll watch any of this new trilogy again - unless I stumble upon some 3D Blu-rays that my PS4 will play - but I didn't mind watching them once. And it was nice seeing the gang from the original show up again.


ALIEN (1979)

It's been on my mind since watching 'It! The Terror from Beyond Space' (1958).

ALIENS (1986)

I mean, might as well make it a double-feature, right?

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The End? L'inferno fuori (2017)

Insidious (2010)

Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

Nightcrawler (2014)

Snatch (2000)

Things Heard and Seen (2021)

The Woman in the Window (2021)

Last Night in Soho (2021)

You Should Have Left (2020)

Watcher (2022)

The Wretched (2020)

Skyline (2010)

Reign of Fire (2002)

The Bourne Legacy (2012)

Lone Star (1996)

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The Resident (2011)

The Girl on the Train (2016)

Tenebre (1982)

Deep Red (1975)

Old (2021)

The Resort (2021)

Little Monsters (2019)

Fresh (2022)