Monday, October 29, 2018

Garfield's Halloween Adventure aka Garfield in Disguise Not Rated



In this lesser known gem for all ages, Garfield enlists Odie's assistance in trick-or-treating in order to get more candy for himself.  Both get more than they bargained for when they end up on an island that may be haunted by the ghosts of pirates. 


I grew up watching this movie and I loved it.  However I would use caution and common sense if showing this to young children.  For a kid's movie this film has brief "frightening" images that might scare younger children.  Still, this beloved classic is so worth watching. 

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Not rated



Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts go trick-or-treating and to a Halloween party on Halloween night while Linus and Sally wait in the pumpkin patch for The Great Pumpkin.  While all of this goes on, Snoopy as "The Great World War I Flying Ace" works to shoot down the Red Baron. 

This is a wonderful classic that never gets old and is great for the whole family.  It's also a nice sweet break from the horror movies.  If you've never seen it, you should. 

Hereditary (2018) rated R for horror violence, disturbing images, language, drug use, and brief graphic nudity *contains spoilers*



After her mother dies, Annie (played by Toni Collette) and her daughter Charlie (played by Milly Shapiro) try to cope and heal while Annie's husband Steve (played by Gabriel Byrne) and her son Peter (played by Alex Wolff) carry on with life as usual.  After a horrific accident claims the life of Charlie, the rest of the family struggles to pick up the pieces while seemingly supernatural phenomena start to occur particularly around Annie and Peter.  Annie races to save her family but will she succeed?





Honestly I allowed myself to have high expectations after noticing that the cover hailed this film as "This generation's The Exorcist..."  If you've read my entry on The Exorcist then you know how I feel about the movie.  If not suffice it to say that I didn't and still don't think that it's the scariest movie of all time although it deserves its recognition for being ground-breaking.

  I think that it's great that the writer/director took a chance and made his vision come to life but the film felt a little pretentious.

 I was so confused by the title of this movie and the sort of explanation given in the behind the scenes.  My friend who lent me her copy had to explain everything to me.  She confessed that she herself had to look up videos to explain the film.  Once I heard her explanation, I could somewhat appreciate the horror of the movie a bit more. 

The fact that the movie didn't succeed in conveying my friend's explanation made me not like this movie.  Lots of people did like this movie so it might just be me.  I would recommend this movie if you are curious but if you aren't I don't think that you'll miss anything.

Sunday, October 28, 2018

Halloween (2018) rated R for horror violence and bloody images, language, brief drug use, and nudity *contains spoilers*




40 years after the events in the first Halloween movie, Laurie Strode (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) has a "final" confrontation with Michael Myers/The Shape (played by Nick Castle and James Jude Courtney). 




















A good ending (hopefully) to the franchise.  I was very happy to see that John Carpenter came back for this one.  I had issue with one of the deaths because it made no sense.  If you like the original franchise, you'll probably like this one.  Good job everyone who worked on this picture.

Halloween (2007) rated R for strong brutal bloody violence and terror throughout, sexual content, graphic nudity, and language *contains spoilers*



In this Halloween, the audience gets a backstory on Michael Myers as a  ten-year old child (played by Daeg Faerch) and his home life.  He seems to be sweet to his baby sister Laurie and his beloved mother Deborah Myers (played by Sheri Moon Zombie).  His step dad Ronnie White (played by William Forsythe) is a jerk at best who doesn't really seem to like anyone.  Deborah Myers struggles to work as a stripper while being a good mother to her children and a pretty good wife to her jerky husband/boyfriend.  After murdering his step dad, Michael is committed to a psychiatric hospital into the care of Dr. Loomis (played by Malcolm McDowell). 

Ten years later, the audience catches up with teenage Laurie Stode (played by Scout Taylor-Compton).  She's a "typical" teenager and seems pretty happy with her loving adoptive parents.
Meanwhile Michael Myers has escaped from the hospital and is on his way to Haddonfield with Dr. Loomis in close pursuit. 




I wasn't sure about this movie because while I like Rob Zombie's music I'm (so far) not as much a fan of his movies.  His films aren't bad.  I just can't relate to the characters at all so that I don't care about them.  This film is probably great to others.  Also I have the idea (for some reason) that Rob Zombie does/did in fact like the original Halloween movie.  I don't think that he meant any disrespect to the original. 

Part of my issue with this film was the "white trash" way that the characters conducted themselves whether its the Myers' and/or the Strodes.  For example, I can't imagine joking with my parents the way that Laurie jokes with hers when we first meet her.  Why does Michael Myers' family have to be dysfunctional at all?  Part of the "horror" of the original was that the events happened to typical, "normal" people.  There was no reason for Michael Myers to have ever started killing much less kill the people that he did kill. 

Fun fact:  Danielle Harris, who played Jamie Lloyd, in Halloween 4 and 5 returned to the franchise as Laurie's friend Annie


Worth watching if you are curious.

Halloween: Resurrection rated R for strong violence, language, some sexuality, and brief drug use *contains spoilers*



Three years after the events in H20, Michael Myers (played by Brad Loree)  confronts a broken Laurie Strode (played by Brad Jamie Lee Curtis).   After that confrontation Michael Myers is sent back to Smith's Grove only to escape once again to make his way to Haddonfield.  A reality film crew headed by Freddie Harris (played by Busta Rhymes) is filming in the old Myers house.  The film crew get more than they bargained for when Michael Myers shows up.


Like H20, this film ignores films 4 through 6.  They also seem to have forgotten the fact that Michael Myers was killed in the previous movie.  The shoddy explanation given for why Michael Myers is still inexplicably alive is just stupid and insulting to the audience.  This film is shown even less than Halloween 6.  Gee, I wonder why?

Two good parts in this film are intentionally comedic but they aren't good enough to win fans over of the franchise.  There's one funny part where Michael Myers activates a car alarm.  The second funny part was when Freddie admonishes Michael for "showing up too soon" and tells him to go back to set up what is intended to be a scare while failing to realize that the Michael Myers that he is talking to is the real Michael not his paid actor.

Skip this one.

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later rated R for terror/violence, gore, and language *contains spoilers*



Halloween 1998.  The audience finds itself not in Haddonfield for the first time.  Instead we're in California at a private school.  Laurie Strode (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) has been alive and well all of these years. It turns out that she faked her death and took on a new identity as Keri Tate.  She now has a teenage son named John (played by Josh Hartnett).  Laurie is the dean of the school and has been living fairly happily but she always fears the possible return of Michael Myers.  Michael finds out where she is and goes to the school.  Once more Laurie will have to face off with Michael Myers only now her son and a few others are in danger. 


I was so very pleased with this film after the garbage of the last three films.  I decided to pretend that the other three hadn't been made.  Fortunately for me and the rest of the audience, the filmmakers also decided to ignore the last three films.  Essentially this one picks up after Halloween II.

 My biggest complaint about this film has to do with a scene involving LL Cool J's character Ronny.  In the scene Ronny gets shot point blank in the head on accident.  He should have died.  Later, when we see Ronny again he has a tiny little band aid on the side of his head.  There was no way that he could have survived considering where he was shot and he certainly wouldn't have had a little itty bitty band aid on the side of his head. The explanation given is that he ducked and the bullet side-swiped him.  If you watch the scene you'll see that that was impossible.  Mind you I don't have issue with the character Ronny.  I simply have issue with someone getting shot point blank range and surviving and having a teeny tiny band aid on the side of their head.

Apart from the above scene and if you like the Halloween franchise, this one is so worth watching.


Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers aka Halloween 6 rated R for strong horror violence and some sexuality *contains spoilers*



Six years have passed since the events of the fifth film.  Just outside of Haddonfield, a now adult Jamie Lloyd (played by J.C. Brandy) attempts to flee Michael with her newborn baby.  Michael succeeds at murdering her but is unable to kill the baby.  The college kids of Haddonfield are determined to bring back Halloween to Haddonfield and so stage a large outdoor Halloween party/event.  Meanwhile the Strode family has moved into the old Myers house.  This branch of the
Strode family consists of Laurie Strode's aunt and uncle and their two children.  The oldest daughter Kara (played by Marianne Hagan) has moved herself and her young son Danny (played by Devin Gardner) back into her parents house while she's getting her life in order.  Kara observes a weird guy watching her from the house across the street.  The weird guy turns out to be an adult Tommy Doyle (played by Paul Rudd).  For anyone who doesn't remember, Tommy Doyle was the young boy that Laurie Strode was babysitting in the first Halloween film.  Dr. Loomis (played by Donald Pleasence) is also on hand as Jamie had reached out to him just prior to her murder.  Tommy and Dr. Loomis are both trying to stop Michael Myers.












This was the worst Halloween movie prior to Halloween:  Resurrection .  After watching Resurrection I would say that they are tied for the worst of the franchise.  What makes this particular one so bad is the ridiculous half-assed plot that is supposed to be intended to explain why Michael Myers is the way he is.  There some references to Druids and the rune for Thorn and blah blah blah.  It also has a weird moment in which it is at least implied that Michael Myers is the father of Jamie Lloyd's baby although the pregnancy occurred as a result of ritual, sort of a "spiritual conception"  with no actual physical contact of any sort.

 I appreciate Paul Rudd but his acting is god awful in this movie.  I would never have guessed that he would go on to bigger and better things.

There are very good reasons why this film of the franchise is one of the least shown.  Skip it unless you're a glutton for punishment.

Fun fact for some reason the filmmakers decided to revert to calling Michael Myers "The Shape" again. More stupid for the film I guess.



Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers rated R for violence/gore, some profanity, and some sexuality *contains spoilers*



The events in this movie occur a year after the events of the previous Halloween movie.  Jamie (played again by Danielle Harris) is now mute and in a children's mental hospital after attacking her adopted mother.  Rachel (played again by Ellie Cornell) briefly appears in this movie and is still maintaining contact with Jamie.  Rachel's friend Tina (played by Wendy Foxworth) is also involved in Jamie's life.  Dr. Loomis (played again by Donald Pleasence) is now Jamie's psychiatrist.  Michael Myers is back in Haddonfield on Halloween to finish his mission to kill Jamie.  A mysterious man in black also shows up in Haddonfield on Halloween.   Once again Jamie is running for her life with help from her friends and once again confronts Michael Myers.  Like the last film, this movie takes an unexpected turn.


If you liked the fourth in the franchise, you'll probably like this one too.  It hurts my heart a little to see how bad Moustapha Akkad continues to ruin the franchise for me at least.  Unfortunately it only gets worse with the next film. 

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers rated R for violence/gore, some profanity, disturbing imagery, and sex/nudity *contains spoilers*



Ten years after he first returned to Haddonfield, Michael Myers is back to kill his niece Jamie (played by Danielle Harris)  It is revealed at the beginning of this film that Michael Myers survived being blown up and severely burned by Dr. Loomis (played by Donald Pleasence) in the hospital at the end of Halloween II. Michael slept in a coma while being cared for by a hermit.  Michael wakes up the day before Halloween, murders the hermit, and goes to Haddonfield. Fortunately, Dr. Loomis also survived the explosion and he's back to help keep Jamie safe from her murderous uncle.  We also find out that Jamie is the child of Laurie and the paramedic Jimmy that was introduced in Halloween II.  Jamie is an orphan and has been adopted by the Carruthers family.  Jamie's step-sister Rachel (played by Ellie Cornell) has been tasked with taking Jamie trick or treating.  Rachel and Jamie eventually end up at the sheriff's house only to find that Rachel's boyfriend Brady (played by Sasha Jenson) had been "hanging out" with the sheriff's flirtatious daughter Kelly (played by Kathleen Kinmont).  The film takes an interesting turn at the end that is further meant to play into the story line that this and the subsequent two films subject the audience to. 


As I said in a previous post, this is the first of the worst films of the franchise in my opinion.  Technically the basis for this storyline was started in Halloween II with a reference to Samhain.  I suppose it is worth watching if you are curious but I don't recommend it.  The story line is convoluted to begin with and becomes worse over the course of the next two films.  I suppose that the turn that the film takes was new for its time but it's not really surprising now.  Fun fact, this is the first movie that Michael Myers is credited as Michael Myers and not Michael Myers/The Shape.

Halloween III: Season of the Witch rated R for some profanity, sexuality, nudity, violence/gore, disturbing imagery *contains spoilers*



The movie opens nighttime within a week from Halloween.  A man named Harry Grimbridge (played by Al Berry) is seen fleeing from men in suits.  He ends up at the hospital.  Dr. Daniel Challis (played by Tom Atkins) is the doctor on duty when Harry is admitted to the hospital.  Harry is obviously distressed but not injured.  He is clutching a Silver Shamrock Halloween mask in his hand.  After giving instructions the doctor leaves the hospital to visit with his children.  His kids are excited about their Silver Shamrock Halloween masks and the "surprise" that will be revealed on Halloween night after the film Halloween finished airing.  While the doctor is away from the hospital, Harry is brutally murdered by one of the guys in suits who then commits suicide by setting himself on fire. 

Dr. Challis returns to the hospital and meets a young woman named Ellie Grimbridge (played by Stacie Nelkin).  Ellie is Harry's daughter.  As it turns out Harry was a distributor of toys and Halloween masks and he had learned something disturbing about Silver Shamrock and their Halloween masks.  Ellie tells Dr. Challis that her father had gone to the Silver Shamrock facility prior to his murder. Dr. Challis and Ellie then decide to go investigate what happened at the facility and find out why Harry had been murdered.  The horrifying truth puts Ellie and Dr. Challis in a race against time to try to stop the diabolical plans of Silver Shamrock's owner Conal Cochran (played by Dan O'Herlihy).


I wasn't initially sure about this movie because, like many others, I was expecting Michael Myers.  Later, I learned that John Carpenter was under contractual obligation to make a third Halloween picture.  Apparently, John Carpenter didn't like the direction the Halloween franchise was going and hadn't really intended to do a sequel much less continue the franchise.  This film was essentially a big middle finger to the studio in that he technically fulfilled his contractual obligation of doing a "Halloween movie".  From then on Moustapha Akkad took over the franchise and ran with it leading to the worst films of the series with the exception of H20,

Once I got over the lack of Michael Myers and decided to appreciate the film just as it is I found that I loved it.  This is a great horror movie as well as a great Halloween movie.  It is graphic and gory like Halloween II.  Some of the deaths in this movie are pretty horrific to me.  One of the worst cinematic deaths in my opinion involves a lady investigating a pin on one of the Silver Shamrock masks.  Wonderful classic John Carpenter movie.

Saturday, October 27, 2018

Halloween II rated R for brief nudity, violence/gore, some drug use, disturbing imagery, and mild profanity *contains spoilers*



This movie picks up where the first film left off.  So it's still Halloween night 1978 and Laurie (played again by Jamie Lee Curtis) is taken to the the hospital for treatment as the full horror of The Shape/Michael Myer's (played by Dick Warlock) murders are beginning to be revealed.  Michael Myers has obviously escaped and is at large.  Michael pursues Laurie to the hospital to kill her.  Meanwhile Dr. Loomis (again portrayed by Donald Pleasence) and the police are desperately attempting to find and apprehend Michael Myers.  While in the hospital Laurie recalls forgotten memories of her past that reveal that she is Michael Myers younger sister and that she was adopted by the Strodes.  She also meets a young paramedic named Jimmy (played by Lance Guest).  Will Dr. Loomis get there in time?





This film is much more violent and graphic than the first picture.  I think that the reason for that is because at this time horror films started to take on the "cartoonish" graphic violence that some people were so offended by in the eighties/early nineties.  Friday the 13th had been released the year before this one.

Whereas the previous film showed deserted streets and no one, not even trick or treaters out while Laurie was being attacked by The Shape/Michael Myers, the streets are so full of people that it's honestly a little confusing since the events in this film occur on the same night as the events in the previous film.  However it does serve a purpose as it contributes to the confusion of the law enforcement and Dr. Loomis resulting in Michael Myers/The Shape succeeding at getting to the hospital.  Also, fun easter egg of a sort, the boy Ben Trainor that Laurie indicates that she likes in the first movie becomes a red herring. 



  Still I like it well enough.  Of the Michael Myers Halloween franchise, I love the first one, this one, and H20 so far.  This is the last Michael Myers Halloween picture that has direct influence from John Carpenter and Debra Hill. 

 

Friday, October 26, 2018

Halloween (1978) rated R for brief nudity/sexuality, drug use, violence, slight profanity, and frightening/disturbing imagery *contains spoilers*




On Halloween night in 1978, a masked killer named Michael Myers (played by Nick Castle although he is listed as "The Shape") returns to his hometown of Haddonfield.  For the last 15 years, Michael Myers had been locked up in a sanitarium for the murder of his sister Judith whom he brutally killed when he was only six years old.  His psychiatrist Dr. Loomis (played by Donald Pleasence) is doing his best to try to stop Michael with law enforcement help.  Unfortunately a combination of law enforcement's skepticism and Dr. Loomis not knowing what Michael's plans are lead to the unfortunate murders of three teenagers and one adult man (at least in this picture).  During the course of his killing spree, The Shape/Michael Myers crosses paths with babysitter Laurie Strode (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) who is working across the street from the house that most of Michael's victims meet their unfortunate ends.













This is one of my favorite horror movies.  I can and have watched this over and over and it never loses its magic for me.  I love everything about this movie.  One of my favorite aspects of this movie is that there was initially no explanation for why Michael Myers is killing anyone.  I also liked that Michael Myers himself starts out as

This movie was probably the first to have situations where teenagers having sex/about to have sex get killed while the "virgin" teenager survives.  According to John Carpenter himself, there was never an intention to say "Don't have sex." His intention was to show that distractions are what will get a person killed whether it's sex, drugs, or simply not paying attention to what's going on around you.  The only reason that Laurie survives is because she is paying attention to what's happening.  So for anyone who had the misconception that horror movies are anti-sex now you know the real intention.

While watching this film with a friend recently, she pointed out that there appears to be no one in the neighborhood while Michael Myers/The Shape is killing and Laurie is fleeing.  One house turns on the outside light when Laurie is pleading for help but they quickly turn the light off and close the curtains.  On the one hand I would say that this is just because this is a horror movie and most things that can go wrong will go wrong.  I would also argue that this is an atmospheric factor to convey that Laurie feels alone in her horror as she is trying to survive.

Also, fun fact, this movie was the highest grossing independent film until The Blair Witch Project.  That means this movie was top from 1978 until 1999.  I personally think that that is impressive.

Monday, May 14, 2018

Singin' In the Rain rated G



This beloved classic opens with silent picture star Don Lockwood (played by Gene Kelly) telling the audience of how he and his friend Cosmo Brown (played by Donald O'Connor) worked their way up on various films until they got their respective big breaks.  Don initially started out as an accompanist to Cosmo's piano but managed through hard work to end up in front of the camera.  He ends up starring alongside the beautiful and admired Lina Lamont (played by Jean Hagen) and the two become Hollywood darlings with an enthusiastic audience that loves everything that they do.

After Don reminisces Don, Lina, and Cosmo go into a theatre to introduce the latest Don and Lina silent romance movie.  The audience loves it and Don and Lina come onto the stage to thank the audience.  It is at this time that the viewing audience is made aware that there are problems between Don and Lina as well as with Lina in general.  It seems that she has a bit of a screechy, nasally voice that is anything but pleasant to the ears.  Also Lina is so full of herself that she assumes that she and Don are a real-life item when Don is beyond uninterested.  After Don, Lina, and Cosmo have a brief conversation, Don leaves the theatre to rejoin the group at a house party in celebration of their latest success.

Along the way to the party, Don gets mobbed by enthusiastic fans and in his effort to flee, ends up in the car of a lovely young woman named Kathy Selden (played by Debbie Reynolds).  At first Kathy is naturally upset but after realizing that Don Lockwood is in her car, she calms down.  Before Don can completely relax Kathy starts to criticize Don by saying that he isn't really acting since he is in silent pictures.  Don is affronted.  Kathy drops Don off at his location then disappears.

While Don is still trying to get over his bruised ego at the party, a new technology involving talking that the audience can hear while the speaker on screen is talking is revealed.  Everyone brushes it off as something ridiculous.  Some even laugh.  No one is taking it seriously in the slightest.

At this time a group of dancing girls from a nearby club come out to entertain the audience and who should be a member but the critical Kathy.  Don is amused and delighted to see her if only for the chance to give her a hard time after she was so full of criticism for him.  Kathy is embarrassed and put off and leaves after finishing the number.

Shortly after the party, Don, Lina, and Cosmo are told by the studio head that the studio will be making "talkies" from now on after the enormous success of The Jazz Singer.  Everyone is appalled because this is a huge change.  Some were worried about what would happen to people who couldn't speak well or didn't have nice voices.  Lina isn't worried because she doesn't think that there is anything wrong with her voice.

Since the party, Don and Cosmo have been looking for Kathy partly to help her get her big break and partly because Don is smitten with Kathy.  After Cosmo spies Kathy performing in a musical number in a "talkie" picture he finds Don and brings him over.  Fortunately for Kathy the studio head also observes Kathy during the musical number and decides to cast her in a minor role in the latest Don and Lina picture.  Don heartily agrees with the casting choice.  Everyone agrees to keep Lina out of the loop due to Lina's jealousy and meanness.




Geostorm rated PG-13 for destruction, action, and violence



I was impressed by the initial trailer and wanted to see it when it was in theatres.  Unfortunately life happened and I was unable to watch it before it came out on dvd.  I was pleased with the movie overall.

The movie opens with disasters that are occurring in our near future.  Deadly storms and tsunamis are devastating our planet as a result of global warming and just us not taking care of our planet as we should.  Fortunately a brilliant scientist named Jake Lawson (played by Gerard Butler) leads an international team to create the Dutch Boy Program which involves a number of satellites regulating the weather for our planet whenever a potential catastrophic storm is about to occur.  As a result a sense of normalcy returns to our planet and complacency sets in.  When the program appears to be  "malfunctioning". Jake and his brother Max (played by Jim Sturgess) work together to try to find out what is causing the problem and to fix the problem.

For a cautionary tale about treating our planet with respect, this film was great in telling the story while not being preachy/jamming environmentalist propaganda down our throats.  The visuals in the movie are great.  The plot is well done.  The acting is great.  All in all a very good movie worth watching.

A List of Mother's Day movies (both conventional and unconventional)

I was recently having a conversation with a couple of coworkers who are also movie enthusiasts about Mother's Day movies.  As a result I was inspired to come up with this list.  My criteria for the films on this list, in my opinion, feature for better or worse a "strong" mother figure and/or the strong influence of a mother that influences the characters/plot.

Mother's Day (although I haven't seen it, this is an obvious choice)

Mr. Mom (a great Father's Day and Mother's Day film)

Australia

Any of the Beowulf pictures

Chocolat

Bambi

Dumbo

Any of the Cinderella pictures

The Conjuring

Coraline

Dear Frankie

The Fourth Kind

Edge of Seventeen

Land Before Time

Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas

Freaky Friday

Addams Family

Addams Family Values

Any of the Parent Trap movies

Because I Say So

Something's Gotta Give

Lady in White

Any of the Alien films

Jaws (in the book, after Brody blows up the shark, a baby shark swims out of the dead shark's body therefore revealing that the shark was in fact a mother)

Jaws 3

We Need to Talk about Kevin

Mermaids

Psycho

Mommie Dearest

Miss Meadows

The Brood

Rosemary's Baby

Brave

Scream 2

Look Who's Talking

Look Who's Talking 2

Bridget Jones Baby

An Unfinished Life

Where the Heart Is

Practical Magic

Sleepwalkers

Silent Hill

Mortal Instruments

The Family that Preys

Waterboy

Only the Lonely

Cellular

Enough

Maid in Manhattan

Hope Floats

Insidious Ch. 1

Insidious Ch. 2

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Overboard

Paranormal Activity 2

Paranormal Activity 3

Sound of Music

Ghostbusters 2

All of the Terminator movies besides Terminator Genisys

What Lies Beneath

Tangled

Woman in Black

Yours, Mine, and Ours

The King and I

Anna and the King

The Manchurian Candidate

All versions of Carrie

Halloween: H20

White Oleander

The Others

Anywhere but Here

Friday the 13th (the original)

The Hand that Rocks the Cradle

Heartbreakers

Passionada

The Seventh Sign

Striptease

The Prophecy 2

Drop Dead Fred

The Women (the original)

Bless the Child

The Bad Seed

Boy Next Door

Monster-In-Law

Prozac Nation

The Blind Side

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Chloe

Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia!  Here We Go Again

The Princess Diaries

The Forgotten

Mask

Ju-on:  The Grudge

The Grudge

Ringu

The Ring

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Grace

The Haunting of Julia

Juno

Dark Water

A Haunting in Connecticut

Momma

Stepmom

All versions of Pride and Prejudice

Snatched

Erin Brockovich

Jurassic Park 3

Spanglish

Steel Magnolias

Bad Moms

A Bad Moms Christmas

The Babadook

Moms' Night Out

I Don't Know How She Does It

Carnage

Kidnap

Monster's Ball

Maniac

The Incredibles

Kill Bill Vol. 1

Kill Bill Vol. 2

Joy Luck Club

Knocked Up

Life As We Know It

Nine Months

Terms of Endearment

Mrs. Winterbourne

The Piano

Troop Beverly Hills

A Holiday Engagement

Changeling