Tag: horror
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CHRISTMAS AT THE KRINGLES (2026 ~ Horror)
STORYLINE: The Severson family move to a suburban neighborhood where their neighbors, the Kringles, celebrate Christmas year-round and harbor sinister intentions to hypnotize and indoctrinate them. (IMDb) Once upon a Christmas, Krampus frightened filmgoers in the terrifying motion picture Krampus (2015). Santa had his reign of terror in Santa’s Slay (2005). In 1974, the…
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HOLIDAY 2026 RETROSPECTIVE: SCREAM (1996)
STORYLINE: A year after her mother’s death, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and her friends started experiencing some strange phone calls. They later learned the calls were coming from a crazed serial killer, in a white faced mask and a large black robe, looking for revenge. His phone calls usually consist of many questions, the main…
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2026 HOLIDAY RETROSPECTIVE – THE INNOCENTS (1961)
STORYLINE: In Victorian England, the uncle (Sir Michael Redgrave) of orphaned niece Flora (Pamela Franklin) and nephew Miles (Martin Stephens) hires Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr) as governess to raise the children at his estate with total independence and authority. Soon after her arrival, Miss Giddens comes to believe that the spirits of the former governess…
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WHALEFALL (2026)
STORYLINE: Follows a scuba diver who, while looking for his father’s remains, is swallowed by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale and has just one hour to get out before his oxygen runs out. (IMDb) In 1998, Dustin Hoffman and Samuel L. Jackson found terrors at the bottom of the ocean in Sphere. Alligators came…
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HOLIDAY RETROSPECTIVE 2026 ~ GREMLINS (1984)
STORYLINE: After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town. (IMDb) I can’t recall when was the first time I saw Gremlins. A Blockbuster rental sometime in the late…
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HOLIDAY RETROSPECTIVE 2026: THE SHINING (1980)
STORYLINE: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future. (IMDb) As mentioned in my blog for The Nightmare Before Christmas, I want to expand my holiday…
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HOLIDAY RETROSPECTIVE 2026: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993)
STORYLINE: Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion. (IMDb) For the past few years now, I’ve done a series of retrospective blogs, on holiday features. This year, I am starting early, after all Disney gets to start advertising the theme parks…
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OTHER MOMMY (2026)
STORYLINE: Bela, an 8-year-old girl living in a home with marital problems, confronts a sinister entity which comes out of her closet. The presence, whom she calls “Other Mommy,” becomes increasingly threatening to her and her family. (IMDb) In 2009, a paranormal curse threatened to Drag Me to Hell. The paranormal took to haunting…
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Beware Boiúna (2026)
STORYLINE: When a team of young doctors embark on a local humanitarian mission through the Amazon rain forest, it soon becomes clear that not everyone – or everything – is happy to see them. Their arrival draws the attention of an ancient predator, the “Boiúna.” This ancient killer, dominant on land and water, clashes with…
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RESIDENT EVIL (2026)
STORYLINE: A hapless courier is tasked with delivering a package to a remote hospital. He soon finds himself caught in the middle of an outbreak and must fight through hordes of mutated creatures to survive. (IMDb) Milla Jovovich first did battle with the Umbrella corporation in Resident Evil (2002). In 2009, Woody Harrelson,…
