The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
Sep 7, 2001Talking Dolphins
George C. Scott is a marine biologist who has taught dolphins to speak. A serious work that all hinges on whether one is willing to accept the idea of dolphins talking in squawky voices
Paul Sorvino
Oh, God! (1977)
Nov 12, 2002The Almighty Appears Comedy
Amiable and quite likeable light fantasy in which supermarket manager John Denver receives a visit from God in the person of George Burns. This throws barbs in the direction of organised religion but in a way intended not to offend anybody
Cruising (1980)
Mar 11, 2001Serial Killer/Gay Subculture
Controversial William Friedkin film in which Al Pacino plays a straight cop who must go undercover in New York's gay leather and S&M community to hunt a serial killer. This holds back little in its portrayal of the scene.
The Stuff (1985)
Aug 31, 2000Possession by Sentient Fast Food
One of the films of cult director Larry Cohen in which he makes a body snatchers film involving sentient fast food that also becomes a sharp and witty satire
Dick Tracy (1990)
Aug 13, 2001Comic-Book Detective
A Warren Beatty directed and starring adaptation of the popular newspaper comic-strip detective proved a flop. Beatty creates a highly stylised world and peoples it with an all-star cast but fails to invest the world with any depth
American Perfekt (1997)
Dec 13, 2000Road Movie Psycho-Thriller
A surprisingly good road movie psycho-thriller focusing on various people travelling a desert highway where it becomes apparent that one of them is a serial killer
The Cooler (2003)
Jul 5, 2004Man with Very Bad Luck
Drama with standout performances. William H. Macy is a loser with perpetual bad luck who is employed by Las Vegas casinos to cool tables that have a winning streak - only for his luck to change when he meets a woman
Repo: The Genetic Opera (2008)
Jan 8, 2013Future Organ Repossession/Rock Musical
Saw series director Darren Lynn Bousman conducts a futuristic Gothic rock opera. A film of constant posturings where Bousman demonstrates remarkably little affinity for either music or sf … a musical that feels made by people who are tone deaf
Jersey Shore Shark Attack (2012)
Jul 31, 2012Shark Attack Film Parody
Rather funny parody of tv's Jersey Shore by way of a shark attack film. A film that one watches with zero expectations but proves hilarious by planting tongue entirely in cheek and offering up some wittily deadpan jabs at caricatures
The Devil’s Carnival (2012)
Sep 17, 2019Carnival for Damned Souls in Hell
Darren Lynn Bousman, the director best known for the Saw sequels, makes a musical about a circus set in Hell through which three damned souls pass, enacting updated versions of various of Aesop's Fables
The Hybrids Family (2015)
Jan 31, 2024Monster Comedy
From the director of Hellraiser II, an unfunny monster comedy that plays out like it is trying to be a live-action version of the Hotel Transylvania films
Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival (2016)
Dec 8, 2022War Between Heaven and Hell Rock Musical
Saw series director Darren Lynn Bousman makes a rock musical about a war between a gaudily exotic Heaven and Hell. A full-length expansion of Bousman's earlier short film