Tag: 31 Scary Movies

31 Scary Movies: ‘The Vanishing’

Jeff Mitchell

“The Vanishing” (1988) – An attractive Dutch couple Rex (Gene Bervoets) and Saskia (Johanna ter Steege) are taking a holiday and traveling to France.  With a pair of bikes on the roof and plenty of snacks in the back seat, this loving pair seem to have plenty of bright years ahead of them.  Their trip and lives, however, become ripped apart, when Saskia suddenly vanishes into thin air during a random gas station stop. This is the ghastly premise for director George Sluizer’s thriller “The Vanishing”, and he weaves his camera…

31 Scary Movies: ‘Demons’

Jeff Mitchell

“Demons” (1985) – Ever want to walk out of a movie?   Well, in director/co-writer Lamberto Bava’s “Demons”, Cheryl (Natasha Hovey), Kathy (Paola Cozzo) and other moviegoers want to run from one!  Actually they want run out of the Metropol theatre, because while they watch a scary movie, some of the patrons transform into mindless demons and look to claw and bite their victims to death. To make matters worse, all the exits are blocked, and the demons seem to pop up from anywhere and everywhere.  They climb over chairs, jump…

31 Scary Movies: ‘The Dead Zone’

Jeff Mitchell

“The Dead Zone” (1983) – Director David Cronenberg and writer Jeffrey Boam bring Stephen King’s 1979 novel “The Dead Zone” to life on the big screen in a gripping supernatural tale that spawned a six-season television series as well.  Here, Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) was enjoying a happy life as a schoolteacher and a relationship with Sarah (Brooke Adams), but gets into a car accident and falls into a coma for five years. Sarah has moved on and Johnny laments the time and relationship that he lost, but he gains…