Halloween Hangover 2009: More Scares for November
By Norm Schrager at November 1, 2009 | 11:51 pm | Print
If you’ve read our Halloween Hangover before, you know good thrillers don’t stop at the Lobby once the calendar says November. If you’re coming off a frightening weekend, and are hungry for more (hey!), don’t get off the couch. Here are some movies coming to you. (all times Eastern)
:: Turistas — Monday (11/2), midnight on IFC
Yeah, you think you’re such an adventurous type, cruising through Brazil on a bus. Until an accident takes out the bus and you’re stranded in a little village where some bad sh*t is about to go down. Now who’s the adventurer, tough guy? Stars Josh Duhamel and Melissa George. For you folks who like the gruesome stuff.
:: The Invasion — Wednesday (11/4), 10pm on Action Max (Cinemax)
This is certainly not the first remake of the 1956 Don Siegel classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but it’s also worth a look. Director Oliver Hirschbiegel (the excellent Five Minutes of Heaven) brings wide-scope paranoia to the story of soulless aliens replacing everyone you know and love. Nicole Kidman uses her porcelain looks to her advantage as she pretends to look like stone… A fairly fun ride, with Daniel Craig riding shotgun.
:: Se7en — Thursday (11/5), 7:45pm on IFC
David Fincher’s 1995 detective chiller is a study in creative brutality (with far more style than your typical torture horror), set in a surreal world where it rains every freakin’ minute. With Fight Club, Brad Pitt starred in two 1990s movies that attained cult status. Extra cool performances by Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey. Gwyneth, please look out.
:: Sisters — Anytime (Free!) on the Auteurs website
Brian De Palma’s 1973 thriller about two previously conjoined sisters (Margot Kidder and Margot Kidder), one of whom is suspected of murder. It’s roughly made, but loaded with psycho headgames and the classic split-screen device De Palma would use later with far more elegance.
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