Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
A young woman, while attempting to save her father during a category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped in a flooding house and must fight for her life against alligators.
Director:
Alexandre Aja
Stars:
Kaya Scodelario,
Barry Pepper,
Morfydd Clark
A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate timeline where they never existed.
Director:
Danny Boyle
Stars:
Himesh Patel,
Lily James,
Sophia Di Martino
On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.
Directors:
Scott Beck,
Bryan Woods
Stars:
Katie Stevens,
Will Brittain,
Lauryn Alisa McClain
A mother and daughter, still wounded from a bitter custody dispute, hole up in a run-down apartment building. Adding further drama to their plight, they are targeted by the ghost of former resident.
Director:
Walter Salles
Stars:
Jennifer Connelly,
Ariel Gade,
John C. Reilly
After moving to a new city, young Andy Barclay receives a special present from his mother -- a seemingly innocent Buddi doll that becomes his best friend. When the doll suddenly takes on a life of its own, Andy unites with other neighborhood children to stop the sinister toy from wreaking bloody havoc.
Child's Play '19 is a welcome change of pace in multiple ways. It's a unique reboot of the original series, bringing Chucky into the modern age, while showcasing solid pathos & some great deaths. With a brutal use of actual technology as a means of terror, it's a solid tonal combination of the scares in the '87 original & just enough of the knowing silliness of the later entries. More notably, it drops the ultra-dark, jump-scare heavy spiritual horror we've been inundated with recently.
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Child's Play '19 is a welcome change of pace in multiple ways. It's a unique reboot of the original series, bringing Chucky into the modern age, while showcasing solid pathos & some great deaths. With a brutal use of actual technology as a means of terror, it's a solid tonal combination of the scares in the '87 original & just enough of the knowing silliness of the later entries. More notably, it drops the ultra-dark, jump-scare heavy spiritual horror we've been inundated with recently.