“That’s not possible! I saw what happened! We all saw what happened!”
The Scoop: 2003 R, directed by James Mangold and starring John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, and Jake Busey
Tagline: Identity is a secret. Identity is a mystery. Identity is a killer.
Summary Capsule: One party-swinging motel hosts The Annual Butler Did It Convention
“Do you know who I am? I am the arm, and I sound like this…”
The Scoop: 1992 R, directed by David Lynch and starring Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, and Ray Wise
Tagline: Meet Laura Palmer… In a town where nothing is as it seems… And everyone has something to hide.
Summary Capsule: Twin Peaks gets an epilogue that is as confusing and bewildering as any of Lynch’s other works
“Mother! Oh God Mother! Blood, blood!”
The Scoop: 1986 R, directed by Anthony Perkins and starring Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, and Jeff Fahey
Tagline: Norman Bates is back to normal. But Mother’s off her rocker again!
Summary Capsule: Norman unleashes the inner Mother as future corpses descend upon the Bates Motel
“Mary, I’m becoming confused again, aren’t I?”
The Scoop: 1983 R, directed by Richard Franklin and starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, and Meg Tilly
Tagline: It’s 22 years later, and Norman Bates is finally coming home
Summary Capsule: What Psycho did for showers, Psycho II does for kiddy wading pools.
“Wake up #37″
The Scoop: 2002 PG-13, directed by Mark Pellington and starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, and Will Patton.
Tagline: What do you see?
Summary Capsule: A reporter from Washington DC is drawn to a small West Virginia town and begins to investigate strange occurrences and sightings of the Mothman.
“I am your number one fan.”
The Scoop: 1990 R, directed by Rob Reiner and starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, and Richard Farnsworth
Tagline: Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now, he’s writing to stay alive.
Summary Capsule: Writer’s block meets motivation: housebound with a certified loonie.
“You know the part in horror movies when somebody does something really stupid, and everybody hates him for it? This is it.”
The Scoop: 2001 R, directed by Victor Salva and starring Gina Philips, Justin Long, and Jonathan Breck
Tagline: WhAT’s EATing you?
Summary Capsule: Bro and sis outwit the boogeyman in rural country.
“The truth comes down to this one frame.”
The Scoop: 1998 NR, directed by Stefan Avalos & Lance Weiler and starring David Beard, Jim Seward, Stefan Avalos, and Lance Weiler
Tagline: What actually happened that night in the woods?
Summary Capsule: Four men go into the woods. One comes out alive. Open and shut case?
“You tell Shelby Overman for me he can take a flying leap in a rolling doughnut on a gravel driveway!”
The Scoop: 1983 PG, directed by Joe Alves and starring Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., and Lea Thompson
Tagline: The third dimension is terror.
Summary Capsule: Gaudy 3-D effects, a PG script and slaphappy shark effects… brilliance or shame?
“You can’t kill the devil, Jack.”
The Scoop: 1995 R, directed by Victor Salva and starring Eric Roberts and Lance Henriksen
Tagline: All men are created evil.
Summary Capsule: ’90s Lance Henriksen picks up a hitch hiking ’90s Eric Roberts, you know something bad is going to happen.
