Frank's Movie Log

Following the events of Batman Begins, Batman and Lieutenant Gordon team up with crusading district attorney Harvey Dent to crush the Gotham City mob. Desperate, the mob turns to a scarred madman who smears his face in greasepaint and calls himself the Joker. Spoilers follow. Continue reading...

Paul, a teenage prodigy in robotics and artificial intelligence, reanimates his teenage neighbor Sam by implanting his pet robot’s processor into her brain after she’s rendered brain dead by her abusive alcoholic father. It works, but she’s an effective zombie, incapable of speech and exhibiting a robot’s herky-jerky movement. Things escalate when Sam uses her newfound robot strength to extract gruesome vengeance on her father and other neighbors. Continue reading...

Linda Fiorentino plays Bridgette, the floor manager of a high-pressure cold-call sales racket in New York City who runs out on her husband with the spoils of a drug deal he’s just completed. She hides out in a small upstate New York town where she meets Mike, played by Peter Berg. Mike is a claims adjuster convinced he’s too big for the small town. He finds Bridgette irresistible. She finds him convenient. With her husband closing in, Bridgette hatches a plan for her and Mike to start a new life together. He just has to commit a murder. Spoilers follow. Continue reading...

Teenager Jesse moves to Elm Street, where Freddy Krueger possesses his body to commit murders. Continue reading...

James Coburn plays Dr. Peter Carey, a pathologist who arrives in Boston for a job at a hospital. When the hospital chief’s fifteen-year-old daughter dies from a botched abortion, Carey’s old friend Dr. Tao, a skilled Chinese-American surgeon, stands accused of murder. Frustrated by the police’s unwillingness to look past the hearsay evidence, Carey investigates himself. Continue reading...

A man runs down a darkened street, glancing over his shoulder. He collapses, gasping for breath. A young girl appears at a gate. She leads him to a backyard pool. Blue-black darkness shrouds everything save the girl, who sits in a yellow spotlight, wearing a passive look of curiosity.

The man splashes some water on his face, then collapses again. The girl walks over and kneels next to him, proffering her hand. He grasps it, and she strokes his brow. Just as the tension drains from the man’s face, the girl raises a razor blade and slashes his throat. Continue reading...

Director John Boorman’s feature debut sees Dave Clark and his band playing stuntmen working on a London-based ad-campaign. Clark and the spokesmodel, played by Barbara Ferris, ditch the production for a road trip to an island in south England with the ad company in close pursuit. Spoilers follow. Continue reading...

A quasi-mockumentary set in a world where iconic horror killers like Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, and Freddy Krueger are real historical figures. Taylor, a young journalist, leads a two-man crew into suburban Maryland to profile serial killer Leslie Vernon. They find Leslie charming and open as he presents a behind-the-scenes look at the work involved in maintaining the illusion of a supernatural killer. Spoilers follow. Continue reading...

Five years after the events of Halloween Kills, Laurie Strode has bought a house in town where she lives with her granddaughter Allyson and spends her days finishing her memoir, hoping it will help others struggling to overcome trauma. But the town holds grudges. Many residents blame her for Michael Myers’s murderous rampage and since his disappearance, have received no closure. A chance encounter with Corey, a young man enduring another of the town’s grudges, leads Laurie to introduce him to Allyson. Corey and Allyson hit it off, but as Corey’s behavior grows darker and more erratic, Laurie senses a familiar presence, leading to a final showdown with Michael. Continue reading...

In her first film following her failed lawsuit to escape her contract, Bette Davis stars in a plot ripped from contemporary headlines. She plays a clip joint hostess working for gangster Johnny Vanning. When a patron turns up dead with her phone number in his pocket, an ambitious prosecutor played by Humphrey Bogart sees an opportunity to nail Vanning. Continue reading...