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Slender Man (2018)

Joey King (Wren) and Julia Goldani-Telles (Hallie) in Screen Gems' SLENDER MAN.

Title: Slender Man
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Sylvain White
Written by: David Birke
Starring: Joey King, Julia Goldani-Telles, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso, and Javier Botet
Release Date: 8/10/2018
Running Time: 93 minutes

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What did you think of this film?
In a small town in Massachusetts, a group of friends perform a ritual in an attempt to debunk the lore of SLENDER MAN. When one of them goes mysteriously missing, they begin to suspect that she is, in fact, HIS latest victim.


Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Note: Flashes of drawings and news coverage is shown during part of the credits.

Special thanks to Tony for this submission


Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)*

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Title: Ouija: Origin of Evil
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Mike Flanagan
Written by: Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard
Starring: Elizabeth Reaser, Annalise Basso, Lulu Wilson and Henry Thomas
Release Date: 10/21/2016
Running Time: 99 minutes

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It was never just a game.
Inviting audiences again into the lore of the spirit board, this Halloween, Universal Pictures’ Ouija: Origin of Evil—from Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse—tells a terrifying new tale as the follow-up to 2014’s sleeper hit that opened at No. 1.
In 1967 Los Angeles, widowed mother Alice Zander (ELIZABETH REASER of the Twilight franchise) adds a new stunt to bolster her séance scam business and unwittingly invites authentic evil into her home. When the merciless spirit overtakes youngest daughter Doris (LULU WILSON of Deliver Us from Evil), this small family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.
A year and a half after her husband was killed, financially strapped Alice finds herself raising 15-year-old Paulina (“Lina”) (ANNALISE BASSO of Oculus) and 9-year-old Doris alone.
Fortunately for her struggling business, the occult runs in Alice’s blood. Her mother was a fortuneteller and passed down the tricks of the trade, allowing Alice to put on an extravagant sideshow for clients who wish to speak with lost loved ones. The aspiring clairvoyant doesn’t feel she’s a fraud. Instead, she believes she’s peddling closure—the elusive kind she prays to find for herself.
With mounting unpaid bills, Alice purchases a Ouija board to spice up her charade and rivet her customers. But once the game is brought into her home, strange things begin to happen: inexplicable noises, daily nightmares and, most disturbing of all, Doris actually starts communicating with the dead, including her father.
Initially, the revelations seems like a gift. Alice’s business booms and clients find comfort connecting to those who have passed on, until the true history of the house is unearthed. Decades prior, a deranged surgeon performed grotesque experiments on mental patients under the same roof. Now, to make their screams of anguish heard, one of the tortured has taken possession of Doris.
The girls’ school principal’s, Father Tom (HENRY THOMAS of Gangs of New York), deep concern for Alice’s family leads him to investigate the case. But when the four of them must face a supernatural power (DOUG JONES of Pan’s Labyrinth) for which even the priesthood could not prepare Tom, they will see that the spirits who’ve opened the portal have no intention of closing it without a deadly fight.


What did you think of this film?

During Credits? No

After Credits? Yes

after the credits
We see a woman in an institute who is told that she has a visitor who claims to be her niece. She turns around and we see that it’s Paulina Zander (Lin Shaye) from the first movie.

Is this stinger worth waiting around for? NoYes (No Ratings Yet)
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Notes: The credits are warped and have reflections like they’re being viewed through the planchette’s lens. Also, the film has a retro 1960’s look during the intro title, and even includes the mark in the upper-right corner of the screen to indicate reel changes during the screening.

Memoriam: In Loving Memory of J D Yarbrough


Captain Fantastic (2016)

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Title: Captain Fantastic
Rating: R
Directed by: Matt Ross
Written by: Matt Ross
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso, Nicholas Hamilton, Shree Crooks, Charlie Shotwell, Trin Miller, Kathryn Hahn and Steve Zahn
Release Date: 7/8/2016
Running Time: 118 minutes

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Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father (Viggo Mortensen) devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, beginning a journey that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent.


What did you think of this film?

During Credits? No

After Credits? No