The Unborn (2009)

A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.

Another exorcism horror 'shocker' below par, at times risible and quite forgettable, the ending is quite abrupt without any thrills.

Maltin*1/2: "Steeped in Jewish mysticism, and featuring one of the very few on-screen exorcisms performed by a rabbi (Oldman), writer-director's low-voltage shocker is often inadvertently comical enough to qualify as camp. Even so, some viewers may be seriously offended by this supernatural drama's exploitation of the Holocaust as a plot device."

Jane Birkin

The Resident (2011)

 

 

When a young doctor suspects she may not be alone in her new Brooklyn loft, she learns that her landlord has formed a frightening obsession with her.

 

Mediocre stalker thriller which manages to accumulate all the cliches you'd expect from the often-told plot.

 

Maltin BOMB: "Appallingly derivative stinker, barely released, goes through the usual litany of psychotic moves before screech-halt at a dime. It's incredible that any double Oscar winner would ever wind up headlining a movie like this." 

Katharine Hepburn

Bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn

The House I Live In (2012)

From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.

Brilliant documentary and essay on the so-called 'war on drugs' that offers some quite amazing and shocking revelations about its true background.

Ennio Morricone

L'anticristo (1974)

A paralyzed young woman with serious mental problems stemming from the death of her mother has a crisis of faith, and the intervention of a well-meaning psychologist leads her to remember her past life as a witch during the Inquisition.

No holds barred rip-off of The Exorcist is wildly exploitative, but offers some truly cinematic touches with great cinematography (by Joe D'Amato!) and some genuinely surreal sequences.

Maltin BOMB: "Frenzied but pointless rip-off of THE EXORCIST..."

Michael Weldon/Psychotronic: "It took a while to get here, but this was the first blatant Exorcist copy produced...the usual bile, floating bodies, and an orgy in hell."

Ginger Rogers

Bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Rogers

Marie-Octobre (1959)

Fifteen years after WWII, a group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, so that the former members of the network can finally relive one fateful night and find out who betrayed their murdered leader.

Old-fashioned, Agatha Christie-style whodunnit, stagebound and talkative, but well-staged and entertaining nevertheless.

Halliwell (no star): "Stultifying one-set talkfest employing Hitchcock's long-discarded ten-minute take."

Akira Kurosawa

 

Bio:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa