Categorie: psychologische thriller
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Movie Marathon: Het Smelt (2023)
Synopsis: In het dorpje Bovenmeer zijn Eva, Tim en Laurens beste vrienden die samen opgroeien. Op een zomer wordt Eva meegesleurd in het zwaar misdragen van haar twee vrienden met andere meisjes. Vele jaren later keert ze terug naar haar geboortedorp om Tim en Laurens ter verantwoording te roepen voor hun daden. In de kofferbak…
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Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Pickman’s Model (2022)
Synopsis: Art student Will meets introvert Richard, whose terrifying works of art begin to have a deeply disturbing effect on Will’s sense of reality. Review: Based upon a story by H.P. Lovecraft, this tale tells the story of an art student, Will, who meets a very timid introverted fellow student whose art is controversial and…
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Saw Movie Marathon: Spiral, from the Book of Saw (2021) – rewatch
Synopsis: Working in the shadow of his father, an esteemed police veteran (Samuel L. Jackson), brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks (Chris Rock) and his rookie partner (Max Minghella) take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at…
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De Opportunist
https://www.harpercollins.nl/9789402712834/de-opportunist/ Review: Ik moet iets toegeven… dit boek was waarschijnlijk nooit op mijn radar gekomen aan de hand van de coverafbeelding. Integendeel, ik zou ‘chick lit’ vibes hebben gekregen. Maar toen de uitgeverij me vroeg of ik het boek wou lezen en reviewen, dacht ik… ‘what harm could it do?’ En geloof me, dit is…
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Saw Movie Marathon: Jigsaw (2017) – rewatch
Synopsis: Bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one suspect: John Kramer, the man known as Jigsaw, who has been dead for over 10 years. Review: John Kramer is back, sort of! Although Kramer has been dead for over ten years…
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Creature Feature Collection: The Pram
Review: Grief and obsession, two themes that are often the reason for great horror stories. When Willy and Marianne level behind Brooklyn to move to rural Maine in an old farmhouse, they leave behind pain and grief for a never born baby. Their inability to have children is harsh and they want to start a…
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Saw Movie Marathon: Saw VI (2009) – rewatch
Synopsis: Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw’s grand scheme is finally understood. Review: Strahm is killed by the new Jigsaw Killer, Hoffman! But Hoffman makes…
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Saw Movie Marathon: Saw 3D/Saw 7 (2010) – rewatch
Synopsis: After trying to kill Mark Hoffman, Jill Tuck goes into protective custody. Detective Matt Gibson agrees to take her into protective custody once she signs an affidavit, revealing that Mark Hoffman is the new Jigsaw Killer. Meanwhile, Bobby Dagen, a self-proclaimed Jigsaw Survivor, is put through his own series of tests, where he must…
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Movie Marathon: Wil (2023)
Synopsis: Wil is hulppolitieagent in Antwerpen aan het begin van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. In de stad heerst wantrouwen. Wilfried doet wat hij kan voor zichzelf en vermijdt te gladde paden. Hij krijgt aandacht en steun van “Nijdig Baardje”, een man die de kant van de Duitse bezetter kiest, maar hij geniet ook het vertrouwen van…
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Saw Movie Marathon: Saw V (2008) – rewatch
Synopsis: Detective Mark Hoffman is deemed a hero after he saves a young girl and “escapes” one of Jigsaw’s games, or so it seems. Special Agent Peter Strahm is suspicious of him after an injured Special Agent Lindsay Perez says Hoffman’s name. Meanwhile, five people face a series of tests set up by Jigsaw. Review:…
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