"Darkness Falls" (2003)

Unfortunately we're not just reviewing the music video by Killswitch Engage. We're reviewing something much, much worse.

Don't believe anything written on this movie case. The quote holds no truth, and I have no idea what the hell that tagline is trying to say.

"The Crazies" (2010)

The remake of a 1975 George Romero movie, "The Crazies" follows David (Timothy Olyphant), the sheriff of the all-American town of Ogden Marsh, Iowa. On the opening day of little league, one of the townsfolk inexplicably walks out onto the field with his shotgun, and David is forced to put him down. The next night, another citizen locks his wife and son inside their farmhouse and sets the home on fire. David thinks he figures out what is going on in his quiet little town when he finds a government plane downed in the local marsh, but he discovers this too little too late. The government has already taken the town off the grid, and the people have started to go crazy. That's when the government moves in and sets the town up for quarantine. David, his wife Judy (Radha Mitchell), his deputy Russell, and Becca (Danielle Panabaker) try to escape whatever is going on.

The Cornetto Trilogy - "Shaun of the Dead" (2004), "Hot Fuzz" (2007), and "The World's End" (2013)

We have arrived at my favorite part of our entire collection - The Cornetto Trilogy! Sorry guys, only downhill from here.

"Cloverfield" (2008)

"Cloverfield" is one of those movies that no one ever thinks "that was okay." It's a movie you either love or hate. I count myself among the former rather than the latter. I absolutely love this movie, and it is probably my favorite monster movie.

Yes, I intentionally left the sticker that seals it closed on there. It looks so good!

"Chronicle" (2012)

There are not many non-horror found footage films. Chronicle" buckled this trend. And in a good way. Chronicle stands out as a very original film in an age where nothing is original.

"The Butterfly Effect"

"The Butterfly Effect" (2004) was one of my first forays into Sci-Fi thrillers. I remember being in high school when this came out, and then becoming completely obsessed with it. Before this, my movie interests had consisted of Adam Sandler, "Jurassic Park", "Finding Nemo", and "Star Wars" - nothing that really made you think. This movie was the catalyst to me actually enjoying movies, so it has a very special place in my heart.

"Burn After Reading"

Be warned, there are major spoilers in this review.

The Coen Brothers are geniuses. There is no doubt about that. "Burn After Reading" is just another example of their brilliance. This another one of their movies where you're along for a great ride, only for nothing to end up happening. But you don't mind, that's part of their genius.

"Black Swan"

We don't get many dramas in our collection. As you may have noticed, we like being entertained (or stupefied), and dramas can be a bit . . . dramatic. When I noticed that "Black Swan" (2010) was next (followed immediately by another terrific drama with Mila Kunis, "The Book of Eli"), I did a quick count of the dramas on our top two movies shelves. For the record, we're only about halfway through the top shelf right now. I counted about 5 or 6 dramas in the top two shelves. So to extrapolate those numbers out, we can say that in a collection of about 400 movies (give or take, we've never actually counted), we have maybe 15 dramas.

"As Above, So Below"

Every time I'm positive the "Found Footage Film" (FFF) genre has finally died, another one comes out which doesn't completely suck. "As Above, So Below" (2014) was one of those movies. It was a really good movie, but could have been significantly enhanced had it not been FFF. This review I want to do with as few spoilers as possible, since it is a thriller that depends on the unknown to scare you.

The box art is fantastic.

"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"

Based off a book of the same name, "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" is the untold story of Abraham Lincoln's night job as a vampire hunter. It sounds ridiculous, but it is a rather fun movie. Most people wrote this off as a goofy and campy retelling of history, but it is not. There is no "goofy and campy", and is a solid action/horror movie. They manage to fit most everything that happens into his actual history, so nothing is as crazy as one might think.

"28 Days Later..." & "28 Weeks Later"

Well, didn't take us long to get into a double review post, did it? We're starting off strong with "28 Days Later...", and immediately ruining it with "28 Weeks Later". It's amazing how polarizing these two titles are.