Movie Rolodex
Welcome to the main hub for our ever-growing index of movies. From classic films and forgotten oddities to indie movies and new streaming releases, this is where you’ll find everything we’ve chased or embraced — whether it’s a Streaming Roulette quick reaction or a full movie review. Grab your popcorn and pick your poison
After.Life (2009)
“How can you save yourself if you’re already dead?”
Thriller • Drama
2009 | R | 1h 44m
➝ Our After.Life Streaming Roulette Reaction Review explains why we called this a thriller movie night mind-f*ck.
🧠 Stars Liam Neeson, Justin Long, Christina Ricci
Alien (1979)
“In space no one can hear you scream.”
Sci-Fi • Horror • Creature Feature | Classic
1986 | R | 1h 57m
➝ Alien proved science fiction and horror didn’t have to take turns. You could have the world-building of one and the primal terror of the other. Read our 21 Horror Movies That Screwed With the Rules – and Changed the Genre for more of our thoughts about Alien, even if Aliens was the better film. 😂
🧠 Stars Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt
🧠 Directed by Ridley Scott
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
“A fearless adventurer battles the deadly mysteries of a forgotten world!”
Action • Adventure • Comedy
1986 | PG | 1h 39m
➝ Read our Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold Streaming Roulette Reaction Review to find out why comedy is an understatement in this bargain-bin find.
🧠 James Earl Jones plays a Zulu warrior named Umslopogaas, and Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) plays an evil queen named Sorais.
🧠 Other stars include Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone.
Bait (2012)
“The foodchain just got flipped.”
Horror • Creature Feature
2012 | R | 1h 33m
➝ Things are going well in this grocery store. And we’re not talking about mystery beef. Our Bait Streaming Roulette Reaction Review breaks it down.
🧠 Stars the late, great Julian McMahon
Barracuda (1978)
“You can almost hear the scream! As the water below becomes a churning deathbed of flashing tearing teeth!”
Horror • Thriller
1978 | PG | 1h 38m
➝ Was I screaming in horror? Or did I fall asleep? Read our Barracuda Streaming Roulette Reaction Review for our verdict.
Black Water: Abyss (2020)
“Descend into Fear.”
Horror • Creature Feature
2020 | N/R | 1h 38m
➝ Hungry alligators be damned. Read our Black Water: Abyss Streaming Roulette Reaction Review for our verdict.
Black Christmas (1974)
“If This Picture Doesn’t Make Your Skin Crawl…It’s On TOO TIGHT”
Horror • Slasher
1974 | R | 1h 38m
➝ One of the most under-discussed horror films of all time. Read our 21 Horror Movies That Screwed With the Rules – and Changed the Genre to find out why Black Christmas deserves more love.
🧠 Stars Olivia Hussey, Margo Kidder, John Saxon
🧠 Directed by Bob Clark, who also directed the 1988 Christmas classic, A Christmas Story and the 1981 cult classic, Porky’s. He also directed the 1974 movie Dead of Night, later changed to Deathdream so as not to confuse audiences with the 1945 classic.
Bone Daddy (1998)
“Dying is the easy way out.”
Crime • Thriller
1998 | R | 1h 30m
➝ A bone-stealing serial killer? Why, yes please. Read our Bone Daddy Streaming Roulette Reaction Review for our verdict.
🧠 Rutger Hauer stars in this film, after he terrorized us in The Hitcher.
Cellar Door (2024)
“Discover what lies behind…the Cellar Door.”
Action • Adventure • Comedy
2024 | R | 1h 37m
➝ Would I take the deal? Absolutely. Read our Cellar Door Streaming Roulette Reaction Review for the verdict and why you should put this on your watchlist.
🧠 Stars Jordana Brewster, Scott Speedman and Laurence Fishburne.
Circle City Supernatural (2023)
“Going Live Halloween!”
Anthology • Horror • Creature Feature
2023 | N/R | 1h 38m
➝ Read our Circle City Supernatural full review to learn our verdict on this Reel Rebel film and why you shouldn’t pass it by.
🧠 This isn’t a one-off movie. Director and writer J.P. Leck created an entire “Endless Elsewhere” ecosystem with podcasts, books, and a YouTube channel.
🧠 A true Reel Rebel.
The Chair (2023)
Horror
2023 | N/R | 24m
➝ Read our The Chair full review to find out why this film hits the mark better than Obsession. And yes I hated Obsession. You can read that review, too.
🧠 The short film that gave us Obsession.
Crystal Lake (2023)
“There’s already bodies in Crystal Lake.” Like no shit, Sherlock.
Horror
2023 | TV-MA | 1h 25m
➝ Jason Voorhees is gonna be pissed. Read our Crystal Lake Streaming Roulette Verdict to find out why. And no, this isn’t Peacock’s upcoming series.
Deep Rising (1998)
“Full Scream Ahead.”
Horror • Action • Creature Feature
1998 | R | 1h 46m
➝ Get me a juice box, please. Read our Deep Rising Streaming Roulette Reaction Review for our verdict and to see what I mean when I say “juice box.”
🧠 Stars Treat Williams and Famke Janssen
Dead of Night (1945)
“Full Scream Ahead.”
Horror • Anthology • Classic
1945 | N/R | 1h 35m
➝ Read our 21 Horror Movies That Screwed With the Rules – and Changed the Genre and see why Dead of Night has a permanent place in film history.
🧠 Stars Mervin Johns, Michael Redgrave
The Evil Dead (1981)
Horror • Cult Classic
1981 | NC-17 | 1h 25m
➝ Find out why The Evil Dead was the ultimate Reel Rebel in our 21 Horror Movies That Screwed With the Rules – and Changed the Genre feature.
🧠 Stars Bruce Campbell
🧠 Directed by Sam Raimi
The Exorcist (1973)
“Something almost beyond comprehension is happening to a girl, on this street, in this house…and a man has been sent for as a last resort. This man is The Exorcist.”
Horror • Classic
1973 | R | 2h 2m
➝ The Exorcist used to scare the sh*t out of me until I watched in the daytime and dissected it with a scalpel. Read our 21 Horror Movies That Screwed With the Rules – and Changed the Genre and find out how this film made a difference.
🧠 Stars Ellyn Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow
🧠 Directed by William Friedkin
🧠 Based on the book by William Peter Blatty
🧠 Fun Fact: After my mother read the book, she threw it in the basement and didn’t open the door. She claimed that afterward, she heard strange noises and refused to open the basement door until someone retrieved the book and took it far, far away.
The Fly (1986)
“Be afraid. Be very afraid.”
Horror • Sci-Fi
1986 | R | 1h 36m
➝ Read our 21 Horror Movies That Screwed With the Rules – and Changed the Genre to find out how The Fly fits into our list.
🧠 Stars Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis
🧠 Directed by David Cronenberg
Garage Sale Mystery (2013)
Cozy Mystery
2013 | TV-PG | 2h
➝ Garage sale shopping gone wild? Read our Garage Sale Mystery full review for the verdict.
🧠 Stars Lori Laughlin and Sarah Strange.
🧠 Pilot for the TV movie series. 16 movies were made between 2013 and 2019.
🧠 After a 6-year hiatus, Lori Laughlin returns to solve more mysteries with Garage Sale Mysteries: Murder Takes the Stage, premiering September 19, 2026 on Hallmark.
It's Alive (1969)
“Trapped in a cave of terror!”
Horror • Creature Feature
1969 | N/R | 1h 20m
➝ Did we have nightmares? Read our It’s Alive Streaming Roulette Reaction Review to find out why we threw it in the trash and set it on fire.
🧠 Directed by self-proclaimed schlockmeister, Larry Buchanan.
🧠 Iconic horror writer Richard Matheson shares writing credits with Buchanan on this film.
🧠 Notable cast includes Tommy Kirk, a former child Disney star in the late 1950s and early 1960s. .
Island Zero (2018)
“Every THING needs to eat.”
Horror • Creature Feature • Cult Classic • Indie
2018 | N/R | 1h 39m
➝ Read the Island Zero full review for our verdict on this Reel Rebel film and why we think Widow’s Bay could learn a thing or two.
🧠 The script was written by the bestselling author behind the Rizzoli & Isles books, with her son Josh Gerritsen directing.
🧠 Stars Laila Robins of The Blacklist fame.
Jaws (1975)
“Every THING needs to eat.”
Horror • Creature Feature
1975 | PG | 2h 4m
➝ Jaws clearly has a place in history as detailed in our 21 Horror Movies That Screwed with the Rules, but that doesn’t mean I can’t tap out after Quint dies…and I always do.
🧠 Stars Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw
🧠 Directed by Steven Spielberg
🧠 Based on the book by Peter Benchley
🧠 If you haven’t watched Robert Shaw in the 1974 film The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, you’re missing a treat, though I so think Denzel Washington’s version was better.
The Kovak Box (2006)
“You’re Trapped…and You Don’t Even Know It.” No Joke.
Sci-Fi • Thriller
2006 | R | 1h 42m
➝ Read our The Kovak Box review to find out why we wish we never opened this box. 🗑️ TRASH
🧠 Stars Timothy Hutton, Lucía Jiménez, David Kelly
Night of the Demons (1998)
“Angela is having a party. Jason and Freddy are scared to come…But you’ll have a hell of a time.”
Supernatural Horror • Cult Classic
1998 | R | 1h 30m
➝ Angela’s demon dance is well…read our Night of the Demons Streaming Roulette Reaction Review for all the cringey details.
🧠 Box office bomb; became a cult classic.
🧠 Director Kevin S. Tenney was a producer on the 2009 remake of this same film.
🧠 Aside from the remake, there is a Night of the Demons 2 and a Night of the Demons 3. And no we didn’t watch any of them.
Night of the Ghouls (1959)
“The dead of night is alive with the dead!”
Supernatural Horror • Cult Classic
1959 |1h 9m | N/R
➝ Should this film have stayed dead? Only our Night of the Ghouls Streaming Roulette Reaction Review has the answer.
🧠 Cult classic.
🧠 An unreleased Ed Wood film that made it’s way to VHS in 1984 when a Kansas City film hobbyist saved it from extinction.
🧠 Original title was reportedly Revenge of the Dead.
Night of the Lepus (1972)
“How many eyes does horror have? How many times will terror strike?”
Horror • Sci-Fi
1972 | PG | 1h 28m
➝ Read our Night of the Lepus Streaming Roulette Reaction Review to find out if we were more angry than the rabbits after watching this film.
🧠 Stars Janet Leigh, Stuart Whitman, and DeForest Kelley (Bones from the original Star Trek series.)
🧠 Based on the 1964 science fiction novel, The Year of the Angry Rabbit by Russell Braddon.
🧠 Alternate movie title: Rabbits.
Night of the Scarecrow (1995)
“A terrifying evil is about to be unleashed!”
Supernatural Horror • Slasher
1995 | R | 1h 25m
➝ Sounds corny but to find out the truth, read our Night of the Scarecrows Streaming Roulette Reaction Review.
🧠 Stars John Mese, Stephen Root, and Bond Girl Martine Beswick
🧠 Not to be confused with the 1981 made-for-tv movie Dark Night of the Scarecrow.
The Night Stalker (1972)
“Four Gorgeous Girls, Their Bodies Drained of Blood…”
Horror • TV Movie • Cult Classic
1972 | N/R | 1h 14m
➝ Read our 21 Horror Movies That Screwed With the Rules – and Changed the Genre
🧠 Stars Darrin McGavin, Carol Linley, Claude Akins
🧠 Teleplay by horror writer Richard Matheson which he adapted from an unpublished, unproduced novel-length manuscript titled The Kolchak Papers written by journalist and author Jeff Rice.
🧠 After a second TV movie, The Night Strangler, became a classic TV series called Kolchak: The Night Stalker which ran for 1 season in 1974.
🧠 Chris Carter credits Kolchak: The Night Stalker for inspiring The X-Files.
Night of The Living Dead (1968)
“They Won’t Stay Dead!”
Horror • Cult Classic • B-Movie • Indie
1968 | R | 1h 36m
➝ Read our 21 Horror Movies That Screwed With the Rules – and Changed the Genre
🧠 Stars Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea
🧠 Directed by George A. Romero
Night of the Twisters (1996)
“No one saw it coming.”
Disaster Drama
1996 | 1h 32m | N/R
➝ Should the twister have twisted this one away from our screens? Our Night of the Twisters Streaming Roulette Reaction Review winds it down.
🧠 Stars John Schneider
🧠 Made-for-TV movie, originally airing on now-defunct The Family Channel which later became Freeform. Interestingly enough, The Family Channel was originally a religious channel founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in 1977.
Night of Wrath (2025)
“Everyone has a secret.”
Horror • Thriller
2025 | N/R | 1h 12m
➝ Check out our Night of Wrath Streaming Roulette Reaction Review to see if these secrets should’ve stayed hidden.
🧠 Debut feature film from the family-run filmmaking channel, Working with Lemons.
🧠 Filmed at the famous Nightmare on 13th attraction in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Nosferatu (1922)
“Everyone has a secret.”
Horror • Classic
1922 | N/R | 1h 35m
➝ Read our 21 Horror Movies That Screwed With the Rules – and Changed the Genre
🧠 Original title: Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
🧠 Stars Max Schreck
Obsession (2026)
“Be Careful Who You Wish For”
Horror
2026 | R | 1h 48m
➝ Reviving the horror genre? Oscar talk? Please. Read our Obsession full review where we’re very blunt and might offend you, like I offended my kid.
🧠 Filmed in 20 days with a $750,000 budget.
🧠 Writer/Director Curry Barker’s inspiration for the film came after watching a re-run of the October 3, 1991 “Treehouse of Horror II” episode of The Simpsons.
🧠 The One Wish Willow’s visual design was inspired by the “spooky forest” matte paintings from 1969 cartoon classic, Scooby Doo, Where Are You! Production Designer Vivian Gray wanted it to feel as though the willow had been snapped from the tip of a branch.
🧠 Barker’s 2024 film, Milk & Serial, was produced with an $800 budget and released independently on YouTube.
Octopus (2000)
“Terror has never run so deep!”
Horror • Action • Creature Feature
2000 | PG-13 | 1h 40m
➝ When you watch the movies in reverse order, which one comes out on top? Our Octopus Streaming Roulette Reaction Review has the answer.
🧠 Originally aired on USA Network on October 11, 2000 before being released on DVD and VHS.
🧠 First movie in the Octopus movie series.
🧠 Notable stars include Jay Harrington of S.W.A.T. and Better Off Ted fame.
Octopus 2: River of Fear (2001)
“Above and below the water there is no escape!”
Horror • Action • Creature Feature
2001 | R | 1h 31m
➝ Could Octopus 2: River of Fear be the best trash you’ll ever watch? Read our Octopus 2 Streaming Roulette Reaction Review for our verdict.
🧠 Sequel to the 2000 movie Octopus.
🧠 A Fourth of July movie to add to your rotation.
One Night in October (2017)
“Pray for Morning!”
Horror
2017 | N/R | 1h 44m
➝ I don’t know about praying for morning, but I did pray for a brain extraction. Read our full One Night in October Streaming Roulette verdict to find out why.
Orca (1977)
“Man and killer whale clash to the death!”
Horror • Action • Creature Feature
1977 | PG-13 | 1h 32m
➝ Cover your ears and hold onto your remote is a better tagline for this. Read our Orca Streaming Roulette Reaction Review for the verdict.
🧠 Stars Richard Harris, Bo Derek and Richard Carradine.
🧠 Alternative title: Orca: The Killer Whale (that makes me laugh)
🧠 Seriously. A PG-13 rating? Seriously.
Peeping Tom (1960)
“More Horrible Than Horror! More Terrible Than Terror!”
Horror • Thriller • Classic • Cult Classic
1960 | R | 1h 41m
➝ Read our 21 Horror Movies That Screwed With the Rules – and Changed the Genre
🧠 Stars Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey
🧠 Directed by Michael Powell
🧠 This movie nearly ruined Powell’s career. And you have to wonder, even though there is only implied violence, why was Hitchcock’s Psycho (which had obvious violence) praised and this one banned? Could one being shot in black and white (thus keeping viewers “detached”, and one being shot in beautiful Technicolor, making it real and alive, be part of the reason?
Piranha (1978)
“Lost River Lake was a thriving resort until they discovered…Piranha”
Horror • Cult Classic
1978 | R | 1h 34m
➝ Read our Piranha Streaming Roulette Reaction Review for all the meaty details.
🧠 Both Kevin McCarthy and the original scream queen, Barbara Steele, appear in this film.
🧠 Spawned a slew of remakes and sequels, including one TV movie.
The Prophet's Game (2000)
“A serial killer is playing a deadly game.”
Crime • Thriller
2000 | R | 1h 46m
➝ Did I play the game? Read our The Prophet’s Game Streaming Roulette Reaction Review for the verdict.
🧠 Stars Dennis Hopper, Stephanie Zimbalist, Sandra Locke.
Psycho (1960)
“Thrill Upon Thrill! Shock After Shock!”
Horror • Suspense • Classic
1960 | R | 1h 49m
➝ Read our 21 Horror Movies That Screwed With the Rules – and Changed the Genre
🧠 Stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles
🧠 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
🧠 A great, classic movie, obviously, but I prefer Hitchcock’s The Birds.
🧠 How many members of your family were scared to take a shower after seeing this movie in the theater at the time?
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Revenge of the Boogeyman (2025)
“He’s Not Playing with You.”
Horror
2025 | N/R | 1h 22m
➝ Did the Boogeyman take all of my roulette winnings? Read our Revenge of the Boogeyman Streaming Roulette Reaction Review for the final verdict.
🧠 Jason Brooks who played the Boogeyman is an actor and makeup and special FX artist whose prior work included a stint in the 2025 film The Lizzie Borden Game.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
“Give Yourself Over to Absolute Pleasure”
Horror • Comedy • Cult Classic
1975 | R | 1h 40m
➝ Read our 21 Horror Movies That Screwed With the Rules – and Changed the Genre
🧠 Stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O’Brien, Nell Campbell,
The Rosary Murders (1987)
“God works in mysterious ways. Man in the deadliest.”
Mystery • Thriller
1987 | R | 1h 45m
➝ Did I clutch my rosary? Read our The Rosary Murders Streaming Roulette Reaction Review for our verdict.
🧠 Stars Donald Sutherland and Charles Durning.
🧠 Based on a book by Elmore Leonard.
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
“Could a Loving Husband be an Agent for Satan?”
Horror • Drama • Classic
1968 | R | 2h 17m
➝ Read our 21 Horror Movies That Screwed With the Rules – and Changed the Genre
🧠 Stars Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes
🧠 William Castle served as producer on this film after Paramount wouldn’t let him direct, even though Castle purchased the rights to Ira Levin’s book. I guess they weren’t too thrilled with Castle’s theatrics with The Tingler and House on Haunted Hill. But can you imagine what he could’ve done with Rosemary’s Baby? It makes me laugh just thinking about it.
🧠 Directed by Roman Polanski
🧠 Based on a book by Ira Levin. He also served as a writer on the film along with Polanski.
Shark Bait (2022)
“Terror Runs Deep.”
Horror • Creature Feature
2022 | TV-MA | 1h 27m
➝ Did this one reel me in? Read our Shark Bait Streaming Roulette Reaction Review for the verdict.
🧠 Tubi original.
Tentacles (1977)
“It‘s turning the beach into a buffet!”
Horror • Thriller • Creature Feature
1977 | PG | 1h 42m
➝ Is Tentacles a Jaws ripoff? Ask Shelley Winters’ hat — or read our Tentacles Streaming Roulette Reaction Review.
🧠 The star-studded cast includes John Huston, Shelley Winters, Henry Fonda, Bo Hopkins, Cesare Danova, Delia Boccardo and Claude Akins.
🧠 Italian produced under the title Tentacoli.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Horror • Classic
1920 | NR | 1h 7m
➝ Read our 21 Horror Movies That Screwed With the Rules – and Changed the Genre
🧠 Original title: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
🧠 Stars Werner Krauss
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
“Who will survive? And what will be left of them?”
Horror • Slasher • B-Movie • Cult Classic • Indie
1974 | R | 1h 23m
➝ Read our 21 Horror Movies That Screwed With the Rules – and Changed the Genre
🧠 Stars Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal
🧠 Directed by Tobe Hooper, who would go on to direct Poltergeist (1982), Lifeforce (1985), and my favorite underrated horror film, The Funhouse (1981) as well as the 1979 TV mini-series Salem’s Lot. He also directed two episodes of 1995 TV series, Nowhere Man starring Bruce Greenwood.
🧠 Based on the real-life crimes of Ed Gein
Thirst (2015)
“It Came from Outer Space. It Came Hungry.“
Horror • Creature Feature
2015 | N/R | 1h 27m
➝ Are you thirsty? Read our Thirst Streaming Roulette Reaction Review.
🧠Ash Santos, who plays Meeka, starred in CBS’s Marshals as Andrea Cruz.
🧠 Jess Macallan, who stars as Claire, played Ava Sharp in the 2017 series Legends of Tomorrow.
Time's Up (2022)
“Five…Four…Three…Two…Done!“
Horror • Slasher
2022 | N/R | 1h 22m
➝ Another movie that tricked me with it’s poster. Read our Time’s Up Streaming Roulette verdict to see if this New Year’s Eve slasher is worth your time.
🧠 The star-studded cast includes John Huston, Shelley Winters, Henry Fonda, Bo Hopkins, Cesare Danova, Delia Boccardo and Claude Akins.
🧠 Italian produced under the title Tentacoli.
Who Invited Them (2022)
“Sit down. Have a drink. Get comfortable.”
Horror • Comedy
2022 | N/R | 1h 21m
➝ Is this Shudder original a hit or miss? Read our Streaming Roulette Reaction Review. We tell no lies.
🧠 81% on Rotten Tomatoes (critics) with some sites calling it a comedy? Did you ever wonder why the scores from Rotten Tomatoes never show the audience ratings first? Mmm-hmm.