Ghost in the Machine

A serial killer named Karl Hochman (Ted Marcoux) is known as the "address book killer", due to his habit of stealing the address books of various people, from which he chooses his potential victims. While he is working at a computer store, he obtains the address book of Terry Munroe (Karen Allen), after another employee demonstrates how a scanner works by scanning a page of her address book into the computer. After this, Karl leaves work, however he is nearly killed by a head-on collision with a truck. At the emergency room, he is placed in a MRI machine, when a surge, caused by an electrical storm, transfers his mind into a computer. As a network-based entity he plots to continue his killing spree, using the electrical grid, appliances, and the computer network.

Because a page of Terry's address book was scanned into the computer, Karl manages to obtain the page and begins to go through the list to kill off her friends. Her co-worker, Frank Mallory (Richard McKenzie), becomes his first victim by making it look like he died in an electrical fire. Elliot Kastner (Jack Laufer), her friend that works at the DMV, gets burned to death after a hand dryer becomes a flamethrower. His third victim is a babysitter, Carol Maibaum, who dies after both a television and dishwasher explode in a kitchen. When the police do not believe the story about Karl continuing his killing spree even though he is dead, Terry's son, Josh (Wil Horneff), realizes that there is an order to the list of victims. Terry's mother visits, and it is during this time that Terry and computer hacker Bram Walker (Chris Mulkey) unplug anything electrical in the house.

The police receive anonymous reports of an armed robbery, a hostage situation, domestic violence, and a murder pointing to Terry's house. They open fire on the house after mistaking an exploding generator for a gunshot. Noticing what they have done, they cease fire. Terry's mother gets shot in the process, putting her in the hospital. Aided by Bram, however, they manage to fight back and defeat Karl by introducing a computer virus that traps him at a physics laboratory. Karl is then forced to escape. They then proceed to activate an atom smasher which draws Karl in and destroys him after Terry uses a revolver on him. The film ends with Bram telling Terry to turn off a heart monitor in an ambulance.

 

Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter

When his village is plagued by mysterious deaths marked by highly accelerated aging, Dr. Marcus calls in his old army friend, Captain Kronos, and his companion, hunchback Professor Hieronymus Grost, two professional vampire hunters. Grost explains to the initially skeptical Marcus that the women are victims of a vampire that drains not blood but youth, and that there are "as many species of vampire as there are beasts of prey." The finding of another victim confirms Grost's explanation.

Grost and Kronos’s companion Carla prove via a mystical test the presence of vampires, but their proofs are contradicted by an eyewitness who claims to have seen "someone old, very old", while a youth-draining vampire should appear as youthful. In the woods, Marcus has an encounter with a cloaked figure that leaves him shaken and with drops of blood on his lips.

At a tavern, Kronos defeats a group of thugs hired by Lady Durward's coachman to kill him. Kronos accidentally pierces Marcus's chest with a cross made out of steel that Marcus had been wearing round his neck. Now understanding the vampire’s weakness, Kronos and Grost go to the cemetery to obtain a large iron cross. As Kronos attempts to sneak into Durward Manor, Carla seeks refuge at the house as a subterfuge. Carla and the Durward siblings are hypnotized by the vampire, revealed to be Lady Durward, who has grown young again and who has raised her husband Hagen from the grave. As Lady Durwood offers her husband the mesmerized Carla, Kronos erupts from his hiding place. Kronos uses his new sword's mirrored blade to reflect Lady Durward’s hypnotic gaze back onto her, and kills Lord Durward in a duel, before also destroying Lady Durward with his sword. In the village courtyard, Kronos bids Carla good bye and he and Grost ride off to new adventures.

 

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Faces of Fear

Faces of Fear is an anthology horor movie from Indonesia which was released in 2008. This movie is performed by Dinna Olivia, Fauzi Baadila, Marcella Zalianty, Shanty, Lukman Sardi, Eva Celia Latjuba, and Mike Muliadro. The premier of this movie is released in Indonesia International Fantastic Film Festival (iNAFFF) 2008 on November 14th-23rd in Jakarta, and in Bandung on November 28th-30th which was held by Blitzmegaplex. Many kinds of horor movie were offered in the festival, including Takut which becomes one of many eyecatching movies.

Takut was made under the direction of Komodo Films and is a short horor movie compilation from seven movie directors who produced six movie segments and an anthology. The short movies are directed by Rako Prijanto, Riri Riza, Ray Nayoan, Robby Ertanto, Raditya Sidharta, and The Mo Brothers (Kino Stamboel and Timothy Tjahjanto). Takut began to be released Internationally in International Film Festival Rotterdan 2009.

 

Shaun of the Dead

Shaun of the Dead is a romantic comedy. It has zombie theme and released in 2004 (April 9th in the United Kingdom, and September 24th in the United States). Its script was written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, directed byEdgar Wright and starred by Simon Page and Nick Frost. Though the tittle is originated from Dawn of the Dead movie by George Romero, this movie is not a direct parody like Scary Movie, it is more to a tribute to zombie horor movies as there are many relationships between this movies and zombie horror movies. Some cameos in this movie are Chris Martin and Jon Buckland from Coldplay.

The whole movie was made in London, esspecially in Ealing Studios, including Working Title Films and StudioCanal Production house. In the first view in United States, Shaun got US$ 3,3million, getting  8 grades in the box office though it only viewed in 607 theaters. In the United Kingdom, this movie got £ 1,6million from 307 theaters in the first week of its first release, and it got £ 6,4million in the middle of May.

In 2004, Total Film magazine wrote Shaun in grade 49 in The Greates British Films of All Time.

 

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