Verhoeven Effect

We dive into the weird world of Halloween. On a violent Halloween night, Michael Myers murders his sister. Years later he escapes to murder again. Act 1: 29:09 Act 2: 32:35 Act 3: 1:14:00 Director - John Carpenter Cinematographer - Dean Cundey Written by - John Carpenter and Debra Hill Cast - Donald Pleasence , Jamie Lee Curtis , Nancy Kyes

We dive into the weird world of Body Snatchers. An EPA nerd visits an Army base with his family as it's taken over by aliens. Act 1: 25:58 Act 2: 38:43 Act 3: 58:35 Director - Abel Ferrara Cinematographer - Bojan Bazelli Written by - Stuart Gordon & Dennis Paoli and Nicholas St. John Cast - Terry Kinney, Meg Tilly, Gabrielle Anwar

We dive into the weird world of Shaun of the Dead. In a violent zombie outbreak a group of contentious friends go to the pub to wait out the apocalypse. Act 1: 29:34 Act 2: 1:12:29 Act 3: 1:53:23 Director - Edgar Wright Cinematographer - David M. Dunlap Written by - Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright Cast - Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield

We dive into the weird world of Scream. A violent teen murder put the town in lockdown as the killer comes for Sidney. Act 1: 34:52 Act 2: 54:08 Act 3: 2:13:27 Director - Wes Craven Cinematographer - Mark Irwin Written by - Kevin Williamson Cast - Neve Campbell , Courteney Cox , David Arquette

We dive into the weird world of The Outlaw Josey Wales. A violent militia kills a mans family and he chases them down through the Civil War and beyond. Act 1: 15:38 Act 2: 38:15 Act 3: 1:38:26

We dive into the weird world of Bull Durham. In a superstitious minor league baseball system a superfan and veteran try and better a Major League pitching prospect. Act 1: 31:23 Act 2: 50:12 Act 3: 1:46:00 Director - Ron Shelton Cinematographer - Bobby Byrne Written by - Ron Shelton Cast - Kevin Costner , Susan Sarandon , Tim Robbins

We dive into the weird world of The Chronicles of Riddick. In a violent future Necromongers are killing world on there way to the underverse. Riddick, minding his own business, gets dragged into the galactic conflict. Act 1: 39:30 Act 2: 1:25:27 Act 3: 2:03:14 Director - David Twohy Cinematographer - Hugh Johnson Written by - David Twohy Cast - Vin Diesel , Judi Dench , Colm Feore

We dive into the weird world of Fallen. A violent fallen angel serial killer demon thing jumps between bodies to wreck havoc on Philadelphia. Act 1: 15:00 Act 2: 34:31 Act 3: 1:14:12 Director - Gregory Hoblit Cinematographer - Newton Thomas Sigel Written by - Nicholas Kazan Cast - Denzel Washington , John Goodman , Donald Sutherland

We dive into the weird world of Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead. In a violent Netherlands a couple of bumbling stewards must inquire about the mood of Hamlet. Act 1: 17:45 Act 2: 28:54 Act 3: 1:01:21 Director - Tom Stoppard Cinematographer - Peter Biziou Written by - Tom Stoppard Cast - Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss

We dive into the weird world of Damnation Alley. In a violent nuclear apocalypse some airmen take an experimental vehicle on a trip from California to New York to look for survivors. Meanwhile the nuclear war tilted the Earths axis and is creating crazy storms. Act 1: 14:22 Act 2: 24:43 Act 3: 1:13:37 Director - Jack Smight Cinematographer - Harry Stradling Jr. Written by - Alan Sharp and Lukas He...

We dive into the weird world of The Omega Man. After a violent world war and world ending plague a man is has a city left to himself. At night mutants try and attack him as he tries to keep his sanity. Meeting other survivors convinces him to make a cure. Act 1: 19:06 Act 2: 40:53 Act 3: 1:14:58 Director - Boris Sagal Cinematographer - Russell Metty Written by - John William Corrington, Joyce Hoop...

We dive into the weird world of Colossus The Forbin Project. In a time on the edge of violence a super computer is created as a nuclear response system. It then holds the world hostage with nukes if they do not comply with it's vision. Act 1: 17:03 Act 2: 27:55 Act 3: 54:09 Director - Joseph Sargent Cinematographer - Gene Polito Written by - James Bridges novel by D.F. Jones Cast - Eric Braede...

We dive into the weird world of Westworld. In a future with violent guests visiting a simulated theme park, the robots go haywire and start killing everyone. Act 1: 31:02 Act 2: 50:40 Act 3: 1:20:16 Director - Michael Crichton Cinematographer - Gene Polito Written by - Michael Crichton Cast - Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin

We dive into the weird world of Nadja. In a violent New York a drunk Helsing decapitates Dracula. Dracula's morose daughter Nadja weaves her way through a 90's emotional carousel. Act 1: 19:58 Act 2: 46:37 Act 3: 1:14:59 Director - Michael Almereyda Cinematographer - Jim Denault Written by - Michael Almereyda Cast - Elina Löwensohn , Peter Fonda , Nic Ratner

We dive into the weird world of Desperado. A gun slinging guitar player avenges his love. Act 1: 32:31 Act 2: 1:05:59 Act 3: 1:39:02 Director - Robert Rodriguez Cinematographer - Guillermo Navarro Written by - Robert Rodriguez Cast - Antonio Banderas , Salma Hayek , Joaquim de Almeida

We dive into the weird world of Logan's Run. In a violent future a domed city keeps order by having everyone volunteer to die at 30. Some of them run. Act 1: 15:56 Act 2: 50:06 Act 3: 1:26:38 Director - Michael Anderson Cinematographer - Ernest Laszlo Written by - David Zelag Goodman Cast - Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan

We dive into the weird world of Cliffhanger. A violent Treasury agent and even more violent Euro criminals steal a plane full of transaction currency. Act 1: 12:23 Act 2: 56:39 Act 3: 1:18:38 Director - Renny Harlin Cinematographer - Alex Thomson Written by - Michael France and Sylvester Stallone Cast - Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker

We dive into the weird world of The Long Kiss Goodnight. A violent assassin loses her memory and takes up her cover as a school teacher and tries to figure out who she was. Act 1: 41:34 Act 2: 1:10:27 Act 3: 2:02:44 Director - Renny Harlin Cinematographer - Guillermo Navarro Written by - Shane Black Cast - Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima

We dive into the weird world of Edge of Tomorrow. In a violent alien future war, a media liaison is unwillingly forced to repeat the same beach landing offensive until he finds some way to stop it. Act 1: 43:12 Act 2: 1:15:56 Act 3: 1:55:29 Director - Doug Liman Cinematographer - Dion Beebe Written by - Christopher McQuarrie and Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth Cast - Tom Cruise, Emily...

We dive into the weird world of Real Steel. In a future with violent boxing robots that only harm each other, a dead beat dad reconnects with his son. Act 1: 37:55 Act 2: 1:02:21 Act 3: 1:50:54 Director - Shawn Levy Cinematographer - Mauro Fiore Written by - John Gatins(screenplay) Richard Matheson short story “Steel” Cast - Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo

We dive into the weird world of Total Recall. In a violent future a mild manner body building construction worker goes to Rekall to live out the dream of being a spy. Turns out he is a spy? Act 1: 50:70 Act 2: 1:17:51 Act 3: 1:39:38 Director - Paul Verhoeven Cinematographer - Jost Vacano Written by - Ronald Shusett & Dan O'Bannon and Gary Goldman story by Phillip K. Dick “We Can Remember I...

We dive into the weird world of The Town. A violent neighborhood in Boston is host to a lineage of Armored car and bank robbers. Act 1: 26:45 Act 2: 1:17:46 Act 3: 2:04:56 Director - Ben Affleck Cinematographer - Robert Elswit Written by - Peter Craig and Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard Chuck Hogan novel “Prince of Thieves” Cast - Ben Affleck Rebecca Hall Jon Hamm

We dive into a weird world of Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. In a violent Montana two drifters cross paths and decide to rob a bank with some Korean war vets who were trying to kill them. Act 1: 13:21 Act 2: 40:18 Act 3: 1:10:30 Director - Michael Cimino Cinematographer - Frank Stanley Written by - Michael Cimino Cast - Clint Eastwood Jeff Bridges George Kennedy

We dive into the weird world of Manhunter. A violent serial killer is targeting families, as an ex FBI agent is brought in to get in the killers mind. And Hanibal "Lektor". Act 1: 32:50 Act 2: 1:02:35 Act 3: 2:10:49 Director - Michael Mann Cinematographer - Dante Spinotti Written by - Michael Mann (screenplay) Thomas Harris (novel) Cast - William Petersen Kim Greist Joan Allen

We dive into the weird world of Reign of Fire. In a violent dragon apocalypses a rag tag group try to survive. Then Americans show up to do some violence. Act 1: 32:56 Act 2: 1:22:31 Act 3: 2:06:56 Director - Rob Bowman Cinematographer - Adrian Biddle Written by - Gregg Chabot Kevin Peterka Matt Greenberg Cast - Matthew McConaughey Christian Bale Izabella Scorupco