Movies in the Action/Horror genre
Vampires. Few creatures of legend speak to human terror on a more fundamental level. Ever since the silent days of movies, when F.W. Murnau chilled audiences with Nosferatu, a creepy, atmospheric adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, film-goers ha...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-08-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/HORROR
Director: Stephen Norrington
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, ...
Those regarding Blade II as a travelogue will not be planning their next vacation to Prague, where the bulk of the motion picture takes place. (Economic considerations caused it to be filmed there.) The Eastern European city is portrayed as a shad...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-03-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/HORROR
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, ...
If you're going to make a vampire movie, here's a piece of advice: leave Dracula out of it. The character is so iconic that virtually no cinematic interpretation will do him justice. Unfortunately, that's not something that writer/director David ...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-12-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/HORROR
Director: David S. Goyer
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ryan Reynolds, ...
Spoiler Note: The review is “spoiler lite” with nothing beyond what has been shown in the trailer and other officially sanctioned pre-release material. However, although I don’t reveal any cameos that are in the film, I mention some that are...
U.S. Release Date: 2022-05-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Action/Horror
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, ...
Sony/Columbia Pictures was on a nice roll recently with their Spider-Man-related movies: Into the Spider-Verse, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. It has all come to a grinding halt with Morbius. Although it would be diff...
U.S. Release Date: 2022-04-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Horror
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Cast: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, ...
It's difficult to pinpoint how R.I.P.D. fell into the rat-hole in which it exists. Is the problem the director? The screenwriters? Did the studio step in and sabotage the production team's creative vision? Regardless, in R.I.P.D., we have a legitim...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-07-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/HORROR
Director: Robert Schwentke
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Bacon, ...
In the 1930s, monster movies were the staples of Universal Pictures' line-up, a cash cow as the industry metamorphosed from silent films to talkies. Although the monsters came in all sizes and flavors, none could match the appeal of the "Big Three...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-05-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION/HORROR
Director: Stephen Sommers
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, ...
It’s amazing that, two years in a row, a movie with the name “Frankenstein” in the title will claim a spot of dishonor on my “Turkeys of the Year” list. In many ways, 2015’s Victor Frankenstein is an even worse mov...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-11-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Horror
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Andrew Scott, ...