Movies directed by Scott Derrickson

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Black Phone, The

The Black Phone is a throwback to a time when horror was more about fear and suspense than blood and gore. Oh, there’s some of the latter in the movie but far too little to sate the appetites of those who attend the genre purely to be entomb...

Run Time: 1:42
U.S. Release Date: 2022-06-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Intense Terror)
Genre: Horror
Director: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke, ...
Day the Earth Stood Still, The

By all accounts, both the director (Scott Derrickson) and star (Keanu Reeves) of this 2008 film are fans of its 1951 precursor. So what went wrong? At what point did this initially promising remake lose its way? After all, Robert Wise's science ...

Run Time: 1:43
U.S. Release Date: 2008-12-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, ...
Doctor Strange

Strange comic book fans, rejoice! Your hero has finally made it into the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse and with that comes the potential of reboots aplenty. The shenanigans we saw in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movies and the X-Men series may now lie ...

Run Time: 1:55
U.S. Release Date: 2016-11-04
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tilda Swinton, ...
Exorcism of Emily Rose, The

The Exorcism of Emily Rose is being sold as the latest PG-13 horror movie, albeit one that deals with demonic possession instead of ghosts. In reality, however, it's a courtroom drama with a twinge of the supernatural (most of which occurs during fl...

Run Time: 1:53
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott, ...
Sinister

Someone finally figured out a way to make the concept of "found footage" interesting, and it's by incorporating it into the film's overall scope rather than employing it as the governing factor. Sinister is an intense horror film that starts out ma...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2012-10-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Michael Hall D'Addario, ...