Club. It isn’t every week, month, or even year that Hollywood bankrolls a movie as ambitiously bugfuck as A Cure For Wellness. Equal parts baroque fairy- tale, atmospheric mystery, and hideous body- horror nightmare, the film puts what could have been a cost- effective genre exercise on steroids, giving life to a two- and- half- hour, R- rated Frankenstein monster. Who had the industry clout to realize such a warped vision on such a large scale? The byline reads Gore Verbinski, virtuosic operator of Disney’s most profitable live- action rollercoaster ride, the Pirates Of The Caribbean series. After several for them—all starring Johnny Depp, not all beloved—Verbinski seems to have made one for himself. His Cure For Wellness is too long and not entirely satisfying on a narrative level, but all of its bugs look a little like features: This is the kind of singularly strange production that you appreciate for its excess and lumpiness, for the way it strays haphazardly out of blockbuster comfort zones. ![]() Whatever happen to the individual stalker type horror movies like Halloween, Scream? There are too many scary movies in 2015 that deal with spiritism. We’re counting down the best movies of 2015! 2015 was a really good year for film. There were several recording breaking films released this year, like Jurassic. ![]() For Verbinski, it’s a return to form—or more specifically, to the muted color palette, amateur detective work, and shock scares of his best movie, The Ring. But whereas that fiendishly effective remake mostly stayed in its J- horror lane, A Cure For Wellness has more on its mind than thrills. It also fancies itself a parable about the soul- sickness of modern living. Our hero, Lockhart (Dane De. Haan), is a power- hungry stockbroker working in a sterile Manhattan high- rise, a tower of glass, steel, and greed; we know immediately that he’s a workaholic with mixed- up priorities because he entrusts his secretary to pick out a birthday gift for his mother. On the eve of a major merger, the board blackmails this ruthless corporate climber into retrieving the company CEO, Pembroke (Harry Groener), from the remote medical spa where he’s taken up permanent residence. This is no normal relaxation destination: Situated on a winding mountain road in the Swiss Alps, it’s a hospital within a looming Gothic castle, where the wealthy guests fly kites, eat expensive meals, and receive a mysterious form of water therapy. Pembroke has no intention of leaving, but that turns out to be the least of Lockhart’s problems—especially once he’s injured in a harrowing car crash and awakens to find himself checked into the facility as a patient. De. Haan, from Chronicle and The Place Beyond The Pines, has sunken, haunted eyes and a queasy intensity. OnDVDR: Our up-top-date trending list of good, best and recent hollywood scary horror films released on DVD and Blu-ray. Check out the list of top Horror movies, only on Desimartini. Get full collection of top Hollywood Horror films. Check out the list of top Adult Hollywood movies of 2015, only on Desimartini. Get full collection of top Telugu Hollywood films online. Find Hollywood Hits theater, stars and their upcoming Action, Comedy, horror movies, releasing date, trailer, videos, Pictures and Latest Box Office. Download free full unlimited movies! There are millions of movies, videos and TV shows you can download direct to your PC. From Action, Horror, Adventure, Children. He looks a little like a younger, colder Leonardo Di. Caprio—and the resemblance isn’t an accident, as Verbinski is clearly riffing on the cat- and- mouse sanity games of Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island,only with a wolf of Wall Street instead of a Bahstan cop skulking around hospital grounds. Is there something nefarious going on at this secluded retreat, overseen by a head doctor (Jason Isaacs, from the Harry Potter movies) with an unnerving bedside manner? Or is it all in Lockhart’s head, a projection of childhood trauma and corporate fatigue? A Cure For Wellness prolongs its mystery, drops hints and red herrings, and plays hallucinatory tricks on the audience, as Lockhart—stuck on crutches, an ingenious suspense device—hobbles through the facility in search of answers. Surely, the truth must involve a pale, childlike damsel (the perfectly named Mia Goth) he first spots perched precariously on one of the castle curtains. And the squirming eels he keeps seeing can’t just be a product of his imagination. Or can they? A Cure For Wellness comes on like a puzzle box waiting to be solved, but its pleasures are much more visceral than cerebral. Verbinski, freed from the shackles of summer franchise building, treats the project as an outlet for his demented visual style. One is reminded constantly of his affinity for oddball set- ups and striking compositions: his camera racing alongside a train as it ominously passes into a tunnel; a room distorted in the reflection of a taxidermied animal’s unseeing eye; disgusting close- ups of retinas and incisors. His weakness for dodgy CGI still gets indulged, however: The car- crash scene pointlessly ends with a mortally wounded deer, staggering around in a digital death dance. Like pretty much all of Verbinski’s movies, A Cure For Wellness doesn’t know when to say when. It’s not the most elegant piece of writing, pockmarked as it is with lapses in logic, lengthy detours, and plot holes. Simple answer: Because the story wouldn’t work if he did.) And after one too many real- or- fake reversals, the final reveals may inspire more shrugs than gasps, whether you’ve gotten ahead of the film’s secrets or not. But if Verbinski risks losing our investment in this tale of physical, mental, and/or spiritual decay, his talent for fantastical spectacle never grows old—especially as the film begins crosscutting between its most ghoulish and most opulent attractions, culminating in a climax that suggests what a Hammer horror movie might look like on an eight- digit budget. Simply put, nothing stranger is likely to make it to multiplexes any time soon. Top 1. 0 Best Horror Movies Of 2. Let’s explore the best horror movies of 2. The scary list features the usual mix of reboots (. We’ve got cannibals (. It’s a versatile year. Based on me watching almost everything released, these are the top 2. Let us know in the comments what your picks are. Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead. Starring: Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey, Leon Burchill. Director: Kiah Roache- Turner. Released: February 1. U. S. Dates)As a zombie apocalypse erupts, a talented mechanic sees his family killed, and his sister kidnapped by a team of gas mask wearing soldiers. He hits the road to find her in his blood- powered armoured car, teaming up with a loud- mouth aborigine and encountering various rough and ready survivors as he battles through the flesh- eaters in the harsh bushland. Meanwhile, his sister is being experimented on by a psychotic doctor, working toward giving her the ability to control zombies with her mind. By the time her brother arrives, she may not need his help. Filmed on weekends as a labour of love over the course of several years, it’s a big achievement what they managed to accomplish, but a hard one to universally recommend. Essentially it’s a 1. It’s also a one- dimensional movie with a thin script, thin characters, and Syfy- quality zombies. Compare it to the similarly- influenced . How you respond to the trailer is the best indicator. Stung. Starring: Matt O’Leary, Jessica Cook, Lance Henriksen, Clifton Collins Jr. Director: Benni Diez. Released: July 3, 2. For two catering staffers, Mrs. Perch’s fancy garden party at her remote country villa is nothing out of the ordinary. Until a mishap with toxic plant fertiliser leads to the most unwelcome of dinner guests: large killer wasps. The catering- for- old- timers- at- a- country- house setting feels unique, the lead (Matt O’Leary, . Unfortunately it starts to sag after the wonderful Lance Henrikson (. Those stories tell of an insane feral boy, but what’s unsaid is the boy has an even more murderous father, who has littered the woods with deadly traps. When Sam’s life in camp is made a misery by both bullies and leaders, he delves into the woods and encounters the feral boy. The two spark an uneasy understanding. But soon the father’s rampage will reach the camp, and a bloodbath will ensue. This is a pretty conventional slasher, with an interesting arc for the lead boy. The problem is Sam is too mild- mannered to convince as a deeply troubled individual. Nevertheless the setting is strong and the film is pretty fearless, going to a few places others wouldn’t. Some Kind Of Hate. Starring: Ronen Rubinstein, Sierra Mc. Cormick, Grace Phipps. Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer. Released: September 1. A bullied teenager is sent to a new- age reform center in the hills. When he starts to be picked on again he unwittingly summons the deadly spirit of a girl who died under similar circumstances. She unleashes bloody vengeance on his tormentors, before turning her murderous anger toward everyone. The tormented ghost looks more the part but by the end she comes off as quite whiny and more annoying than frightening. There are actually too many kill scenes – you’ll never see so much self- harm and fatal wrist slitting, which makes it a grim watch. Having said that, the central premise and kill method is a good one for a slasher (harming herself causes the injuries on her victims) and it’s done well enough. Cooties. Starring: Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill, Leigh Whannell, Jack Mc. Brayer. Directors: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion. Released: September 1. A wannabe writer turned teacher (Wood) starts his first day as supply at the school he used to go to. But when virus- infected chicken nuggets are served at the cafeteria, the kids turn into feral zombies, ripping apart any adult they come across. Now the bickering teachers are under siege in the school, looking for a way across the playground. The twisted kid imagery is fun. However it doesn’t start well, being too silly before the kids even transform – like a weird fever dream of unnatural character moments and misfiring jokes. The tone just doesn’t work until things are well underway. Also, because this is co- written by Leigh Whannell (. The only survivor found, and only suspect, is too shaken to talk until the unit’s psychologist (Bello) shows up. With the right questions it all starts coming back. It combines found footage, interrogation video, news cameras and classic cinematography. Grillo and Bello are seasoned pros and they do well, especially handling a handful of silly lines that would have clunked with lesser talent.
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