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 Heller (screenplay) Roger Zelazny (novel)

Cast - Jan-Michael Vincent , George Peppard , Dominique Sanda