Diary of the Dead 2007 R, 94 min. Genre: Fantasy / Horror / Thriller aka: George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead
Director: George A. Romero Cast: Michelle Morgan, Joshua Close, Shawn Roberts, Amy Ciupak Lalonde, Joe Dinicol, Scott Wentworth, Philip Riccio, Chris Violette, Tatiana Maslany, Todd Schroeder, Daniel Kash, Laura DeCarteret, Martin Roach, Megan Park
Debra Moynihan (Michelle Morgan) narrates this saga of University of Pittsburgh filmmaker student Jason Creed (Joshua Close) who sets out with a group of students to shoot a low-budget horror film in the Pennsylvania woods. Suddenly, the media reports that the dead are rising from their graves, and Jason and his cohorts–Tracy (Amy Ciupak Lalonde), Gordo (Chris Violette), Tony (Shawn Roberts), and Professor Maxwell (Scott Wentworth)–load themselves and equipment into Mary's (Tatiana Maslany) van and prepare to report what is really happening. They use their camera to shoot and a laptop to edit the real story into a documentary that they title, "The Death of Death."
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Heartstopper 2006 N/R, 92 min. Genre: Horror
Director: Bob Keen Cast: James Binkley, Meredith Henderson, Nathan Stephenson, Robert Englund, Laura DeCarteret, Mark Day, Michael Cram, Scott Gibson, Ted Ludzik, Lori Hallier, John Bayliss, Celine Lepage
Depressed Sara (Meredith Henderson) fails at her suicide attempt and ends up in a hospital where Sheriff Berger (Robert Englund) has delivered serial killer Chambers (James Binkley)–after his execution–to the hospital's morgue. During the very dark and stormy night, Chambers finds himself to be alive and goes on a rampage through the hospital. Nurse Grafton (Laura DeCarteret) and a patient, Walter (Nathan Stephenson), join Sara in an attempt to escape becoming Chambers' next victims.
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Widow on the Hill 2005 TV, 95 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Svatek Cast: Natasha Henstridge, James Brolin, Jewel Staite, Roman Podhora, Michelle Duquet, Gabriel Hogan, Marcia Bennett, Laura DeCarteret, J.C. Kenny, Jeff Roop
Hospice nurse Linda (Natasha Henstridge) cares for Jenny (Jewel Staite), the terminally ill wife of well-to-do Hank Cavanaugh (James Brolin). After Jenny dies, Linda marries Hank, and then he dies–leaving Linda very wealthy but also accused of murder.
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| 1. Diary of the Dead (2007) aka: George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead
2. Heartstopper (2006)
3. Widow on the Hill (2005)
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