The MacGuffin

Aliens: Takes a suspenseful haunted house of a movie, turns it into a balls to the wall action fest and manages to be nearly as good. 9/10

Alien: Well rounded and realistic characters combat a very unique and frightening monster in this near perfect classic. 9/10

Splice: A unique monster is wasted in a film where the main characters are just tools of the plot and none of their actions ring true. 3/10

His Name Was Jason: A decent look at the Friday the 13th saga comes off more like VH1′s I Love Jason. More meat is found in the extras. 6/10

Never Sleep Again (2010): This four hour retrospective on the entire Elm Street series is one of the best film documentaries out there. 9/10

Night Strangler: This Kolchak sequel has a less interesting villain, but Darren McGavin is still perfect as the bumbling reporter. 8/10

Night Stalker (1972): Laid the ground work for “The X-Files” and many others by presenting the supernatural in the modern world. 8/10

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003): Takes the gritty original and fills it with polished cinematography and beautiful actors. 5/10

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4: So bad that stars Matthew McConaughey and Renee Zellweger fought to never have it released. 1/10

Leatherface: Turns the series into a straight-up slasher and ignores the continuity of the previous entries. It’s not a good fit. 4/10