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While it may not be the decade people immediately think of when discussing horror movies, the early 2000s were actually a very exciting time for the genre, with some of the best horror movies emerging in those ten years. This decade marked the beginning of iconic movie franchises like Saw and Final Destination, as well as offering plenty of unforgettable stories through films like Signs and The Mist. With new films popping up for every subset of the genre, the 2000s truly offered something for all types of horror lovers.

Of course, the impressive range of 2000s horror movies extends well beyond the fan favorites that fans of the genre are bound to be quite familiar with by now. Because of the overwhelming success of a handful of films, many exciting, well-made works of horror managed to fly under the radar. Just because they may not have received as much...

The 2000s were a great time for horror, including both box office hits and lesser-known films that were just as good. From brilliant and hilarious teen horror movies to supernatural tales like The Ring, there is a wide range of choices for any fan that might feel nostalgic. However, between widespread acclaimed blockbusters and great sequels of beloved movies, some of the decade's finest works have gone under the radar despite their exceptional narrative and blood-curdling plots.

While the mainstream horrors dominated the industry, some not-very well-known movies many probably haven't seen are not less deserving of attention and praise, as they often offered an innovative and unexplored perspective that challenged more traditional tropes. Whether through impressive visuals, disturbing and macabre twists, or even emotionally charged narratives, some underrated films deserve a spot among the great horrors of the 2000s.

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Recently, ABC released the new,official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Mistresses" episode 3 of season 2. The episode is entitled, "Open House," and it sounds like things will get pretty interesting and drama-filled as Savannah and Harry get heated when trying to sell off their house, and more. In the new, 3rd episode press release: Savi and Harry will clash over selling their home ,and April is going to struggle to fit in with the parents at Lucy's fancy school. Press release number 2: Joss will get caught in the middle as mediator when Savi and Harry, still not talking to each other, clash over selling their home. Back at the office, Toni (guest star Rebeka Montoya) is gong to continue to be a thorn in Savi’s side. When April learns she has to throw a lavish party for the parents at Lucy’s expensive new private school, it is...

This week's Criminal Minds episode provided a satisfying procedural story, undiluted by distractions of The Replicator, or by any overly-disturbing scenes. 

It was a full-on puzzle piece, which the Bau had to decipher and resolve without needing to dive into any of the team members' back stories.

The story of "Pay It Forward" involved a man who sat in jail 25 years ago and watched while a woman's alleged rape was covered up to protect the son of the town's favored industrialist who ran a carpet business. The Unsub subsequently murdered and decapitated the alleged rapist and secretly stuffed his head into a time capsule which the town then sealed and buried, to be opened again in 2013.  

His intent, hidden for all those years, was to eventually ensure that all those who were involved in the alleged rape were provided his brand of vigilante justice.  

I suppose, given the previous episodes,...

Marvin Minoff, who produced the famed Richard Nixon interviews with David Frost, numerous telefilms and the 1998 film "Patch Adams," died Nov. 11 at his Los Angeles home with family and friends at his bedside. He was 78.

Minoff, the husband of actress Bonnie Franklin and the longtime business partner of writer-actor Mike Farrell, left the agency business after 15 years to become president of Frost's David Paradine Television in 1974.

There, he executive produced with the talk-show host and John Birt the interviews with Nixon that were broadcast in syndication in 1977, three years after the disgraced U.S. president resigned. The interviews were the basis of "Frost/Nixon," the Broadway play that was adapted into the 2008 film that was a best picture Oscar nominee. Keith MacKechnie played Minoff in the film.

Paradine also did subsequent interview sessions with Nixon's Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the Shah of Iran.

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There's lots of sex in this low-budget comedy, but it's monstrously unfunny if one isn't in the ranks of horny, bored male yuppies that represent its de facto audience.

A one-joke movie stroked into a veritable marathon of screwing and wooden farce, writer-director-lead actor Mike Binder's "Sex Monster" is more big tease than anything-goes sleaze, reflecting the always nagging guilty consciousness of the leads.

A world premiere blind date at the U.S. Comedy Arts Film Festival in Aspen, Colo., "Sex" won't be shagging many paying customers beyond a limited domestic release and unarousing exposure in post-theatrical markets.

Mariel Hemingway and Stephen Baldwin in the cast, heaps of gags about lesbianism and bisexuality, even the "Sex Monster Dancers" -- a half-dozen young gals bumping and grinding to Joe Cocker's "Woman to Woman" over the opening and closing credits -- all fail to lure one into Binder's smutty scenario.

While the direction could have been perkier, the real mood-killers are the screenplay and two-dimensional characterizations.

A successful housing contractor in L.A., Marty Barnes (Binder) is happily married but obsessed with the idea of talking his wife, winsome hairdresser Laura (Hemingway), into a threesome with another woman.

She at first reacts with mild umbrage but grows more used to the idea. He struggles to make it all sound healthy and natural, finally hitting on the concept of "home court advantage" -- i.e., a woman knows best how to make love to another woman.

Binder tries to flesh out the characters in the subsequent awkward scenes of Laura and Marty's mutual experimentation, but there are no serious obstacles to their dalliances with more than one new playmate, starting with her sweet, flirtatious co-worker Didi (Renee Humphrey). The big chuckle is that Laura becomes enthusiastically bisexual, with Marty quickly growing jealous of her all-night sessions that continue after he's withdrawn from action.

The other central conceit is that many a woman longs to be, has been, or will be a lesbian. Once Laura gets started, she aggressively pursues Marty's engaged assistant (Missy Crider) and succeeds. Even Marty's sister is not safe around his voracious wife, while he periodically endures detection and treatment of a polyp on his colon from bored Dr. Berman (Kevin Pollak).

Baldwin and Taylor Nichols are refreshing diversions as Marty's bar pals, with the latter playing a larger role when his wife is drawn toward Laura. Christopher Lawford is suitably smug and judgmental as a conservative business partner whose trophy wife (Joanna Heimbold) has a wicked streak. The sweaty climax involves a business deal that Marty and Laura flub while their marriage and dignity survive.

SEX MONSTER

Molly-B Prods.

Writer-director: Mike Binder

Producers: Jack Binder, Scott Stephens

Executive producers: Peter Savarino, Jim Harbaugh, Marc Frydman

Color/stereo

Cast:

Laura: Mariel Hemingway

Marty: Mike Binder

Didi: Renee Humphrey

Billy: Taylor Nichols

Diva: Missy Crider

Dave: Christopher Lawford

Evie: Joanna Heimbold

Dr. Berman: Kevin Pollak

Murphy: Stephen Baldwin

Running time -- 97 minutes

No MPAA rating...