Your TV Guide to the Week - Nov 5th, 2021

Vacancy

Length: 1hr 25min
Mood: Horror, Thriller
Director: Nimród Antal
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson, Frank Whaley

David and Amy Fox find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere when their car breaks down. Luckily, they come across a motel with a TV to entertain them during their overnight stay. However, there's something very strange and familiar about the Grade-Z slasher movies that the motel broadcasts for its guests' enjoyment. They all appear to be filmed in the very same room they occupy. Realizing that they are trapped in their room with hidden cameras now aimed at them filming their every move, David and Amy desperately find a means of escape through locked doors, crawlspaces and underground tunnels before they too become the newest stars of the mystery filmmaker's next cult classic.

I Spit on Your Grave

Length: 1hr 48min Mood: Horror, Thriller
Director: Steven R. Monroe
Starring: Sarah Butler, Jeff Branson, Daniel Franzese

Jennifer Hills rents an isolated lakeside cabin in the woods of the peaceful Mockingbird Trail for two months to write a novel. Two days later, she is brutally gang raped by three local bigots, the sheriff and a handyman. Jennifer returns later to revenge against the rapists.

30 Days of Night

Length: 1hr 53min
Mood: Action, Horror, Thriller
Director: David Slade
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston

An isolated Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.

The Hills Have Eyes 2

Length: 1hr 29mins
Mood: Horror Thriller
Director: Martin Weisz
Starring: Michael McMillian, Jacob Vargas, Flex Alexander

A team of trainees of the National Guard brings supply to the New Mexico Desert for a group of soldiers and scientists that are installing a monitoring system in Sector 16. They do not find anybody in the camp, and they receive a blurred distress signal from the hills. Their sergeant gathers a rescue team, and they are attacked and trapped by deformed cannibals, having to fight to survive.

The Family Stone

Length: 1hr 35min
Mood: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Director: Thomas Bezucha
Starring: Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Sarah Jessica Parker

The Stone family unites in common cause when their favorite son brings his uptight girlfriend home for the Christmas holiday, with plans of proposing. Overwhelmed by the hostile reception, she begs her sister to join her for emotional support, triggering further complications.

Deep Blue Sea

Length: 1hr 45min
Mood: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, LL Cool J

Believing she almost has the cure for Alzheimer's disease, Dr. Susan McCallister invites Russell Franklin with the hope that he would invest in her and the research. The research is taking placed on an isolated facility in the middle of the ocean with the test subjects being Mako sharks. What was supposed to be a visit for Russell Franklin turns into something more, when the sharks flood the facility and hunt down the team, and thanks to the team, the sharks are now smarter than ever.

Robin Hood

Length: 1hr 56min
Mood: Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Otto Bathurst
Starring: Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard

Robin of Loxley, a lord living in Nottingham, enjoys a good life with his lover, Marian, before he is drafted by the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham to fight in the Third Crusade against the Saracens. After four years away from England, he returns to mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.

Fantasy Island

Length: 45mins Mood: Drama, Adventure, Fantasy Creatora: Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Fain, Gene Levitt
Starring: Roselyn Sánchez, Kiara Barnes

Fantasy Island takes place at a luxury resort, where literally any fantasy requested by guests is fulfilled, although they rarely turn out as expected; delving into the "what if" questions that keep us awake at night. Each episode will tell emotional, provocative stories about people who arrive with dreams and desires, and depart enlightened and transformed through the magical realism of Fantasy Island.