Jacob’s Ladder

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An urban reimagining of the 90s-cult classic. After losing his brother in combat, Jacob Singer returns home from Afghanistan only to be pulled into a mind-twisting state of paranoia as he realizes that his brother is alive and life is not... See more what it seems.

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The new episode of the Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video series looks back at Adrian Lyne's 1990 film Jacob's Ladder.The new episode of the Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video series looks back at Adrian Lyne's 1990 film Jacob's Ladder.

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Jacob’s Ladder (1990) Revisited – Horror Movie Review

It’s time for a new episode of our Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video series (released under the Revisited banner), and in this one we’re looking back at Jacob’s Ladder (watch it HERE), the 1990 horror thriller directed by Fatal Attraction‘s Adrian...
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Jacob’s Ladder (Arrow Recommends)

"Arrow Recommends is a column that has my sorry ass advise older movies to your royal asses. I will be flexible in terms of genres i.e. I will cover whatever the bleep I want. For now, it will be the...
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Jacob’s Ladder- Horror Movie Review- (Day 29 of 31)- October Massacre

PLOT: After returning from Vietnam, a deeply disturbed war veteran tries to re-assimilate himself back into normalcy. However, as he becomes increasingly plagued by tormenting visions and mysteriously altered perceptions, an irreparably mortifying truth about the man’s true fate is...

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Jacob’s Ladder- Horror Movie Review- (Day 29 of 31)- October Massacre

PLOT: After returning from Vietnam, a deeply disturbed war veteran tries to re-assimilate himself back into normalcy. However, as he becomes increasingly plagued by tormenting visions and mysteriously altered perceptions, an irreparably mortifying truth about the man’s true fate is...
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R.I.P. Jacob’s Ladder actress Elizabeth Pena dies at 55

Actress Elizabeth Pena, who co-starred in LA BAMBA and Adrian Lyne's disturbing classic JACOB'S LADDER, has passed away at the age of 55 in Los Angeles after suffering from a brief illness, according to Variety. Pena has appeared in many...
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House of Cards director climbs Jacob’s Ladder homage

So how is the JACOB'S LADDER remake doing these days? The last we heard was that MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN scribe Jeff Buhler was behind the script. Today some additional details have come to light and it turns out that the...
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Jacob’s Ladder will get the remake treatment

JACOB’S LADDER messed up my childhood. I snuck a VHS copy of the movie from a family friend and proceeded to watch the hellish hallucinations of Jacob Singer with a less than full understanding of the film’s plot and twist...
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Fatal Attraction director Adrian Lyne heads into Deep Water

Adrian Lyne, famous for erotic numbers like FATAL ATTRACTION and UNFAITHFUL (as well as the disturbing cult classic JACOB’S LADDER), hasn’t helmed a film since 2002, but that looks like it will change with DEEP WATER, an adaptation of Patricia...