THE MACHINIST — SHOCKTOBER!

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The ever intense Christian Bale plays Trevor Reznik an emaciated factory machinist who hasn't slept in over a year.

Trevor’s constant eerie hallucinations cost a coworker his arm.

Damn.

This is one tightly wound horror movie that will send cold chills down your spine.

"The Machinist" is a well-crafted psychological thriller about self-deception and tragedy, told against an eerie landscape of terrifying dislocation and isolation.

This is one effed up horror movie.

Director Brad Anderson ("Session 9") goes too heavy on the film's trendy blue-gray color visual scheme, but nonetheless delivers Scott Kosar's hip script in film that's sure to inspire a cult following.

“The Machinist” will withstand the test of time.

Jennifer Jason Leigh is persuasive as Reznik's prostitute girlfriend.

Christian Bale's acting efforts border on dementia.

Burner.

Rated R. 102 mins. (Paramount)