Immaculate had the bones to be a great freak-out / campy horror film but it turned out full of generic scares to pad the already short 90 minute runtime. The film stars Sydney Sweeny as a young American sister who … Continue reading
Shaitaan is a Hindi-language Indian horror film that’s a different kind of Bollywood picture than I’m used to. Though, granted, I’ve only ever seen one other Indian horror film… everything else has been action flicks and romances. But this film … Continue reading
Hello stupid my old friend, I’ve come back to the theater to see you again. Yeah, Imaginary is a stupid, overly serious, ridiculous and boring horror film from our friends at Blumhouse… who should know better. But, hell, they also … Continue reading
The world of Into the Abyss is like a rainier, darker Seven. Or maybe a less misty version of The Mist. Or maybe a more accurate solo build of The Last of Us. It’s actually a lot of things you … Continue reading
Stopmotion is really messed up. That’s an easy descriptor for weird cinema but when it’s applicable, it’s applicable. This is one seriously messed up movie that starts pretty sane and goes bugnuts by the end. It’s about a woman trying … Continue reading
History of Evil is a grab bag of grounded near future paranoia speculative fiction, southern gothic horror, haunted houses, magical realism, male fragility, and, I dunno, evil Lego bricks (sorry, wrong movie). It’s kind of a thematic and plot hodge-podge… … Continue reading
Monolith is a slow-burn minimalist cryptic sci-fi thriller/horror amalgam that doesn’t go anywhere… slowly. It’s about a woman creating her own creepypaste podcast through interviews and dialog with off-screen characters. In other words, it might as well have been a … Continue reading
An airplane disaster survival movie with sharks? Mash-up those genres and give me something scrappy and fun, please. The odds were not in its favor – and certainly based on user ratings expectations were low – but I was pleasantly … Continue reading
Skeletons in the Closet is a Shudder original that asks which is scarier: a jumpscare-happy ghost or American health insurance? Unfortunately, both are meant to scare but only one of them felt organic to the story. The flick stars Terrence … Continue reading
Grieve was on my Watchlist due to a recommendation from a friend. I figured I’d add it and get around to it eventually. But then it (sadly) met the Watchlist challenge criteria of least popular film on my list. But, … Continue reading