When I heard this film was directed by Jane Schoenbrun, the woman who did We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, I was both intrigued and worried. While I liked World’s Fair, its vibe was cryptic and weird enough to … Continue reading
New Life is a stark, barren, cold thriller/horror film about a woman on the run and an agent sent to capture her before its too late. It hides what’s “really going on” so I’ll be vague too… though it has … Continue reading
Spoiler alert: the something in the water isn’t really sharks… it’s a bunch of bobbing buffoons trying to figure out how to fill 90 minutes with talk, floating, and sometimes a shark. It’s not good. The flick… destination wedding drama, … Continue reading
I struggle giving this very generic horror film three stars… but it has merit in ways I didn’t expect. Because, yeah, this is just a gimmicky PG13 horror film that everyone will have forgotten in a couple months. The flick … Continue reading
Call it Arachnophobia II… or Peur des Araignées if you want to get French about it (since this killer spider movie is French). What we have here is a particularly skin-crawling creature feature that works great in its first two … Continue reading
Abigail is exhibit A for not paying attention to trailers. Until a week ago, the only thing I knew about this film is that it was horror (and might have something to do with dance). Then I caught the tail … Continue reading
Arcadian is a movie that wants to be good without putting in the effort. It’s a sci-fi/horror art house wannabe… a scrappy movie put together on a limited budget trying to be a variation on The Quiet Place. A mysterious … Continue reading
You’ll Never Find Me is a Shudder original that had me, then lost me, then found me again, and ultimately lost me. It’s so well-crafted on a visual and audible front that I’m actively annoyed it felt it needed to … Continue reading
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Old Ones is a low (very low) budget film that’s not an adaptation of any one Lovecraft story… despite his name being a writing credit. Instead it’s a goofy amalgamation of a bunch of his ideas and … Continue reading
Based on the average rating, this review will be written by Hot Take McGee… who thinks this was a pretty great horror film. Not sure why the scores are so low. Maybe it doesn’t have enough standard horror bits, gore, … Continue reading