The King Tide is a good idea for a half hour Twilight Zone episode or a short film… but in its current form, its slow burn aesthetic is a little undercooked for the amount of story they have. It’s about … Continue reading
I enjoyed the setup for this film so much when I didn’t know what it was about. Honestly, I assumed it’d be a body horror film about a skincare compound that causes human meltdowns. In that it’s not that at … Continue reading
Detained is a single location thriller that’s allegedly full of mental twists and turns… except it’s largely predictable and obvious. It’s an utter failure at the one thing it needs to be: surprising. It’s about a woman brought into a … Continue reading
Dead Sea is a movie that I should rate lower, but I’m giving it a bump because, despite its many faults, I realized I cared. Somehow this tepid, slow-paced thriller full of frustrations and annoyances convinced me to root – … Continue reading
Daddy Hitchcock would be proud. M. Night Shyamalan has made an excellent thriller that would have delighted the master film theorist and audience manipulator. A film that is just as good at being a suspense thriller as it is at … Continue reading
Non Negotiable bugs me… not because it’s not much of a comedy and not because it’s only a barely decent thriller, but because it doesn’t have a hyphen in its title. But mainly because it’s not much of a comedy … Continue reading
When you aren’t sure you’ve just been punk’d watching a satire of a suspense thriller or the real deal, you know something has gone very wrong… or very right… depending on your camp tolerance. The Girl in the Pool stars … Continue reading
A Sacrifice is a thriller that doesn’t lack for production value or acting… but it most definitely lacks for thrills or drama. Its a flick like a piece of IKEA furniture… everything you need for an entertainment center, unassembled and … Continue reading
Hard Home is, in a way, a bit of a reverse Saw… the mother of a victim of a serial killer sets up an elaborate trap in her Smart Home to trap and torment the killer. On the other hand, … Continue reading
Divorce in the Black is about a woman who married a dirtbag who is just another member of his dirtbag clan. The couple isn’t doing so well and he – not she – files for divorce. But when she starts … Continue reading