‘Sinners’ is the best movie of the year | movie review
Sinners follows a pair of infamous twins who return to their hometown to open a juke joint of their own only to find a darkness.
Romantic sci-fi thriller ‘The Gorge’ hits its mark | movie reivew
Two snipers tasked with guarding the mysterious of an inexplicable gorge find themselves following in love from thousands of feet away.
‘Presence’ is a ghost story like no other | movie review
Unfolding from the perspective of a ghost haunting their house, a family deals with family tensions in Presence. This review was originally published out of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. If you think you’ve seen every haunted house movie, Presence is here to prove you wrong. Steven Soderbergh ditches the usual ghost story formula by letting…
Diabolically fun horror Heretic will make you believe | TIFF 2024
A pair of young Mormon missionaries find themselves at the center of a sinister plot when they knock on the wrong door in Heretic.
Strange Darling, a thriller to die for | movie review
While it begins as a cat-and-mouse thriller, Strange Darling evolves (and genre-bends) into a psychological quasi-horror that keeps you guessing. Strange Darling is frenetic maximalist romp that murders your expectations at every turn. With its saturated cinematography bringing a mad technicolor world to life and crisp near-deafening sound underlined by Craig DeLeon's discordant bass guitar score…
Longlegs is creepy but ultimately harmless | movie review
A young FBI agent tasked with tracking down a mysterious serial killer called Longlegs is taken down a dark hole that she might not be able to crawl out of.
The Substance is a diabolically delightful body horror | Cannes review
An aging Hollywood starlet gets another chance at stardom when she discovers a mysterious serum that generates a younger more beautiful version of yourself in The Substance. Even if I told you where Coralie Fargeat’s Palme d’Or-competing The Substance ends up, you’d probably order a psych evaluation before believing me. It’s impossible to understate how…
Period drama ‘The Girl with the Needle’ has hidden horrors | Cannes review
Amidst the First World War, The Girl with the Needle follows a young Danish woman forced to make difficult decisions when she discovers she's pregnant unaware of the dark secrets that lurk. The Girl with the Needle is a bleak, dread-filled film that blends psychological horror with real horror, highlighted by disturbing imagery and an…
The First Omen is a sinful delight | review
Preceding the 1976 classic, The First Omen follows a young nun-to-be who discovers an insidious plot to bring about the antichrist
Late Night With the Devil is the best possession horror in years | SXSW review
A 70s late-night show goes awry when it invites a suspected possession case onto the show in Late Night With The Devil. Nothing like an exorcism to boost ratings.