The survivors of the latest Ghostface killings try to escape their pasts in New York City in Scream VI. Unfortunately for them, Ghostface follows them to the Big Apple. Making perfect use of its New York City setting, Scream VI is bigger, bolder, and scarier than any of its predecessors. While it sticks to the…
Infinity Pool Infinity Pool plays like a campier version of Michael Haneke's psychological thriller Funny Games crossed with an upper class Spring Breakers all wrapped up in Brandon Cronenberg's infamous visceral body horror style. It's weird, grotesque, bleakly funny, and, most surprisingly, entertaining. People are going to detest it, but we can't all have taste…
A toy inventor and roboticist creates a lifelike AI doll to keep her recently orphaned to protect and befriend her niece. M3GAN takes her job deadly serious. Continue reading ‘M3GAN’ slays her way into our hearts | movie review
In The Menu, a group of wealthy diners is invited to an exclusive island restaurant to experience a once-in-a-lifetime dinner. On the menu: horror. Continue reading ‘The Menu’ review: A delectable dark horror-comedy | TIFF review
In Haunt, a group of college students makes their way to a haunted house in the middle of nowhere seeking thrills — they get more than they bargained for. 90-second review: I came into Haunt with a great deal of anticipation considering directors Scott Beck and Brian Woods just came off writing—and nearly getting nominated for an Oscar—for A Quiet Place. Not to…
Rebecca Hall plays a widow haunted by her dead husband in their lakehouse in The Night House The scares in The Night House come hard and fast, aided by director David Bruckner's masterful grasp of a dread-filled atmosphere. See all our reviews from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival here. What does a house feel like…
Forty-four years after Laurie Strode survived Michael Myers' massacre, she goes up against a familiar enemy in Halloween Ends. Halloween Ends shouldn't work—and almost doesn't. It's an absurd and deeply weird interpolation of the Halloween lore that feels less like another installment and more like a story within its world—like Halloween III: Season of the…
Barbarian follows a woman staying in an Airbnb in a rough neighborhood of Detroit who gets more than she bargains for when she finds a man already staying there. Continue reading ‘Barbarian’ is for the camp horror girlies | review
Esther, the titular Orphan from 2009's cult classic, makes her triumphant return in Orphan: First Kill, an origin story prequel that you didn't know you needed. Orphan: First Kill doubles down on the original's wacky premise to deliver a deliciously campy prequel that will please fans of the first movie and convert a few new…
Doctor Strange has to go up against his fellow Avenger Wanda Maximoff in order to save a young girl and the fabric of the multiverse Don't worry, Sam Raimi fans. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness fully goes horror—jump scares, body horror, a smattering of diabolical kills and all. It's a Marvel Cinematic Universe…
