‘Infinity Pool’ review: Hedonistic holiday hell

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…
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‘Haunt’ mini-review — Haunted houses are never fun

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…
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‘Halloween Ends’ is not a Halloween movie (and that’s a good thing) | movie review

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…
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