Black Christmas follows a group of sorority girls who come under attack just before winter break — they fight back. Two-sentence review: Black Christmas has the subtlety of a fat man in a red suit with a beard slipping down your chimney. However, the well-directed horror sequences and spirit of the original in its DNA…
Crawl follows a college student as she attempts to rescue her father from a pack of aggressive alligators during a Category Five hurricane. 30-second review: Picture a movie where a father and daughter are trapped in a cramp Florida basement in the middle of a Category Five hurricane by alligators — and you have Crawl. It is…
It Chapter Two finds the members of the "Loser Club" returning to their hometown to face Pennywise one last time 30-second review: Rather than adding onto and complementing the first movie, It Chapter Two feels bogged down by it. Director Andy Muschietti and screenwriter Gary Dauberman try to make the movie funnier, scarier, more intense,…
Following the 1990 miniseries, It reimagines Stephen King's classic novel as a frightening romp through the 1980s. 30-second review: A key change was made from Stephen King's classic novel It for its 2017 film adaptation directed by Andy Muschietti. The film's timeline was moved from the 50s to 1988. That change brought some refreshing updates — raunchy…
In the late 1960s, a group of teens finds a book that brings their nightmares to life in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, based on the book series of the same name. 30-second review: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark has the creature design that made producer Guillermo Del Toro's career such…
Midsommar is a Swedish folk nightmare for a couple and their group of friends caught in the middle of a sinister summer ritual 30-second review: All the tools that Ari Aster used in his directorial debut Hereditary — a film I adore — are on display in Midsommar. It’s impeccably shot and directed with the same unflinching…
Suspiria, a remake of the 1977 classic, gets an upgrade in plot and horror. 30-second review: Suspiria doesn't feel at all tamped down by the 1977 original Dario Argento film. If anything, it feels more like it is inspired by it rather than remaking it. However, that's what director Luca Guadagnino—his last film was the Oscar-winning Call Me By…
Halloween (2018) is a product of the original film it's following up and the long-changed slasher genre that it spawned. Where to watch Halloween (2018): Streaming on HBO platforms. Available to buy or rent on Prime Video. Halloween (2018) is the eleventh entry in the long-running franchise that stemmed from John Carpenter's 1978 film of the same…
Gwen follows a young girl must keep her family from falling apart as her community turns against them for mysterious reasons. 60-second review: Dark storm clouds seem to be rolling into the small Welsh village where Gwen takes place constantly — both literally and figuratively. The film is relentlessly dark as the family of women…
Piercing is a twisted watch that will completely satisfy genre fans and polarize mainstream audiences — but that's why it works (mostly). Piercing — based on Japanese novelist Ryū Murakami's book of the same name — feels so familiar. It has story elements of American Psycho and tinge of Phantom Thread while boasting stylistic flourishes reminiscent of 70s horror movies like Carrie and Suspiria—…
