Category: Horror Reviews
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I went to see 28 Years Later expecting to see a film that rested tonally between the first two installments of its series. The director and screenwriter duo from the original entry in the series, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland, respectively, have returned. I fully assumed to see a nasty, horror-filled world nearly devoid…
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We’ve all been scammed in one way or another. The internet is quickly replacing the bad places and dark alleys we were always told to avoid as kids. Yet, it resides inside every one of our homes, leaving none of us truly safe from falling victim to bad actors looking to steal our information and…
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Back in 2020, James Villeneuve was a name I made note of. I was watching Vicious Fun on Shudder and loved every minute of it. The film starts as a single-location thriller, where an ’80s horror movie critic gets stuck in a Chinese food restaurant after hours with a group of serial killers holding a…
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Twenty-six years ago, Hollywood stars Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, and Brendan Gleeson jumped into a lake in Maine to hunt a crocodile. With a Jaws formula, creepy nesting locations, and good direction, Steve Miner’s Lake Placid scared up some summer fun back in the summer of 1999. Though gators and crocs have slight…
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*The following film review may be triggering to some as House of Abraham heavily concerns assisted suicide. If you or anyone you know is suffering, help is available by contacting the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Call or send a text to 988 on your phone.* It’s hard to believe it’s been four years since Slapface,…
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Mark O’Connor is no stranger to exploring the dark, grimy underworld of Dublin’s streets. In fact, he’s made a bit of a name for himself through films like Cardboard Gangsters and Between the Canals by doing exactly that. O’Connor adds to his collection of gritty crime dramas with the release of Amongst the Wolves, which…
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Jason Trost is the best kind of genre filmmaker, making films that fans can get excited for in a multitude of ways. While his acting credits include many background roles in notable studio flicks (Scream 2, Rushmore, Crank 2, MacGruber, Hatchet III, Studio 666) he has used his directorial prowess to blend elements from the…
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Best Wishes to All is the deeply unsettling and disturbing gut-punch of a film we all need right now, and that’s not hyperbole. I first saw Yûta Shimotsu’s film, based on his short of the same name, at the Boston Underground Film Festival a couple of months back, and I left the theater stunned at…
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There are literal as well as metaphorical sharks in Dangerous Animals. Both the underwater predator and its human counterparts feature in this intense and entertaining horror/thriller. The feature’s serial killer villain, Bruce Tucker (The Suicide Squad’s Jai Courtney), finds his match in rebellious surfer, Zephyr (Yellowstone’s Hassie Harrison). What starts as a kidnapping soon evolves…
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When news of The Ritual, a possession thriller from The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain director David Midell, was announced last year, my ears perked up hearing that Al Pacino and Dan Stevens would be sharing the horror movie spotlight. Stevens has been a genre film favorite, taking on an array of roles just last year, including Godzilla…