Tag: Neon
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Somewhere between the beginning of your life and inevitable death, there’s chaos. Sometimes prosperous, but often not, mischief and difficulties are bound to rear their ugly little heads when you least expect them and, on occasion, to a devastating degree. So what do we call an entity of entropy so provocative it only leads to…
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It wasn’t all that long ago that fans were wondering what Neon’s two mysterious 2024 horror movies, Longlegs and Cuckoo, would be about. The company was playing their cards close to the chest with these titles, and that marketing strategy seems to have worked. It helped make Longlegs a surprisingly big hit, and while we’ll…
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If you’re a horror fan, you’ve probably heard something about Cuckoo by now. Maybe you’ve seen the trailer, read a review, or seen the bloody bandage spelling out the title wrapped around Hunter Schafer’s head on the poster. You know, something. Cuckoo is one of the big horror releases of the summer, continuing the tradition…
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Hype can be dangerous. Sure, it’s fun to look forward to a movie that’s supposed to be the best thing since Norman Bates turned a shower into a veritable abattoir, but if you let your expectations get out of control, you risk setting yourself up for disappointment. It’s a difficult balance to maintain, so I…
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I walked into Immaculate with a mix of curiosity and trepidation. On the one hand, several early reviews (including one from our own Sean Parker) painted the film as a not-so-subtle critique of Catholicism, and since I’m Catholic, that didn’t exactly bode well for me. But on the other hand, plenty of critics were completely…
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I’ll start honestly. I had low expectations for Michael Mohan’s latest film Immaculate. The Voyeurs, Mohan’s last film, which also starred Sydney Sweeney, struck me as a knockoff of Polanski’s Apartment trilogy mixed with a heap of Rear Window. But more than anything, it was a bit lifeless. Then, I saw the jumpscare heavy trailer…