Audiences will be able to venture into the horrifying realm of the further yet again in ‘Insidious: Out of the Further’, an installment which takes much needed steps forward to expand the lore and mythology of the series while delivering the most chills since the original.
Read MoreEli Roth’s name being attached to ‘Ice Cream Man’ will be enough to grab the attention of many horror fans. But while critics most often fail to connect with his work, Roth’s diehard fans have long jumped in front of the sword to defend him. Ice Cream Man may change all that.
Read MoreWhile Seidi Haarla gives filmmaker Hannah Bergholm’s ‘Nightborn’ a real dramatic heft, this Cheval Noir-award winning picture quickly bludgeons the audience with the same old tropes, ideas and irritating shrieks that ultimately signify nothing.
Read MoreWhile not without its flaws, filmmaker Corrin Evans strikes the screen with the aesthetically invigorating and thematically rich ‘Corpus’, one of the major highlights of this year’s Fantasia Cheval Noir section.
Read MoreJane Schoenbrun tackles a lot in ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ that it almost feels like it’s going to collapse in on itself, until it doesn’t and opens up in ways you never expected from the outset.
Read MoreDespite solid performances and a potent message, Adrian Chiarella’s ‘Leviticus’ begins to fall apart as soon as its mechanics contradict themselves.
Read MoreKane Parsons breaks into the Hollywood scene by adapting his own ‘Backrooms’ YouTube series into a surprisingly intelligent and aesthetically thoughtful feature film.
Read MoreHorror fans have been eating well this year with a myriad of refreshing new entries into the overpopulated genre. However, writer/director Curry Barker’s ‘Obsession’ takes your expectations and laughs at them as it toys with them, becoming the year’s best new addition so far.
Read More‘Hokum’ crafts a cinematic Irish folktale and brings it into modern day, but regardless of the title, there’s no ‘hogwash’ to be found in terms of the fear director Damian McCarthy creates.
Read MoreLee Cronin may be slightly inspired by Sam Raimi's work in his take on ‘The Mummy’, but his film remains playful and appropriately disturbing, taking audiences in frequently unexpected directions.
Read MoreIt’s violent and silly enough to be mildly entertaining, although it’s punching below the original’s previously set standards. Ready or Not 2: Here I Come tries and fails to go big, and goes home as a reminder that less is more.
Read MoreGhostface and his iconic getup are back to terrorize Sidney Prescott yet again in ‘Scream 7’ - a fierce, fun, but ultimately messy sequel that shows a franchise that is beginning to show signs of wear and tear.
Read MoreAwful in almost every conceivable way, ‘Psycho Killer’ is a note-perfect exercise in screwing things up from the get-go and never recovering as it trudges through a ridiculously inert conclusion.
Read MoreWith an intriguing young cast, including Daphne Keene and Sophie Nélisse, and a somewhat original premise, Shudder’s ‘Whistle’ shouldn’t just be background noise. But it is.
Read MoreAfter two decades, Sam Raimi finally returns with another R-rated feature in ‘Send Help’, a gnarly, ferocious return to form that will remind audiences what a wildly fun and singular filmmaker he is.
Read MoreDirector Nia DaCosta’s take on the ‘28’ franchise brings bold tonal swings and dials up the madness in the latest sequel, ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’.
Read MoreOz Perkins has yet to make something worthwhile in the opinion of our Maxance Vincent, but with his sixth feature, ‘Keeper’, the film could be the worst project he has ever helmed.
Read MoreChris Stuckmann certainly has the cinematic baggage to craft ‘Shelby Oaks’, but he cannot effectively transcend any of the influences he cites in this painfully underdeveloped horror film.
Read MoreThe Grabber may have met his maker, but that hasn’t stopped him from clawing his way back to terrorize Finney and Gwen yet again in ‘Black Phone 2’, a horror sequel that provides chilling scares and an exciting expansion of the overarching mythology.
Read MoreFor better or worse, ‘The Oval Portrait’ is the exact sort of film which a Hammer horror fan will appreciate.
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