Category: Horror

Baby Shark, Grandpa Shark 47 Meters Down: Uncaged begins with protagonist Mia falling into water. The school bully pushed her in, the immediate indicator that Mia (Sophie Nelisse) will …

Bigfoot, only uglier In 1956, mercury discharged from a chemical factory was the cause of disease throughout Minamata, Japan. It wasn’t until 2010 the guilty company settled – and …

George Romero and Dario Argento Come Together Two genre legends join forces for the terrifying shocker Two Evil Eyes. The horror anthology is split between two separate features directed …

Occult Schlock With William Shatner William Shatner knows cheesy filmmaking, almost reveling in it over his long Hollywood career. The former Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise …

Gator Needs Food Badly Played straight despite the concept’s absurdity, Crawl brings genuine thriller tactics between moments of blundering decision making. There’s not much call to take action against …

The Conjuringverse Goes Teen Horror Gary Dauberman’s Annabelle Comes Home sees the possessed doll wreak havoc inside the home of the Warrens, the famous paranormal investigators from the Conjuring …

Slow British Folk Horror A Shudder original that uneasily flirts between depressing period drama and British folk horror, director William McGregor’s Gwen is a bleak tale that will test …

BFG (Bogus Financial Grab) Per Doom lore, there’s a scientific base on Mars’ moon Phobos. It’s one of those sci-fi places where smart people do dumb things like tinker …

Of Science and Ghouls A professor and his four graduate students encounter a bewildering array of paranormal activity at a haunted mansion in Bruce Cook’s forgotten gem from the …

Smart Reboot As a knife-driven horror movie, Child’s Play isn’t out to reinvent the genre. People die in gratuitous ways, usually after the killer lingers in shadows for a …

Spidey Sense Activate There is a spider in Itsy Bitsy. It does indeed eat people, and the stray cat doesn’t stand a chance either. However, Itsy Bitsy aims for …

Finger on Fast-Forward The best part of The Prey involves the discussion of a cucumber sandwich and subsequent eating of said sandwich. That’s by default. The Prey doesn’t hold …