Tag: Horror

Scream VI Leans Into Its Meta-Ness and Largely Succeeds

Following the success of last year’s reboot “re-quel” Scream (2022), our core four new generation of terrified teens is back. This time, Tara (Jenna Ortega), Sam (Melissa Barrera), Chad (Mason Gooding), and Mindy (Jasmin Savoy Brown) are all…

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Knock at the Cabin is an Engrossing Thriller That Asks Some Existential Questions

Director M. Night Shyamalan returns to the big screen with his latest film Knock at the Cabin. While couple Andrew (Ben Aldridge) and Eric (Jonathan Groff) are vacationing at a remote cabin in the woods with their young…

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Infinity Pool is an Insane, Psychedelic Portrait of a Man Trying to Regain Control of His Life (Sundance Film Festival)

The world in which we currently live has left meaning of us feeling empty, alone, and unsure of ourselves. People are more anxious than ever as we deal with rising inflation, expensive housing, increasing layoffs, and general uncertainty…

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The Menu Feels Fresh and Innovative, Using a Michelin-Star Backdrop to Satirize Socioeconomic Divide

COVID-19 hit the world like a ton of bricks almost three years ago now. Untold lives were changed, nearly one million were lost, and the road to recovery is still slow in many ways with recovery in some…

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Jordan Peele’s Ability to Convey Fear and Dread Hit The Mark, but the Thematic Exploration? Nope.

Writer/director/producer Jordan Peele is back in theaters with his much awaited third film, Nope. One of the few name brand directors left in Hollywood, audiences are eager to see his latest horror thriller reuniting him with Academy Award winner…

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Men Has Something to Say Without Saying Anything New at All

Director Alex Garland has quickly established himself as a skillful writer/director of science fiction with films such as Ex Machina and Annihilation. He makes his anticipated return to the big screen, this time returning to the horror genre….

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Master Should Spell the End of “Being Black in America is the Real Horror!” Horror Films (Sundance Film Festival)

The 2017 release of Get Out felt like such an event. A true cultural reset where a genre that traditionally has been known for ridding itself of its black characters before you got halfway through your bucket of…

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Fresh Feels Derivative and Heavy Handed but Still Entertains (Sundance Film Festival)

Horror films with heavy social commentary and themes have been all the rage over the past decade with some abhorring the so-called “elevated horror” tag these films have been slapped with. Fresh follows this era of horror’s styling,…

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Scream is the Perfect Bridge Between Old and New

Scream takes us back to the town of Woodsboro, CA 26 years after the brutal murders that started it all. Now, a new Ghostface killer has appeared who seems to be targeting people related to the original killers…

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Last Night in Soho is a Stylish Modern Horror Movie with Some Substance

Popular director Edgar Wright makes his return to the big screen with Last Night in Soho, promising to bring Wright’s cool, funny, hip style to the horror genre this time. Last Night in Soho introduces us to Ellie (Thomasin…

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