Tag: Horror

The Monkey’s Overreliance Humor Undercuts It’s Potential

Fresh off of last year’s sleeper horror hit <i>Longlegs</i>, writer/director Osgood Perkins’s quickly returns to the big screen with an adaptation of a short story from legendary author Stephen King. In <i>The Monkey</i>, twin brothers Hal and Bill,…

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Heart Eyes Has Cult Classic, Franchise Potential

We’ve seen an influx of holiday themed horror slashers in recent years and the production team behind the Scream franchise revival Spyglass Media is trying their hands at one centered around the ultimate romantic holiday. In Heart Eyes,…

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Presence Combines the Paranormal with Drama For An Interesting Concept

Famed director Steven Soderbergh has returned to cinemas with an interesting new horror concept. Presence introduces us to the Payne family as they move into a new home. The family’s matriarch Rebecca (Lucy Liu) views it as an…

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Wolf Man Lacks Bite Where It Needed It

******************This review contains a major spoiler********************* Following the unsuccessful attempt at launching a cinematic universe of its legendary monsters, Universal Pictures went back to the drawing board and outsourced the attempt at modernizing the iconic terrors to indie…

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The Substance Uses the Grotesque to Question Our Vanity

Human beings have long pondered their vitality and how to deal with aging. This goes doubly so for women due to the pressures they face to remain physically attractive for as long as possible, with their worth often…

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Nosferatu Honors What Came Before While Making Its Own Mark

Writer/director Robert Eggers has steadily built a name for himself in avant-garde film circles with films like The Witch, The Lighthouse, and The Northman. Now, after years of development and some casting changes, he finally tackles one of…

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Strange Darling Subverts Expectations in Entertaining, Enlightening Fashion

Every year, an indie darling emerges in the film scene to near universal acclaim and hype among cinephiles. For 2024, an indie horror thriller seems to have taken the title. Strange Darling is set in the Pacific Northwest…

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Maxxxine and the Fame Monster

Writer/director Ti West and actress Mia Goth captured lightning in a bottle with the release of instant cult favorite horror film X in 2022. Following a prequel film entitled Pearl released that same year, the final entry in…

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A Quiet Place: Day One Effectively Melds Character Study and Sci-Fi Horror Thrills

After becoming a surprise breakout hit in 2018, A Quiet Place has slowly expanded as a science fiction horror franchise with a 2020 sequel. Following it up is a new prequel film that expands the world and provides…

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The Watchers Can’t Deliver On Its Promising Story Elements

M. Night Shyamalan is a name that has been long established and entrenched in the horror/sci-fi thriller space for more than three decades. While polarizing, his output has seen a renaissance over the past few years as he…

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