horror

Toronto International Film Festival 2024: HERETIC, PRESENCE & HOLD YOUR BREATH
Toronto International Film Festival 2024: HERETIC, PRESENCE & HOLD YOUR BREATH

The Toronto International Film Festival brought quite the number of horror films this year. Kevin L. Lee reviews Heretic, Presence and Hold Your Breath.

THE CROW: An Exercise In Why
THE CROW: An Exercise In Why

The Crow struggles to connect with audiences due to its lack of compelling character development and chemistry.

Toronto International Film Festival 2024: THE SUBSTANCE & THE LAST SHOWGIRL
Toronto International Film Festival 2024: THE SUBSTANCE & THE LAST SHOWGIRL

Both The Substance and The Last Showgirl evaluate mortality by leaning on their respective stars’ relationship with celebrity in real life.

Horrific Inquiry: FRIDAY THE 13TH PART II

For this Horrific Inquiry we take a look back at Friday the 13th, Part II!

Melbourne International Film Festival 2024: KNEECAP, BABES, TEACHES OF PEACHES, SASQUATCH SUNSET & WAKE UP
Melbourne International Film Festival 2024: KNEECAP, BABES, TEACHES OF PEACHES, SASQUATCH SUNSET & WAKE UP

The Melbourne International Film Festival is in its 72nd year with a program of global features, shorts, documentaries, VR experiences, and classic movies.

RED ROOMS: Half Sick Of Shadows Online
RED ROOMS: Half Sick Of Shadows Online

Red Rooms is hypnotic, eerie, enticing, and undeniably repulsive, a procedural with the stifling rhythms of an addiction story or a dream.

The Monkey: Trailer 1
THE MONKEY: TRAILER 1

Fresh off his runaway hit “Longlegs,” director Osgood Perkins returns with another gloriously demented fable, “The Monkey.” This is going to be insane.

ALIEN: ROMULUS: A Love Letter to the Alien Franchise, With Mixed Results
ALIEN: ROMULUS: A Love Letter to the Alien Franchise, With Mixed Results

Nostalgia aside, Álvarez also has a knack for elaborate production design in addition to building intense action sequences and engaging characters.

This is No Game: Why 'Ready or Not' Still Matters
This is No Game: Why READY OR NOT Still Matters

Over time, the social commentary underlying the blood and gore of “Ready or Not” has increased in relevance related to our current financial predicament.

Alien: Romulus: Not Quite Stellar
ALIEN: ROMULUS: Not Quite Stellar

Ever as before, once “Romulus” gets underway, they encounter Facehuggers, Xenomorphs, and their mission devolves into a fight for survival.

POPCORN FRIGHTS 2024: LIZZIE LAZARUS
POPCORN FRIGHTS 2024: LIZZIE LAZARUS

Writer-director Aviv Rubenstien’s new horror film, “Lizzie Lazarus,” premiered at the 10th annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival in 2024.

SHE CAME BACK: A Haunting Fusion of Drama and Suspense
SHE CAME BACK: A Haunting Fusion of Drama and Suspense

She Came Back is a well-crafted horror film that leverages powerhouse performances and exceptional storytelling to create a memorable experience.

TRAP: A Concert You'll Want To Bail
TRAP: A Concert You’ll Want To Bail

Trap is a movie seemingly gift-wrapped for greatness that eventually crumbles under its own logic.

A Quiet Place Day One — source: Paramount Pictures
A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE: Michael Sarnoski Efficiently Tears Apart NYC

Forty-five years after Alien, cat people finally have a new horror movie with Michael Sarnoski’s “A Quiet Place: Day One.”

LONGLEGS: A Cinematic Embodiment Of The Cruel And The Uncanny
LONGLEGS: A Cinematic Embodiment Of The Cruel And The Uncanny

Overall, Longlegs is well-directed, artistically apt, and really, really suspenseful.