horror
Saw II might not be as strong or as fresh as its predecessor, but it has enough about it that works, making it a guilty pleasure watch.
Nina Gielen’s supernatural drama Arts & Crafts is gaining attention on Seed & Spark. She talked to Film Inquiry about the film’s creation.
Predictable, overbearing, and generic, Ghost House is a film that is lacking in all the essential ingredients that make up a great horror.
Though choppy and unfocused, with campy and cringeworthy acting, The Evil Within it has a certain charm behind its bizarre facade.
The Limehouse Golem finds ways to toy with you at every turn, making it entertaining viewing despite its seemingly conventional premise.
It’s not one of the horror greats that many people make it out to be, but Saw is crafty and ambitious enough to warrant a horror buff’s time.
Death Note has plenty of faults, but watched with the brain firmly in the “off” position, it becomes easy to enjoy – especially as it manages to feel more cartoonish than the anime it’s based on.
A Father’s Day is a short film told about an estranged pair of father-daughter zombies, and it is surprisingly effective.
In Suspiria, Argento’s use of space, lighting, vivid colors, grandiose set pieces, and Goblin’s score create a masterclass in suspense and subliminal terror.
In Megan Freels Johnston’s The Ice Cream Truck, sweet treats and sugary snacks are traded for bloodshed and suburban violence.
With effective sound design and plenty of earned scares, Annabelle: Creation is another successful entry in the continuing Conjuring saga.
Another entry in the continuing trend of independent horror, Cut Shoot Kill just manages to stand out amongst the masses.
The Void can’t make its ideas fully blossom. Regardless, it always feels good to see filmmakers succeed in creating the work they wanted.
Welcome to Take Two, the series that’s big enough to hold up its hands and…
The most absurd assumption about saying films “transcend genre” is that works of genre are somehow so trivial that they are apolitical.