Psychological horror is an often overused label, but the new indie horror The Dead Center is the rare bird that...
What does it take to be a good horror antagonist? A supernatural element? Any serial killer flick will tell you...
It’s almost impossible to properly review The Turning without talking about how it ends. Let’s just say that the finale is so jarring that you almost manage to forget that you were grooving on the preceding 70 or 80 minutes, which are as fun as a haunted house movie can...
The Oak Room (2020) is a love letter to the gothic thrillers of the past, which is fitting, since the...
Just like the inevitable grains of sand in your shoe after a trip to the beach, Jeffrey A. Brown’s debut...
Although most are familiar with the “La Llorona” legend, this latest adaptation is a fresh take that tackles the complicated politics of Guatemala. Jayro Bustamante’s La Llorona (2020) uses the popular Latin American myth to bring to light the corruption and injustice that the indigenous peoples of Guatemala have faced....
The uncomfortable silence of an awkward pause, the suspicion that someone might be talking about you when you leave the...
Although most are familiar with the “La Llorona” legend, this latest adaptation is a fresh take that tackles the complicated...
Sometimes all that’s needed to bring new energy to a well-trod genre is to inject some deceptively simple innovation into it. In the case of haunted house films, the subgenre has been explored and re-explored in horror until it would seem we’ve seen every possible variation several times over. More...
Frida Kempff’s psychological thriller Knocking (Knackningar) is an eerie and unsettling tale of mental illness that takes the viewer deep inside the...
Jane Schoenbrun’s We’re All Going To The World’s Fair is exactly the kind of horror movie you hope for when you’re stuck...
Sacrifice (2021) is written and directed by Andy Collier & Toor Mian and takes a subtle approach to slow-burn folk horror. It follows a young couple as they travel to a small Norwegian island to claim an inheritance. However, it soon becomes clear that the local customs may be more...