97.5%
Incorporating religious themes within cinematic narratives has become so widely used, it can easily go unnoticed. Horror may be the...
97.5%
93.75%
In Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist, documentary filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe turns his obsessive interests to William Friedkin’s...
Despite the fact that its title is my exact thought every time another news story breaks so far in 2020, Drag Me to Hell (2009), directed by Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead), is a masterclass in nostalgia and B-movie making that I am always thrilled to revisit. From the 1980’s...
Anything for Jackson is one of those films that calmly takes the tried and true exorcism and possession sub-genres and...
The deep, dark well containing religion and faith is one that horror finds itself returning to again and again. Films...
65%
Stacey Gregg’s thriller Here Before follows a woman’s obsessive grief and how her desire to reconnect with her deceased daughter upends the lives of everyone around her. It’s a twisting tale that holds its “supernatural” elements close to the chest, forever toying with the possibility of reincarnation. Unlike Jonathan Glazer’s Birth, Here Before never...
67%
There was a time when Western horror routinely questioned religions and their followers. This heated subgenre criticized seemingly untouchable organizations...
72.5%
Demon possession movies, although constant crowd-pleasers, are often very predictable. The multi-million dollar Conjuring franchise has pretty much laid out...
Agnes is not quite like any other possession movie you’ve likely seen. It follows a lot of the same beats and plays around with the same tropes but it’s uniqueness is in its willingness to dive deep into the life of a character severely impacted by the events of a...
82.5%
Do you believe in demons? Do you believe that there are forces beyond your control laying in wait for the...
67.5%
Trying to exorcise a demon is hard enough, right? Now imagine having to deal with a whole legion! Better fill...
75%
Scary stories told by flashlight, giggling under the covers, scary movie slumber parties – these are the moments when horror fans are made. Some of us saw The Exorcist too early. Some of us read RL Stine until we couldn’t keep our eyes open anymore. No matter how you entered...
