★★ The disturbing setup for indie Shudder entry, An Unquiet Grave, is almost too good to be true. A grieving husband, Jamie (Jacob A. Ware), and his wife’s twin sister, Ava (Christine Nyland, who also wrote and produced), get together with a strange promise: Jamie has discovered a way to bring back his deceased wife. … Continue reading Film Review: An Unquiet Grave
Film Review: The Superdeep
★★★★ Every horror movie with a wintery setting and a large cast of characters seems to be some riff on The Thing in one way or another. Welcome to The Superdeep, a goopy and nasty body horror flick with impressive creature design and horrifying imagery. And yes, this too owes quite a big deal to … Continue reading Film Review: The Superdeep
Film Review: Stalker
★★★★ If 2020’s Spree didn’t already make you weary of rideshare services, Stalker is here to remind you: you really can’t trust your drivers! Don’t say hi to them if you see them randomly lurking in your neighborhood, and certainly, don’t take it upon yourself to start arranging hangouts with your Uber drivers in local … Continue reading Film Review: Stalker
Tribeca 2021: Agnes
★★★ Agnes, the new horror drama from director Mickey Reece, debuted at 2021’s Tribeca Film Festival. It’s a confounding movie, and one that’s even more difficult to review. This is mainly due to a weird mish-mash of tones and a gear-shift to the narrative that left me baffled. From the opening, I found myself engaged … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: Agnes
Film Review: Untitled Horror Movie
★★ Untitled Horror Movie feels like a bargain-bin version of 2014’s Unfriended. Set exclusively over a series of video chats, we chart a group of friends—all involved in a cheesy medieval television show—as they create the bones of a new film project. It’s all experimental at first. Inspired by ditzy narcissistic blonde Chrissy (Katherine McNamara) … Continue reading Film Review: Untitled Horror Movie
Film Review: Censor
★★★★ Paired at the Seattle International Film Festival with Nasty, the short film that inspired it, Censor brings a grainy ode to horror excellence to the virtual fest. Set in grimy 1980’s Britain, it documents the mental unraveling of a feisty film censor, Enid (Niamh Algar). Video nasties, Britain’s censorship answer to the panic around … Continue reading Film Review: Censor
Film Review: The Unhealer
★★★★ If you’ve seen one bullied-kid-gets revenge tale, you’ve seen them all, eh? Taking obvious inspiration from films like Carrie and Tamara, The Unhealer presents a fresh spin while remaining consistent with a style that evokes 90’s horror. Director Martin Guigui and writers J. Shawn Harris and Kevin E. Moore find the dark humor in … Continue reading Film Review: The Unhealer
Film Review: The Amusement Park
★★★ The Amusement Park is barely a movie in a conventional sense. With a runtime of only 52 mins, this long-lost piece of George A. Romero’s filmography was shot in 1973, and a more apt moniker would be to call this an episode of television. The eerie vibe, teachable lesson, and a host to both … Continue reading Film Review: The Amusement Park
Film Review: Caveat
★★★★ Shudder has quickly established itself as a vital streaming service for horror content. Their new original feature, Caveat, is yet another fantastic addition to the Shudder library. Damien McCarthy both writes and directs a chilling vision of terror, peppered with images that permanently burned their way into my brain. Soaked in atmosphere from start … Continue reading Film Review: Caveat
Film Review: Funhouse
★★★★ Funhouse will work for you reliant on one very specific caveat: how much can you deal with reality shows? If the answer is “not very much,” you can probably steer clear of the new horror film from writer/director Jason William Lee. As a passive guilty-pleasure fan of shows like Jersey Shore, I had a … Continue reading Film Review: Funhouse