Writer/director Joe Badon’s surreal mind-blower The God Inside My Ear was one of my top 10 films, regardless of genre,...
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★ Deadly brats create rope-choking, gun-toting carnage after their 10th birthdays in this amusing slice of 1980s...
★★1/2 out of ★★★★★ Though boasting some intriguing concepts and visuals, this mash-up of a cinematic valentine to 1980s fright...
★★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★ There’s no question that the protagonist of this highly effective chiller is experiencing paranormal events, but...
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★ Savage, bloodthirsty pigmen rule a “lost” land where a group of geocachers unwisely tread. Creature design...
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★ It’s mind-slipping conservative baby boomer versus self-absorbed liberal millennial in a fight to the death in...
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Though it doesn’t bring much new to the “teens in peril because they played a ghost-summoning game” subgenre, Queen of Spades: The Looking Glass offers enough visual flair and cultural differences to make it worth seeking out.
★★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★ With splendid performances from its two stars and crackerjack direction, Homewrecker combines some of the darkest...
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★ This artistic, sometimes surreal approach to a movie about demonic possession may alienate some viewers with...
★★★★ out of ★★★★★ Two Christian knights find themselves at odds against each other when they try to convert pagans...
★★★ out of ★★★★★ This possession shocker is as all over the map as its three globetrotting vlogger protagonists, which...
Kindred Spirits ★★★ out of ★★★★★ This thriller about an unhinged woman who craves revisiting adolescence feels watered down compared...
The Swerve ★★★★ out of ★★★★★ A woman battles depression, rodents, guilt, and more in this superbly acted slow burner...
Dachra ★★ out of ★★★★★ Local-color sinisterness can’t overcome the exasperating squabbling of the three main protagonists in this Tunisian...
★★★ out of ★★★★★ Style edges out substance in this Lynchian high school noir about a missing girl’s impact on...
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With shades of Stephen King’s Misery and hideous monsters added to the mix, this U.K. scare fare flick delivers the snowbound goods.
★★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★ A sadistic murderer, a man haunted by the dead, and a young woman with a dark...
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Vintage Eurohorror and backwoods psycho horror elements are both at play in this tale of a high-society author who goes to rural Sweden to get her creative juices flowing again.
★★ out of ★★★★★ This shocker tries to empower Sharon Tate and the other victims of the Manson murders, but...
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Alien invasion, slasher elements, creature feature fun — this dazzling low-budget winner has it all, with first-rate characterization and solid performances, to boot!
Directed by Drew Bolduc