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Let Me In: Warm Leftovers

April 20, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Let Me In

Let Me In is an arousing remake that makes a cautionary tale more streamlined, romantic, and cathartic, three things it probably never intended to be.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2010s, Chloe Grace Moretz, Greig Fraser, Horror, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Matt Reeves, Vampire Leave a comment

Exorcist II: The Heretic – Horror as Anti-Horror

April 15, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Exorcist II Linda Blair

Despite its meandering awkwardness, one of the most hated horror films of all time features a compelling creative vision and the visuals of an epic.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 1970s, Horror, John Boorman, Linda Blair, Movie Series, Richard Burton, Sequel, Thriller Leave a comment

Why Army of the Dead Should Not Be the Oscars Fan Favorite

April 9, 2022April 8, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Dave Bautista Army of the Dead

Army of the Dead’s ruthless devotion to plagiarization is its most passionate aspect. Less effort was never spent on a film so casually praised.

Categories Features, Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Academy Awards, Action, Dave Bautista, Horror, Netflix, Oscars, Tig Notaro, Zack Snyder, Zombie Leave a comment

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022): Glossy Legacy

March 25, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The new Texas Chainsaw Massacre film is exactly what you would expect from rebooting this dirty series into the glossed-up legacy sequel model.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Elsie Fisher, Horror, Movie Series, Sequel, Slasher, Texas Chainsaw Massacre Leave a comment

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) – Schlock and Awe

February 22, 2022February 18, 2022 by M.C. Myers
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Jessica Biel

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake is far more willing to recreate its original than to understand it. The result is vile. And not in a good way.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2000s, Horror, Jessica Biel, Movie Series, Remake Leave a comment

Saint Maud: Timid Prophet

March 5, 2022January 6, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Saint Maud Morfydd Clark

Saint Maud is a confident debut from a promising filmmaker, but its self-imposed genre tropes become limitations that hold it back from greatness.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2010s, Horror, Jennifer Ehle, Morfydd Clark, Rose Glass Leave a comment

The White Reindeer: A Myth of Innocence

February 24, 2022December 27, 2021 by M.C. Myers
The White Reindeer

The White Reindeer is equal parts history, horror, and fairytale – a myth of innocence, in a landscape of snow and terror.

Categories Film Reviews, Great Films Tags 1950s, Christmas, Fantasy, Horror 1 Comment

Midsommar: The Director’s Cut – Empowerment Horror

February 18, 2022November 21, 2021 by M.C. Myers

Ari Aster’s Midsommar shows the dark side of empowerment, which is its main success. That so many consider it a self-help film is its main curiosity.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2010s, Ari Aster, Florence Pugh, Horror Leave a comment

Alien: The Love of Sex Monsters

April 13, 2022November 3, 2021 by M.C. Myers
Alien Sigourney Weaver

The horror in Alien is as disquietingly personal as any sci-fi epic ever made. This is the genre’s ultimate masterclass in turning style into story.

Categories Film Reviews, Great Films Tags 1970s, Horror, Movie Series, Ridley Scott, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, Sigourney Weaver Leave a comment

Sleepy Hollow: High Homage

December 23, 2021November 3, 2021 by M.C. Myers

Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow is an underappreciated throwback horror gem. Chilly, cheesy, and sometimes completely beautiful.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 1990s, Christina Ricci, Emmanuel Lubezki, Fantasy, Horror, Ian McDiarmid, Johnny Depp, Tim Burton Leave a comment

The Happening: Hitchcockian Plodder

December 23, 2021November 3, 2021 by M.C. Myers
The Happening Mark Wahlberg

The Happening was supposed to be Shyamalan’s take on Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The only thing that got snatched was more of his own appeal.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2000s, Horror, M. Night Shyamalan, Mark Wahlberg, Thriller Leave a comment

The Insignificance of Language in It (2017)

December 23, 2021November 1, 2021 by Bryce Jones

It is a movie with no individual voice and, appropriately enough, it treats language as an impediment to be renounced.

Categories Guest Contributors Tags 2010s, Andy Muschietti, Finn Wolfhard, Horror, Remake, Sophia Lillis, Stephen King Leave a comment

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