The Great Gay Escape That Could’ve Been Pat Mills’ The Retreat arrives with a mission nobler than most horror flicks — to subvert the “bury your gays” trope and give queer characters a fighting chance in a genre that usually treats them like expired milk in a haunted fridge. Admirable goal. Problem is, the execution … Read More “The Retreat (2021) — A Cabin in the Woods Where Logic Went to Die” »
The Gospel According to Mammootty Every once in a while, Indian cinema gives us a priest who doesn’t just bless the sinners—he hunts them down with style, smarts, and a glare sharp enough to send Lucifer into early retirement. The Priest, Jofin T. Chacko’s supernatural horror mystery, gives us exactly that. Mammootty, looking like he … Read More “The Priest (2021) — When God, Ghosts, and Guilt Share a Confession Booth” »
The Fog of Forgettable Horror Mickey Keating’s Offseason opens like the ghost of a better movie—fog, saltwater, a small-town graveyard desecration, and a cryptic letter that screams, “Don’t come here.” Naturally, our protagonist comes anyway. It’s the kind of horror setup that promises dread but delivers something closer to a moody Airbnb stay gone wrong. … Read More “Offseason (2021) — The Eternal Vacation Nobody Wanted” »
If you’ve ever thought, “Retirement homes seem a bit creepy,” Ivanna is here to gently pat your shoulder and say, “You have no idea.” Then it throws in a decapitated Dutch ghost, Eid festivities, and enough severed heads to make you rethink any antique chest you ever see in a basement. Part of the Danur … Read More “Ivanna” »
If you’ve ever had someone tell you, “Motherhood is the happiest time of your life,” and your spine made a noise like snapping twigs, Huesera: The Bone Woman is here to validate that feeling—and then crawl across your ceiling with it. Michelle Garza Cervera’s debut is a sharp, unsettling, and strangely compassionate horror film about … Read More “Huesera: The Bone Woman” »
If you’ve ever looked at a picture-perfect influencer family and thought, “Something in that house is definitely decomposing emotionally,” Hatching steps in and says, “Correct—and also it’s a giant bird girl.” Hanna Bergholm’s Hatching is a gloriously nasty little fable about perfection, performance, and puberty, dressed up in pastel Scandi décor and smeared with vomit, … Read More “Hanna Bergholm’s Hatching” »
If you’ve ever had one of those weeks where everything is collapsing—your job is awful, your parent is sick, your meds aren’t working—and you think, “If one more thing goes wrong, I’m going to turn into a feral animal,” Fang basically takes that feeling literally and runs with it. Into a sewer. With a knife. … Read More “Richard Burgin’s Fang” »
If you’ve ever stared at a damp stone wall long enough to feel like it started staring back, Enys Men is your movie—and your diagnosis. Mark Jenkin’s 2022 folk-horror dream (or brain-mold, depending on your patience level) is less a traditional narrative and more like being gently possessed by a Cornish island for 90 minutes. … Read More “Enys Men” »
If you’ve ever sat through a mid-90s Syfy Channel marathon and thought, “You know what this needs? Less charm, more lore dumps, and all the emotional range of a tabletop mini,” then Dampyr might be your new favorite form of self-punishment. This 2022 movie is supposed to launch the Bonelli Cinematic Universe (BCU), which is … Read More “Dampyr” »
If you’ve ever thought, “What if we made a horror movie entirely about the worst people on YouTube, and then… just killed them?”—congrats, you’ve already written #ChadGetsTheAxe in your head. Travis Bible’s 2022 streamer-bait slasher tries to satirize influencer culture, internet apathy, and parasocial relationships. Instead, it mostly feels like watching a 90-minute live chat … Read More “ChadGetsTheAxe” »