Allegoria is what happens when someone looks at the phrase “suffering for your art” and says, “No, really, let’s literalize that.” Spider One’s directorial debut is an unapologetically nasty little horror anthology about artists, their neuroses, and the demons—literal and metaphorical—that crawl out when the work finally breaks them. It’s gleefully mean, splattery, and weirdly … Read More “When Your Muse Is Actively Trying to Kill You” »
V/H/S may have Raatma, but 13 Exorcisms has something even more terrifying: devout Spanish parents who Google “Is my daughter possessed?” and skip straight to “Call the Vatican.” Based on a True Story, Because Why Sleep Ever Again 13 Exorcisms (13 exorcismos) sells itself as “inspired by real cases of exorcism in Spain,” which is … Read More “13 Exorcisms (13 exorcismos)” »
Wyrmwood: Apocalypse is the kind of sequel that doesn’t just pick up where the first film left off—it sprints in, covered in blood, duct tape, and engine parts, yelling “Oi, watch this!” and then blows something up. Kiah Roache-Turner’s follow-up to 2014’s Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead is a chaotic, gory, extremely Australian action-horror that … Read More “Mad Max with Zombies, but Funnier and Bloodier” »
The Whole Truth is the kind of horror movie that looks like a standard “kids go stay with creepy grandparents” story and then calmly keeps pulling up floorboards until you’re sitting in a swamp of generational trauma, class rage, and supernatural rot. Wisit Sasanatieng takes a simple image—a hole in the wall that shouldn’t exist—and … Read More “A Family Drama with a Hole Lot Going On” »
V/H/S/94 is the cinematic equivalent of finding an unmarked VHS in your parents’ attic, popping it in, and realizing it’s less “home movies” and more “cursed object that will end civilization.” A prequel to the previous V/H/S entries, this one goes full early-’90s: CRT fuzz, camcorder grime, and that specific visual headache that screams this … Read More “Analog Nightmares, Now in Glorious 1994” »
Under Wraps (2021) is what happens when Disney Channel looks at its own 1997 movie about a mummy, shrugs, and says, “Let’s dig up the corpse and try again.” Thankfully, this time, the resurrection works. Directed by Alex Zamm, this remake manages to be charming, funny, and surprisingly heartfelt, while still giving kids just enough … Read More “A Disney Channel Movie… With Actual Dead People? Bold” »
Superhost is the rare modern horror movie that looks at travel vloggers, smiles sweetly, and says, “What if your content really was to die for?” Written and directed by Brandon Christensen, the film locks two struggling YouTubers in a remote vacation rental with a host who’s so intensely helpful she makes five-star hospitality feel like … Read More “Influencers vs. AirBnB From Hell” »
Slumber Party Massacre (2021) is that rare slasher remake/reimagining that looks at the original, nods respectfully to the drill, and then politely chucks the male gaze out the nearest window. Directed by Danishka Esterhazy and written by Suzanne Keilly, this modern take on the 1982 cult classic is part homage, part parody, and part gleeful … Read More “Slumber Party With a Body Count and a Brain” »
Separation is a horror movie about divorce, grief, and parenthood that somehow manages to make all three less interesting than a blank custody form. Directed by William Brent Bell and starring Rupert Friend, Mamie Gummer, Madeline Brewer, Violet McGraw, and Brian Cox, it’s the story of a struggling dad, a dead mom, a sad kid, … Read More “Divorce, Ghosts, and Terrible Decisions” »
A Savannah Haunting is one of those horror movies that proudly advertises “based on actual events” as if that automatically guarantees terror, when in reality it just guarantees that somewhere, somehow, real people are owed an apology. Directed by William Mark McCullough and shot in the actual house where the “real” haunting supposedly occurred, the … Read More “Savannah: Come for the Ghosts, Stay for the Disappointment” »