War Never Changes, But Genres Do “Ghosts of War” begins like a greatest-hits album of World War II horror clichés: a weary squad of American soldiers, a suspiciously pristine French chateau, and the kind of creaking floorboards that scream, “Something’s about to yank you into the ceiling.” For a while, it’s content to be a … Read More “Ghosts of War (2020) Haunted house inside broken minds” »
If the 2019 documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror was the syllabus, then the 2021 anthology Horror Noire is the practicum: “Okay, you’ve heard the history. Now watch us play in the genre like we own the place.” And honestly? They do. Instead of one long feature, you get six self-contained stories—“Daddy,” “Bride … Read More “Horror Noire (2021) Six tales, one mission: Black people get to be everything on screen—including the ones who make it to the end.” »
If you’ve ever thought, “What if Paranormal Activity had fewer scares, more ring lights, and a protagonist I’d gladly mute in real life?”, Followers is the movie that bravely answers, “What if we did exactly that, but worse?” This British found-footage horror tries to satirize influencer culture, internet fame, and the algorithm-driven black hole we … Read More “Followers (2021) – Haunted by bad ideas” »
If you’ve ever watched a posh dinner party scene in a movie and thought, “Everyone here deserves something terrible,” The Feast is the film that looks you dead in the eye and says, “Say less.” Lee Haven Jones’ Welsh-language folk horror is a slow, simmering, absolutely savage little banquet of eco-vengeance, class critique, and bodily … Read More “The Feast (2021) Eco-vengeance with exquisite table manners” »
If the first two Fear Street films were rowdy, blood-splattered love letters to 90s slashers and 70s campfire horror, Fear Street Part Three: 1666 is the big emotional payoff—the movie that rips the mask off the witch, points at the rich white guy, and says, “Surprise, it was capitalism and patriarchy the whole time.” And … Read More “Fear Street Part Three: 1666 (2021) Witches, queers, and generational trauma walk into a mall…” »
If you’ve ever thought, “What if Rosemary’s Baby were remade as a Hulu Original, but with the subtlety of an HR training video and the moral depth of a fertility clinic brochure?” then False Positive is precisely that cursed wish granted. It wants to be a feminist psychological horror about reproductive control, medical patriarchy, and … Read More “False Positive (2021) Gaslighting: The Movie, now with extra ultrasound shots” »
If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if someone shoved together a telenovela, a Stephen King small-town curse, and a Hot Topic take on the Book of Revelation, Everyone Will Burn (Y todos arderán) is your answer. It’s loud, melodramatic, occasionally fun, and about as subtle as setting your parish priest on fire with your … Read More “Everyone Will Burn (2021) Small town, big drama, medium IQ” »
If you’ve ever watched a horror movie and thought, “This is fine, but what if it felt like a very expensive PowerPoint about Jewish folklore, shot in Mauritius, starring Emraan Hashmi being deeply tired?”, then Dybbuk is probably what your cursed wish would produce. On paper, this thing sounds kind of cool: a Bollywood horror … Read More “Dybbuk (2021) When jump scares meet jet lag” »
There’s minimalism, and then there’s The Djinn, which looks at the concept of “small, contained horror” and decides to trap a mute kid in a two-bedroom apartment with a budget Halloween ghoul and call it a day. Set almost entirely inside one bland 1989 suburban home, this movie is basically a feature-length “What if we … Read More “The Djinn (2021) Home Alone, but your burglar is a smoke monster with performance issues” »
Watching Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes feels like walking into an old Euro-gothic castle expecting rubber bats and cobwebs… and instead getting your brain gently unscrewed, dipped in neon, and handed back to you with a polite, “So, how about this reality?” It’s a love letter to 60s/70s European horror that somehow manages to be … Read More “Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes (2021) – Gothic fever dream eats itself” »