Saint Maud is a feel-good movie about faith, friendship, and self-care—if by “feel-good” you mean “existentially harrowing,” and by “self-care” you mean “setting yourself on fire in front of confused strangers.” Rose Glass’ debut is one of those films that looks small on paper—a shy nurse, a dying woman, a crumbling seaside town—but feels huge … Read More “Saint Maud” »
If you’ve ever thought, “I’d like a cozy family drama, but make it rural, cursed, and emotionally annihilating,” Roh is basically the universe answering, “Sure, and I’ll throw in an iblis, a dead deer, and a child casually eating raw birds for breakfast.” Emir Ezwan’s Roh (or Soul) is a small, quiet Malaysian folk horror … Read More “Emir Ezwan’s Roh” »
If you’ve ever thought, “I’d totally sell my body to science to pay off my debt, what’s the worst that could happen?” Red 11 is here to gently pat your face and say: buddy… no. Robert Rodriguez’s micro-budget sci-fi horror experiment is scrappy, weird, and proudly stitched together with duct tape, caffeine, and sheer stubbornness. … Read More “Red 11” »
If you’ve ever thought, “What if The Devil Wears Prada but everyone slowly turns into weaponized meat puppets?” then Rabid (2019) is basically your oddly specific wish granted. The Soska Sisters (Jen and Sylvia), notorious lovers of gore, latex, and deeply unwholesome body autonomy issues, take Cronenberg’s 1977 cult classic and remake it as a … Read More “Rabid (2019)” »
Polaroid is the kind of horror movie that feels like it was developed when someone said, “What if The Ring, but for people who still remember what film is?” and nobody ever stepped in to say, “Okay, but should it also be this stupid?” This 2019 supernatural horror flick takes a vintage SX-70 camera, a … Read More “Polaroid” »
If you’ve ever looked at your family and thought, “I would literally die (and/or tamper with ancient burial grounds) for you,” Pet Sematary is here to say: maybe don’t. This 2019 adaptation of Stephen King’s novel leans into the story’s most brutal truth: grief will make you do insane, terrible, deeply stupid things—and sometimes the … Read More “Pet Sematary” »
If you’ve ever thought, “What if The Conjuring but make it Burmese, slower, and powered almost entirely by mom guilt?”, then The Only Mom is your movie. For everyone else, it’s a glossy, overlong ghost story that keeps insisting it’s one of the scariest films in Myanmar while you politely check your watch and wonder … Read More “The Only Mom” »
Midsommar is the sunniest breakup movie ever made. It’s also a two-and-a-half-hour PSA about why you should never let your emotionally unavailable boyfriend take you to a remote Swedish commune where everyone dresses like a linen Etsy ad and smiles just a little too long. Ari Aster takes all the usual horror tools—darkness, jump scares, … Read More “Midsommar” »
If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if someone tried to make a Slender Man / Babadook mashup using half a script, a pile of clichés, and whatever was left in the Blumhouse prop closet, Mercy Black is pretty much your answer. This 2019 Netflix-dropped-with-zero-fanfare horror movie feels less like a fully formed film and … Read More “Mercy Black” »
If you’ve ever stared at a perfume commercial and thought, “This is pretty, but what in God’s name is happening?”, Luz: The Flower of Evil is basically that—except stretched to feature length, dipped in pseudo-mysticism, and set in the mountains with a cult, some goats, and a color palette that’s more committed than the screenplay. … Read More “Luz: The Flower of Evil” »