Family Vacation, But Make It Terminal “Z-Mom” is what happens when someone watches Train to Busan, skims a couple of corporate-evil plotlines, and decides the real missing ingredient in zombie cinema is more melodrama and less originality. It’s a Cambodian drama zombie film about a mother protecting her family from an outbreak on a secluded … Read More “Z-Mom, 2024 – zombies, tears, and clichés” »
Opening Hand: Horror by Horoscope “Tarot” is the kind of supernatural horror movie that feels like it was generated by an algorithm that only knows three things: college students, cursed object, and “died one by one.” Based on the 1992 novel Horrorscope, it tosses a group of attractive undergrads into a rented Catskills mansion, hands … Read More “Tarot, 2024 – Death card for braincells” »
Found footage finally discovers Wi-Fi “Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital” takes the very tired bones of found-footage horror and shoves a ring light in their face. It’s a Filipino riff on Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, but instead of just copying jumpscares beat-for-beat, it weaponizes something way scarier than any demon: content culture. A bunch of influencers … Read More “Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital, 2024 – viciously fun viral nightmare” »
Love, Death, and Mild Inconvenience “The Sleeping Woman” wants to be a haunting psychological thriller about guilt, desire, and the weight of unresolved trauma. What it actually delivers is a movie about a nurse falling for a guy whose wife is in a vegetative state… and somehow that’s not the most questionable decision involved. It’s … Read More “The Sleeping Woman, 2024 – Slow-burn snooze with ghosts” »
Welcome to a Very Mild Damnation “The Seductress from Hell” arrives with the swagger of an origin story for a new horror icon and the budget of a mid-range used car lot. Written, co-produced, and directed by Andrew de Burgh, this Los Angeles–set horror thriller promises a descent into madness and satanic revenge, then mostly … Read More “The Seductress from Hell A demonic revenge fantasy where the scariest thing is the runtime.” »
There are many kinds of horror.Jump scares.Atmospheric dread.The existential terror of opening your bank app after a night out. And then there’s accidental horror — the kind you get after waiting five years for a new Stephen King adaptation only to discover that the scariest thing in the movie is the release schedule. Enter Gary … Read More ““’Salem’s Lot” (2024): A Vampire Movie So Lifeless Even the Undead Want a Refund” »
Every year, there’s one horror film that sneaks up behind you, taps you politely on the shoulder, and then proceeds to beat you with a pillowcase filled with emotional bricks. In 2024, that film is The Rule of Jenny Pen — a New Zealand psychological horror so unexpectedly brilliant that it makes you question every … Read More ““The Rule of Jenny Pen” — A Retirement Home Horror Masterpiece (Now With 40% More Trauma and a Puppet You Will Never Forget)” »
Rita is the kind of “fantasy” where the only magical creature you really believe in is a functioning child-protection system—because clearly that belongs in the realm of make-believe. Jayro Bustamante, the Guatemalan director behind La Llorona, returns with a dark fairytale that crawls under your skin and then politely rearranges your bones. Inspired by the … Read More “Rita” »
If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if you took Ex Machina, removed the budget, the ideas, the tension, and most of the lighting, Project Dorothy is here to answer that question with a gentle, underwhelming shrug. On paper, the setup is simple and solid:After a botched robbery, two crooks hide in an “abandoned” research … Read More “Project Dorothy” »
If you’ve ever watched a zombie movie and thought, “This could really use more unresolved family trauma and weaponized daddy issues,” Outside is here to pat you on the head, lock you in the basement, and prove you right. Carlo Ledesma’s post-apocalyptic drama-horror takes the shambling undead and politely reminds you that no monster is … Read More “Outside (2024) – The Walking Deadbeat Dad” »