If you’ve ever thought, “Motherhood seems hard,” The Beldham gently replies, “Sure, and also there might be a beaked witch in the attic who wants your baby.” Angela Gulner’s debut is a tight, unnerving, darkly funny psychological horror that treats new motherhood like the haunted house it so often feels like—full of noises, shadows, and … Read More “The Beldham – Postpartum Panic in a Fixer-Upper from Hell” »
There are horror films that haunt you, movies that burrow under your skin and rearrange your sleep schedule. Bagman is not one of those films. Bagman is the movie you half-watch on a streaming service while scrolling your phone, occasionally glancing up to say, “Oh right, he’s still carrying the sack.” For a story about … Read More “Bagman (2024) – The Boogeyman Called, He Wants His Movie Back” »
The Case That Just Won’t Die Adbhut opens not with a scream, but with a ceremony. Detective Gajraj Awasthy is being honored by the police department, politely clapping through his own greatness when someone asks the dreaded question: “What was the most difficult case of your life?” For most people, that’s a cue for a … Read More “Adbhut – Ghosts, Guilt, and One Very Persistent Detective” »
If you’ve ever thought the college admissions process might literally kill you, You’re Killing Me calmly leans over and says, “Sweetie, you have no idea.” On paper, it’s a horror thriller about a scholarship-hungry teen crashing a rich kid party to beg for a favor. In practice, it’s a very dark fairy tale about class, … Read More “You’re Killing Me – College Admissions, Class Warfare, and Several Felonies” »
A World Where Evil Doesn’t Knock, It Squats If most possession movies are about restoring order, When Evil Lurks is about kicking order into a ditch and leaving it there to rot. Demián Rugna’s film doesn’t just flirt with bleakness; it marries it, has kids with it, and then feeds those kids to demons. Set … Read More “When Evil Lurks – Demonology for People Who Hate Hope” »
In We Are Zombies, the dead are calm, the living are idiots, and the real apocalypse is customer service. It’s a zombie film where brains aren’t food so much as a missing feature, especially among corporate suits and small-time crooks. The result is a gleefully trashy, surprisingly clever horror-comedy that treats the undead less like … Read More “We Are Zombies (2023) – Late-Stage Capitalism, Early-Stage Decomposition” »
If you’ve ever thought, “Family trips are stressful, but at least we’re not cursed by a demon,” Vash is here to raise the bar. Krishnadev Yagnik’s Gujarati-language supernatural psychological horror takes the simple premise of a family holiday and lovingly grinds it into dust under the heel of black magic, parental guilt, and one of … Read More “Vash (2023) – Family Vacation, But Make It Hellbound” »
If puberty ever felt like turning into a monster, Tiger Stripes calmly replies, “Good. Maybe you should.” Amanda Nell Eu’s feral, funny, and furious debut isn’t just body horror; it’s a full-on jailbreak for the female body, smeared in mud, blood, and fluorescent sunset orange. Monsters in Training Bras Zaffan is eleven, loud, and gloriously … Read More “Tiger Stripes – Puberty with Claws and Zero Apologies” »
The Sudbury Devil is what happens when a history nerd, a folk horror fan, and a very rude Puritan sermon get tossed into the same bonfire. It’s low-budget, historically obsessive, and gleefully blasphemous—and somehow, it works like a curse that actually takes. Witchfinders, But Make It Existential Set in 1678, just after King Philip’s War, … Read More “The Sudbury Devil (2023) – Historical Horror with Horns and Hang-Ups” »
Night Terrors, Now with Paperwork Sleep is the rare horror movie that understands two fundamental truths of adult life: 1) marriage is hard, and 2) you will never, ever sleep again once there’s a baby in the house. Jason Yu’s feature debut takes those anxieties, feeds them raw instant coffee, and traps them in a … Read More “Sleep (2023) – Marriage Counseling, but Make It Demonic” »