Poché Pictures

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham answers a question nobody asked but absolutely should have: “What if Bruce Wayne’s real superpower wasn’t money, gadgets, or emotional repression, but being cosmically doomed in a 1920s Lovecraftian nightmare?” The result is one of DC’s weirdest, boldest animated movies in years—a fog-drenched mash-up of pulp horror, steampunk … Read More “Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham answers a question nobody asked but absolutely should have” »

Baby Blue is what happens when you mix a true crime podcast, a cursed urban legend, and a group of teenagers whose sense of self-preservation has been permanently damaged by the internet—and then give the whole thing to Adam Mason and tell him, “Make it fun, but also a little messed up.” Spoiler: he does. … Read More “Baby Blue” »

The Apartment is proof that you can chain, padlock, and barricade a door all you want—the real prison is 90 minutes of watching a man wander around his own flat looking confused. This 2023 Paraguayan horror film, written, directed, co-produced, and edited by Michael Kovich Jr., stars Bruno Sosa as “Him” and Andrea Quattrocchi as … Read More “The Apartment” »

All You Need Is Death is the kind of film that proves two things very quickly: You should never, ever mess with old folk songs. If you do mess with old folk songs, you absolutely should not record them, sell them, and then act surprised when reality develops a curse-shaped hole in it. Paul Duane’s … Read More “All You Need Is Death” »

After Sundown is one of those movies that proves two things can be true at once: Zee and NuNew are extremely watchable humans. No amount of pretty can save a story that feels like it was written by a ghost who only half-paid attention to its own haunting. Marketed as a Thai horror romance set … Read More “After Sundown” »

The Abode is one of those movies that makes you check the runtime every 15 minutes, not because you’re scared time is running out—but because you’re stunned it hasn’t already. On paper, it sounds like the setup for a nasty little supernatural horror: in the 18th century, a pirate named Redbeard slaughters a Native American … Read More “The Abode” »

You Won’t Be Alone is what happens when someone watches a bunch of witch movies, stares at a Tarkovsky poster, remembers all their childhood existential dread, and says: “Okay, but what if a witch came-of-age story emotionally destroyed you instead of just jump-scaring you?” Goran Stolevski’s feature debut is a dark, poetic, sometimes brutal little … Read More “You Won’t Be Alone” »

The Visitor is basically what happens when you move into your spouse’s quaint hometown and discover that not only does everyone know your business, they also seem unreasonably invested in your face. Directed by Justin P. Lange and written by Adam Mason and Simon Boyes, this 2022 psychological horror is a sneaky little slow-burn about … Read More “The Visitor” »

If you’ve ever stared at a stack of unlabeled VHS tapes in your parents’ basement and thought, “I bet at least one of these contains something cursed,” V/H/S/99 is basically that thought turned into a movie. It’s loud, grimy, mean-spirited in a fun way, and absolutely allergic to subtlety—in other words, a wildly entertaining return … Read More “V/H/S/99” »

Umma is the kind of movie that watches Hereditary, squints thoughtfully, and says, “Okay, what if we did mother-daughter generational trauma… but took out the dread, the nuance, and most of the budget, and replaced them with bee metaphors and jump scares from behind laundry?” On paper, it sounds promising: Sandra Oh in a supernatural … Read More “Umma” »