Osgood Perkins, who brought us last year’s unexpected little horror gem Longlegs, is back with an adaptation of Stephen King’s short story called The Monkey, a curious blend of absurdist humor and relentless horror. The film opens with an ominous sense of dread, as Perkins immediately ...
A Lithuanian assassin and a military contractor fall into a literal pit of hell, you’ve heard this one before, I’m sure of it. Turns out, what transpires isn’t the punchline of a joke but a pretty fun flick. Director Scott Derrickson’s (The Black Phone, Sinister) latest venture outside ...
While Captain America: Brave New World might be one of Marvel’s lowest-rated films, averaging poorly among critics, it seems audiences love it, propelling it to the top of this weekend’s list of top-grossing films. An for good reason. nthony Mackie, fulfilling his destiny as Captain America, turns in a fine ...
Chris Andrews’ Bring Them Down is a staggering debut that grips you from its opening frame and refuses to loosen its hold. Set against the unyielding, rugged beauty of rural west Ireland, the film is a searing exploration of toxic masculinity, repressed trauma ...
Ya got anymore of those horror flicks about nude nuns coming to terms with their beliefs and some creaky churches?! Turns out, there’s plenty. Especially when there are two men involved with the convent and one of them, a former soldier, is suffering from serious PTSD ...
Hugs and kisses to the Rat King! Opening with an eye-bleeding and gut-retching scene, Street Trash - much like the original film from 1987 - challenges the decent taste of its audience. This time, though, director/co-writer Ryan Kruger infuses a bit more hilarity into the hallucinogenic ...
It was a dark and stormy night . . .and that’s how much of Blackwater Lane remains, taking viewers by no surprise whatsoever as a thriller fails to wash the soap opera off all of its limbs. While it does make its intentions all too ...
“All unhappiness in life comes from not accepting what is.” Growing up with a cleft palate provided director Aaron Schimberg a unique, albeit mentally taxing and often painful experience throughout his life, without such, 2024’s A Different Man may not exist. This upbringing granted Schimberg, who both wrote and directed the ...
Director Leigh Whannell is no stranger to Universal’s history in horror films. He successfully resuscitated their brand of horror (after the plans for a cinematic universe went tits up) with his handling of Invisible Man. The film - and its reception from both audiences ...
If 10 years ago, I would have been told that DC had overtaken Marvel in terms of creating and adapting more consistently entertaining and critically acclaimed IP, I would have laughed in Guardians of the Galaxy, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Now although they have had a few critical ...
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