Thriller
Anguish is Psychological Thriller Posing As a Possession Film
The opening of Anguish depicts what is surely an unthinkable nightmare for any parent. A pissy teenager named Lucy is having an argument with her mother Sarah, as they’re driving. Once Lucy...
Advance Review: The Haunting of Alice D Is A Paranormal Revenge Thriller That Almost Gets It Right
The Haunting of Alice D is a paranormal thriller centering on the revenge of the titular character, a young girl forced into sex slavery who tragically died in the late 1890s. Her ghost still haunts t...
Horror of the Heartland: Crowdfunding and Homegrown Terror in Nick Sanford’s ‘The Harvesters’
Oklahoman filmmaker Nick Sanford is never short on ambition. As a child, Sanford had a penchant for short films, such as Hook 2, a spiritual follow-up to Steven Spielberg’s 1991 fantasy adventu...
Pandemic: Hardcore Henry for Horror Fans
The world is in chaos. A virus has devastated the population so much so that the infected now grossly outnumber the uninfected. Humanity, ever persistent, still struggles on in small pockets. We’...
Advance Review – Emelie is a Strikingly Unsettling Thriller
Have you ever watched a movie that isn’t quite horrific, but it still makes shift in your seat? Well, that perfectly describes Michael Thelin’s psychological thriller Emelie. The film...
Comic Review: Fight Club 2, Issue 9
As penultimate installment emerges, Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club 2 begins to bear a bit more cohesion than previously suggested. Even then, it can still be hard to follow some of the motivation...
Advance Review: Weaponized Is An Orwellian Concept That Falls Short Of Greatness
In the wake of another terrorist attack on American soil that devastates the Pentagon, a private military contractor named Kyle Norris, develops a neurological weapon that will redefine how war is wag...
Not Quite Horror: Cold In July (2014)
Horror is evolving as a genre. Although your local multiplex is still loaded with the usual contenders, look a bit closer and you’ll find the latest drama, thriller, or crime offering is closer...
Advance Review: Camino is a Brutal, Action-Packed Thriller
In 1985, a band of Colombian missionaries agrees to allow renowned war photographer Avery Taggert (Zoë Bell) to travel with them. Although many bands of missionaries dislike journalists, this gro...