Reviews
Daughter is an Attractive But Leaden Debut [Review]
There’s a certain type of party anyone who’s lived or frequented a coastal city- like Los Angeles, New York, Boston etc.- has at least some tangential familiarity with. The kind that sme...
Blue Underground Delivers With Jess Franco’s ‘Justine’ and ‘Eugenie’ in 4K [Review]
Director Jess Franco–a cinematic magician with the uncanny ability to make a scene of two nude women bathing one another and making out into something distinctly boring. Regardless, there seems...
The Unsettling is Grief Horror that Lives Up to Its Name [Review]
Two months into the new year, and it’s safe to say that The Unsettling is on my list of favorite horror films of 2023. If you’re tired of the recently popular vacation rental trope, give...
Waking Karma is Female-Driven Coming of Age Horror that Almost Works [Review]
While cultish behavior is the backbone of Waking Karma, the heart of the story is centered upon a coming of age tale. Despite this being one of my favorite sub genres, I often feel this corner of horr...
In Attachment, Love Makes a Demon of Us All [Review]
There’s a lot to love in writer/director Gabriel Biers Gislason’s feature film debut, the queer romantic horror Attachment. That’s both a general critical assessment and a summati...
Huesera: The Bone Woman is Visually Impressive, but Difficult to Follow [Review]
As a man, I will never fully understand the highs and lows that come with being a pregnant woman. Huesera: The Bone Woman, Michelle Garza Cervera’s directorial feature debut, explores the night...
Knock at the Cabin Knocked My Socks Off [Review]
Knock at the Cabin, the newest genre movie from the great M. Night Shyamalan, is an intimate and riveting story about a home invasion, and a potential apocalypse, that was like nothing I have seen bef...
‘Infinity Pool’ Has Lots of Blood but No Guts [Review]
In Infinity Pool, living nepo-baby apologia Brandon Cronenberg finds author James Foster (Alexander Skarsgard) half-heartedly searching for inspiration in writing a long-gestating–though perhaps...
Alone at Night is Erotic Exploitation Horror That Doesn’t Quite Connect [Review]
Alone at Night, written and directed by Jimmy Giannopoulos, and starring Ashley Benson, opens with G-Eazy and Winnie Harlow–in a confusing and hardly scary opening scene. G-Eazy is killed by the...