2022 horror
Maneater Can’t Even Be Bothered to Justify Its Existence [Review]
Shark movies are tough to get right, because it’s near impossible to present realistic-looking footage of these terrifying creatures in action. Even animatronics tend to be tougher to control in the w...
When I Consume You is Another Head-Scratcher from Perry Blackshear [Review]
Indie filmmaker Perry Blackshear is gradually carving out a niche for himself as a purveyor of thoughtful, strange, and often deeply unsettling horror movies following the release of They Look Like Pe...
Nope Will Make You Scared to Look Up [Review]
Last month, Jordan Peele had fans on Twitter cheering when he responded to someone claiming Peele was “the best horror director of all time” by writing simply, “Sir, please put the phone down I beg yo...
Resurrection Proves Rebecca Hall Can Do Anything [Review]
Resurrection seems like a clichéd title for a horror movie, particularly in the year of our dark lord 2022. It’s fitting, then, that the sophomore feature from writer-director Andrew Semans (Nancy, Pl...
The Aviary Impressively Puts Cult Victims Front and Center [Review]
Cult movies – and by that, I mean movies about cults, not something like Rocky Horror – have grown exponentially in popularity thanks to high-profile exposés about Scientology, NXIVM, etc. The Aviary,...
Ti West’s X is a Sleazy, Stylish ‘70s Throwback [Review]
Fans who were disappointed by Netflix’s recent Texas Chainsaw Massacre requel can relax, because X, Ti West’s latest, is a TCM movie in all but name. It’s also got a gator, so could reasonably be inte...
Take Back the Night Proves the Real Monsters Are Human [Review]
One of the most frequently asked, and infuriating, questions when a woman reveals she was a victim a sexual assault, is why didn’t she speak up sooner? Or, worse yet, why didn’t she just go to the pol...
