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‘Night Swim’ is a Melodramatic, Scare-Free Slog [Review]
In Night Swim, the always-welcome Wyatt Russell plays a father of two whose promising baseball career has been tragically cut short by an MS diagnosis. If that sounds like a surprisingly dark plot poi...
Joey’s Top 10 Horror Movies of 2023
Even with two major industry strikes raging for months, horror somehow managed to persevere. Nothing can keep our beloved little genre down – not least because most of its output doesn’t...
‘The Sacrifice Game’ is a Delightfully Chilly Festive Treat [Review]
The Sacrifice Game, Jenn Wexler’s highly-anticipated follow-up to her gnarly punk rock slasher The Ranger, takes the overdone but still amusing “god forbid women have hobbies” mem...
Five Films That Prove You Should Never Step Foot in the Water Again – Even the Shower
Winter is always an interesting time on the east coast of the United States. It is a time when many of us find ourselves uttering phrases like “it’s too cold to be alive” each time r...
‘Suitable Flesh’ is Horny AF and Remarkably Gory [Review]
Joe Lynch adds another movie to his delightfully eccentric oeuvre with his latest directorial offering, Suitable Flesh. Part psychosexual workplace drama, part Lovecraftian nightmare, the movie featur...
Quicksand is a Ruthlessly Efficient Single-Location Thriller [Review]
When we were kids, quicksand seemed like an actual problem we’d have to contend with as adults and, in a way, it’s kind of disappointing that it isn’t. The quicksand featured in Q...
10 Years Later, ‘Hatchet 3’ Remains One of the Most Entertaining Horror Threequels
For Hatchet 3, series creator Adam Green handed the directing reins over to his camera operator from the previous two movies, BJ McDonnell, while retaining the sole screenwriting credit. It was a smar...
‘Brooklyn 45’ is Strongest in Its Quietest Moments [Review]
Sometimes, all you need for a film to work is to put a group of great actors in a room together and let them do their thing. Such is the case with Brooklyn 45, the latest feature from writer-director ...
The Wrath of Becky is a Brutally Incisive Sequel [Review]
Becky, released in 2020, was a surprisingly gnarly little thriller about a young girl whose home is besieged by neo-Nazis and, rather than just succumbing to them, she fights back with everything she&...