You’re Killing Me Promises a Killer Heaven and Hell Party

While horror fans wait for Renfield and Evil Dead Rise to make their way into theaters this April, You’re Killing Me just arrived on select VOD platforms. Aside from it being one of Anne Heche’s final roles, there’s not much known about this thriller. It sounds like it mixes bits of survival horror with a […]

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The Tall Man Wastes Atmospherics On a Tale Too Tall To Deliver Its Intended Thrills

French director Pascal Laugier is about as polarizing as it gets in the horror genre. His sophomore effort, Martyrs, remains one of the most controversial horror movies of all time. Though it didn’t have the same far-reaching impact, Ghostland – or Incident in a Ghostland -was no less divisive upon its release. Somewhere in between […]

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The Unheard A Psycho-Sonic Thriller Just Arrived on Shudder

Earlier this year, we got Unseen that found a nearly blind woman relying on a stranger to guide her to safety while her homicidal ex stalked her through the woods. Now Shudder has released its latest – The Unheard – a sonic-infused thriller centered around a young deaf woman experiencing auditory hallucinations. At face value, […]

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Leave and Its Black Metal Satanic Premise May Not Leave Audiences Chilled

Another new release on Shudder and another horror movie delving into family relationships and secrets. Following on the heels of the quietly excellent Attachment, Norwegian horror movie Leave teases a mix of a supernatural Satanic thriller grounded in the country’s infamous Black metal scene. If a family with a secret isn’t enough to give you […]

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Unseen Avoids Familiarity With Fun, Inventive Thrills and Likable Leads

Even over the pandemic, Jason Blum and his Blumhouse Productions have kept busy. Last year, the studio produced and distributed a whopping 13 movies that included Halloween Ends, the Firestarter remake, and The Black Phone. And Blumhouse hasn’t slowed down in 2023. To date, the studio has already released the box office hit, M3gan, and […]

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Spoonful of Sugar Mixes Hand That Rocks The Cradle With LSD

Imagine mixing the basics of the hit 90s psychological thriller The Hand That Rocks The Cradle with a creepy kid, some perverse sexual kinks, and some trippy psychedelic horror. This week’s latest release on Shudder, from director Mercedes Bryce Morgan, seems to mix several different familiar tropes into what looks like a bit of a […]

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Swallowed Promises Bug-Infested Body Horror, Delivers Something Else

Not enough people know about The Ruins. When it was released in 2008, it feel amidst the Torture Porn wave that defined the early 2000s. And critics weren’t particular kind to the mix of eco- and body horror. Regardless it’s much better than its initial critical reception and marked an impressive debut feature for director […]

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Knock at the Cabin Mostly Finds Chills at the End of the World

And the M. Night Shyalaman comeback tour-lite continues. After several critical and box office duds, Shyalaman course-corrected with the creepy found-footage thriller, The Visit. While his subsequent output has been a bit mixed, Shyalaman has re-discovered footing with the excellent Split and ‘decent enough’ Glass and Old. For his latest thriller, Knock at the Cabin, […]

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