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Evil Dead (2013) - Can Deadites Survive Without Humour?
Remaking a cult classic such as Evil Dead / Evil Dead 2 is a heavy burden, but Fede Álvarez 's 2013 reboot/remake/sequel was generally...

Sophie Turner
Jan 13


Tarot (2024) - A Lukewarm Defence
Tarot (2024) has been on several lists for the worst horror movies of 2024, but does it truly deserve to be there? The second half of...

Sophie Turner
Jan 6


Dear David (2023) - The Wrong Medium
Dear David (2023) was a film that I don't think anyone thought would actually become real. In fact, the rumours of a film deal only...

Sophie Turner
Apr 30, 2024


Occulus (2013) - Mind-Bending
Occulus (2013) is earning its place as a quiet, classic of the horror genre. It has the soft, eerie chills contrasted with toe-curling...

Sophie Turner
Apr 1, 2024


Smile (2022) - A Messy Message
Smile (2022) follows the story of Rose Cutter ( Sosie Bacon ), a therapist who witnesses one of her patients commit an awful act in her office. It turns out this patient was plagued by an entity that latches onto whoever witnesses its deadly deeds, creating a train of trauma wherever it goes. The monster takes residence in its victims mind, providing oodles of scares with disturbing hallucinations, including causing its namesake: to make give everyone a wide, unsettling, unbl

Sophie Turner
Mar 25, 2024


Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Good When it's Scary Stories
If The Haunting Hour is one step scarier than Goosebumps , then the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books a re two...or maybe three....

Sophie Turner
May 9, 2022


Pumpkinhead: A Movie of Two Halves
Pumpkinhead (1988) is a movie of two halves. The first is a touching tragedy where we feel close to a father's grief, and the second...

Sophie Turner
May 2, 2022


The Conjuring - As is Expected
"They feel the same way about Bear Grylls as you do about the Conjuring people." -My friend, and I understood instantly exactly what they...

Sophie Turner
Apr 4, 2022


The Possession of Hannah Grace - A Misnomer, But That's Okay
The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018) is 10% about Hannah Grace and 90% a night in the morgue. And that makes it work well. It follows...

Sophie Turner
Mar 28, 2022


Grace: Possession: Cool Concept, No Bones
Grace: Possession (2014) is standout because it's shot entirely in first person. But is this enough to make it an interesting movie? The...

Sophie Turner
Mar 14, 2022


Halloween 3 - They Were Right
I thought that everyone had such a strong dislike of Halloween 3 simply because 'it's the one that doesn't have Michael Myers in,' and...

Sophie Turner
Mar 7, 2022


Candyman (2021) - Well, What Did You Expect?
I was looking forward to Jordan Peele's sequel/remake of Candyman since it was announced back in 2019. So it was very exciting to have it...

Sophie Turner
Jan 24, 2022


The Annabelle Trilogy - False Advertising
The Annabelle movies are meant to be about an old fashioned doll who captures the inherent creepiness of Victorian China toys. However,...

Sophie Turner
May 17, 2021


Jennifer's Body - Heathers, But Queer
Jennifer’s Body is a teen horror-comedy, where most of the laughs come from how very weird teenagers are and an overexaggerated...

Sophie Turner
May 12, 2021


The Bye Bye Man (2017) - The Glimmer of an Idea in the Murk
The Bye Bye Man (2017) was a film that quickly got on people’s radars. Solely for the, admittedly silly, name. Once it was released at...

Sophie Turner
Apr 30, 2021


The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) - Another Mediocre Ableist Horror
Alzheimer’s is a terrible disease. It’s heart breaking for family members and heart breaking for the one suffering from it. The idea of...

Sophie Turner
Apr 26, 2021


Mercy Black (2019) - The Better Slenderman Movie
Ten minutes into Mercy Black (2019), I was googling whether or not it was based on the infamous Slenderman Stabbing and was unsurprised...

Sophie Turner
Apr 19, 2021


Look Away (2018) - The Real Horror is the Patiarchy
Look Away (2019) feels like a Disney Channel Horror Movie. The premise at least, is interesting, and it’s protagonist is somewhat more...

Sophie Turner
Apr 16, 2021


Daniel Isn't Real (2019) - Fight Club Dialled Higher
The premise of Daniel Isn’t Real (2019) is an already heard, yet interesting one: is a young boy’s imaginary friend really imaginary?...

Sophie Turner
Apr 12, 2021


The Jack in the Box (2020) - A Successful Small Production
The Jack in the Box (2020) is a straightforward monster movie featuring, obviously, an evil creature who lives in a Jack in the Box. It...

Sophie Turner
Apr 7, 2021
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