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Child's Play (2019) - What a Reboot Should Be
The Child's Play reboot was considered a flop, probably because it did something different with the idea and horror fans like reboots to...

Sophie Turner
Oct 21, 2021


Saw I, II, III - And Where it Lost me
I will stand by the opinion that the first Saw movie is brilliant. It probably helped that I didn’t know the twist and was one of the...

Sophie Turner
Jun 1, 2021


Raw – This Movie's Hiding Something
We’re back to looking at films from lists of movies that make people physically sick. Raw (2016) was up there for freaking people out...

Sophie Turner
May 21, 2021


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 Perfection (2018) - Good for Them
It’s hard to talk about The Perfection (2018), because the twists of the film are what make it stand out from the crowd. This isn’t in...

Sophie Turner
May 7, 2021


Paradise Hills - Beautifully Hollow
Netflix’s Paradise Hills (2019) feels like something conjured up by a thirteen year old who has just devoured Lauren DeStefano’s Chemical...

Sophie Turner
May 3, 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


Terrifier (2016) - Not Quite Breaking into the Slasher Line-up
Terrifier (2016) has all the hallmarks of an 80s slasher – an iconic look to a villain, over the top gore with characters who make bad...

Sophie Turner
Apr 24, 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


Rabid (2019) - The Soska Sisters Continue to Impress
Rabid (2019) is a remake of the Cronenburg classic, in which a woman’s surgery after a devastating accident has some concerning side...

Sophie Turner
Apr 9, 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


Braid (2018) - A Pretty, Muddled Mess
Nobody Leaves, or Braid (2018), tells the story of two friends who seek refuge with a third friend, after a drug heist. The catch is that...

Sophie Turner
Jan 11, 2021


Hereditary - Being Weird Does Not A Horror Movie Make
Here’s an unpopular opinion – I feel Hereditary (2018) relied on being strange and disturbing and got too much praise for it. I can’ t...

Sophie Turner
Jan 8, 2021


The Fly (1986) - What's the Real Horror?
Left dissatisfied with Bite (2015), I was directed to Cronenberg’s The Fly. This is one of the movies where I cannot think of a lot to...

Sophie Turner
Jan 5, 2021


Bite (2015): A Confused 'The Fly'
Bite(2015) was on a list of movies that 'apparently' made people sick when watching them. So, of course I had to give it a viewing, and...

Sophie Turner
Jan 3, 2021


Wish Upon - If Disney did Horror
Wish Upon (2017) watches like a gory-er Disney Channel Original Movie – and when it does that, it’s surprisingly enjoyable. When it...

Sophie Turner
Dec 30, 2020
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