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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


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


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


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


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
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