Movie Reviews8.4/10
The Shining Holds Up: Kubrick’s Slow-Burn Hotel Horror Rewards Repeat Viewings
A haunted hotel, a father's descent into madness, a son who beholds visions unseen by others—Kubrick's dread endures decades hence.
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Category: Movie Reviews
Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews9/10
The Gate Still Earns Its 9.0 the Hard Way
A house paper rates 'The Gate' 9 of 10, above the wider 6.0, praising its rough demons and two boys facing an opening that should have stayed closed.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
The Fly Review: Cronenberg’s 1986 Remake Turns a Man Into a Monster and Never Looks Away
A man's body changes piece by piece into something dreadful, and it never ceases to wound the beholder who watches him fall.
Movie Reviews8.9/10
Re-Animator Review: Stuart Gordon Plays Gore for Laughs and Wins — 8.9/10
A tale of a student whose green liquor brings the dead back, not calm but raving, as horror is pushed past terror into dark mirth.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Poltergeist Still Haunts: Hooper’s Suburban Ghost Story Endures
A dwelling swallows a child, and spirits war for her soul in this enduring tale of dread, Poltergeist.
Movie Reviews9.3/10
Phantasm at 9.3: A Dream With Real Teeth
A tale of a burial keeper, a silver sphere that moves alone, and a boy's fear made real. This paper holds the work in high esteem.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Clive Barker’s Puzzle Box Opens the Same Doors Nearly Four Decades On
A puzzle box opens a door to another world in Barker's 1987 tale of pain, pleasure, and a house of secrets.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
Sam Raimi’s 1987 Cabin Sequel Turns Fright Into Slapstick, and Bruce Campbell Makes It Work: 7.7/10
A man fights his own severed hand, a stream of red pours from the wall, and terror turns to laughter in Raimi's cabin nightmare.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
How An American Werewolf in London Makes You Laugh Right Up Until the Transformation Hurts
A young man returns from the English hills marked by a strange doom, and terror and mirth mix together in this tale of the moon.
Movie Reviews7.4/10
Wes Craven Made Falling Asleep the Scariest Thing in Horror
A vision of sleep turned to peril, wherein the closing of one's eyes becomes the darkest doom of all.