Movie Reviews6.2/10
Saw IV Keeps Its Traps but Loses the Tension That Made Them Work
Saw IV (2007) review: Jigsaw is dead but his games continue. The autopsy tape, Rigg's 90 minutes, and why the franchise's fourth film feels like a checklist.
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Tag: horror movies
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Teresa Palmer’s Horror Debut Has One Trick and Uses It Well
Review: David F. Sandberg's 81-minute horror film turns one rule — the woman in the dark can't reach you in the light — into a thin but effective scare.
Movie Reviews3.5/10
Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare Sticks to the Rules and Never Breaks Them
Blumhouse's Truth or Dare (2018) turns a Mexico party game into a supernatural death machine. Our review breaks down the cast, the kills, and the 3.5/10 score.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
Scream 4 Kills Off the Franchise’s Own Formula, Then Rebuilds It
Scream 4 review: Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson bring back Sidney, Dewey and Gale for a remake-rules satire that promises more than it delivers. 5.2/10.
Movie Reviews7/10
Caving trip turns into a fight to get back out
Neil Marshall's 2005 horror film The Descent traps six women in an uncharted cave system, where the Crawlers finish what the rockfall started.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
Nope Review: Peele’s Third Film Is His Most Unsettled — and Most Visually Assured
Jordan Peele's Nope (2022): OJ and Em Haywood hunt a UFO over their horse ranch. A review of spectacle, labor, and the Gordy's Home tragedy.
Movie Reviews4.1/10
Final Destination 3 kills its cast in the order they would have died, and asks you to care anyway
Final Destination 3 kills its cast in order and asks you to care anyway. A 2006 horror sequel with one great roller coaster sequence and 90 minutes of waiting.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
Alien: Romulus: A Familiar Haunted House in Orbit
Alien: Romulus review: Fede Álvarez sets his film between Alien and Aliens, delivering tense practical horror but few new ideas. Score: 6.4/10.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
The Doll Movie That Turns Childcare Anxiety Into a Slasher
M3GAN review: Allison Williams, Amie Donald and Jenna Davis power a killer-doll horror comedy that made $181M on a $12M budget.
Movie Reviews5.9/10
Doctor Sleep: A Reverent Sequel That Mistakes Fidelity for Feeling
Mike Flanagan's Doctor Sleep tries to be both a Shining sequel and a Stephen King adaptation, but its 152-minute runtime and reverence weigh it down.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
1408 Review: One Room, One Hour, One John Cusack
A skeptical ghost-hunter checks into a hotel room that has killed 56 people in 1408, the 2007 Stephen King film with John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
Jigsaw Is Dying and the Franchise Is Already Looking Past Him
Saw III (2006) review: John Kramer dying in bed, a doctor collared to his heartbeat, and Amanda eyeing the throne. The franchise turns into a succession drama.